Digital Tools

1:1 Learninghttps://webenglish.se/11-learning/

Links to websites, where students can practise 1:1, by themselves, at school or at home.

7 Tips for Breakout Room Success – Edutopiahttps://www.edutopia.org/article/7-tips-breakout-room-successHaving students meet briefly in small groups can help build community and foster deeper learning.

How to Use Your Android Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/FmGgbbgCu3YHow to use your Android phone as document camera in a Zoom meeting. Software featured: Vysor. Overviewer for iPhone 

ClassroomScreenhttps://classroomscreen.com/Quickly get a timer, textbox, noise meter, drawing tool, name picker, work symbols and more. Completely free.

Create Your Own Puzzles: Online, Free and Interactive! – Puzzel.orghttps://puzzel.org/Create Crossword PuzzleCreate Word SearchCreate JigsawCreate Memory GameCheck out all 12 puzzle types Free puzzles by default. Create any puzzle you can think of. 2 puzzles per account, 60 puzzle plays per month.

Edpuzzlehttps://edpuzzle.com/

Make any video your lesson. Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students’ understanding. Tips
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ESL Conversation Lessons | ESL Videohttps://www.eslvideo.com/conversation.phpFree ESL conversation / discussion questions for online classes

Answers to FAQs About Online Instructionhttps://practicaledtech.com/2020/04/13/answers-to-faqs-about-online-instruction/For the last month my inbox has been flooded with questions seeking advice on tools to use for online instruction.  I’ve lumped them into this FAQ post that I hope you find helpful.

Free Technology for Teachers: Filters, Captions, and Other Zoom Features You Might Have Missed (4:10)https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/02/filters-captions-and-other-zoom.htmlFree Technology for Teachers: Filters, Captions, and Other Zoom Features You Might Have Missed

Home Learning with Choice Boards During School Closures – SULS056 | Shake Up Learninghttps://shakeuplearning.com/blog/home-learning-with-choice-boards-during-school-closures-suls056/In this episode, Laura Steinbrink shares her choice board strategy for student home learning with both offline and online options. Learn how she is approaching this unprecedented time with grace and understanding, supporting all her students!

How to Filter Background Noise in Zoom Meetings – YouTube (2:11)https://youtu.be/EJyYrsdRRwsHow to filter background noise in Zoom meetings.

Loom | Free Screen & Video Recording Softwarehttps://www.useloom.com

Get your message across with instantly shareable videos for work. Capture your screen, record your front-facing camera, and narrate it all at once, then instantly share with a simple link. Privacy

Microsoft Teams Education: How to manage it like a prohttps://ditchthattextbook.com/microsoft-teams/#tve-jump-1719d198867Microsoft Teams Education is your classroom management hub if your students use Microsoft tools. Learn how to manage Teams like a pro.

Online Whiteboard for Remote Collaboration | Mirohttps://miro.com/aq/twitter/remote-collaboration/With the magic of Miro, visualizing concepts, ideas, and solutions as a team can happen anywhere — no dry erase markers needed. Collaborate together anytime, anywhere.

Put Yourself and the Book into your Virtual Read Alouds! – YouTubehttps://www.eslvideo.com/create_quiz.phpPut yourself and your book into your virtual read alouds so your students can see you and still see the pages of the book as you read them!

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing – Zoomhttps://zoom.usZoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Tutorial by Richard Byrne

Free Technology for Teachers: How to Give Self-grading Quizzes to Students Who Don’t Have Email Addresseshttps://www.freetech4teachers.com/2021/01/how-to-give-self-grading-quizzes-to.htmlFree Technology for Teachers, How to Give Self-grading Quizzes to Students Who Don’t Have Email Addresses

Synthhttps://gosynth.com/

Synth is a free platform for recording short podcasts that listeners can reply to with short audio recordings of their own.
Tutorial by Richard Byrne (9:51)Privacy

Teaching online: A checklist | Ellucianhttps://www.ellucian.com/insights/teaching-online-checklistTeaching online can be fraught with issues. Here are some tips to make the transition easier.

A new app allows teachers to use their iPhone or iPad as an overhead camera on Zoom – The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/2021/1/6/22217200/overviewer-app-teachers-overhead-camera-iphone-zoomFrom your Iphone’s camera to Zoom with no decorations

Teachers are Creating A Virtual Bitmoji Classroom—Cute and Helpful too!https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-bitmoji-classroom/Recreate your classroom virtually!  If you’ll be teaching virtually, this is a fun and helpful option for your students. The interactive elements allow them to click through to see assignments, documents, and websites.

Watchkin – Watch videos without distractionshttps://watchkin.com/Watch Youtube videos without distractions in a family-friendly environment

Wattpad – Where stories livehttps://www.wattpad.com/Wattpad Studios discovers untapped, unsigned, and talented writers on Wattpad and connects them to global multi-media entertainment companies.

Wordwall | Create better lessons quickerhttps://wordwall.net/Make custom activities for your classroom. Quizzes, matchups, word games, and much more.

Ten Tips for Using YouTube Videos in Online and In-person Classeshttps://practicaledtech.com/2021/02/02/ten-tips-for-using-youtube-videos-in-online-and-in-person-classes/These features are good to know when you’re using YouTube to host your own videos and when you’re using YouTube find and share lessons with your students.

Learn a Language, Teach a Language | ZenGengohttps://www.zengengo.com/ZenGengo is an online platform for teaching and learning languages with 10 assignment types for practising reading, writing, listening and speaking.

How to Find and Use Zoom Virtual Backgrounds – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/568HEn9VaDYHow to find and use Zoom virtual backgrounds, by Richard Byrne