Cool Tools

I love the Tiny Card s site!  I already have the Duo Lingo app downloaded on my phone and I like how it makes learning into a game and fun.  This site is super easy to use, looks clean and uncluttered like other sited with ads and pop-ups everywhere. There are tons of flashcard decks already created that you could use to share with students, but I think it would be more beneficial for students to make them themselves and for each other as a "quiz quiz trade" style activity, but online. I was able to make a set of flashcards in just a few minutes by copying and pasting definitions form the New Visions Global II material.  I would have my students use images as well.  This would be a great activity for students to work on during a support period. They could explore the site and study various topics, as well. Here is a link to some imperialism vocabulary I created.  The other great feature of this site is that you can also have a "lesson" and be quizzed in on the c

     I will be honest in this post.  I am not technologically savvy or patient with technology.  I tried a few of the sites like Sutori , which definitely looks useful and I would love to have the students use it for vocabulary practice, timelines, or for key events in a story. However, I wanted to do so much and it was becoming time-consuming looking for images and going back and forth between all the tabs I had open.  If I was more organized though and had all my materials handy it would have been much simpler.  I will definitely try this for future review and lessons.       I really wanted to try Adobe Spark , but I was having technical difficulties and couldn't get past the initial sign up page.  I think I signed up for their monthly newsletter (oops) and then the site kept freezing.              The one I found most simple to use at the moment was Teach-nology   While it is only 6 events and very simple, students could each pick a couple of main events and g

These really are fun! I use them back and forth with my sister a lot, but never thought about using them in the classroom.  They really would be a fun and easy way to get your point across and get students more engaged.  They would be fun to use in presentations or when posting/ grading on Google Classroom.  I like that it is incorporated right up on the tool bar and is so simple to use.  I plan on using these this week either in a lesson or on a handout.  These Bitmojis are me (hopefully) this Thursday when it is -30 degrees!!

Hi everyone.  My name is Melissa Fenn and I work at East High School as a special education teacher. I signed up for this program after hearing lots of great things from colleagues.