The following websites contain a free online app that you can use in your own classroom. They are great for organization or for projects... or for both! You will find a link to the website as well as a link to a YouTube tutorial that we found online to help you later.
Symbaloo
Symbaloo is an organizational tool. It is a great format for you to either organize your own or share multiple websites with your students. It is also a great way for the students to organize their own websites! The best part about Symbaloo is that because it is online, it can be accessed online on any device!
Click here to access it within the school district.
Click here to see a written tutorial online.
Click here to access it within the school district.
Click here to see a written tutorial online.
Screencastify
Screencastify is a Chrome extension found in the Chrome Web Store. It allows you to create a video of your computer screen as you explain what you are doing! It is a great way to share what you know... or to have your students do the same!
Here is an online tutorial. Click here to access it within the school district.
Here is an online tutorial. Click here to access it within the school district.
Thinglink
Thinglink can be activated as an app in the Chrome Web Store.
Here are some samples I found in the Thinglink Gallery that shows some different things you and your students can do with this app:
Here are some other ideas:
You can click here to access this video in the district.
Here are some samples I found in the Thinglink Gallery that shows some different things you and your students can do with this app:
- Bones and Joints of the hand
- Solar System Facts
- Math in an Amusement Park
- 3D Geometry
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Simple/Electric Motors *
- Layers of the Earth *
- Edgar Allen Poe: The Raven
- Bud, Not Buddy Book Share *
Here are some other ideas:
You can click here to access this video in the district.
- If you are trying to link projects that were created and stored in Google Drive, please make sure that the files are shared so that "anyone who has the link can view."
- Also, Thinglink does not work with Google Drive files that are shared. If you are trying to link up a project that had collaborators, then each of the collaborators needs to open up the document, go to "file," and click on "make a copy." When prompted, make sure that you do NOT hold the same share settings!
Cartoonify
Create avatars or yourself or others to use in other projects... or to use in place of a photo for your own social media.
There is no tutorial for this site. It's a click until you like it site!
There is no tutorial for this site. It's a click until you like it site!
Trading Card Creator by Read-Write-Think
These trading cards can be used for mini research projects for just about anything! There are different pre-made categories. You can use one of those--or make up one of your own!
This project is rather self-explanatory, but here is a demo! Click here to access it in the district.
This project is rather self-explanatory, but here is a demo! Click here to access it in the district.
Big Huge Labs
This site has a bunch of different types of activities you can use to create some interesting projects. The actual tools within this website are self explanatory. You are mostly uploading files and filling in text boxes.
This video will show you some ideas. Click here to see it in the district.
This video will show you some ideas. Click here to see it in the district.