Valuable Academic Website for ICT Classroom Management
Looking for some educational websites to help you with the management of your class instruction? The list below has you covered. These are some some popular web tools we have reviewed in multiple instances in the past which you can use to perform a wide variety of tasks. These include: creating interactive video lessons, collect formative assessment and provide real-time feedback to students, enhance students learning through the use of digital games and flashcards, create online classes and share with students assignments and learning resources, organize students into appropriate learning groups and many more. Links to these websites are under the visual. We invite you to check them out and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page.
1- Plickers
Collect formative assessment and provide real-time feedback to students.
Plickers lets you poll your class for free, without the need for student devices. Just give each student a card (a “paper clicker”), and use your Android smartphone or tablet to scan them to do instant checks-for-understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls. Best of all, your data is automatically saved, student-by-student, at plickers.com.
Happy teaching!
2- Edpuzzle
Create video lessons and track your students understanding.
This app for students will allow them to engage with Edpuzzle wherever they are.
With Edpuzzle, teachers can make any video their lesson. Get videos from a wide variety of sources like YouTube, Khan Academy, National Geographic and more, and embed comprehension questions, audio notes and voiceover in your video lessons. It's a must for any flipped classroom!
When your students download the app, they'll be able to complete their video lesson assignments anywhere – a total game-changer to make sure your absent students don't fall behind.
So get your students started using Edpuzzle in your flipped classroom, and make sure to leave us a review!
Enhance students learning with various tools, games and flashcards.
Flash Cards
This mode is similar to paper flash cards. Users are shown a "card" for each term, which they can flip over by clicking or using the arrow keys or space bar.[24] The user has the option for the face of the card to be an image, a word, or both.
Gravity
In this study mode, definitions scroll vertically down the screen in the shape of asteroids. The user must type the term that goes with the definition before it reaches the bottom of the screen. It is one of the 'Play' study modes.[25] Gravity was adapted from a previous game, Space Race. The user can pick the level of difficulty and game type.
Write
In this study mode, users are shown a term or definition and must type the term or definition that goes with what is shown. After entering their answer, users see if their answer was correct or not, and can choose to override the automatic grading and count their answer as right if needed. This mode was previously called "Learn."
Long-Term Learning
In this study mode, users are given a recommended study set based on whether or not they answer study set questions correctly. Repetition of terms answered incorrectly increases in frequency and a dashboard shows learning progress over time. The mode uses spaced repetition concepts to focus on longer-term retention and subject mastery versus shorter-term memorization.[26]
Speller
In this mode, the term is read out loud and users must type in the term with the correct spelling. If the user gets every answer correct, they are rewarded with a video of a monster truck doing a jump, wheelie, and a flip. [24]
Match
In this study mode, users are presented with a grid of scattered terms. Users drag terms on top of their associated definitions to remove them from the grid and try to clear the grid in the fastest time possible. Micro-match is a related matching game geared towards mobile devices and devices with small screens. Users may access the Micromatch mode on non-mobile devices by manually editing the URL in Match mode to use "micromatch" instead of "match".[24] Match was previously attributed as "Scatter". Though the name of the study mode changed, the game itself did not.
Live
In this study mode, a Quizlet user with a Teacher upgrade (usually a teacher) breaks their class up into teams of however number of teams they want. The teacher chooses whether to start with a definition or term. Each team will have to choose the correct term/definition to win, with the team that has the most points winning. If the teacher decides to shuffle the teams, the groups are randomly put into new teams. This game works by choosing a set of flashcards and putting these flashcards into a format which works for the game.
Create boards, add different forms of content and invite others to collaborate in real-time.
Padlet is like paper for your screen. Start with an empty page and then put whatever you like on it. Upload a video, record an interview, snap a selfie, write your own text posts or upload some documents, and watch your padlet come to life. Once others add to it, the page will update in real time.
Used by teachers, students, professionals, and individuals of all ages, all around the world, the Padlet app is the easiest way to create and collaborate wherever you are. Padlet supports any file type you can imagine, from Spotify Playlists to Excel Spreadsheets. Upload a link and watch a detailed preview appear. Organize the content in any format you like - whether you prefer an grid of images or a chronological scroll.
Create interactive lessons, get real-time feedback and post-session reports on your students understanding.
