EDpuzzle

Have you ever wanted a way to utilize online videos (or your own) in a meaningful way with your students? If so, then EDpuzzle may be the tool for you. EDpuzzle allows you to take an existing video or link, and then add or insert questions to it--and even your own voice--to create a self-paced and interactive lesson. You'll be able to track if your students have watched the video, how many times, and see their answers to your questions. This would be great for a flipped classroom environment, or even as part of an extended lesson. And EDpuzzle even integrates into Google Classroom.

Here's a link to a great review of EDpuzzle from the Edudemic website that you may find helpful.

EDpuzzle Review: Easy to Use Tool Lets Teachers Quickly Turn Online Videos into Lessons

Here is a Prezi that compares EDpuzzle with a similar video tool called Zaption:

If you'd like to learn more about EDpuzzle, just visit EDPuzzle.com.https://edpuzzle.com/

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Plickers

Plickers is the perfect tool for the one-device classroom, because it allows you to collect formative assessment data without the need for the students to have devices. I think the easiest way for you to learn about Plickers is to watch this great, short video I found on YouTube (though the presentation was created using PowToon).

I think Plickers is a great way to get instant results, to see immediately if your students understand various topics and questions so that you know if they are ready to move on. And if your classroom isn't 1:1, what a great way to collect data without the need to worry about every student having a device.

Here are some resources to some blogs of teachers who have used Plickers in their classrooms, in case you'd like to learn more about it from others' first-hand experience.

Plickers 101: Easy Digital Exit Tickets and More

Plickers Technology for Formative Assessment

Assess for Success with Plickers

Plickers: Integrating a Student Response System

And to visit the Plickers website itself to learn more, just click on the screenshot below.

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PlayPosit

What is PlayPosit?

I don't think I can describe PlayPosit better than the explanation given on their website:

PlayPosit is an online learning environment to create and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any YouTube, Vimeo, or TeacherTube video content (screencasts, Khan Academy, Minute Physics, TED, NOVA, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students. By time-linking activities that students engage with as the video progresses the content is segmented into digestible components - increasing student engagement and, through our real-time monitoring, informing the next day’s lesson planning.

You can use PlayPosit (formerly known as Educanon) for your flipped classroom, or simply as a means to make the use of video interactive rather than passive, and/or to make technology use more meaningful and engaging in your classroom. Students can access the videos on any device, and you can add any of seven different question types into a video's timeline to actively engage them. PlayPosit also integrates with Edmodo and Schoology for even more ways to maximize this program.

For more information about PlayPosit, click on the image below to visit their website.

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