Self Care for Educators

Distance Check in Google Form

check in with kids

ELearning Day Template K-5

Tools to Check for Understanding

EdPuzzle - Source videos from YouTube, Khan Academy or create one yourself and track student comprehension.

Edulastic

Go Formative

Google Forms

Kahoot - Fun game-based site that allows you to run live multiple-choice quizzes with students.

Mentimeter: Allows for the creation of interactive presentations (which you can use for quizzes), and integrates with Google Classroom.

Pear Deck - Create custom questions in Google Slides and provide student-paced activities easily. More on ways to promote remote learning with Pear Deck here.

Poll Everywhere: Run live interactive presentations; similar features to Mentimeter. There is a free account that supports up to 25 participants.

Quizizz: Self-paced quizzes for students to review. You can use teacher-created quizzes if you don’t want to create your own. 100% free.

Quizlet - Quizlet Live is very similar to Kahoot and allows classrooms to run collaborative games.

Seesaw

Socrative: Create multiple choice, true/false and short answer quizzes as a quiz, game, or exit ticket. Free plan supports up to 50 students.

Collaboration and Online Discussion

ClassDojo: 100% free. Used heavily in K-5 for keeping in touch with parents, managing classrooms and building community.

Edmodo: Communication, collaboration, and coaching platform for schools. Allows for discussions and other resources to be found from their library.

Google Classroom: Free service for creating, distributing, and grading assignments, as well as general announcements. Google has also expanded supports in response to COVID-19 allowing for more video-conferencing capabilities. Read more here.

Flipgrid - Create short videos with students with Grids. Grids serve as meeting places and allow for icebreakers, weekly reflections, and mini-presentations. Great for remote learning and building community.

Jamboard

Padlet - Allows for creation of boards, documents, and webpages where you can invite students to post other interactive content. You can grade, star, and upvote posts with reactions fostering community.

Remind: Free accounts for classrooms that allow for messaging with students. Premium upgrades allow for wider community engagement statistics and for longer messages.

Communication Tools Supports - Provided by KRESA