Nearpod is an award-winning instructional software that engages students with interactive learning experiences. With Nearpod, students have the ability to participate in lessons that contain virtual reality, 3D objects, PhET simulations and so much more. Interactive software features empower student voice through activities like open ended questions, polls, quizzes, collaborative boards and more! Students will learn while having fun.
How Nearpod works:
1. Students join synchronous learning experiences led by their teachers or learn at their own pace.
2. Learning experiences are created by teachers or selected from a catalogue of over 6,500 experiences found in the Nearpod lesson library.
3. Students contribute instantaneous feedback through assessment features such as quizzes, open-ended questions, polls, drawing tools, and more.
4. Students are introduced to content through dynamic multimedia that includes VR Field trips, 3D objects, PhET simulations, BBC videos, Microsoft Sways and more.
6- Trello
A good visual way to enhance collaborative work and organize group projects.
Trello is a visual tool for organizing your work and life. Join more than 35 million registered users to organize all your projects at work, at home, or anywhere in between.
Whether you’re planning a website design project, vacation, or company off-site, Trello is infinitely customizable and flexible for your every need.
With Trello you can:
TACKLE TO-DO LISTS WITH EASE
Get more done with Trello’s customizable-yet-simple boards, lists, and cards.
Go from idea to action in seconds by creating cards and dragging them across the board to follow your project's progress.
Add checklists, labels, and due dates the way you see fit and give your projects the fuel they need to get across the finish line.
A suite of excellent tools to store documents and create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and drawings.
Google Drive is a safe place for all of your files that puts them within reach from any smartphone, tablet or computer. Files in Drive – such as your videos, photos and documents – are backed up safely so you can’t lose them. Once there, you can easily invite others to view, edit or leave comments on any of your files or folders.
With Drive, you can:
- Safely store your files and access them from anywhere.
- Search for files by name and content.
- Easily share files and folders with others.
- Quickly view your content.
- Set access levels for who can view, comment or edit.
- Quickly access recent files.
- See file details and activity.
- Enable viewing of files offline.
- Use your device camera to scan paper documents.
- Access pictures and videos from Google Photos.
Build productive classroom communities with parents and students.
ClassDojo is a beautiful, safe, and simple communication app for teachers, parents, and students.
* Teachers can encourage students for any skill, like “Working hard” and “Teamwork”
* Teachers can bring parents into the classroom experience by sharing photos, videos, and announcements
* Students can add their classwork easily to their own digital portfolios for their parents to see
* Teachers can also safely and instantly message with any parent
* Parents see their child’s updates at home, as well as a stream of photos and videos from school
* All your favorite teacher tools, like Group Maker and Noise Meter, are now in one place!
A great platform to connect with students, ‘create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized’.
Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profits, and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect—inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized.
There are many benefits to using Classroom:
• Easy to set up – Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just minutes to set up.
• Saves time – The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review and mark assignments quickly, all in one place.
• Improves organization – Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, and all class materials (e.g., documents, photos, and videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive.
• Enhances communication – Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with each other or provide answers to questions on the stream.
• Affordable and secure – Like the rest of G Suite for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free.
Access tons of student interactives, learning tools, professional development materials and several other resources to use in class.
Create interactive videos by adding questions and monitor students performance.
PlayPosit (formerly known as EduCanon) is a web and Chrome-based interactive video and assessment tool that lets teachers add interactive elements -- such as questions and pauses -- to streaming video content from popular sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, among a number of others. If your school blocks these more popular sites, PlayPosit can also work with sites such as TeacherTube, Shmoop, and even Google Drive videos -- an especially helpful feature if YouTube is blocked at your school. The interface is inviting, limited to three buttons that crop length, build questions (multiple-choice or free-response questions), or finish the "bulb."
‘Class Charts helps organise students into appropriate learning groups and minimizes school behaviour issues.’
Class Charts is a website (and Chrome app) that allows teachers to create a customizable classroom seating chart. It can also be used to track student behavior, reading levels, or any other data that you may want to attach to a student. When setting up a classroom, you can choose to set up rows or build a class with tables seating anywhere from one to six students. There's also the option for less experienced teachers to let the tool dictate how they set up their classroom based on the data they input.
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