Andi McNair
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Great place for students to explore skills and project ideas.
Safe blogging space created for the classroom. We use Kidblog to reflect.
Trello is the platform we use to document learning and track standards that we use during Genius Hour
We use Nepris to find outside experts for each student. This service connects classrooms with industry experts.
Skype is such a great way for students to communicate with others all over the world. Mystery Skypes are so much fun!
Give your students an opportunity to communicate what they know using QR codes. Plickers are great exit tickets!
Send reminders, share pictures, and communicate with parents are students using Remind. Very easy to use!
Socrative is great for real time responses. Can be used with personal devices. Great alternative to paper.
This tool serves as a digital bulletin board perfect for collaboration.
Great place for students to create stories and even books. Very simple to use.
Another fun website for students to use to create stories and write books.
Created by students at MIT, Scratch allows students to create, design, and animate video games and stories. They can share their creations with the world!
Easy way for students to create beautiful word clouds.
DogoNews is a great place to find current events that are appropriate for our students. Lots of vocabulary, geography, and critical thinking. Article comprehension quesitions and critical thinking challenge at the end of each article.
OSMO is a wonderful tool that kids absolutely love. Students play games that encourage critical thinking. So much fun!
A new wonder is shared every day and students can learn new vocabualry and practice reading comprehension.
Students use inferencing to decide where images are located in the world. Be careful, it's addicting!.
Lots of stories and videos to encourage critical thinking and creativity.
Great space for students to write in order to reflect. Very safe and easy to use!
These QR codes provide questions to encourage students to reflect on a higher level and are perfect to use before blogging.
Photo prompts for students to reflect on and write about. Great tool to use with KidBlog.
Perfect place for students to use video in order to reflect, collaborate, and share ideas.
Similar to photo prompts but more appropriate for middle school/high school students.
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This tool allows students to draw a video game on paper and then hover a device over the drawing to create a real video game that can be played and shared out with the world.
Design challenges that encourage student to create through innovation and curiosity. Very cool website!