Blabberize & Yakit Kids

Technology Tip of the Week: Blabberize

Blabberize is an online tool that creates talking images.  You can upload an image, draw a mouth, then record your voice to make the image talk.

Check out this student example:

Integration ideas:

• Math - Talking 2D & 3D shapes to describe their attributes.
• Science - Talking science tools explaining their use.
• Social Studies - Talking historical figures.
• Language Arts -  Draw a picture related to the poem of the week.  Make your picture recite the poem.

App of the Week: YaKiT Kids

App Store Link:

• Click here to download YaKiT Kids.  
• Note: If searching the App Store, you will need to switch to "iPhone Only" apps, but the app does work on iPads as well.

Description:

• YaKiT Kids allows students to take photos and make them talk.  It will let you create more than one talking character in each picture and create multiple scenes to tell a story.

Example:

Check out this example:

Integration Ideas:

• Math - Talking 2D & 3D shapes to describe their attributes.
• Science - Talking science tools explaining their use.
• Social Studies - Talking historical figures.
• Language Arts -  Draw a picture related to the poem of the week.  Make your picture recite the poem.

Support:

• YaKiT Kids Teacher Review
• Classroom Guide To KaKiT Kids

Quizizz & Plickers

Technology Tip of the Week: Quizizz

Quizzizz is an online quiz tool with fun feedback memes. Question order and answer order can be shuffled to discourage cheating. Quzzizz is student paced and the questions appear on the student's device. The results are shown on the student's device. For an overview of Quizzizz, watch this video.

App of the Week: Plickers 

App Store Link:

• Plickers  

Description:

Plickers is a multiple choice clicker made of paper. This tool requires the teachers to have a device but students do not need devices. Each student is assigned a paper Plicker card. Plickers can be used for quick checks for understanding to know whether your students are understanding big concepts and mastering key skills.

Integration Ideas:

• Plickers can be used as an exit ticket to check for understanding 
• Plickers can be used for instant questions for immediate feedback 
• Plickers can be used for a short quiz that's instantly graded 

Support:

• Plickers Tutorial
• More About Plickers

Google Classroom

Technology Tip of the Week: Google Classroom

Google Classroom is a virtual environment that is designed to help teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google document for each student.  It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized.  Students can keep track of what’s due on the Assignments page and begin working with just a click. Teachers can quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom.  Classroom features include Announcement and Question posts as well.  This gives students a platform to publish their responses or ideas as well as a way for teachers to collect formative assessment data that will help focus instruction.

App of the Week: Google Classroom

App Store Link:

• Click here to download Google Classroom  

Description:

With Google Classroom mobile app for iOS, students and teachers can view their classes and communicate with their classmates in real time. Students can open their assignments and work on them right from their phone or tablet. Teachers can keep track of who has turned in work and grade the assignment - at school or on the go. Students and teachers receive notifications when they have new content in Classroom, so they are always up to date.

Integration Ideas:

• Classroom can be used in multiple content areas to extend learning beyond school walls...anytime, anywhere, any device

• Classroom can be used to flip learning...students can access content to prepare for deeper learning the next day

• Classroom allows students to publish ideas/work and receive timely feedback 

• Classroom allows students to collaborate when sharing Docs, Sheets, Slides, and other Google apps

Support:

• What is Google Classroom?

• 20 Things You Can Do with Google Classroom

• Google Classroom Support