Instructional Technology | Innovation Specialist | Retired June 2022
Google announces the new Quizizz Chrome Apps for your classroom. With dedicated apps for teachers and students, your favorite review tool is now just a click away.
Sounds Interesting? You can read more about these apps here.
Get your students engaged by delivering interactive lessons containing videos, virtual reality, images and slideshows, websites, sways, and assessment tools like fill-in-the-blank, open-ended responses, multiple choice, and freehand drawings. Nearpod converts your already created PowerPoint lessons with ease and can also be assigned as homework in Google Classroom lickety-split. This is a one-to-one solution making good use of mobile device technology (laptops, smartphones, tablets). Free accounts are available and premium features come with a cost. This program packs a powerful punch for both teacher and students. Take a look for yourself and if the technology is there, chalk this one up as a must-use tool in your classroom.
Engage your students with Quizizz, a multi-user and self-paced assessment tool that makes reviewing a snap. The program can be used on any device with a web browser. Ready to use activities are plentiful or you can create your own. The nice thing with Quizizz is that it integrates well with Google Classroom making assignments a breeze.
See my recent post on Quizizz and Kahoot!
Engage students in a competitive environment by working collaboratively in teams. For a quick lesson review or foreign language and vocabulary building, Baamboozle is quick to provide ready made activities and study guide activities without having to log in (or you can create your own).
Why use Wikipedia or a common web browser to search for content relevant to a topic you’ve been assigned for a research paper? InstaGrok it instead!
InstaGrok produces an interactive concept map based on your keyword search. The example here shows the results from a search on MacBeth. Results are interactive and may include video, images, and other website sources. 
Students can save notes to a journal about key facts. When ready to write a paper all material can then be referenced from one place. This visual interface makes searching fun and effective.
Check it out. It’s free for student use at: instagrok.com
Teacher accounts are available for an annual cost after a 90 day free trial but what you can do with this as a class is pretty amazing not to mention it’s 21st century skills based.
