the best free web tools for engaging students in 1:1 classrooms

The Best Free Web Tools for Engaging Students in

1:1 ClassroomsJonathan Wylie

Technology ConsultantGrant Wood AEA@jonathanwylie

jwylie@gwaea.org

Wednesday, April 9, 14

Web Toolbox

Web Toolbox Criteria

• Free, or enough free material to be usable• Versatile enough to work on a variety of

different devices, (incl. mobile)• Accessible at home or at school via the web• An engaging or innovative use of technology

DISCLAIMER:These tools you see today are designed to be used in the classroom with up to 30

students. If they break during this demo, it is our fault for overloading them, or the result of a network failure. These are all tried and tested tools you can trust!

The Backchannel

Padlet

Go to padlet.com/wall/iowa121

http://padlet.com/wall/iowa121

More Backchannel Options

• Today's Meet • Chatzy• Twitter• Google Moderator• Backchannel Chat• Poll Everywhere• Edmodo

http://todaysmeet.com/

http://chatzy.com/

http://twitter.com/

https://www.google.com/moderator

http://backchannelchat.com/

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

http://edmodo.com/

Assessment Tools

Geddit

Go to letsgeddit.com and sign up as a student.

Use this class code: 957758

http://letsgeddit.com

More Assessment Tools

• InfuseLearning • Socrative (Try version 2.0!)• Poll Everywhere• ExitTicket• Nutmeg Education • The Answer Pad• GoSoapBox• Kahoot!

http://infuselearning.com/

http://scorative.com/

http://polleverywhere.com/

http://exitticket.org/

http://nutmegeducation.com/

http://theanswerpad.com/

http://www.gosoapbox.com/

http://getkahoot.com/

Flipped Classrooms

EDpuzzle

More for Flipped Classrooms

• Educanon • Google Forms• Verso• Videonot.es• TED-Ed• Khan Academy• Screenr, Screencast-o-matic, Jing, or Quicktime• iPad Screencasting Apps• Edmodo, Moodle, Canvas, Schoology

http://www.educanon.com/

http://drive.google.com/

http://versoapp.com/

http://vidoenot.es/

http://ed.ted.com/

https://www.khanacademy.org/

http://screenr.com/

http://screencastomatic.com/

http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

https://www.apple.com/quicktime/

http://jonathanwylie.hubpages.com/hub/iPad-Screencasting-Apps

http://edmodo.com/

https://moodle.org/

http://www.instructure.com/k-12

https://www.schoology.com/

Presentation Tools

EverySlide

More Presentation Tools

• Nearpod• Movenote• Swipe.to• ClassFlow• Haiku Deck• Apollo • Prezi• Pear Deck (beta invite only)

http://nearpod.com/

http://movenote.com/

http://beta.swipe.to/

https://classflow.com/

https://www.haikudeck.com

https://apollo.atlaslearning.net/

http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/

https://peardeck.com

Coding in the Classroom

All You Need is an Imagination

https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=bHbFPL4PWck&vq=hd720

Codecademy

More Coding Resources

• Tynker • Scratch• Code HS• Alice• Kandu• Dash

• Touch Develop• Code.org• Editey• Snap• iPad Coding Apps

http://www.tynker.com/

http://scratch.mit.edu/

http://codehs.com/

http://www.alice.org/index.php

https://kandu.com/

https://dash.generalassemb.ly/

https://www.touchdevelop.com/

http://code.org/learn

http://www.editey.com/

http://snap.berkeley.edu/

http://jonathanwylie.com/2013/12/11/my-big-list-of-ipad-coding-apps-for-kids/

Content Curation

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078

http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2595497078

Blendspace

Content Curation

• Learnist• Diigo• EduClipper• Themeefy• Storify• Flipboard• Symbaloo• Scoop.it

http://learni.st/

http://diigo.com/

https://educlipper.net/

https://themeefy.com/

https://storify.com/

https://flipboard.com/

http://www.symbalooedu.com/

http://www.scoop.it/

Creation Tools

ThingLink

Creation Tools• infogr.am• PowToon• Animoto EDU• Scrawlar• TouchCast• Google Drive• Smore• Weebly for Education, Kidblog, Google Sites• Popplet, LucidChart, Mindmup, Memofon

http://infogr.am/

http://www.powtoon.com/

http://animoto.com/pro/education

http://scrawlar.com/

http://www.touchcast.com/

http://drive.google.com/

http://smore.com/

https://education.weebly.com/

http://kidblog.org/home/

http://popplet.com

https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/education/university

http://mindmup.com/