5 Student Options for eLearning

It is barely September, but our school, students, teachers, and parents will be experiencing their first eLearning day of the 2018-2019 school year. Students have had devices in their hands since the first week of school. Which means they have had quite a few opportunities to do some work on their Chromebooks--whether it is with the Google tools or other online learning experiences. However, with an eLearning day looming, some teachers may not be 100% sure of what to do as an assignment or how to make it an online assessment or activity. This is where I step in to give some options. Check out my top 5 education tools below.

1. Flipgrid - I just LOVE Flipgrid! What a wonderful way to give kids options to give their input and to record their thoughts and/or feelings. Prompts can be given to students in the form of an article to read, a YouTube video to watch, or a Google Slides presentation to view. My recommendation is to have students respond to your prompt, and then respond to one of their classmates as well. Ask Angie Murray or Nicole Nelson how they have used Flipgrid in their classrooms in the past. The other cool thing is that students do not have to have a laptop or Chromebook to respond...they can use the FREE App from their smartphone or tablet!

2. Quizizz - This is such a fun website for in class or for use as a homework. Many teachers love using it because it "gamifies" the learning for the students. Students love it because they get a funny meme after every question, whether they are correct or incorrect. If you haven't used Quizizz yet, you will also love the option to choose (or better yet, create your own) which meme set students will see when they answer their questions. This also has a FREE app that students can use on their smart device to answer your questions. Just share your code through Google Classroom and then students can join in just a few clicks. You will love how easy it is for students to complete this assignment.

3. Google Slides - This may seem like an unlikely option, but it is

wonderful because students can actually open the Google Slides assignment on wifi, take their device offline, edit their Slides offline, and then once they return to wifi, their Google Slides will sync. It is a pretty awesome way for students without home internet to be able to complete an eLearning assignment. Here are a couple of fun ways you can use Google Slides as learning activities.

• Using Google Slides to Create Instagram Stories
• 8 Interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement
• Student-created vision boards with Google Slides

4. Hyperdocs - How about supercharged Google Docs? Want to streamline a way for your students to do some of their own learning? Then look no further than Hyperdocs. Hyperdocs contain many parts of a lesson, but the main parts are: Engage, Explore, Explain, Apply, Reflect. The most important aspect will be the "Reflect" part. Check out the templates that are given on the webpage. Also search for examples from the content areas. If you would like to create your own Hyperdoc, let me know and I'd be happy to work with you.

5. Edulastic - Now we get to one of my all-time favorite websites! Edulastic has the ability to transform your classroom, and not just on an eLearning day. With the ability to sync your current Google Classrooms, upload PDFs, and create well over 30+ technology enhanced questions, it is a wonder it is still FREE. If you have any questions about Edulastic, I will sing its praises all day long. But don't just listen to me, talk with Mr. Burpo, Mrs. Gasser, or Mrs. Johnson.

So those are my suggestions for this eLearning day. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!