This Week’s Topic in Focus: Cool Tools
Each month our Digital Learning Team will feature a tool that is super cool while also super beneficial to your classroom. Here is the one we have on tap for you this week!
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EDpuzzle
NEW TO EDPUZZLE?
You found the perfect video for that concept you are covering today. You show the video, but you have to keep pausing it to go into greater detail or ask the students questions to make sure they understand what they are seeing. You get to the end of the video and discover that one of your little darlings was in the bathroom….THE WHOLE TIME. And another kid appeared to sleep through the whole thing. What a waste of time…..
But wait!!! What if there was a FREE tool that you could use to engage all of your students. A tool that
- allows you to create quiz questions during strategic sections of the video
- allows you to insert your own images and voice comments
- lets you see how long each student watched each section of the video and stops the video if they try to multitask in another internet tab
- allows you to upload your self-created videos
- gives you a large library of videos already created by other people
- allows you take videos directly from YouTube, Khan academy, Vimeo and many other sources
EDpuzzle is the easiest way to engage and hold your students accountable when using videos. Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding.
ARE YOU AN EDPUZZLE VET?
Many of our Forest Hills teachers are already using EDpuzzle as an integral part of their curriculum. Did you know that you can take EDpuzzle to the next level? Here are some of the higher level functions in EDpuzzle that most teacher are not currently using:
- Embed your video quizzes into Schoology to streamline student navigation. All data will still be recorded in EDpuzzle for you to review but your students never have to leave the Schoology page! If you add the embed video feature into an assignment with a due date in Schoology, students can then have access to the assignment via the Schoology assignment calendar.
- Search for video quizzes within your own building by using the My School tab when you click on the Search button in the navigation bar. Videos are organized first by subject area and then by teacher. You can organize your own video quizzes in folders as well. Using these two feature together, makes sharing the video quiz creation workload within your building much more efficient.
- Flip your instruction by giving students a brief video quiz to watch and complete for homework so that you can re-purpose the time in your classroom to differentiate practice and instructional opportunities based upon the data you receive back from the "EDpuzzle" you've assigned. Dpuzzle makes flipped learning much easier as you have the accountability mechanism in place to ensure all students are reviewing and comprehending your flipped instructions. For those student who do not complete the homework or perform poorly, they will simply complete the video in class and/or complete remedial practice and instructional activities as part of their assigned grouping which frees you to provide differentiated, individualized or personalized instruction for all students in your classroom.
If you would like help with getting started or digging deeper into your use of this tool please contact your building’s Digital Learning Specialist for more assistance.
Also, feel free to use the comment feature to share how you are currently using EDpuzzle in your classroom.Contributed by Kyle Mack
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