Round Up - Monday, April 9 - Mystery Science, Sharing Google Links, Front Loading Vocabulary, and Alternatives to Padlet

This Week's Tool

Mystery Science 

Mysteryscience.com is a very interesting website. It looks like they offer teachers guided inquiry lessons tied to the NGSS Science Standards. Every year they give away 200 free accounts to teachers. This usually happens in March/April.

Have a look. Or, if you work with me and want to check it out, stop by my classroom.

This Week's Three

Want to share a form with others? Use the forced copy method. See gif. #gsuiteedu #lovesdschools #edtechteam (Also, I forgot to turn off my Checkmark extension, so you see it on the doc.) pic.twitter.com/0KLIHa6Zfh

— 𝘑𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 (@JenRoberts1) April 2, 2018

from Twitter https://twitter.com/JenRoberts1

The first Tweet is a way to share a Google Form with a collaborator or someone that wants to copy your form. It forces them to copy your document, but you don't have a chance to see what you are copying first.

Tony Vincent has loads of other options in this blog post.



April 01, 2018 at 07:42AM

#Nichols2Cents Instead of using Quizz to review-Use Quizz to front load vocabulary before introducing a unit or story. #EDUProtocols @BlairElem pic.twitter.com/8n8R26nuUJ

— Jessica Nichols (@Blair_Instcoach) April 2, 2018

from Twitter https://twitter.com/Blair_Instcoach


This is a good idea for front loading vocabulary in the beginning of the unit.

Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Alternatives to Padlet https://t.co/dlvGv7ZSEA

— Thomas Hammerlund (@thammerlund) April 4, 2018

Padlet is moving to a paid model. Basically, up to 3 Padlets are free - I believe - then more than that will be something you need to pay for. Here are some alternatives.