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Nearpod is an instructional platform that merges formative assessments like polls, mind maps, drawings, and short answer responses with dynamic media like videos, simulations, and slides. Nearpod is a powerful, flexible tool for presenting new learning and rapidly assessing student understanding. You can run a Nearpod lesson in real time with students both in and out of the classroom, or you can send Nearpod lessons out to your class for them to complete at their own pace.
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Screencastify is a free Chrome Extension that allows you to create videos of your computer screen, your webcam, or both at once. There are tools for video editing. All videos save to a folder in your Google Drive.
Screencastify Extension Initial Setup
How to make your first recording
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YouTube can be used to host videos that will be accessed by large groups of people, such as full grade levels or the community.
However, keep your own videos unlisted, and use a safe sharing link with a tool like safeyoutube.net. This tool will display videos away from YouTube and without ads or related video links.
Google Slides formats content delivery as a slide deck with bite-sized chunks of information. It has many options for embedded multimedia, color and type contrast, and colorful and engaging themes and graphics. It also pairs well with engagement tools like Pear Deck (see below) and video creation tools like Screencastify. Real-time collaboration on slides, by students and/or teachers, helps with jigsaw and other group presentations.
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Google Forms helps teachers ask groups of questions and collect and analyze answers. It's great for everything from single-question exit tickets to summative, machine-graded assessments. It supports many multimedia elements to help you with universal design for accessibility. It generates its own charts and graphs, and integrates with Google Sheets to allow you to run your own analysis.
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