NC High School English Language Arts Educators | Remote Learning Resources: Ask, Give, and Take! | Recent Activity

KAREN TURNER 4 years, 7 months ago

Albert.io is great resource! They have tons of activities you can assign to students, vocab, reading passages, etc.

STEVEN BAILEY 4 years, 6 months ago

Yes. This one is pretty good for helping students learn Shakespeare's language. Shakespeare's Language: Archaic Usage & Poetry

JESSICA GRENGA 4 years, 3 months ago

Name	Website Link	Need Account?	Info/Notes
Bit.ly	https://bitly.com/	Yes, free to sign up	This allows you to shorten and customize a link that you are trying to share. (Ex. Bit.ly/grenga1 instead of a super long and difficult link – most PDs use these)
Classroom Screen	https://classroomscreen.com/	No, but bookmark	This creates a virtual display to use during class – you can add/change the apps you use but some include date, timer, noise level, dice. This is helpful if you don’t want to keep switching back and forth for these tools.
Flipgrid	www.flipgrid.com	Use School Acct	Check out the “disco library” for ideas from the Flipgrid community. Students record a video and classmates can see, respond/reply to them. Teacher can leave private feedback, change titles/descriptions, captions for student videos. Ex. Book reports, cooking videos, virtual tour and response.
Flippity	https://flippity.net/	No, no login req but use w/ Google acct	-turn a google spreadsheet into a bunch of other things – bingo card, scavenger hunt, flash cards, matching game, scavenger hunt, random name picker – tons of options!
Forms	(Part of Office 365)	Use School acct	You can add “branching” in a Form so that if a student gets a question wrong you can add remediation/ more examples/ a video or link resource. Good for scaffolding!
Go Formative	https://goformative.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Formative assessment tool, you create a quiz and students answer, but teacher sees the students working in real-time, with quick-draw feature (would be cool for math/science). You can click on a student’s response and give immediate feedback.
Go Open NC	goopennc.oercommons.org	Use School Acct	NC-specific hub for free content/assessments/lesson plans/etc. Can join through NCEdCloud (see blue NC icon).
Google My Maps	https://www.google.com/maps/about/mymaps/	Use School created Google Acct	Create a virtual tour for a specific subject (ex. I did Gatsby). You can label places you want the students to look at.
I Love PDF	https://www.ilovepdf.com/	No, no login req	This website will split pdfs, join pdfs, pdf to word – all features that you usually have to pay for with adobe.
Jigsaw Planet	https://www.jigsawplanet.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Use an image to create a puzzle, then you can send the puzzle to students and have them create it. (Ex. Put standard or warm up or question on a PPT slide, screenshot the image and upload it here.)
Kahoot	Kahoot.it / Kahoot.create	Yes, free to sign up	New feature – “Challenge” where you can create and assign a Kahoot and students can do it at any point before the deadline. (They are still timed and scored, but not all answering at once.)
Mentimeter	https://www.mentimeter.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Similar to Poll Everywhere, create a presentation with polls/questions embedded. *Note – unlimited answers and presentations but only two questions per presentation with free version.
Nearpod	https://nearpod.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Similar to Padlet (I haven’t used this yet)
Padlet	https://padlet.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Good to use with discussions/ KWL charts, check ins, etc (see idea gallery) *Note – You can only use 3 padlets for free but you can delete and reuse them.
Playing Cards	playingcards.io	No, no login req	Online gamerooms that students can play together (checkers, go fish, crazy eights, etc). Depending on the game there is a player limit. *Note – I don’t know if this is blocked or not!
Poll Everywhere	https://www.polleverywhere.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Use for live results to a question or poll. Students can use phone or laptop to answer. *Note – only 40 answers per poll with the free version.
Quizizz	https://quizizz.com/	Yes, free to sign up	Create quizzes like Kahoot, can do individual assessments or group races, can assign to be due at a later date, can turn off timers students can do flashcards for the questions. Solo practice link for practice in advance of a test. Also has a “redemption” question to redo one you missed and shows which ones are wrong/right. Option to email results to parent! Spreadsheet for data – very clear and color-coded. Turn leaderboard off if not in person (or only show Top 5).*Sync class through Clever – easy to setup your rosters.
Rebus Club	https://rebus.club/en	No, no login req	Put a sentence, phrase or word into the textbox and it will convert it into pictographs/icons – you can have students try to solve these pictures (ex. Use with vocab words or book titles)
Safe Youtube	https://safeyoutube.net/	No, no login req	Find a Youtube video, copy the link and put into this cite – it gets rid of ads!! (Just shows the video)
Take a Test	https://takeatest.blob.core.windows.net/takeatest-link-generator/testpage.html	Use School Acct	This is only good for MICROSOFT FORMS, it will create a secure testing setup for students to take a test/quiz though Forms. Once the form is created, copy the link and paste it here, then copy the new link and post in your classroom.
UnScreen	https://www.unscreen.com/	No, no login req	Upload a video and it will remove the background (teachers are making GIFs of themselves after recording a video or live video on their phone.) You can then put the GIF on PPT slides.
Vocaroo	http://www.vocaroo.com	No, no login req	Very simply audio recorder – just audio – good for read alouds or responses. Can share a link to audio recording (ex. Have students record a response and share through Teams/Padlet, etc)
Whiteboard Fi	https://whiteboard.fi/	No, no login req	This offers a whiteboard for the teacher to write on (or type/draw) and gives you a code for students to join they don’t need an account. Students will see your whiteboard and they have their own, so they can respond (students can’t see each other’s whiteboards). Could use for formative, quiz, check in)