Google Slides: Google slides are a part of google tools that can help you make PowerPoint slides and presentations. For me google slides in general is very important for my class because I use it for my actual class. Slides helps me organize my lessons and allows me to be able to transition to different slides and links that I need. Slides is also a great way to make quick quizzes that we can talk through verbally or I can print them out for them. It’s a good way for me to explain certain things to my students that I might not be able to do myself.
Pros: So many different options to create using this tool. You can insert videos, pictures, charts, etc.
Cons: You as the teacher will mostly likely have to talk out the quiz or slides with the students. It can be a little more complicated when being used by Kindergarten.
Google Forms: Google forms are a tool where you can make quizzes, surveys, questionnaires for businesses. You name it, it’s probably on there. I can use google forms to make a quick quiz for the students to take on their iPads.
Pro: So many options and ways to make documents and quizzes in google forms. You can make multiple choice, short answer, and essay.
Con: This is something I probably would only use with my first graders. Yes, I can include pictures for the questions, but this is a little more complex for my Kindergarteners.
Kahoot!: Kahoot! is an assessment tool that allows teachers to test their student's understandings of the material. The teacher can either create or find a Kahoot! Quiz, then give it to their students. The students take the quiz as a class going question by question. Then at the end, the students with the highest scores are displayed and congratulated. I have personally not use this tool with my class, but I think it might be an option for my first graders for sure.
Pro: Students must be engaged, free, easily accessible, easy to create
Con: Some students don't take it seriously, tries to answer quickly instead of wanting to get it right.
Pros: So many different options to create using this tool. You can insert videos, pictures, charts, etc.
Cons: You as the teacher will mostly likely have to talk out the quiz or slides with the students. It can be a little more complicated when being used by Kindergarten.
Google Forms: Google forms are a tool where you can make quizzes, surveys, questionnaires for businesses. You name it, it’s probably on there. I can use google forms to make a quick quiz for the students to take on their iPads.
Pro: So many options and ways to make documents and quizzes in google forms. You can make multiple choice, short answer, and essay.
Con: This is something I probably would only use with my first graders. Yes, I can include pictures for the questions, but this is a little more complex for my Kindergarteners.
Kahoot!: Kahoot! is an assessment tool that allows teachers to test their student's understandings of the material. The teacher can either create or find a Kahoot! Quiz, then give it to their students. The students take the quiz as a class going question by question. Then at the end, the students with the highest scores are displayed and congratulated. I have personally not use this tool with my class, but I think it might be an option for my first graders for sure.
Pro: Students must be engaged, free, easily accessible, easy to create
Con: Some students don't take it seriously, tries to answer quickly instead of wanting to get it right.