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Get STAAR ready with these 8 useful apps for students! QR Code Reader, Popplet, ChatterPix Kids, Toontastic 3D, Explain Everything, Google Classroom, Quizizz, and Google+ help boost student engagement and learning.
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QR Code Reader: QR Code Reader allows students instant access to teacher-selected content without typing in a URL. Possible Student Use: • Listening Centers • Check Answers independently • Accessing websites QR Code Reader- FREE
Popplet Popplet allows students to create a visual web of their thoughts and ideas. Using popplet, students can create text to self connections. Popplet Possible Student Use: • Story Mapping • Cause/Effect • Word Webs/Thought Bubbles Popplet Lite-FREE
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ChatterPix Kids Students can take any photo of their pets, friends, doodles, and more to make them talk. They use their finger to draw a line to make a mouth, and record their own voiceovers to be added to the image. Possible Student Use: • Book Talks • Research Projects • Autobiography Projects ChatterPix Kids-FREE
Toontastic 3D: 3...2...1...ACTION! With Toontastic 3D you can draw, animate, and narrate your own cartoons. Possible Student Use: • Summary • Storytelling • Drama Toontastic 3D-FREE
Explain Everything: Explain Everything works as an interactive whiteboard and screencasting app. It can be used to make instructional videos, or as a formative assessment for your students. Possible Student Use: • Record work to demonstrate level of understanding of content • View teacher-created video to learn new skills (absent, homebound, etc.) Explain Everything Classic - Free
Google Classroom This paperless classroom allows for student-teacher or student-student communication outside the walls of the classroom. Possible Student Use: • Research Projects • Teacher-linked YouTube Videos • Paperless assignments Google Classroom-Free for GAFE districts
Quizizz Quizizz is a FREE, fun multiplayer classroom review tool that allows your students to practice and learn together. Possible Student Use: • Classroom Review Games • Complete individual quizzes using Google Classroom Quizizz-Free
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Google+ Google+ can be used to connect with other classrooms across the world! Possible Student Use: • Twitter Problem of the Day • Google Hangouts (i.e. Dr. Seuss Bingo, NWS, Monster Match • Virtual Fieldtrips Google+ - Free for GAFE districts
Recap: Recap is a free student video response and reflection app that lets teachers and parents see how students learn. Daily Reel Join our Recap! Class Pin= euhfljv Possible Student Use: • Formative Assessments • Review • Surveys Recap - Free