Activity Builders

Classroom Screen is a great way to utilize your interactive boards or projector.

PRO: There is no login or account required.

CON: There is no login or account required so it does not save your information.

Deck Toys is my new favorite toy! Did I mention it was FREE? With Deck Toys you can map an activity for your class.

Here are a couple of Deck Toys that I created for the Math/Science conference:

You can log in to either of the classes with Google, Microsoft, or join as a Guest Student and play with the Deck Toy.

Wakelet is a great tool for collecting digital resources. Your students can interact with your collection without creating accounts.

Check out a couple of my Wakelets:

Wizer.me is one of those amazing tools I just stumbled across. The FREE app allows you to create whole activities that can include videos, images, multiple choice/fill in the blank or open ended questions, links, and write-over diagrams. It will accept text, draw, and audio answers. Activities can be assigned directly to Google Classrooms and Edmodo or using a link.

PearDeck can work as a website, a Chrome app, or an add-on in Google Slides. If you happen to be a Google Educator, Slides is the way to go.

In Pear Deck, you can keep all students on the same slide, ask questions and collect data through the Slides, and quickly see who is not understanding the information.

Nearpod is a lesson building website. It allows you to build activities with slides, multimedia, and assessments in either a teacher controlled or student paced lesson.

There is a Nearpodize extension now available in the Chrome that will turn your Slides in to Nearpod activities.

EdPuzzle is a great way to incorporate questions within a video. You can take any video, crop it, add audio and questions, then assign to your students to complete at their own page. The video to the right is an example EdPuzzle.

Kahoot! is a very easy to use website for questioning students. After you have set up your questions, students can access your Kahoot! through the game link. This is a template you can use with the students so they can create their own questions.

Quizizz is a great way to practice information/facts learned. It can be used as a pre-assessment or a quick check to see if remediation is needed. Students can join with the join site or now with the Google Classroom integration it is even easier. I created this quizizz after assigning a semester review in 6th grade math.

Quizlet is a tool that allows you to create study materials for your classroom. You can choose from Flashcards, Spell, Test, Match, and now Diagrams. If you create a class, then you can monitor their progress as they work through the practice activities.

Flipgrid is great for receiving oral responses. You can use as an exit ticket, a book review, explain a topic from class, or practice reading aloud. Flipgrid has been praised for its application with ELL students. This app is now free and available for all.

Coggle is a great "mind mapping" website that allows you to organize your knowledge. Coggle can be downloaded as a PDF or a PNG image so they are easily shared in Classroom. Students can work collaboratively on a shared Coggle.

Thinking Maps are a great way to help students organize their thinking. You can select any of the files to the left, make a copy, and use as an interative activity with your students.

Thinglink will help you create interactive images/activities for your classroom. Students can also use Thinglink to present understanding of the content. You can try out the two examples below by selecting them.

Formative is a great activity builder that connects directly to Google Classroom and will track your student's progress on individual TEKS.

The best of Googles Sheets is found in the Flippity add-on. There is so much available in Flippity, you must really see it for yourself. Join me on this link and lets check it out!

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