There are so many _____ educational technology tools that enhance both a teacher's instruction and a student's learning. You can fill in the blank with your best adjective...good, useful, amazing, helpful, interactive, fun, etc, etc. My ed tech toolbox started about 5 years ago and it continues to grow steadily each school year. I have my colleagues, my PLN, and social media to thank for suggesting new resources that make my instruction more engaging and my lessons more enriching.
Wowza! Do I love Classroom Screen! Classroom Screen is a classroom management tool that has a bunch of widgets that help to maintain the flow of your class. You can keep time with a stopwatch or countdown timer, write instructions in a text box, monitor the sound level in the class, display work symbols or the stoplight to communicate what the students should be doing, QR codes can be added that link to outside resources, you can roll dice, generate random names, and draw images. You can add any or all of these widgets all from one screen! Here is a screenshot of my Classroom Screen. This tool is a game changer...having all of these widgets working together and displayed in one place is genius! The only negative about this tool is that it doesn't save the information you have on the screen once you close out the program. If you hit refresh or close out the tab, all the information disappears and you have to start a blank screen and add widgets all over again. Despite this small flaw, Classroom Screen is a very useful tool for teachers to maintain some sense of organization in their class. I highly recommend it!
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