ClassFlow

Classflow.com is a website that has several resources that work best with interactive whiteboards. Their goal is to help teachers make that technology truly interactive for their students. My favorite feature of this website is probably the blank slate page where the teacher can use the screen as if it were a whiteboard. What makes this different than an actual whiteboard though is that ClassFlow has interactive activities that can be pulled into the lesson at any time since the controls stay at the bottom of the screen. These activities have several polling options, a Likert scale, a thought web, and others. These make formative assessment easier during a lesson. You can also create other activities or assessments that can be pulled right into your lesson as well, and students participate by using their own devices.

When creating lessons, ClassFlow also allows you to embed videos and pictures into your slides, and they have tools like a spotlight or reveal panel that helps you show students what information you want them to focus on, which enhances the delivery of information. One drawback to ClassFlow is that the graphics are very limited, so most of what you create there will not be very visually pleasing.

Danielson Framework

ClassFlow is a tool that relates very well to several domains of Danielson's Framework for teaching. Most easily seen in Domain 1 (Planning & Preparation) and in Domain 3 (Instruction), this tool helps teachers present content in ways that are engaging for students than just another PowerPoint. [1a, 1f, 3c, 3d,]

ISTE Standards

This tech tool also integrates some of the ISTE Standards for students into the classroom as well. Students using ClassFlow during a lesson are able to be more engaged and therefore have more control over their learning, thus meeting Standard 1 (Empowered Learner). Additionally, if students work in groups to complete some of the assessment tactics, they also fulfill Standard 7 (Global Collaborator). [1c, 7b, 7c]