Plickers is a great option as an assessment or survey tool if your students don’t have devices. Students each receive a response card, which they hold up to record their answer. Teachers scan the room with the Plickers mobile app, and responses are recorded and displayed.
Multiple choice review and assessments in a low-tech environment.
Poll Everywhere is a polling & survey tool. With a free account, create polls for groups up to 40. Responses will appear in real time and can be embedded into Google Slides or Microsoft PPT.
Polling, Surveys, Review sessions, Discussions
Video capture software that allows for easy screen capture, webcam recordings, or both.
Producing short videos.
YouTube is a popular video hosting site. For video viewers, there is tons of content to peruse, much of legal and free to show in the classroom. For video creators, content can be hosted on a free YouTube channel, and basic video editing tools are available.
Finding and storing video content.
Zoom is a web conferencing program used by several schools in PALNI. If your school does not subscribe, you can sign up for a free Zoom account, and host short meetings (40 mins or less) of up to 100 participants. It includes features like screen share, recording, and break out rooms for discussion.
Virtual meetings, Online collaboration, Screen recording
Zotero is a free citation management software that allows the user to collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Managing citations, Producing bibliographies, Organizing research, Producing citation