Instructional Tutorial #5: DeltaMath
The following tutorial is a brief introduction to using www.deltamath.com in a middle or high school math classroom. Created by a math teacher and 100% free, DeltaMath provides online practice on a myriad of math standards. Students appreciate the access to worked examples and immediate feedback, and teachers can easily monitor progress of individual students. An easy way to incorporate blended learning techniques into your teaching, DeltaMath is a functional (and fun!) practice site for secondary math.
Instructional Tutorial #4: Tes Blendspace
The following tutorial gives a quick overview on how to create a blended learning lesson using https://www.tes.com/lessons. This website allows teachers to easily (and quickly) collect quality resources and display them on one website to share for student use. Teachers can add any websites, videos, personal classroom files (through google drive and dropbox), images, etc. just by dragging and dropping. It is also easy to add quizzes as a quick assessment within the lesson.
Instructional Tutorial #3: Desmos Activity Builder
The following tutorial explores just some of the features offered by Desmos Activity builder at teacher.desmos.com. This website allows instructors to create custom learning experiences and formative assessments for their students by creating slideshow “lessons” that can include graphs, images, multiple choice & free response questions, card sorts, etc. There are various ways to structure the lessons to maximize student engagement. While initially a math website, Desmos can easily be adapted for other subject matters. And best of all, Desmos is free!
Instructional Tutorial #2: Quizlet.com
The following tutorial explores the website www.quizlet.com. This website allows teachers and students to enter or search for information (vocabulary, class concepts, images, etc) and create digital flashcards–plus much more! With options for tests and games, Quizlet takes the basic idea of flashcards and transforms it into an engaging and collaborative way to increase student fact fluency and retention. The tutorial below illustrates how to find a study set, the basic Quizlet functions, and finally how to utilize the game Quizlet Live in your classroom.
Instructional Tutorial #1: Big Huge Labs
The following tutorial explores the digital image creation website http://www.bighugelabs.com. This website allows students and teachers to produce items such as movie posters, jigsaw puzzles, trading cards, magazine covers, etc. Utilizing this website in the classroom provides an easy method for personalized learning, as well as just some good ol’ fashioned fun! The tutorial below illustrates how to use a free educator account to load students, create projects, and collect student work.
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