Web Tools To Be Using In An Online Space
In our current situation of lockdown and online learning at home, just about everything; school wise, is completed online.
So how do you keep your students motivated and interested? Try introducing or using some of these web tools for them to display and show their learning in a different format;
Posters/Brochures/Presentations
Canva Education - access thousands of high-quality, educational templates for every subject, grade, and ability. Discover worksheets, lesson plans, presentations, posters, reports, and more, all ready to customize
Visme - recently discovered this great site for bringing designs to life - so many images and fonts for creating printables, presentations, infographics, documents, charts and content. Have your students sign up for free
Buncee - with an ideas lab full of templates and inspiring activities. Great place for your students to get creative
Break Your Own News - Today's top story... you! Or, whatever you want. Add your pic, write the headline and we'll go live to the scene
Nearpod - makes teaching easier with the interactive tools, resources, and content teachers need, all in one place
Mindmaps
Padlet - choose visual images to show your ideas
Popplet - simple way to visualise ideas
Jamboard - a whiteboard app to brainstorm and share ideas
Books
Book Creator - make digital books online
Story Jumper - create storybooks online
Story Bird - artful storytelling site
Word Clouds
Tagxedo - make word clouds with style
Wordle - make a word cloud and feel free to re-font, re-colour, resize, move, rotate, add and delete words to create custom visualizations
Drawing
SketchPad - create and save drawings at the click of a button. SketchPad is a simple to use free Chrome extension that allows you to create and save quick and fun drawings.
Oral Responses
Flipgrid - simple, free video discussions to make learning fun, fulfilling, and empowering
Animations
Stop Motion - students are able to make a movie using this app
Fodey - create an animated tomato
Toontastic 3D - draw, animate, and narrate swashbuckling adventures, breaking news stories, science reports, and all your other wacky ideas
Which ones have you used with your students and were a hit? Which ones have not worked so well in your class? We would love it if you joined the conversation and left a comment below.
