Resource Roundup: Game Ideas for Zoom

 

 Resource Roundup: 

Game Ideas for Zoom

    Need a fun game to use as an incentive in class? Need something fun to do with your scholars, friends, or family at your next Virtual Holiday Party? If so, here are some great resources for you!

FREE Virtual Game Options

1. 7 Great Game Ideas for Zoom from Meredith Akers        This blog post includes ideas for Scattergories, 5 Second Rule, Boggle, Pictionary, Charades, Taboo & more!

2. Play Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders, & Memory  
   
   This site includes the option to play Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders, or Memory. Here is a video that explains the ins & outs of how to play. 
3. Play Things...  
    Play the original or the holiday version. Choose a topic, players answer then take turns guessing who answered what to earn points. 
   
   
4. Google Quick Draw  

     Use Zoom annotation to take turns trying to get the A.I. to recognize your drawing within 20 seconds. 

   
   
5. PlayingCards.io  

     Play games like Checkers, Chess, Backgammon, 500, Crazy Eights, Hearts, Go Fish & more.

   
   
6. Rummikub  

    Play the classic Rummikub tile game and create runs of sequential same colored number tiles, sets of same numbered but different colored number tiles, etc. 

   
   
7. Jigsawpuzzles.io 

     Work together to complete a jigsaw puzzle.

   
   
8. Party Trivia 

    A random trivia generator for all your party needs. 

   
   
9. Just Dance Now  

     Free Dance Party. Does require a smart phone to collect points/earn a score.

   
   
10. Bingo 

     Click the link above to generate a random Bingo card, then click here to start calling your BINGO game. 

    
    
11. Papergames.io   

    

    Play Battleship, Tic Tac Toe, Connect 4 or Gomoku.
12. Uno   

      Play Uno with 2-4 players. 

    
    
13. Broken Picture Phone   

       Like the game of Telephone, but using drawings. Each player can only see the drawing immediately before. At the end, view the progression of drawings. 

    
    
14. Skribbl.io 

       When its your turn to draw, you will have to choose a word from three options and draw that word in 80 seconds. When somebody else is drawing you will type your guess into the chat to earn points.
15. Boardgame Arena 

        Play a variety of free boardgames.

    
    
16. Codenames    

       

    Two teams compete by each having a "spymaster" give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. The other players on the team attempt to guess their team's words while avoiding the words of the other team. 
17. 20 Teacher Zoom Game Ideas   

     Twenty easy and fee teacher Zoom game ideas such as placing items on a tray and giving students a set amount of time to look at it and then write down everything they remember. 

    
    
18. Zoomjam   

      Zoomjam was a competition to find the best Zoom game and the winner is Class President, which is a competition to become a high school class president. Play the winning game and the runners up for free. 

    
    

Virtual Game Options That Cost $

1. Jackbox Games    
     Purchase single games or game bundles to play virtually on Zoom.
   
   
2. Tabletopia  

    Tabletopia has a free version which does not contain premium games and also a paid option.
3. Tabletop Simulator   

      Creat your own original game or play community created games like Dominoes and Mahjong. NOTE: Each player must purchase Tabletop Simulator. 

   
   

How to keep up with work in Google Classroom

 Are you and your students having issues keeping up with work in Google Classroom?

Google has given you a couple ways to keep up with the work you have given and what you need to grade. Teachers, there is a wonderful 'To Review' where you can click on to find the work that needs to be graded. Check out the video to see how easy it can be! 

Students can click the 'To Do' and choose the class to view assignments they need to complete. 

Uploading Files to Google Drive

During remote teaching, you have obtained many new resources. Many of these files have been saved to your computer. But, what if your computer crashes- will you lose all of your resources? 

We have a solution! You can upload all of these files to your Google Drive and they will only be a click away! 

Watch the short video to find out how!

Organize your Google Classroom!

 Are you having trouble keeping your Google Classroom organized? 

        

Your students can't find their assignments and keep emailing you? Well, watch our short video on how to get your Google Classroom organized! 

 

Flipgrid Fever is taking over!

Have you tried Flipgrid? If not, you should. 

Flipgrid is a free platform that is self-described as "the meeting place for your classroom, your school, your department, or any learning community to discuss your Topics. Start with an icebreaker, add weekly reflections, share book talks, explore STEM principles, give mini-presentations ... any Topic to ignite discussion! Check out the Flipgrid Educator’s Guide by Karly, Sean, and Jennifer.

To break it down grids can be thought of as "classes" inside each class you have topics that you can think of as "prompts or assignments". They have compiled a list of prompts you can use in the Disco Library.

Integration

There are so many ways to integrate this into the classroom and is a great way to differentiate. During remote learning, this is a great way to gauge how your students are doing and it gives them another way to express themselves. You can even create a grid for parents to use. 

Click the link to get started today! FLIPGIRD

Item Analysis....Time to look for trends

Hey All!

In case you haven't heard, the Ohio State Tests have been canceled for this school year.  Also, we don't yet know when we will back to school.  Being away from students and classes isn't easy and thinking about testing is enough to make you go crazy.  So what can we do that is productive during this time?  Well, how about using past data to plan and prepare for our students needs?  Now you can do just that.  Using the past OST results from fall of 2017 through fall of 2019, we can dive into a multi-year data analysis with this new visualization in Tableau:  17-19 Item Analysis

How can I use this?  Easy.  Start at the top left and select your school, discipline, test and standard.  You are diving deep into the weeds by narrowing this much and each selection narrows the options in the next box moving left to right.  Below is a sample: 

You can see how the students performed (the % of students who received each point value) on each administration (Fall2017, Spring 2018, etc.)

