September 2026 Edtech Tip

Flippity Tile Puzzle

Give Flippity a Try!

Flippity is one of my favorite websites for creating quick, engaging activities for students. It works especially well for repetition, recall, and vocabulary practice, and it is incredibly easy to use.

This year, I am teaching a concurrent psychology class at DHS, and we are currently working through our Biological Bases of Behavior unit. One of my goals is for students to be able to “map the brain” by identifying different areas of the brain and connecting each area to the behaviors and functions it controls.

To give students another way to practice, I created this Flippity matching puzzle. Students have to match or line-up each brain structure with its correct function, giving them a hands-on way to review and reinforce what they have learned.

Creating one is simple! You enter your vocabulary terms and definitions, and Flippity turns them into a puzzle that students can move and manipulate. When it is ready, you simply share the URL with your students. Or you can print it if you want a hard copy.

⬅️Give it a shot to the left! Can you successfully map the brain?

Flippity Website ➡️https://www.flippity.net/

Or.... 🔊 Student Chromebooks Can Read a Webpage TO students!

Did you know student's Chromebooks can read webpages out loud to students? This can be a great tool when students have a long article to read, have trouble focusing on text, or understand information better when you can listen AND read at the same time.

You can also change the voice and reading speed to find what works best for you. You can also pin it to the toolbar for easier access for the future.

Text To Speech (TTS) Reader. Online. Accurate. Free.

Instantly turns any text into natural sounding speech for listening online or generating downloadable audio. Reads out loud any document, text, book, or webpage.

https://ttsreader.com/

Here’s how:

Open the webpage or article you want to read.
Click the three dots in the upper-right corner of Chrome.
Scroll down and click More tools.
Select Reading mode.
The article will open in a Reading Mode panel on the side of your screen.
Click the ▶️ Play button at the top of the Reading Mode panel.
Chrome will read the text aloud while you follow along!

Learning Through Games? Yes, Please!

Field Day Lab is a digital learning game studio and research group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. They create FREE, story-driven educational games for K–12 students across a variety of subjects and grade levels.

These aren’t just typical review games. Students learn and problem-solve as they work their way through interactive experiences.

Check it out below! Click “Games” to explore all of the available content and see if there’s something that fits your classroom.

Smartboard Tricks

No Bookmarks?! AHHH! 😩

Here’s an easy workaround!

If there’s a webpage you use often and want quick access to on your Smartboard, you can add it directly to your home screen so it works almost like an app!

Open the webpage you want to save.
Click the three dots in the upper-right corner of Chrome. (You may see a red arrow instead if Chrome needs to be updated on your Smartboard.)
Scroll down and select Add to Home screen.
When the Create Shortcut box appears, click Add.
Click Add to Home screen one more time.

That’s it! When you return to your Smartboard’s home screen, you should see the webpage there as its own little app/shortcut.

You can even move it around your home screen and organize your most-used websites wherever you want them.

Need help setting it up? I’m happy to stop by and help. Just let me know! ⬇️

Useful Computer Shortcuts!

Dictate Everything: Windows + H to open up the built-in Dictate tool and dictate text anywhere you can type.

Lock your Computer: Windows + L

Emoji Panel: Windows + Period key .

Clipboard History: Windows + V

Split Screen: Windows + Z

Screenshot (select area): Windows + Shift + S

Teacher Resource:

Here are some ready-to-go ideas for Early Finishers! Click here for your own copy. You might have to add some of these websites to classwize and allow them in rules for students to be able to access them (if they are blocked). Let me know if you need help doing that!

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