ClassDojo

With ClassDojo you can:

  • Create a virtual classroom
  • Great for parent communication
  • Have student assignments
  • The account creator can see who has been on and who hasn’t
  • Students can create their own account avatar

Google Sites

Google sites is a web creation tool is free.

  • Access is public be warned of privacy issues
  • upload to site is easy (drag and drop)
  • can be used as a communication tool for parents
  • Can be used as a digital bulletin board
  • You can create a resource page for parents (reading eggs, epic books)
  • classroom poles
  • make classroom QR codes
  • site has a quiet classroom tool (when the noise level is high a buzzer will go off)

Jot Form

Jot Form is a platform used to make an app.

  • easy to use with computer, phone, tablet
  • app can be used for creating forms, poles and voting
  • can use for uploading permission slips where parents can sign and submit online
  • you can link social media
  • free
  • send parents/students a link and they can register

Seesaw.

Seesaw is a way to communicate with families keep them in the loop on the learning of their child in the classroom. Students add posts to Seesaw that they are proud of in a self-directed way as well as work their teacher assigned. Seesaw can:

  • Can be used to teach students how to be safe online
  • the message option can be a one way information delivery service example, “swimming tomorrow”
  • can be used to create conversations with parents
  • post student art work
  • digital check-ins
  • teacher can add activities for students

Virtual Classrooms

How can we create more inclusive classroom using technology?

Virtual classrooms

Our world has changed for online classroom platforms. We have zoom, teams, google classrooms. When using online classroom platforms students have access to classroom assignments when they can not be physically in the classroom.

Immersive reader from word

Immersive reader s a full screen reading experience to help students who are developing their reading skills. Is located in a word document through microsoft.

  • Can help students who may have difficulty reading
  • will identify what words are nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
  • Can help ESL learners
  • Speech to text
  • helps students to become independent readers and reduces students from feeling judged by their peers
  • helps build fluency, improves speech

Nearpod

  • Nearpod is used as a real time presenting tool, through interactive lessons , interactive videos, gamification and activities.
  • Students sign in with code , student pace is a presenting tool, with a drawing aspect and white board tool.
  • You can add activities while in presentation mode.
  • Assessments can be used during a presentation and results can be emailed to the teacher.

My Groups presentation

We researched Technologies for Diverse Learners

See AI app

Seeing AI can be download from the app store, it is free. See the demo in the video above. It is a great tool for text-to-speech and speech-to-text. This app uses your phone camera to transcript written scribe into a digital file. This app can assist many diverse learners.

Eye Gaze

-Eye gaze Technology works by a camera tracking where a students eyes are looking on a screen.

-students can make selections on the screen three different ways

        – a switch

        -blink activation

        -dwell

-dwell is the system which tracks the length a student is looking at a certain selection. If the students looks at the spot for a certain amount of time (selected during calibration) then Eye Gaze will make the selection.

Breathe, think, Do with Sesame

Breathe, Think, Do can be beneficial for any type of behavioral issues

  • Helps students regulate their breathing and calm them down
  • Offers multiple solutions, making students more efficient problem-solvers 
  • Gives students the tools to be self-sufficient, building confidence