ThingLink

Image source: https://www.thinglink.com/

Website: https://www.thinglink.com/

What It Does: ThingLink allows you to take pictures and videos and turn them into an interactive learning experience for students.

Why I Chose It: I can make any image into an interactive activity for a variety of uses. 

Example: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1438396249786024961

     Pear Deck

Image source: https://www.peardeck.com/products/pear-deck

Website: https://www.peardeck.com/products/pear-deck

What It Does: Pear Deck allows teachers to create interactive presentations that can include questions, polls, etc.

Why I Like It: This will allow me to include quick formative assessments for better feedback. 

Example: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17EnzX8qSaOe0f_dO1XTaplQjCvSdIslPlhUgVBQBuQc/edit?usp=sharing 

  Wheel Decide

Image source: https://wheeldecide.com/

Website: https://wheeldecide.com/

What It Does: It allows you to create wheels for making decisions, picking names, etc.

Why I Like It: I can use it to randomize practice conversation questions.

Example: https://wheeldecide.com/wheels/entertainment/date/ 

   Live Binders

Image source: https://www.livebinders.com/welcome/

Website:  https://www.livebinders.com/welcome/

What It Does: It lets users create digital binders. Students can create portfolios and teachers can create a binder with lessons, activities, etc. 

Why I Like It: The first binder is free! Also, I like the idea of creating it all in one binder that I can keep using. 

Example: https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=3565923 

     Parlay

Image source: https://parlayideas.com/

Website: https://parlayideas.com/

What It Does: It has a collection of online discussion prompts, but also allows teachers to create their own.

Why I Like It: It has an AI Genie to help create prompts! 

Example: https://www.universe.parlayideas.com/roundtables/43366472-1568-4d5e-887f-e44db9803b45

      Edublogs

Image source: https://edublogs.org/

Website: https://edublogs.org/

What It Does: It is a blog website with a focus on education and more safeguards in place for students than typical blog sites.

Why I Like It: Blogger is often blocked in my system and this seems like a safer option.

Example: https://blogs.lcps.org/ 

       Voki

Image source:  https://www.voki.com/