ClassFlow is free from the

Promethean company and works

on any device with a web browser.

When the teacher starts a lesson in

ClassFlow, a class code is

displayed. Students enter that class

code at classflow.com/student.

While you can use ClassFlow

without first inputting classes and

students names, you’ll probably

want to take the time to do this so

that students’ responses are

recorded in ClassFlow’s reports.

Additionally, ClassFlow has the

option to award students badges

for accomplishments.

Classkick is available at classkick.com. To create an assignment, a teacher uploads a PDF or starts with a

blank multi-page canvas. Then, the teacher can add text, drawings, photos, hyperlinks, and audio recordings to each page before assigning to one or more Class Rosters. Students can join an assignment using a Class Code (there are no

passwords to fuss with). Students work at their own pace, and can privately raise their hands. The teacher can jump into their screen and give instant help. The teacher can view everything each student has added to an assignment in real-time and add feedback at any

time. Note that Classkick does not have the ability to grade student submissions against an answer key—the teacher manually grades student work.

Flipgrid.com and the app facilitate

the collection and sharing of video

responses. Flipgrid One, which is

the free version, enables teachers

to set up one Grid with an

unlimited number of Topics and an

unlimited number of student

responses. Here’s how it works: The

teacher adds a new Topic within a

Grid. Students access the Topic

through the Topic’s web link or

through its unique Response Code.

Videos in Flipgrid One are limited

to 90 seconds. With it’s ease of use,

Flipgrid is being used in education

to collect and share things like

reflections, reading responses,

advice, exit tickets, and reports.

Teachers can create digital

assignments for free

at GoFormative.com. You can add

any combination of multiple choice,

short answer, true/false, and show

your work questions. There’s an

option to upload an existing PDF and

transform it into an electronic answer

sheet. After the assignment is made,

students can join by entering a Quick

Code or by following a unique URL

for the assignment. As students

answer questions, their teacher can

see the responses in real time, grade

them, and provide

feedback. GoFormative.com has

great tutorials and videos to help you

get started.

Create a form

at forms.google.com. The form

has a variety of question types and

can contain hyperlinks, images,

and videos. The form can be a

survey or a graded quiz. Preview

the form and copy the link. Get the

link to students through a QR code,

a shortened URL, or a website

posting.

Kahoot is a popular (and free)

class quiz game – kids and

teachers love it! The teacher starts

a quiz with multiple choice or

sequencing questions. Students

join the game using a game code.

The teacher’s computer connects

to a projector so it can display

each question. Students respond

using the buttons that are on their

devices’ screens. The faster they

answer, the more points they get.

Teachers can sign up and find or

create quizzes at getkahoot.com.

Mentimeter is a response system in

which the teacher sets up a

“presentation” where each slide can

have a multiple choice, image choice,

quiz, word cloud, scales, or open-

ended question. Students join a

presentation by going

to menti.com and entering a six digit

code, which is displayed on each

Mentimeter slide. Mentimeter is

completely web-based. It’s great for

getting the pulse of a class,

icebreakers, capturing audience

questions, voting, exit tickets, etc.

Mentimeter has no audience size limit; however, the free version limits each

presentation to two questions each.

You can have multiple presentations,

but each time you switch, your

audience will have to enter a new

code.

Nearpod works in the web browser

of any device. The teacher creates

or uploads a slideshow and then

adds questions, which can be

used to collect multiple, short

answers, drawings, and more.

When the slideshow begins, the

teacher provides a code for

students to join. There’s the option

for teacher-paced where the

whole class follows along (and the

teacher monitors in real-time), or

the option for student-paced

slideshows where students

advance their own slides.

Padlet is a free website for collecting

and sharing text, images, videos, and

files. The teacher signs into

Padlet.com to create online bulletin

boards (each one is called a padlet).

By default, each padlet is set so that

students do not have to log in to

view and post. You can create as

many padlets as you like, and each

one has its own web address. I highly

recommend enabling moderation so

that you have control over what

appears publicly on a padlet. Do this

by clicking Share and scrolling down

to Moderation. With moderation

turned on, each post must be

approved before it is published.

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Poll Everywhere can conduct live

multiple choice and open-ended

polls. Results are instantly displayed

on the computer, which is

connected to a big screen for

everyone to see. A favorite Poll

Everywhere feature is live word

clouds. The audience types in

responses on their devices, and Poll

Everywhere displays a word cloud—

the sizes of the words on my screen

indicate how frequently they were

submitted. The word cloud grows

and adjusts as responses are

received. The audience does not

need an app. They simply go to the

Poll Everywhere page and answer

the question with no login required.

