Our administration encouraged our staff to add some more active engagement strategies to our lessons. Here are a few tech tools that can help us easily incorporate more of the Direct Interactive Instruction (DII) strategies into our courses.
- Equity Cards
- Teachers Pick - iOS app
- you can import in your class lists to make "popsicle sticks" for each of your students.
- call on student's randomly, or just choose the next student.
- Stick Pick - iOS app
- this app allows you to add in questions prompts for each student based on ELL levels or Bloom's
- you can't import student lists, you have to type in each student individually
- Clickers & Exit Tickets
- Plickers - iOS or Android app
- students hold up cards based on multiple choice or true false questions
- the teacher is the only person who needs a mobile device
- Poll Everywhere - texting or internet
- Sign up for K-12 Basic Acct for free
- 40 responses per poll. (So you would need to set up the poll separately for each class, or clear them between class periods.)
- Integrates into Powerpoint
- Multiple Choice or Short Answer
- Socrative - iOS, Android, or Internet
- You can set up questions ahead of time, or ask questions on the fly
- Export the answers at the end of the poll
- Multiple Choice or Short Answer
- Games
- Easy to Use
- Free
- Infuse Learning - internet based
- Similar to Socrative, but students can also draw answers
- Students Voice
- Google Voice
- Students can call your google voice number to leave audio responses to share what they have learned
- Audiboo - iOS App or internet
- Students can create 2 minute podcasts to share what they have learned
- Students Rate Their Own Understanding
- Geddit - internet based
- Allow students to self-evaluate their learning as you are teaching
- Check for understanding throughout your lesson
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