Google Tour Builder & Tour Creator Cheat Sheet

Have you ever wondered how you can task  your students with telling stories through maps?  Google Tour Builder and Google Tour Creator can help! Tour Builder and Tour Creator are web-based storytelling tools that allow users to create their own interactive map by using Google Maps and Google Earth and adding multimedia content. Students and teachers can use Google Tour Builder or Tour Creator to design virtual tours for studying places, locations of key events, settings in books, real world issues and more. This is a great way to get students engaged with the material and constructing their own ways to showcase their learning. Tour Builder projects can be viewed in Google Earth; Tour Creator projects can be viewed in virtual reality!

Check out the Google Tour Builder and Tour Creator Hyperdoc I made using Adobe Spark to learn how you can integrate them into your teaching repertoire to foster collaboration and creativity.

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Padlet Cheat Sheet

Have you ever wondered how you can set up a collaborative space for you and your students to share information and ideas? Padlet can help! Think of Padlet as a virtual "bulletin board" where you and your students can share notes, links, files, images, videos, audio, and more, all in one spot.

Check out the Padlet Hyperdoc I made using Adobe Spark to learn how you can integrate Padlet into your teaching repertoire to foster collaboration and communication.

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Flipgrid Cheat Sheet

Have you ever wondered how you can assess your students' metacognition, reading fluency, or content knowledge by listening to each one of them respond to your discussion prompts? Flipgrid can help! Flipgrid is a social learning platform that allows educators to ask a question, then the students respond in a video. Packed with fun features like a whiteboard, drawing tools, camera filters, stickers, and more, Flipgrid offers a worthy, flexible venue for teachers and students to communicate.

Check out the Flipgrid Hyperdoc I made using Adobe Spark to learn how you can integrate Flipgrid ino your teaching repertoire.

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Nearpod Cheat Sheet

Have you ever wondered if there was a way to deliver instruction and simultaneously check for student understanding? If so, Nearpod can help you share your presentations with students and collect data in real-time. With Nearpod, teachers can

• repurpose their traditional Flipcharts, PowerPoints, and Google Slides presentations to create Nearpod presentations 
• add interactive slides that contain quizzes, polls, videos, images, drawing-boards, Web content and more
• control the pacing of the lesson
• collect assessment data as the lesson unfolds

Check out the Nearpod Hyperdoc I made using Adobe Spark to learn how you can integrate Nearpod ino your teaching repertoire.

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Edpuzzle Cheat Sheet

Do you share instructional videos with your students? If so, Edpuzzle can help you take things to the next level by helping to hold students accountable for what they learn. With Edpuzzle, you can

• Access to more than 5 million videos
• Create your own interactive video lessons
• Add questions, audio and notes
• See detailed analytics on your students' results
• Get storage space for 20 videos
• Increase storage when you refer Edpuzzle to colleagues

Check out the Edpuzzle Hyperdoc I made using Adobe Spark to learn how you can integrate Edpuzzle into your teaching repertoire.

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Chrome Extensions Cheat Sheet

Chrome Extensions are software programs that help users customize their experience on the Internet. Unlike the early days of computing, there is no need to install software on your computer. Users can simply log in to their Google Chrome account, visit the Chrome Web Store, and install extensions to the browser rather than the computer. This way, software is attached to your account rather than your device. Feel free to make a copy of my Chrome Extensions Cheat Sheet for some of my favorite Chrome Extensions for educators. Please note: Secondary students (grades 6-8) have the privilege of installing extensions on their own. If elementary teachers want their students to utilize a specific Chrome Extension, please contact the Instructional Technology office to have it pushed out to students.

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Collaboration Tools Cheat Sheet

According to the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), fostering student collaboration has several benefits, including building cultural understanding, communication skills, and knowledge and awareness of a wider world. Instructional collaboration tools make it easy for students to collaborate on research, tackle an issue of concern, and solve problems from peers. Check out my Collaboration Tools Cheat Sheet to learn how you can build collaborative experiences for students in your classroom.

Assessment Tools Cheat Sheet

Formative assessment tools are a vital part of any teacher's toolbox. Regardless of which tool you use, gathering data is a critical component to help teachers monitor and adjust their teaching to meet the learning goals for all students. It certainly doesn't hurt if the tool you use are enjoyable for students! Feel free to explore the Assessment Tools Cheat Sheet to learn about a variety of digital formative assessment tools that make learning fun. Flipgrid, Gimkit, Nearpod, and Edpuzzle are among my personal favorites!

Creation Tools for Students

HyperDocs are a great way for teachers to design learning experiences for students that are both meaningful and authentic--meaningful in that students can work at their own pace and can choose how they want to demonstrate that which they have learned, and authentic in that their artifacts can be shared with a wider audience that provides them with feedback. For teachers who are not yet immersed in the digital world, however, it can be daunting to provide students with opportunities to show what they know in a creative way. The good news is that teachers don't have to be experts in all of the instructional technology tools that are available to students. Feel free to make a copy of this "Creation Tools Cheat Sheet" and share it with your students to offer them choices in how they demonstrate learning.