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Always wanted to make a WebQuest but not sure where to start? Education World has all the answers and can make the process easy for you. WebQuests are probably the most talked-about and widely used Web-based activities in today's classrooms. What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use—and create—WebQuests in your own classroom? "I hear and I forget. "A WebQuest," according to Bernie Dodge, the originator of the WebQuest concept, "is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. Education World asked two educators who have created their own WebQuests to share with us the benefits they bring to their classroom. WebQuests, which use the constructivist approach to learning, are a super learning tool, said Kenton Letkeman, creator of a number of excellent WebQuests. "WebQuests allow students to explore issues and find their own answers," he added. Looking for WebQuests to check out? The Topic.

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WebQuests Check out the following Education World articles for more WebQuest lessons and information. * Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier than You Think! * Cinco de Mayo WebQuest Includes a Fiesta! * Meet Bernie Dodge -- the Frank Lloyd Wright of Learning Environments! How to flip the classroom Flipping is easy – and with a little thought and planning, teachers can use the flipped model to create engaging learning experiences for their students. This section covers the nuts and bolts of flipping – from creating videos, to introducing the flipped concept, to practical ideas for using class time differently. What are teachers saying?

How to Use Padlet in the Classroom: A Fantastic Teaching Tool Padlet is a versatile, easy to use tool for every teacher’s toolkit. Let’s learn the basics. At the bottom of this post, I have a Padlet that is temporarily open for you to post and share your favorite edtech tools. Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers, spent some time teaching the teachers at my school about Padlet. I’ve got some notes in this article that he mentioned in the workshop to give him due credit. Richard has a fantastic blog, and I highly recommend it.

12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom, Even for Technophobic Teachers Everyone wants teachers to use technology in the classroom. But you're busy -- meeting standards, prepping students for tests -- and maybe you’re not too fond of computers, anyway. Never fear – there are easy ways to bring your classroom up-to-date, technologically. Do you have a iPad in your classroom for your use? Kindergarten Games Age-appropriate puzzle games are an important developmental tool for young children. Teaching kids through a variety of puzzle games enhances their early childhood educational experience both at home and in school. Puzzle games help to develop skills necessary to read, write, and solve problems. Creating Podcasts with Your Students Preproduction Before students even think of stepping up to the microphone, much planning must be done. In fact, I've found in creating Radio WillowWeb that preproduction takes over three-quarters of the time to produce a podcast. Students need to keep their audience in mind.

The Google Classroom Quick-Start Guide + tips and tricks! Google Classroom makes organizing and managing all of your Google Apps activities streamlined and easy. Set it up in minutes. (Sketch by Matt Miller) Using Flashcards Flashcards mode lets you study Quizlet sets as flashcards. The basics After you click on the Flashcards mode icon, you'll see the first definition in your set displayed. We show definitions first by default. If you want to change this, click on the Options button, then Start with term. Top 10 Tools for Creating Digital Quizzes Over the last couple of years, we have reviewed a wide variety of educational web tools to use to create digitally based quizzes. Below is a collection of some of the most popular quizzing tools we have covered so far. Be it a flipped, blended, virtual or even traditional classroom, the tools below will enable you to easily create interactive quizzes, questionnaires and polls to share with students in class. Have a look and share with us your feedback.

EdTechTeacher 8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling Stories bring us together, encourage us to understand and empathize, and help us to communicate. Long before paper and books were common and affordable, information passed from generation to generation through this oral tradition of storytelling. Consider Digital Storytelling as the 21st Century version of the age-old art of storytelling with a twist: digital tools now make it possible for anyone to create a story and share it with the world. WHY Digital Storytelling?

Kahoot Tutorial Infographic Formative Assessment Tool Teachers can use Kahoot as an assessment tool to review student progress intermittently. It is a great way to identify the level at which each student understands the material when preparing for more summative quizzes or exams. Math, science, health, and social studies are just some of the possible courses where teachers can use Kahoot!

Kids Get Creative (and Hilarious) with Bitstrips for Schools By Kelli Korducki Illustration by Roxanne Ignatius/Torontoist. A funny thing happens when you give kids an online tool for creative freedom: they run with it. If any one thing can be gleaned from the runaway success of Bitstrips for Schools—a web-based comic-generating platform that recently reached its one millionth strip in Ontario—it’s that hands-on interactive learning engages students in ways that traditional instruction simply can’t match. “It’s a great instant creative device, another way of communicating ideas,” says Royan Lee, a grade 5–6 teacher at Charles Howitt Public School in Richmond Hill who has been using the site with his students since last school year.