Featured 6-3-2014: FlipQuiz

 

Create gameshow-type boards for use in the classroom quickly and easily with FlipQuiz™. 

 

Great for use with an interactive whiteboard, FlipQuiz displays your questions on-screen and boards can be saved for later use. Well-designed boards can help keep students interested and engaged.

 

 

Begin by signing up for a free FlipQuiz account, and you’ll immediately be ready to start creating your own game boards. An easy-to-use creation page and editor provide all the tools you need to set up all of your game boards. Presentation mode lets you easily display quiz boards on-screen in your classroom. Boards can be saved in your account for future use.

 

As well as adding questions to each of your game boards, you can also add the answers if you wish, allowing you to walk about the classroom hosting the game virtually hands-free. This feature also means you can give give students a link to quiz themselves at home.

 

 Try a demo of FlipQuiz

 

A FlipQuiz Pro account adds team scoring while playing, up to 10 teams can play at once, use images in your boards, custom points, and more.

 

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Featured 5-1-2014: Pear Deck

Pear Deck makes it easy to plan and build interactive lessons that promote active learning in the classroom. Real-time data provides teachers the feedback needed to make on-the-fly adaptations.

 

Create a new Pear Deck from Google Drive then use the editor to quickly create any of four kinds of slides: static, multiple choice, Draggable™, or free response. You can also import slides from most presentation software, such as Powerpoint or Keynote, as a PDF.

 

 

Once your Pear Deck is built, launch a unique presentation session directly from the editor to your students using your Google Apps for Education domain. Pear Deck’s Google Chrome extension lets you launch the presentation on their devices with no cooperation required.

 

 

Students follow along on their devices and respond to the unique question types when prompted. As the teacher, your device can isolate individual or groups of answers to put on the interactive whiteboard for further discussion or review.

 

 See how to present a Pear Deck

 

Pear Deck is currently in limited beta. They are looking for schools that:

• Use Google Apps for Education
• Use or are evaluating Chromebooks
• Are driven to fostering an environment of active learning
• Are driven to increase and improve formative assessments and data-driven instruction

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Featured 4-14-2014: Quizdini

 

Quizdini allows you to create fast, customized, entertaining activities that will help your students learn more while having fun with bright colors and a playful feel.

 

Quizdini was created by teachers for teachers to be an alternative to the costly and restrictive choices that currently exist in the online educational game market. Quizdini is a still evolving tool designed to allow you to create the material your students will use.

 

 

The games are referred to as quizzes. There are two multiple-choice game types, Quizdini and Vocabulary, question and explanation boxes in the multiple-choice games support the use of HTML, and as such, support links to online content.

 

 

Another game lets students drag-and-drop matching tiles together, an activity nicely suited to interactive whiteboards.

 

Quizzes can be shared with colleagues or students by copying and sharing the game's unique URL from your browser's address bar.

 

 Go to the Quizdini YouTube channel

 

Quizdini doesn't advertise or store sensitive information on your students. They have committed to providing teachers with a simple easy-to-use, easy-to-control system that helps students.

 

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Extra: 12-23-2013 Problem-Attic

Problem-Attic makes a large body of questions available for free to the education community, for personalized learning and teaching. 

 

Tens of thousands of questions from a variety of sources including the NY Regents, state assessments, NAEP and TIMSS, and three NC math contest organizations can be found at Problem-Attic.

 

 

All of the questions are in a database, organized by topic, and individually selectable and re-formattable. They can be inserted into all kinds of new documents: tests and quizzes, worksheets, flash cards, and slides. 

 

 View Welcome to Problem-Attic!

Problem-Attic is a product of EducAide Software, which has a long history of developing question banks and other teaching/testing tools. 

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Featured: 12-18-2013 Metta

Use Metta to create learning stories, documentaries, summaries, and compilations from videos, pictures, text, and sounds that are already on the web or upload your own material.

Insert polls and quizzes into your Metta stories, lessons, or slides to get feedback from your viewers. Get insights and track who answered your questions, when, and where.

A convenient Collect Button makes it easy to gather videos, images, and text wherever you’re browsing on the the web with just a click.

 See an example Metta story

Your Metta profile can be shared with your followers and you can follow other Metta users. Even build your own channel.

All Metta plans includes a 30-day free trial. The free plan allows you to create and publish an unlimited number of stories, but you get only 10 MB of media storage and are limited to just 10 responses per poll. If you decide to go with a paid plan, be certain to check the EDU Discount box for 50% off.

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Featured: 12-11-2013 ExamTime

The aim of ExamTime is to change the way you learn, with more engagement, more understanding, and an enriched learning experience.

ExamTime provides free study tools that empower students to build best practices into their study habits:

• Goal setting
• Personal learning styles
• Comprehension techniques
• Brainstorming
• Practice & testing
• Collaborative learning

Intuitive and easy-to-use tools allow users to create, discover, and share engaging study resources such as mindmaps, flashcards, notes, and quizzes using ExamTime.

With ExamTime teachers can easily form learning groups to share resources and conduct discussions. The structure of groups simulates the organization of a real classroom online. Ask a question or share an article or study resource and let your students react, respond, and engage. 

Timetable tools let you drag-and-drop your subjects onto your calendar, setting up flexible and responsive schedules that allow you to make changes as needed. The goal setting feature allows you to mark important dates such as exams and assign tasks that need to be completed by due dates.

Any Mindmap or Note you create can be instantly turned into a presentation. Use the Mindmap tool for giving introductory presentations. Notes allow you to embed more media: videos, images, audio, links, even slideshows.

 See a video overview of ExamTime

ExamTime is a Web-app and can be accessed via the internet browser on any Android or iOS device.

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Featured: 11-25-2013 Kahoot!

Kahoot! delivers educational content through asking meaningful questions in real-time, resulting in a social, fun, and game-like environment.

Build quizzes, called Kahoots!, on any device using a simple drag-and-drop tool. Include embedded images and video.

Project the quiz onto a screen or interactive whiteboard to engage and focus students who quickly join through their personal device, seeing their name appear (without needing an account).

Students play against each other, answering questions in real-time through an easy-to-use interface, while you facilitate and discuss the content.

Kahoot! allows learners to both respond and create with any device that has a web browser and works over wifi or 3G/4G. Students can share their knowledge by playing their Kahoot back to classmates. You can assess the quality of student questions, while the other students answer the questions.

 Watch a video demonstrating the basics of the Kahoot! website for the K-12 classroom.

Formatively assess individual knowledge and adapt learning. Kahoot! data provides you with a ‘snapshot’ of each learner's current understanding and tracks longer term progress.

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Featured: 11-14-2013 Classroom Quiz Master

Classroom Quiz Master is a universal iOS app that allows a teacher to take on the role of a quiz question master or game show host, with the students taking on the role of the contestants.

Students are divided into two teams and are presented with quizzes and questions that the teacher has already entered into the Classroom Quiz Master app. The teams compete against each other. A quiz can consist of up to 10 questions and quizzes can be added or deleted at any time (the lite version of the app is limited to 3 quizzes).

The contestants scores are recorded graphically on the scoreboard in the app. Background music, sound effects, and animation all enhance the game show atmosphere.

Classroom Quiz Master Pro is $1.99 (US) and the lite version is free. Both versions are compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running iOS 5.0 or later.

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Featured: 11-13-2013 iResponse

The iResponse Classroom Responder System is a classroom response and assessment distribution system that functions on iOS devices.

iResponse enables teachers to transform every class into an interactive learning environment. Student comprehension can be monitored through the Utility program, creating a differentiated educational environment where individual student progress can be measured and pace adjusted.

The iResponse Classroom Responder System has two components, the iResponse app for iOS and the iResponse Utility.

Students using their iOS device during class, log-in to a session to receive and respond to questions, or tests. Students can also view individual and class results if the teacher enables this function.

The Utility is where teachers create and push content to student devices. Questions and tests can be created and saved ahead of time and retrieved during class, or created on the fly during a class session. View who is connected to the system, who has responded to the question, and what response was given. Both class and individual statistics can be displayed and tracked through the Utility.

 Watch the iResponse Pro tutorial

The Standard iResponse version allows for in-class question and answer sessions and instant feedback over a stand-alone network router or wireless Internet connection. The Pro version adds the ability to distribute and receive in-class and take-home tests, as well as functions to export, save and print student and class statistics.

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Featured: 11-12-2013 Yacapaca

Yacapaca is a free formative assessment tool for educators at all levels using many different kinds of questions to deliver instant grading, baselining, and test prep.

Create, share, deliver, grade, and analyze a range of assessments such as quizzes, tests, surveys, e-portfolios and more with Yacapaca.

Yacapaca contains a huge database of formative assessments that includes over 15,000 quizzes drawn from a database of approximately 130,000 questions covering nearly 400 syllabi.

You can also create your own quizzes. Even mix and match your own questions with ones from the existing database. Modify existing questions, as well. 

Yacapaca supports 5 basic question types, each with many permutations:

• Multiple choice
• Checkbox
• Cloze (gap fill, with both strict and fuzzy match)
• Pair match
• Locate on an image

 Watch a video introduction to Yacapaca

Teachers use Yacapaca across a full age range including adult learning. They use it for starters, lessons, flipped classrooms, homework, and study.

