Mentor High School Shared Resources

may be a cool resource to use for physical education, science and math.

Here are two methods for projecting your Chromebook.

inklewriter is a free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories. It's perfect for writers who want to try out interactivity, but also for teachers and students looking to mix computer skills and creative writing.

FlipQuiz™​ was created to provide educators with a quick way to create gameshow-style boards for test reviews in the classroom. Traditionally, these are created (tediously) using posterboard, chalkboards, or dry-erase markers on an overhead slide. The review questions are usually even written on a separate sheet of paper. With FlipQuiz™​, questions are displayed on-screen and boards are saved for later use. Combined with a well-designed board, students are more likely to be interested and stay engaged with an otherwise disjunct test review process.

Here is a terrific site for creating an online photo album or scrapbooks. This site also allows collaboration which make it ideal for group projects. Signing up does require an email address but no other personal information is needed. The site is very simple to use as all you need is to add pictures and then text to accompany each picture and the site does the rest. Once you are done the book can be downloaded as a PDF to be handed in or students can share the book with the teacher.

"In a nutshell, Screenmailer is a great solution for sharing ideas with your peers, co-workers or friends. The app makes it really easy to record your screen, upload the screencasts to a safe server and share it with anyone. On top of this, the service is free."

PowerMyLearning is a free web-based platform designed for K-12 students, parents, and educators. The platform makes thousands of the best online learning activities easily accessible and usable in one trusted place.

Info shared from NeoTech conference at Kent, March 2014.

A GAME-BASED CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEM