Deployable systems in one lesson

Systems which offer a quick win in one lesson and don’t require a lot of technical knowledge.

*Disclaimer: These tools were selected on the basis of their promising character, but are only a small selection from the multitude of existing tools. For the purpose of clarity, we do not want to claim that these are the best or only tools you should use, but rather a selection which can inspire you.

Promising tools

The content of these tools were last updated on 21.09.2021.

Miro is an online whiteboard and collaboration tool. These whiteboards are like an infinite canvas to collaborate without constrains. There are pre-built templates, but you can also create your own custom templates. Once you have created a whiteboard, the real work can begin.

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform designed to create, share and play learning games or quizzes. It allows different question types and modes of presentation, with templates and other ways to make an activity suitable for a group of students or an individual.

Padlet is a free online collection and information tool. You create a large digital bulletin board. Participants can post answers, opinions and ideas on a wall, based on a question or statement. In this way you quickly collect information from multiple participants.

Mentimeter gives every student a voice, and stops only the loudest in the class from being heard. Test your students’ knowledge, gather feedback and ask them to reflect with our live polling features. Use word clouds, open-ended questions and more to start conversations and spark ideas in the classroom.

Do you recognize the following students in your group? The quiet student who doesn’t say much in the group? The student who cannot explain very well at the moment, but can do this with more thinking time? Or the student who does not dare? Make use of Flipgrid!

With the Google Jamboard app you can work in the internet browser or via the mobile app for iOS or Android on a tablet or smartphone. With the pen, highlighter or brush, ideas can be shaped by drawing or writing.

ProQuiz is part of the free web-based digiboard software Prowise Presenter that can be used on any brand and type of digiboard / touchscreen.

Wonder is like a physical space, but digital. Every person is represented by a small avatar. By clicking or dragging your mouse around this digital space you will move around the room. When your avatar gets close to someone else’s avatar, a video chat will open.

Whiteboard.fi is a simple tool that can be used instantly. Create a class and let your students join, using a link, room code or QR code. Everyone will get an individual digital whiteboard, where they can draw, write text, make notations on images, add math equations, and more!

Socrative is an online and interactive student-response system in the form of quizzes and polls, which activates all students and gives the teacher insight in the learning process of every individual student or group of students.

Plickers is both an app for the smartphone and tablet, as well as a website. Plickers offers the possibility to quickly collect the answers of all students, with the unique advantage that students do not need a device such as a tablet or laptop.

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