Instructional Technology | Innovation Specialist | Retired June 2022
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From the makers of Quizizz, ZipQuiz is a free fun new way for students to practice (and compete) on their favorite school subjects!
This resource is fabulous. Google unveiled a resource for you that will help you and your students discover works and artifacts, allowing you to immerse yourself in cultural experiences from a myriad of museums across 70 countries around the world. Search projects, experiments, artists, mediums, art movements, historical events, historical figures, and places. Watch the intro video and check out the examples below.
Here’s another Google app you might be interested in. Coogle is a tool for building mind maps. Students work independently or collaboratively. Finished mind maps can be saved as PDF’s or PNG image files for sharing.
Use Coogle for any subject matter. It’s free and offers the following:
3 private diagrams, Unlimited public diagrams, Real-time collaboration, Over 1600 beautiful icons, Unlimited image uploads, PDF & Image download, Shared folders, Unconnected text boxes, Export as .mm and text, Comments & Chat
Design Challenge Learning is a 21st-century learning style geared to challenge and innovate students through hands-on activities that foster skills in critical thinking and in solving real world problems.
The Tech, Museum of Innovation is a good resource for design challenge lessons that can be done in less than an hour, 1-2 hours, or over multiple sessions. Lessons are thorough and labeled by grade level. From a teacher’s point of view, the opportunity to observe and question students through their challenge sheds new light on how students get more from a lesson by working together and thinking out loud. Give it a try and see how your students do with the whole engineering process.