Quizalize - A Fun Quiz Platform

Quizalize - A Fun Quiz Platform

Quizalize is a newer quiz game platform that reminds me of Kahoot. Like Kahoot, students play your quiz games on their laptops or tablets by going to the Quizalize website then entering their names and a class code. Students are awarded points for correctly answering questions quickly. Students are given feedback instantly on every quiz question that they answer. A total score is presented to students at the end of every quiz.

Creating quizzes on Quizalize is a simple process. To get started just name your quiz and tag it with a subject label. As you write each quiz question you can include a picture and up to four answer choices. You can specify a time limit of 5 to 120 seconds for each question.

Quizalize offers a marketplace in which you can find quizzes created by other users. Some of the quizzes are free and others are sold for a dollar or two. To be clear, creating and playing your own quizzes is completely free.

An overview of Quizalize is provided in the video embedded below.

https://www.quizalize.com/

Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne

The Writing Process and Google Docs

How to search Google and get what you want

Tips and tricks you didn't know existed or maybe you  did:)

Google Drive Plug-in for Microsoft Office

Install the Drive plug-in for Microsoft Office

The Drive plug-in for Microsoft® Office allows users working in Word®, Excel®, and PowerPoint® to open documents directly from Google Drive, and save to Google Drive, without leaving their Office programs.  WHAT???  Anything that allows you to skip a step is always a time-saver!

Download Google Drive Plug in

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/driveforoffice

Add forms as an assessment in Google Classroom

 Adding Forms in Google Classroom (New as of 10/8/2015)

Until recently, it was hard to link to Forms into Classroom.  Google for EDU has just released an update to solve this.  When you attach a Form (usually an online quiz or survey)  the student receives a link that takes them straight to the Form.  They click submit to finish the Form/quiz and it automatically marks them as done in Google Classroom.

https://www.thegooru.com/everything-you-need-to-know-in-google-classroom-part-2/?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuq3AZKXonjHpfsX56uUkWqGylMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CTsFqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFTbHMMat6w7gKWxc%3D

StoryToolz

http://www.storytoolz.com/

StoryToolz offers a free tools for student writers.  StoryToolz has three tools that you can use to get story ideas; Random Conflicts, Half Title Generator, and Story Idea Generator. In addition to the writing prompts tools StoryToolz offers a few tools to help you edit your work. The Cliché Buster analyzes your work to find clichés that you have used in your writing. The Readability tool analyzes your text to estimate a reading level on several scales.