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3/3/21 Wednesday Website: Blooket

This week’s Wednesday Website for March 3rd, 2021 was shared by Jenna Figliano, who shared out about Blooket. Blooket is an educational game website where students can compete with each other by answering questions based on teacher-created Blooket decks. The Blooket decks can be created from scratch or choose from several pre-created decks from other educators! After the game is finished Blooket even provides educators with a score summary with ability to see student’s scores and which questions were answers correctly/incorrectly.

A few other features:

  • Hundreds of pre-created decks!
  • Choose from any subject!
  • Choose from the different games that Blooket has created to assess student knowledge
  • Assign Blookets for homework
  • Fun and exciting for students of all ages!
  • Turn off/on student names for the game
Michaela Ott elementary, high, middle

2/24/21 Wednesday Website: The Kindness Rocks Project

This week’s Wednesday Website for February 24th, 2021 was shared by Brook Santy, who shared out about The Kindness Rocks Project. The Kindness Rocks Projects is an organization where people of all ages can paint/decorate rocks for others to find on their school’s campus or community that has kind or inspirational messages on them. A few other features of this organization are:

  • Podcast – Kindversations
  • Tons of free downloads
    • Can be found on the website
    • Downloads include: social skills classes, social-emotional learning worksheets, etc.
  • Coaching opportunities
Michaela Ott elementary, high, literacy, middle

2/10/21 Wednesday Website: Kidblog

This week’s Wednesday’s Website for February 10th, 2021 was shared by Brian James, who shared out about Kidblog. Kidblog is a website where students can safely publish their writing. Teachers can monitor all activity and peers can leave insightful comments on each other’s work. Students can also creat their own digital portfolios to be shared with the class or curated over time.

A few other features:

  • Can be used for grade K-12
  • Students can write journals on this website.
  • Students can have their own “blog” without creating their own URL.
  • Real-time feedback with students
  • Teachers can monitor students in real-time.
  • Students can give peer feedback on the website to one another.
  • Google Suite capability
  • Lesson plan ideas for educators.
Michaela Ott elementary, high, history, middle

2/10/21 Wednesday Website: EDSITEment!

This week’s Wednesday Website for February 10th, 2021 was shared by Limaris Mendoza, who shared out about EDSITEment!. EDSITEment! is a resource created for educators to bring high-quality curated history lessons and corresponding activities to the classroom.

A few other features:

  • Can be used in grades K-12
  • Choice topics for students to implement cross-curricular lessons
  • Provides Unit Plan ideas for History
  • Includes videos from credible sources for tech innovation
  • Gives student activities to match lessons
  • “Closer” readings for students
  • Provides a “This Day in History”