Quizalize is a new website for

playing class quiz games. The

teacher can input her own

questions or find a pre-made quiz.

Students join the game by logging

in or with a game code and are

assigned to one of two teams. The

teacher’s computer can either

display team progress on a

projector screen or be for the

teacher to view who is doing well

and who might need some help

with the content.

You can create and play class quiz

games at quizizz.com. Quizizz displays the question and answer options on each students’ screen. Students play on their own devices by joining the teachers game with a code. The faster a student answers a question, the more points he or she earns. Quizizz has

memes, which are funny pictures, that it shows after each question. You can turn these off, but you won’t want to. Quizizz lets you turn off the leaderboard and timer, if you have students who get too stressed out when the quiz is a competition. Quizizz can be played as a

class or quizzes can be left open for 2 weeks, so a quiz can be used as homework or at a center.

There’s a class game you can play

through Quizlet. It’s called Quizlet Live, and it’s

free. You need at least 6 students to play.

Students go to quizlet.live in any device’s web

browser and enter the access code for the

game the teacher initiated. After all students

have joined, Quizlet Live randomly divides

students into teams of 3 or 4 players. Each

team gets a randomly selected animal

mascot. Once the game is started, teams race

to match 12 terms and definitions. The thing is,

each team member has 3-4 of the terms on

their screens. Students must work together to

make the matches. A wrong answer will reset

a team’s progress to zero. The teacher’s

screen displays the progress for each team.

That screen can be mirrored onto a big screen

so teams can see each other’s progress. The

first team to correctly match all 12 terms is the

winner. At a game’s conclusion, the teacher’s

screen can display the terms that the class

needs to work on (based on wrong answers

during game play).

Teachers prompt students to respond, and

students explain their thinking on video with

Recap. It’s a free at letsrecap.com. The

teacher creates an assignment for the

class or individual students. The assignment

can have a single question or multiple

questions. Each student joins the class

through a Class Pin or by logging in on the

website or in Recap’s app. After recording,

students’ videos are sent to the teacher’s

Recap dashboard. The teacher can view

videos individually and view a daily review

reel. The teacher can type comments for

each video submission.

The teacher can turn on the self-

assessment option for an assignment. After

recording the video, students rate their

response as Got It, Partially Got It, or Didn’t

Get It. The self-assessment data appears in

the teacher’s Recap dashboard. This,

along with viewing the responses, can help

the teacher determine needs.

Seesaw is a very easy way for

students to add their work to an

online learning journal. First, the

teacher creates a class list inside of

Seesaw. Seesaw provides a code

that students can use to access

the class list. A student adds work

simply by selecting his or her name

and uploading. He or she can also

add a caption, labels, or audio

narration. The teacher can provide

feedback, and is in control of what

is published to the class feed.

SketchParty TV is a high-tech drawing

game that plays like Pictionary. It's great for

reinforcing vocabulary in just about any

subject. You can enter your own words (at

least 16) and then play in groups to draw

and guess the words. It’s awesome to see

the thinking process when students try

figure out how to represent abstract

concepts in a quick sketches. The app

manages the game play after you input

the team members. It chooses the order of

players, randomly selects words, and keeps

score. The app even plays fun gameshow

music while you play! Sketch Party TV is a

paid app for iOS and requires your

device to be mirrored to a TV or

projector. On the device’s screen

SketchParty TV displays the word/phrase to

draw and Pass and Got It buttons, which

the other players cannot see on the

mirrored screen. It’s big fun at parties and

gatherings!

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Socrative.com is a free web-based

service that’s great for collecting

student responses. The teacher

creates a quiz with multiple choice

and/or short answer questions. This

is handy: short answer questions

can be marked as correct or

incorrect. So the teacher can ask

for answers that are numbers,

words, or phrases. Spelling counts

with short answers, so it’s nice that

Socrative allows for multiple

correct responses to short answer

questions.

Triventy is a website for group

surveys and quiz games. The

teacher can input her own

questions or find pre-made

questions. Students join the game

by logging in with a game code

The teacher’s computer displays

questions on a projector screen,

and student devices also show the

question and response

buttons. Teachers can sign up for

free at triventy.com.

AnswerGarden– A tool for online brainstorming or polling, educators can use this real time

tool to see student feedback on questions. Animoto – Gives students the ability to make a short, 30-second share video of what they learned in a given lesson. AudioNote– A combination of a voice recorder and notepad that captures both audio and notes for student collaboration. Backchannel Chat – Similar to TodaysMeet, this site offers a teacher-moderated version of Twitter. An extension of the in-the-moment conversation might be to capture the chat,

create a tag cloud and see what surfaces as a focus of the conversation. Chatzy (NEW) – Use Chatzy like you would TodaysMeet, to support backchannel conversations in a private setting. These live chats make great companions to classroom discussion, provide exit tickets, or keep a discussion going after the class is over. Coggle– A mind mapping tool designed to understand student thinking. Conceptboard– This software facilitates team collaboration in a visual format – similar to mind mapping, but using visual and textual inputs. Compatible on tablets and PCs,

Conceptboard can work from multiple devices. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard – A whiteboard app that provides students the tool to share understanding and comprehension.

