Teaching Tech Tools!

Technology in the classroom is HUGE! And because of the growth of technology use within the classroom, there are SO MANY TOOLS that teachers and students can use to help further their learning. I've had the opportunity to explore a few new tools that I haven't heard of, and I've thought about how I can use these in my classroom in the future, and in this post, I'm going to share those tools with you, and share how I can use them.

1. SOCRATIVE 

This site is SO COOL. It's for grades  3-12. This site provides activities, quizzes, results, and so much more. The skills that this sites focuses on is communication and collaboration, character and SEL, as well as critical thinking. The purpose of this site is to help with assessments, and classroom management. There are so many ways that we can use these in our classrooms. Rather than writing up our own quizzes, we can use some quizzes that have been made for their age group already, with the proper content. We, as teachers, can tweak the content as needed, and we have access to the results to the quizzes right away. It tracks what they've grasped, and what they need to work on, and we can see what we need to spend more time on with them. I think the students could have fun with the activities that are provided, and with the quizzes, they'll know right away what they got wrong, and what they need to work on, rather than having to wait for you to grade them, which sometimes, can take days. This way, we have instant results and we can move forward quicker.

2. KAHOOT

This site is designed to MAKE LEARNING AWESOME!  It is designed for grades 4-12, and there are so many different activities that make learning fun. The skills that this site focuses on is communication and collaboration, tech skills, and critical thinking. The purpose of the site is to provide assessments, and targeted practice. This site is focused on engaging kids, and making learning fun for them again. While it doesn't allow for tracking of their progress, there are other ways that teachers can do that. We can use this site to give the kids a break from lectures, and test their knowledge in other ways. In my classroom, I would love to use this to help the students further their learning, while they're having fun. They can play in groups, or individually, but I definitely think they can benefit from this site.

There are so many more sites out there that can help further a students learning, and to help teachers in their classroom. Assessment tools are a great contribution to the classroom, and if we can make learning just a little more exciting for the kids, then there's no question of what we should do.