Digital Tools for Instructional Practice
Kahoot!
- Kahoot! is an online platform that allows teachers to provide students with fun online multiple choice quizzes.
- These quizzes make learning both fun and engaging. This digital tool is easy to use while giving educators a fun way to evaluate students in either a formative and summative way.
- Below is an example of a Kahoot question.
Kahoot!
ISTE Standards
For Students: Empowered Learner
For Teachers: Citizen & Innovative Learner
Google Classroom
ISTE Standards
Students: Digital Citizen & Global Collaborater
Teachers: Citizen & Analyst
Google Classroom
- Google Classroom is a great way to digitize your Classroom. Instead of worrying about losing student work, work will be saved online.
- This digital tool allows teachers to teach in class and to grade at home.
- It also gives students a place where classroom resources are always available even after school.
Above is an example on how a Teacher can set up a weekly agenda for ease of access.
Kami
ISTE Standards
Students: Empowered Learner & Creative Communicator
Teachers: Collaborater & Facilitator
- Kami allows student to complete work online
- Allows teachers to see student progress in class along with a timestap of the last time they did work
- Teachers can give notes to students while they do work online.
Kami
- Tons of tools for annotating and completing work
Quizlet
ISTE Standards
Students: Digital Citizen & Knowledge Constructor
Teachers: Collaborator
- Quizlet is an online tool that allows students and teachers to create flashcards.
- Students are able to study basically everything digitally anywhere and at anytime a device.
- Educators may use this digital tool to give students ease of access to vocabulary terms.
- This enchances instructional practice by giving students an easy and free way to create study material for any formative or summative assessment.
Quizlet
Above is an example of the different types of modes that Quizlet provides. There is even a game version to help with studying.
Miro
- An online whiteboard
- Students can work together in an online whiteboard to create art, collaborate on written assignments and math problems.
- Teachers can use this to work with students in class or remotely.
Miro
ISTE Standards
Students: Empowers Learners (2.1) by allowing them to take control of their learning. Creative Communicators (1.6) by giving students tools to create their own study material in many formats.
Teachers: Learner & Collaborator
SeeSaw
- An online platform
- Meant to promote creativity in student work.
- Gives students and teachers the option to complete work in a variety of ways like art, videos, or collages.
SeeSaw
ISTE Standards
Students: Innovative Designer
Teachers: Designer
Khan Academy
- Khan academy is an online tool that has lessons from almost any subject and grade.
- A good supplemental tool to help students who get behind or need to fill in the gaps in their learning
Khan Academy
ISTE Standards
Students: Global Collaborator
Teachers: Learner & Facilitator