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Featured: 10-23-2013 UN Cyberschoolbus

The United Nations Cyberschoolbus offers informative and interactive educational resources, curriculum, and quizzes/games to a global community.

Following are just a few of the many things Cyberschoolbus has to offer:

The Cyberschoolbus interactive database, InfoNation, is accessed by thousands of users monthly to locate accurate, official, and up-to-date information and statistics regarding the countries of the world.

The Schools Demining Schools project brought schools together around the issue of landmines. After learning about the topic, schools ran their own fundraising drives to raise money to clear school grounds of mines. Students could follow the results of their actions through email exchanges with the demining teams in Afghanistan and Mozambique.

The Model UN Discussion Area attracts thousands of students who gather to discuss international issues, request information, and exchange ideas.



For the Health module, classes from around the world connect with each other on a discussion board to talk about, then define health, before getting together on-line to question experts from the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization about their concerns.



Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow includes a comprehensive 6-unit teaching module on urban issues that covers everything from the history of urban development to profiles of today's important cities to issues facing the cities of tomorrow.

 View a video about the UN Cyberschoolbus

This year, the Cyberschoolbus Global Teaching and Learning Project is working on several large scale projects, including activities related to science, music, and history.

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Featured: 7-29-2013 QuestBase

QuestBase is a free, cross-platform application that provides the tools you need to create and manage your assessments, tests, quizzes, and exams, both on-line and printed.

 

QuestBase helps teachers create self-grading quizzes, assign them to students, assess their performance, and analyze results.

 

Teachers and tutors can grade students quickly and monitor learners' performance. Collect information and get results in less time.

 

Some of the main features of QuestBase:

• Manage on-line and printed exams, quizzes, and surveys.
• Import questions and mix several question types into assessments.
• Publish tests on-line.
• Grade answers automatically, manually, or just save them.
• Quick results with statistics and charts.
• Print questions, even in random order.
• Deliver secure exams.

 

QuestBase does not require you to install any software or configure anything. Create assessments using any device with an Internet connection and access them from anywhere. They can be printed on paper automatically, even in multiple versions, and with a modern, professional, attractive layout.

 

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Featured: 7-11-2013 WISE

WISE (Wireless Interactive Scanning Examinations) is an iOS application that grades and stores multiple-choice quizzes, tests, and exams, on your device.

WISE puts a mass of information and processing technology into your hand. Originally, WISE was the idea of two colorado public high school teachers, it has been created and tested by teachers for teachers.

Teachers can print bubble sheets directly from the app straight to a supported printer and be ready to go. Use a pencil or blue/black ink. As long as the bubbles are filled in the WISE app can recognize it.

WISE is fast and accurate. Scan quizzes, tests, and exams of up to 100 questions with 99% accuracy in seconds. Results are automatically organized by course, class, and student.

Other key features of WISE:

• Immediate Feedback: Teachers can instantly grade assessments and provide feedback to students.
• Mobile: Grade at any time from any location. Keys and scores are securely stored on your mobile device to be accessed from anywhere.
• Data Analysis: Data is immediately analyzed through score reporting.

 View the WISE App Video

WISE is free to download and use for up to 100 scans. After that, it is available on a monthly subscription basis at $1.99 (USD) or $19.99 for a year of service.

WISE is compatible with iPhone 3GS or newer, iPod touch (3rd generation or newer), and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

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Featured: 6-5-2013 The AnswerPad

The Answer Pad is a browser-based student response system with two main components: Go Interactive and The Answer Sheets, and the option to use mobile devices.

Go Interactive engages and connects with students in the classroom for formative assessment that can be used to drive instruction.

Go Interactive provides seven different ways to take a snapshot of student understanding in the classroom. The Draw feature allows students to draw their answer or annotate on a customizable template such as an axis or graph paper. Teachers can upload their own custom graphics, too.  Having just been released in May 2013, Go Interactive Template Gallery offers a collection of different backgrounds that can be sent out to the students.

The Answer Sheets let teachers set up an online electronic answer sheet for paper tests using any of the eight different question types. The Answer Pad scores the tests and quizzes for you.  Students can also use a scratch pad to show their work. You can then view the scratch pad

The Answer Pad offers reports by skill, by class, and by student using a built-in, robust reporting system for item analysis. School and district implementations are available for aggregate reporting.

The Answer Pad is browser-based for teachers. Students may use a free iPad app, TAPit Free, or a browser. Teachers wishing to use the TAPit Free app with students must register for free.

 Watch an overview of The AnswerPad

The Answer Pad is free for one teacher to use in one class of up to 36 students. For multiple classes, more students, and other features, you must upgrade to AnswerPad+ ($10 annually per teacher).

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