Instructional Technology
Interactive Study
Thinglink
Description
"ThingLink’s image interaction technology helps students become fluent in using digital media to express themselves and demonstrate their learning. With ThingLink, teachers and students can easily create interactive infographics, maps, drawings, and engaging 360 documentaries in a classroom setting, at home, or on field trips. ThingLink’s growing collection of 360 stories lets learners of any country and age experience places and phenomena with the help of a virtual learning assistant. For creation, students can use ThingLink's 360 image editor to easily make virtual tours or 360 documentaries with audio narration, images, videos, and quizzes, engaging students like never before."
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Hyperdocs
Description
"HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. With strong educational philosophies built into each one, HyperDocs have the potential to shift the way you instruct with technology. They are created by teachers and given to students to engage, educate, and inspire learning. It’s not about teaching technology, it’s about using the technology to TEACH."
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Insert Learning
Description
Insert Learning is actually a Chrome extension that allows teachers to insert questions, links, and discussions into any online site for student interaction. It literally only takes one minute to make a static site interactive with this tool. This is a great way to utilize primary resources with your students to ensure that they are responding to current events in real time. There is also a deskptop site that allows teachers to view classes and responses in a dashboard.
Click HERE to visit an online article that has been made interactive with Insert Learning. (You'll need the Insert Learning extension in order to view it.)
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What do people think?
"I use Insert Learning as a different type of grammar check. It's better than just using a worksheet."~ Zak Browne
Pear Deck
Description
"Pear Deck was founded by educators on a mission to help teachers engage every student, every day. With solutions rooted in active learning and formative assessment, we make it easy for you to connect with learners of every age and ability. When that happens, more students participate and learn, classroom community improves, and you'll know you're making a difference.
Transform presentations into classroom conversations with an array of interactive and formative assessment questions. With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class."
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New Google Slides Add-On
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EdPuzzle
Description
"Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding.
Know if your students are watching your videos, how many times per section and if they're understanding the content.
Enable self-paced learning with interactive lessons, just add your voice and questions within the video.
Take already existing videos from YouTube, Khan Academy, Crash Course… or upload your own."
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Google Expeditions
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"With VR and AR, teachers are no longer limited by the space of the classroom. Google Expeditions allows a teacher to guide students through collections of 360° scenes and 3D objects, pointing out interesting sites and artifacts along the way. Expeditions explore history, science, the arts, and the natural world. Whether you’re roaming with dinosaurs or taking a look at Renaissance sculptures, there’s something amazing to explore for every subject." ~Google for Education