The need for incorporating digital learning is essential for empowering our students to be productive citizens in the 21st century and beyond. As innovations in technology move forward at an amazing speed, educators must aim at optimizing learning experience in classrooms to reflect the real world. There are multiple resources available, many of them free for classroom use.
As an urban educator, my focus is to create a digital inventory that is free for our students to access and use. This is an active page and I will be adding resources as I come across and test applications. Do check back often.
THINGLINK allows students to build multimedia content for digital storytelling
PADLET allows students to collaborate and share ideas using graphical and textual pieces
KIZOA is a free tool for students to create videos and other animation presentatios
Find out how you can effectively use TWITTER for authentic student engagement
A resource to find ways to use FACEBOOK in the classroom for fostering responsible and active global citizenship for students
WEEBLY is an easy -to-use blogging resource that can used by students to create a class page or an individual page. Blogging is an useful tool for students to reflect, share and connect, while improving literacy and digital skills.
KAHOOT is a quick and fun assessment tool which students may use for quiz games with peers within the classroom or with other classrooms and schools. For the educator, this tool allows for quick Checks for Understanding.