To get a better look, we need to look at the Item / Content Statement.  That is below: 

Here I selected 3 Items.  These are items that are almost identical.  They have slight wording differences based on changes in standards(revisions made between years) and different point values(1, 2, 3 or 4).  You can't see it in this view, but you will when you are in tableau.  

This will allow you to see how students performed on individual items / content statements over time.  As a general guideline, most questions are 1 point.  Some are 2 points and very few are 3 or 4 points.  It would be best to look at the % of students earning 0 points and focusing on the changes in that for each administration.  

If you have any questions on how to use this visualization or have questions about the data, please feel free to reach out and we can walk through it together.  

email: gregory.kibler@youngstown.k12.oh.us

Learning From Home Resources

Do you have parents asking for more resources? Let's give them some

When you are teaching from home, you should you the same routine you used at school. Please try not to introduce a bunch of new technology resources because everyone will be confused. There is always a learning curve when using technology. Right now there are so many websites and blogs giving you a million different resources, it is confusing! I am going to try and list some resources by topic. This doesn't mean to just automatically share with students, but it will help narrow it down by topic what you might want to use.

*If your students use Clever, you can add links to your Clever page. Click here for directions to add a link in CLEVER!

District Resources

If you do not know about all the resources the district has purchased, click here to see what resources the district has purchased for you and the students.

Reading

• Free Digital Story/Books/Read Alouds- this is a list of resources
• Audible: Stories for Kids- FREE audiobooks as long as schools are closed- just click to listen
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ELA

Videos, Interactive Lessons, and Interactives on English Language Arts topics PreK-High School 

Math

• Youtube Channels for math teachers
• Videos, Interactive Lessons, and Interactives on Math topics PreK-High School
• Quantiles- videos, interactives and other resources by standard

Science

• Eplanetarium has shows that can be watched in their entirety (21-25 minutes each) on their website. The grid that shows the available shows in various audio languages is here. You can get a description of each of the shows here (each has a separate page with pre/post-tests, etc.)
• Videos, Interactive Lessons, and Interactives on Science topics PreK-High School 
• Ology- A science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History
• Experimonkey- Science experiments, videos, brain games & quizzes for kids
• University of California Museum of Paleontology- Tutorials investigating fossils and dinosaurs 

Social Studies

Videos, Interactive Lessons, and Interactives on Social Studies topics PreK-High School 

Art

• Drawing with JJK- a video lesson every day
• Drawing with Mr. J- a Social Emotional Learning/drawing lesson every month for K-5
• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems- a video lesson every day (starting 3/16/20)

Music

Videos, Interactive Lessons and Interactives on Music topics PreK-High School

Health & Physical Education

Videos, Interactive Lessons and Interactives on Health/P.E. topics PreK-High School 

Preschool

Videos, Interactive Lessons and Interactives to build foundational skills for Preschoolers

Educational Sites

Starfall- ELA & Math activities for Pre-K-3

Videos

• PBS Kids- K-2
• PBS Learning Media- FREE standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for  PreK- High School
• Hippocampus- Over 7,000 videos explaining aspects of High School academics including Math, Science, History, & English

Remote Learning Help!

Need some tips for the Remind app? 

How to upload a photo on Remind

  

How to upload a video to Remind*special thanks to Amanda Whitmore at MLK for these two resources

Basic Remind  Video Below- adding people, send a message, attach documents, identify parents

Zoom Tips and Tricks

Meeting Norms for Teachers and Students
Click here for a video on starting a zoom meeting
Resources on using Zoom (scroll to the lower right) 

Need some tips for using Google Classroom?

Click here for parent slideshow                                         
Click here for Google Classroom tutorial for teachers
Check out Eric Curts Video tutorials on Google Classroom here!

Google Classroom Webinar

Math Teacher ALERT!

Teachers never have enough resources. One of the hardest things for a teacher to do is find quality resources. It's hours of search, search, search! Oftentimes with no luck. Well, let me introduce you to Quantiles.com!  Quantiles will allow you to find lessons resources according to standard. These resources may be a variety of types, such as worksheets, videos, interactive games or Illustrated Math lessons.

What I love about this resource is that once you select a standard it gives you a "Knowledge Cluster" which contains prerequisite, supporting and impending standards for your students. If you need to differentiate a lesson for a particular standard this gives you options for remedial, on grade level and advanced resources.

Accounts are free, but there is a paid version. The good thing is that an account is only $18 per year. Here is a quick tutorial on how to find resources on the site.

Padlet, NOT just for Productivity

Padlet is a powerful digital discussion board tool. Padlet can be used to collaborate and communicate ideas to a group in multiple ways such as discussion walls, back channels, streams, and TIMELINES!










It's FREE and easy to use. The ability to manipulate the posts is key to creating an optimal interactive discussion with a group. Here is a tutorial about setting up and creating your own Padlet. Click on the video or scan the QR code. 

I created my own interactive timeline of my professional career. Click Here 

Pear Deck Flashcard Factory

Pear Deck Flashcard Factory 

Pear Deck's Vocabulary tool allows you to enter terms and definitions. Then you have students create flashcards for those terms in a fun game called Flashcard Factory. The final Flashcard set can be printed or exported to Gimkit for further review. Watch the video below to learn more.

Flashcard Factory Demo