Tools for Building Interactive Lessons
This is a category of dynamic and interactive tools for teaching that can make learning more engaging. They give life to your lessons and remote learning sessions with sound, videos, infographics, assessments, tests, and animation.
1. iSpring Free
iSpring Free is a lightweight eLearning authoring tool for teachers that allows
you to turn a boring PowerPoint presentation into a mobile-compatible online course with quizzes. The main advantage of this interactive learning tool is its simplicity. Its intuitive interface enables any novice course developer to create an unlimited number of courses quickly and easily.
2. Kahoot
Kahoot is a game-based learning platform that is great for creating content such as fun activities and learning games for students. You can make quizzes on any topic and in any language, and customize those quizzes with videos, diagrams, and images. Students participate in “kahoots” (games) by logging the game codes on their device or application.
3. Edpuzzle
With Edpuzzle, you can create interactive lessons with embedded audio
notes, assessments, and quizzes. Its analytics tool enables you to track how students are watching your videos and if they understand the content.
4. Starfall
Starfall is an online service that was initially designed to teach kids to read. Its phonics-based learning model supports online games and print series, which can be downloaded for use at home and in the classroom for little students. Now, it also features animated songs, movies, and mathematics activities for Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 to 3.
5. CommonLit
CommonLit is a database of literary educational materials that you can access to develop lessons. You can choose a lesson from the digital library, share it with your students, assign them text-based questions, and analyze their performance.
6. Quill
Quill is a platform that has a set of creative tools for teaching writing, vocabulary, and grammar and includes over 400 exercises. You can guide your students to learn by reconstructing sentences, proofreading passages, creating new passages, and more.
7. Plickers
Plickers is a card activity that lets you poll your class, without the need for a student device. You just need to give students cards (“paper clickers”) and use your Android smartphone or tablet to scan them to do instant checks for understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls.
8. Powertalk
Powertalk is a presentation enhancement tool that automatically speaks your PowerPoint slides. When compared to other common ‘text-to-speech’ programs, Powertalk can speak text as it appears and can also speak hidden text attached to images.
9. JeopardyLabs
JeopardyLabs is an online service that enables you to build Jeopardy games for students without PowerPoint, by using a simple editor. You can also choose from ready-made games created by the platform users on such subjects as foods, cities, countries, books, and hygiene.
10. Edgames
Edgames is an edutainment tool that provides educational activities, including board games, scrambled word games, sports-based games, and cards. You can help your students learn and understand personal hygiene, nutrition, current affairs, and many other things through playing games.
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