The following are the links we will use during today’s workshop.
Mentimeter (https://www.mentimeter.com/app): You will not need to go to the site because I will activate the poll, but this is a polling site you can use for free for up to 2 polls per presentation and 5 quizzes. You can delete polls and add new ones.
Objective Builder Tool (https://cdl.ucf.edu/teach/resources/objective-builder-tool/) Write clear and focused objectives; tool is written in English but user can use any language for writing objectives.
Edji: Russian (edji.it/qtpn) or English (edji.it/cdvj): This is a social annotation tool. Anyone with the link or invited through email can comment and add emoticons. Teachers can turn on a Heat Map to show the combined comments.
Peergrade (https://www.peergrade.io/) students’ projects or essays are randomly assigned to other students in the class for anonymous feedback; teachers MUST teach students how to give feedback
Google Forms (https://www.google.com/forms/about/) free forms that can be used to gather information about what students know; could be used for surveys, quizzes, exit slips; other formative assessments prompts
Socrative (https://www.socrative.com/)
SMS Generator (http://www.classtools.net/SMS/) Students create text message conversations between two characters; could have students to work in pairs as well.
Padlet (https://padlet.com/) good tool for brainstorming or determining background knowledge
Proboards (https://www.proboards.com/) free discussion boards.
Chatzy (https://www.chatzy.com/) no sign-up necessary for students to particpate in a live chat session; pose a question and let students discuss it
Google Groups (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!overview) discussion groups are easy to setup and monitor
Quizziz (https://quizizz.com/) Create quizzes for free; students can take quizzes individually or in teams
Quizlet (https://quizlet.com/) Create flashcard lists; can choose the language; free; Quizlet Live is a collaborative team game to practice any list.
Go SoapBox (https://www.gosoapbox.com/) Create quizzes or polls for students to answer with their devices; a clicker system that works with any devices;
Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com) Gather information about what your students know through a game; best application is having students create and run the games while you roam the classroom to see how students are playing
Survey Monkey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/) With the free plan, you get unlimited surveys with ten questions maximum in each survey; could be used to get student feedback on topics, classroom activities, or be used as quiz. Choose the language you want.
Super Lame (http://www.superlame.com/) Add captions to pictures
Now Comment (https://nowcomment.com/) Must sign up for an account; can imput documents for annotation by students.
Padlet Survey (https://padlet.com/engmaven/ow71cq87g3qi) What did you learn that will be useful?