Productivity Websites
Kaizena is a Google Chrome add-on used in conjunction with Google Drive. It is also available as well as a free website and app. Kaizena allows you to review and edit student papers and provide feedback in three ways: by using the microphone to record audio feedback, using the text option to type feedback, or by linking a resource such as a YouTube video or website for students to review. In addition to this detailed feedback, teachers can use tags to rate student work as though they were using a grading rubric. Students can get a sense of their progress by looking at the tags and reading or listening to the teacher feedback. When an instructor provides feedback, students can receive notifications in the app, on the web, and via email. Kaizena allows you to provide more personal feedback by using your voice instead of text and by allowing you to review student work before it is submitted. Students can also use the software to peer-review and provide feedback to each other in a safe environment. This add-on application can bring writing, reviewing, and grading together seamlessly for teachers using Google Docs and Google Classroom.
Part sticky note, part class newsletter, Remind allows teachers to send messages — via email, cellphone, iPad or Android device — to an entire class with the push of a button. Use it to notify parents and students about homework, highlight upcoming school events, or let parents know what's going on in class.
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A free, web-based platform, PlayPosit allows you to build formative assessments right on top of any YouTube or Vimeo video. You can create unlimited lessons that ask students questions in a variety of formats, such as multiple choice, reflective, fill-in-the-blank, and free response and see your students' learning needs in real time as they watch the video and complete the questions. Questions can be embedded at specific points in the video and teachers receive instant feedback on each question, helping teachers to understand which students are having difficulty with the material and what content needs to be retaught. You can build your own library of lessons and ask students to create their own, perfect for flipping the traditional classroom.
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Class Dojo lets teachers recognize both positive and negative behavior in real time during class. Good behavior — like working hard, helping others, asking a good question — earns points and a high-pitched game-show chime for all to hear. Poor behavior — like disrupting class, being off task or wasting time — results in a loss of points and a sad, out-of-tune bass sound. The kids choose fun avatars and parents who sign up for notifications receive updates on how their children are doing.
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