Virginia Studies Weekly (Twitter @StudiesWeekly) is a popular classroom curriculum in a newspaper format, and it’s used in fourth grade classrooms throughout the state to support the Virginia Studies Standards of Learning. Did you know that there is an online version with read aloud support and informational videos? In fact, if you have the print […]
Formative App
Formative (Twitter @goformative) is a free web browser app for formative assessment that works on any device, no downloads required. It is different from the popular tool Kahoot in that it is not inherently competitive; each student works on their own and responses are private. Teachers create a formative assessment, students respond using their devices, and […]
SimpleMind App
SimpleMind (Twitter @simplemindapp) is a mind mapping/concept mapping tool designed to synchronize across devices. It is available for iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac, and comes in free and paid versions. The beauty of this software is in the range of capabilities. Teachers and students can create very simple maps about single concepts, or very complex maps […]
