Photos for Class

http://photosforclass.com/


It’s free and, when you download the image (all Creative Commons licensed for public use), proper attribution is shown with it.

From the Makers of

http://www.quickrubric.com/  and http://www.storyboardthat.com/ 

7 Tools for Creating Multimedia Quizzes - Comparison Chart

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HN-PMF19GDI9EJq5JXiZ5Tj_f8o5-YWDFDjQv0GypiQ/edit

Edpuzzle

https://edpuzzle.com/
Edpuzzle allows teachers to edit videos from most video services such as YouTube, Khan Academy,
National Geographic ect...

The teacher can then add comments or questions for the students to answer in the videos.

And the best part is that it works with Google Classroom.

How???

Step 1: Find the Perfect Video

Once you’ve created an account, you can search for videos using keywords or a URL.

Step 2: Preview Your Video 

Step 3: Customize Your Video with EDpuzzle Tools 

EDpuzzle lets you trim your video to use only the parts you want students to watch. It’s easy to eliminate advertisements and keep the video length appropriate for your age group. Teacher tip: Limit the length of a video to the age of the students you are working with.

Step 4: Add Questions to Get Students Thinking Critically

You can add audio clips throughout a video or narrate the entire video using EDpuzzle.

Teachers can design open-ended questions to get students thinking more deeply about the information presented in the video. These open-ended questions are a great way to begin discussions in class the day after students have completed this assignment. 

Alternatively, teachers can pair an EDpuzzle lesson with a TodaysMeet backchannel and ask students to share their thoughts on the open-ended questions on the backchannel in an informal asynchronous conversation.

Step 5: See How Your Students Did On This Assignment!

The teacher dashboard makes it easy to see the assignments for each class and monitor which students have successfully completed each flipped lesson.

How to create your first video lesson:
https://edpuzzle.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205958502-Create-your-first-video-lesson

A few of of my Favorite Timers

Monitoring our time can always be a challenge.  Here are a few tools to help you a long.


Task Timer a chrome web app

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/task-timer/aomfjmibjhhfdenfkpaodhnlhkolngif?authuser=1

After installing the app you can create a set of tasks that you want to time. You can run multiple timers at once or run them individually. The timer functions on a countdown basis. A chime sounds when time has expired on each timer.

You know how I love classtools.net
http://www.classtools.net/timer/

This one is particularly awesome because you can use popular music from YouTube.

A third timer option is to simply type into Google search "set timer" followed by an amount of time and a countdown timer is displayed. An alarm beeps when time is up. You can make the timer appear full screen without advertisements by clicking a little box icon to the right of the timer. You can see this feature in action in the video below. 

Credit:  Richard Byrne
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/about-richard-byrne-and-free-technology.html#.VrCxurIrLIU