ExitTicket (NEW) – This app offers teachers the opportunity to poll, test, or survey what students know in quizzes called tickets. This tool is best for gathering simple feedback about what students know and don’t know, and is useful for pre-assessment as well as an exit ticket. Five Card Flickr– Designed to foster visual thinking, this tool uses the tag feature from photos in Flickr.

ForAllRubrics– This software is free for all teachers and allows you to import, create and score rubrics on your iPad, tablet or smartphone. You can collect data offline with no internet access, compute scores automatically and print or save the rubrics as a PDF or spreadsheet. Formative Feedback for Learning– An iPad app that is designed to foster and encourage communication between students and teachers. Through a conference setting it uses icons to prompt discussions.

GoSoapBox – Free for less than 30 students, this all student response system works with the BYOD model, so no charge for a clicker. One of the most intriguing features for me is the Confusion Meter. iBrainstorm– An iPad app that allows students to collaborate on projects using a stylus or their finger on screen. Jot – Use like individual whiteboards to express ideas and understanding. Lino – A virtual corkboard of sticky-notes so students can provide questions or comments

on their learning. These can be used like exit tickets or during the course of a lesson. Naiku (NEW) – Teachers can easily and quickly create quizzes that students can answer using their mobile device. Great for checking for understanding before and after a lesson. Obsurvey – Create surveys, polls and questionnaires quickly and easily.

Pear Deck – Plan and build interactive presentations that students can participate via their smart device. Limited free usage and it offers unique question types. Pick Me!– An easy to use app for the iPod, iPad and iPhone that facilitates random student selection. Can be organized by class for convenience. PingPong (NEW) – Another backchannel tool that helps maintain student interest by providing a place where students can pose questions, take notes, make comments about instructional content, and share resources during and outside of class.

PollDaddy– Quick and easy way to create online polls, quizzes and questions. Students can use smartphones, tablets, and computers to provide their answers and information can be culled for reports. ProProfs (NEW) – Build and test knowledge with quick quizzes, polls and surveys. RabbleBrowser– An iPad app that allows a leader to facilitate a collaborative browsing experience. Quia (NEW) – Teachers can create games, quizzes, surveys and more, and access a

database of existing quizzes from other educators. QuickVoice Recorder– Another free voice recording app for the iPhone or iPad that allows you to record classes, discussions or other project audio files. You can sync your recordings to your computer easily for use in presentations. Random Name/Word Picker– This tool allows the teacher to input a class list and facilitates random name picking. You can also add a list of keywords and use the tool to have the class prompt a student to guess the word by providing definitions.

Scattervox – Unique polling tool that makes each question 2-dimensional by having respondents use quadrants for their response, thus creating a scatter plot. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard – Another whiteboard tool students and teachers can use to check understanding.

Tagul (NEW) – This word cloud generator has an added feature that allows the user to make each word an active link to connect to a website you determine. Tagxedo – A tag cloud generator that allows you to examine student consensus and facilitate dialogue. ThinkBinder– A collaboration tool that allows students to ask questions and discuss topics in a group, share, create and work together on almost any project. TitanPad – This unique tool for collaborative work offers 8 colors to choose from so that each

contributor may use a different color. You can easily imagine group work, be it peer review or peer editing for starters, can be made interactive. TodaysMeet– This online collaboration tool allows educators to create a “room” in which students can share ideas, answers and thoughts to lectures and lessons. Educators can view student responses in real time for evidence of learning. Verso – Described as a feedback tool, this app allows teachers to set up learning using a URL. Space is provided for directions. Students download the app and input their responses

to the assignment. They can then post their comments and respond to the comments of others. The teacher can group responses and check engagement levels. VoiceThread– Allows you to create and share conversations on documents, diagrams, videos, pictures or almost anything. This facilitates collaborative student discussion and work. Vocaroo– A free service that allows users to create audio recordings without the need for software. You can easily embed the recording into slide shows, presentations, or websites.

Great for collaborative group work and presentations. Wordables (NEW) – The Word Cloud Guessing Game. This app allows you to elicit evidence of learning or determine background knowledge about a topic. These word clouds are pictures composed of a cloud of smaller words that form a clue to the topic.