Technology Tools for Virtual Assignments and Performance Tasks

Source: McTighe, J., Doubet, K. and Carbaugh, E. (2020). Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects: Tools for Meaningful Learning and Assessment. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Category/Use Technology Tool

Book report Book Hooks--http://www.bookhooks.com GoodReads--https://www.goodreads.com iMovie--(create a book trailer; see sample trailers at https://www.youtube.com/user/mhmediaspec) Voicethread (iPAD APP)--http://voicethread.com/

Bulletin board Canva--https://www.canva.com/create/photo-collages/ Educlipper--http://www.educlipper.net Padlet--http://www.padlet.com Pinterest--https://www.pinterest.com/

Cartoon/comic Animaker --https://www.animaker.com/ Pixton--http://www.pixton.com/ Storyboard That--https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator Strip Designer--https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/strip- designer/id314780738?mt=8 ToonDoo--http://www.toondoo.com/ Toontastic--https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic- 3d/id1145104532?mt=8

Concept Coggle--https://coggle.it/ Mapping Conceptboard--https://conceptboard.com/

Creative Bubbl.us--https://bubbl.us/ thinking/ Inspiration--http://www.inspiration.com/ Brainstorming Popplet--http://popplet.com/ SmartDraw--https://www.smartdraw.com/

Digital Book Creator--https://bookcreator.com/ storytelling Pic-Lits--https://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx Slidestory--https://slidestory.com Storybird--https://storybird.com/ Storyboarder--https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/

Explanation Educreations--http://www.educreations.com/ (written, verbal) Explain Everything--https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explain- everything/id431493086?mt=8

How-to guide Create an App--https://www.yapp.us/ Educreations--http://www.educreations.com/ Snagit (screencasting tool)--https://www.techsmith.com/screen- capture.html Zoom - https://zoom.us/

Oral Anchor (podcasting app)--https://anchor.fm/ presentation/ Audacity (podcasting software)--https://www.audacityteam.org/ podcast Audioboom--http://audioboom.com/ Sway (Office 365)--https://sway.office.com/ Vodcast (video podcast)--https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sdpbc- vodcast/id598313309?ls=1&mt=8 Voicethread (iPAD APP)--http://voicethread.com/

Pen pal/student Empatico--https://empatico.org/ connection Skype chat--http://skype.com Zoom chat--https://zoom.us

Poster, infographic Adobe Spark--https://spark.adobe.com/ Canva--https://www.canva.com/create/infographics Glogster--http://www.glogster.com/ Google Drawing--https://docs.google.com/drawings/ Padlet--http://www.padlet.com Piktochart--http://piktochart.com/ Smore--https://www.smore.com/app Visme--https://www.visme.co/make-infographics/ Venngage--https://venngage.com/

Proposal Canva--https://www.canva.com/create/proposals/ Proposify--https://www.proposify.com/proposal-templates

Multimedia Animoto--http://animoto.com/ product Animoto (app)--https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/animoto- videos/id459248037?mt=8 Biteable--https://biteable.com/infographic/ Edmodo--http://www.edmodo.com HyperDocs--https://hyperdocs.co iMovie--http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ Photostory--http://microsoft-photo-story.en.softonic.com/ Prezi--http://prezi.com/ SlideShare--http://www.slideshare.net/

Research report Doodlekit--http://kids-website-builder.com/ Nearpod--http://nearpod.com/ Sutori--https://www.sutori.com/story/student-tutorial

Science AutoCAD-- https://www.autodesk.com/education/free- project/design software/autocad CAST Science Writer-- http://sciencewriter.cast.org/welcome;jsessionid=64D53C43AD80D6 FAB1A0F95ABCFCA054 Summary Twitter--https://twitter.com/

Time line myHistro-- http://www.myhistro.com/?utm_campaign=elearningindustry.com&ut m_source=%2Ftop-10-free-timeline-creation-tools-for- teachers&utm_medium=link ReadWriteThink-- http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/ Time Graphics--https://time.graphics/ Timetoast--http://www.timetoast.com/

Vocabulary Google Keep (app)-- notebook https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.ke ep&hl=en_US OneNote (app)--https://www.onenote.com/?404&public=1 Visual Thesaurus--http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ j

Written Blogger--https://www.blogger.com/about/ product Book Creator--bookcreator.com Edublogs--http://edublogs.org/ Flipsnack--http://www.flipsnack.com/ Issuu--http://issuu.com/ LiveJournal--https://www.livejournal.com/ Meograph--http://www.meograph.com/

Research History Channel--https://www.history.com/speeches Library of Congress--https://www.loc.gov/ Library Spot--http://libraryspot.com/ National Geographic Kids--https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ National Science Foundation (for mathematics)-- https://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/mathematics/overview.jsp NewseumED--http://www.newseum.org/about/ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics-- https://www.bls.gov/k12/students.htm

Coding Code--https://code.org

Hour of Code--https://hourofcode.com/us/learn Microsoft MakeCode--https://www.microsoft.com/en- us/makecode?rtc=1 Scratch--https://scratch.mit.edu/ ScratchJr (K–2 app)--https://www.scratchjr.org/

Formative Flipgrid--https://flipgrid.com Assessment Goformative--https://goformative.com Google Forms--https://www.google.com/forms/about/ Kahoot--https://create.kahoot.it/login Mentimeter--https://www.mentimeter.com/ Kahoot--https://create.kahoot.it/login Pear Deck--https://www.peardeck.com/ Quizizz--https://quizizz.com/ Quizlet--https://quizlet.com/

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