Technology in the Classroom

Here is a list of technology resources to use in the classroom. Incorporating these resources is a great way to use a wide variety of instructional strategies, increase student engagement, and improve student learning.

Web Based
Piktochart (create infographics)
Powtoon (create animated videos and presentations)
Twiddla (neat tool for brainstorming)
Popplet (graphic organizing tool)
Trading Cards (create trading cards for people, places and things)
Mini TFO (for French games and videos) *French
Newomatic (news articles for kids)
Newsela  (database of articles for kids)
Duolingo (practice french language skills) *French
Story Bird (create poetry, or stories) 
Glogster (combine text, audio, video and graphics) 

Assessment Tools
Socrative (assess students, or allow them to collaborate on tasks online)
Sesame HQ (gather and organize student assessment data)

Collaborative Tools
Today's Meet
Edmodo

Educational Games
Jeopardy Rocks (create Jeopardy games to assess students formatively)
Map My Globe (geography based)
Kahoot (create quizzes to assess students formatively or summatively)
Minecraft (create a classroom server to engage students in collaborative tasks) 

Applications
Puppet Pals
Sock Puppets
Explain Everything
Show Me 

If you need any advice or assistance with any of these technologies, please don't hesitate to contact me!
Best wishes and happy learning :)

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