Kahoot!

• Kahoot is a great tool for students to further their learning in any subject area, and with a fun competitive twist on it!
• Teachers can create an exact Kahoot that will help extend their lesson plan. A Kahoot can have several different layouts and ending goals. The teacher can write the Kahoot to have several same answers to provoke a conversation between the students. The Kahoot can also have open ended answers in which the students would have to verbally explain. The possibilities are endless and can really bring a unit to life. 
• There are not costs associated with Kahoot.
• Kahoot can be found at https://getkahoot.com
• I anticipate using Kahoot in my German classes this year! The students will use this as an end of lesson assessment. Here is an example of a short end of lesson assessment: https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/82ca46d8-abe8-4822-b3e8-6650237347d5

     

I could not figure out how to actually play a game without knowing other people that are "on" to play against, but I was able to search around the website for all of the various games available to the public and attempted to play several of them.  I really enjoyed the option of playing with teams or individually. 

• ISTE Standards used by students:
• 2a
• 2b
• 4d
• 5b
• ISTE Standards used by teachers:
• 1a
• 1b
• 2b
• 2d
• 3b
• References:

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-students

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-lp/standards-for-teachers

https://getkahoot.com

QR Codes

• QR codes are a great and fun way for students to self check their work, answer questions on work, advertise for upcoming events throughout the school, scavenger hunts, or so many more options. The list is endless with the various ways teachers can use QR codes. 
• Most devices already have a QR codes reader or a barcode scanner right on them, so this makes the activity easy for students to access. If the device does not have an already installed reader, they are easily downloaded from 
• http://www.qrstuff.com/ is great and easy site for students and teachers to utilize to create QR codes for various activities. 
• I would love to implement QR Codes for my library. I have approximately 250 new library books that the school purchased and I would like to create a QR Code listing all of the new books that were purchased! This way the students can easily scan through the list to see if any of the new titles catch their interest. This code can be made available right at the entrance of the library. I would also like to create come QR codes detailing some of the books. I could even have my students involved in this endeavor. They could read a book, write a short summary/book report about it, create a QR code, and then attach it to the book for other students to scan and read! 
• Most of the QR programs do not have a cost associated with it.
• Standards used by students:
• 1b
• 2b
• 4b
• 5b
• ISTE used by teachers:
• 1c
• 2d
• 3a
• References

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-students

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-lp/standards-for-teachers

 40 interesting ways to use QR Codes   

Virtual Field Trips

Virtual field trips work well for various aspects in the classroom. I anticipate virtual tours/field trips becoming a normal things in my classroom. Students often lack the basic knowledge and background information about certain topics. Money is very tight in a small school making it difficult, and sometimes travel is very near impossible (as in my Outer Space Example).

• This tool would be amazing to use in the classroom after a lecture or to assign the virtual tour alongside with a scavenger hunt to the students before the actual class discussion. 
• To access my sample lesson:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxAQSocrxIHramVEdzVLcTlnUUE

• Teachers can create a Virtual Tours using various number of online tours! Various places have Virtual Tours available. Here are some of the ones I have personally toured: 
• www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/.../index.cfm
• www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml
• www.simplek12.com/virtual.../virtual-field-trips-every-teacher-ought-to- know-about/
• There are no costs associated with virtual field trips.
• ISTE Standards used by students:
• 1a
• 2b
• 3c
• 4a
• 4c
• 4d
• ISTE Standards used by teachers:
• 1b
• 1c
• 4b
• 3a
• References:

 http://nineplanets.org/tour/

www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/.../index.cfm
www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml
www.simplek12.com/virtual.../virtual-field-trips-every-teacher-ought-to- know-about/

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-students

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-lp/standards-for-teachers

Educreations

Educreations is a great place where teachers can create online lessons in which students and parents can view at home. This type of resource is perfect for the Flipped Classroom Scenario or any other means of homework that the teacher would want to assign.

• I would like to use this tool for various lesson throughout my reading group as shown in this example:https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/squaring-vocabulary-words/39637328/?ref=link
• This tool would be great for having really differentiate learning and having the students be in charge on their own education. They are able to watch videos by teachers before class, complete any assignment, and then be able to further understanding and participate in discussion in class the next day. 
• A teacher can also use Educreations for staff developments such as I have created:  https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/what-is-a-flipped-classroom/39637473/?ref=link
• Educreations can be found at https://www.educreations.com

There are 3 cost levels to Educreations

 

• References 

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-students

http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-lp/standards-for-teachers

https://www.educreations.com

• iste Standards used by students:
• 2c
• 2d
• 3b
• 4b
• iste standards used by teachers:
• 1a
• 1c
• 1d
• 2b
• 2c
• 3a
• 5d