Today's Meet

Today's Meet is an online journaling/discussing board where students can answer questions, make comments, ask questions and so much more.  Teachers can monitor questions directly in the chat and monitor "backroom" chats that take place. 

Here are some quick reminders from Dr. Knighton when using this app...consider making your Room Name unique and double check the room prior to giving it to students to make sure no previous information for another session is there.  Check it out at ... https://todaysmeet.com/

   

See students thoughts as they share.

The Answer Pad

The Answer Pad is an online tool for formative and summative assessments.  Teachers may engage students through quick response feedback opportunities or create quizzes to assess knowledge.  Teachers can generate reports to review student performance.  Check it out at ... http://theanswerpad.com/ 

Website view

The teacher dashboard is always web-based.

TapIt is the student app students can use to respond.
 

Student answer formats

KidBlog

KidBlog is a free and simple way for your students to share thoughts and ideas collaboratively!  You, as the teacher, are in control of topics, blogs and logins.  Students may access the blogs online and through mobile devices. The possibilities are endless for how you could use this tool...enhance your writing standards through collaborative discussions, answer questions of the day, share thoughts from lit circles, and so much more.  What could you blog with your students today?  Check it out... http://kidblog.org/home/

Remind

 

Remind (formally know as Remind 101) is a quick and easy way to alert parents of information regarding your classroom or school activities through text messages.  Parent sign up for your text messages via a secure code....you send information directly to parents...it's that simple!  This is a great tool to increase parental involvement and keep parents informed of tests, field trips, project due dates, BYOD dates, monies due and activities here at school!   This app is available in iTunes and Android Play Store and is accessible through mobile devices and the web.

Check it out by visiting... https://www.remind.com/

Number Pieces

 

 

Number Pieces is a base-ten model application which allows student to manipulate base-ten blocks in order to better understand math concepts and skills.  Students may simply use the blocks to represent numbers to demonstrate number sense.



 

 



 

 

Students may choose to use the base-ten blocks to solve various problems.

Additionally, tools are available to enhance student models as they solve problems.

 

This app is FREE but is only available in the Apple App Store.  Thanks, Ms. Burt for sharing this great app with us during your i21Zone lesson!

Math Duel

Math Duel is a one-on-one challenge that allows students to compete head-to-head in math problems.  The key to winning is accuracy AND speed.  There is a bar that divides the screen which resembles a tug-of-war challenge showing who is winning. 

Students may choose the operation they wish to use.  You can even have one student using multiplication problems while the other uses addition problems.  This is a great tool to increase math fluency and build number sense. 

 

When I purchase the app, it was free; however, currently it is listed as $2.99 for the app.  It is available through the Apple App Store and also available in the Android market.  Let the challenge begin...

Common Core Library

This is an app that is helpful in helping to understand the common core standards...and it's free right now!  The first component of this app is the Common Core Library.  This is a bank of all common core standards by grade level.  Go into the library and select your grade level to explore common core standards.  Remember, Alabama uses a different numbering system for it's COS so look carefully for your standards and how they match up with the national common core standards. 

Select your appropriate grade level.

 

Choose your strand or skill to discover standards.

See the standards.

 

WAGmob (creater of this app) also has several other apps that are reasonably priced (most are $1.99) that offer common core review and example questions for the standards.