Explain Everything

Explain Everything is a powerful tool that allows students to record their voices while explainng their thinking and demonstrating their work.  This app also allows students to upload pictures and other sources to create a presentation.  The presentation can be saved in multiple formats.

Student Engagement: 3

Student choose this app when given an assignment to create and explain their work.

Accessibility/Relevance: 4

Teacher options are open depending on instructional approach.

Capabilities/Customization: 4

Many options to customized to create and customized varied strategies.

Safety: 3

There is not an individual log in.  Depending on internet restrictions and parental gate.

Thinking Skills: 4

Use of higher order thinking skills to create and analyze depending on teacher instruction and student grit.

Elementary Evaluation Tool

	1	2	3	4	Notes:
Qualities:
Student Engagement	Avoids app	Uses app but does not make connections to prior learning.	Uses app when directed.	Highly Motivated to use the app.
Accessibility/ Relevance	Not able to use for multiple purposes	Limited availability to use across contents	Purposeful and appropriate across content areas	Engaging across all content areas
Capabilities/ Customization	No access to camera, video, microphone and other libraries.	Limited use of settings to meet student’s need.	Flexible settings to models strategies, ability to create, structure, or build	Interactive and the ability to change content settings to model strategies and ability to create and build.
Safety	No private access availability	Class Login with personal password	Individual Log in & password.	Individual Log in & password with data available within class roster
Thinking Skills	Limited use of lower order thinking skills.	Mostly lower order thinking skills to understand and remember.	Use of higher order thinking skills including evaluating, analyzing and applying.	Use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating and analyzing.

Explain Everything

Explain Everything is a powerful tool that allows students to record their voices while explainng their thinking and demonstrating their work.  This app also allows students to upload pictures and other sources to create a presentation.  The presentation can be saved in multiple formats.

Student Engagement: 3

Student choose this app when given an assignment to create and explain their work.

Accessibility/Relevance: 4

Teacher options are open depending on instructional approach.

Capabilities/Customization: 4

Many options to customized to create and customized varied strategies.

Safety: 3

There is not an individual log in.  Depending on internet restrictions and parental gate.

Thinking Skills: 4

Use of higher order thinking skills to create and analyze depending on teacher instruction and student grit.

Elementary Evaluation Tool

	1	2	3	4	Notes:
Qualities:
Student Engagement	Avoids app	Uses app but does not make connections to prior learning.	Uses app when directed.	Highly Motivated to use the app.
Accessibility/ Relevance	Not able to use for multiple purposes	Limited availability to use across contents	Purposeful and appropriate across content areas	Engaging across all content areas
Capabilities/ Customization	No access to camera, video, microphone and other libraries.	Limited use of settings to meet student’s need.	Flexible settings to models strategies, ability to create, structure, or build	Interactive and the ability to change content settings to model strategies and ability to create and build.
Safety	No private access availability	Class Login with personal password	Individual Log in & password.	Individual Log in & password with data available within class roster
Thinking Skills	Limited use of lower order thinking skills.	Mostly lower order thinking skills to understand and remember.	Use of higher order thinking skills including evaluating, analyzing and applying.	Use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating and analyzing.

Tenmark

Tenmark is an online math program to reinforce and practice math understanding and fluency.   Students are able to sign on independently and answer math problems aligned to the common core with hints and tutorials.  Teachers are also able to assign individual or whole group assignments.  Weekly class data is sent.   

Student Engagement: 3

2nd graders are engaged when directed to use the app.

Accessibility/Relevance: 3

Easy to assign work and collect data.  There is an optional upgrade available.

Capabilities/Customization: 3

Customized to individual or group with tutorials and hints to support learning.

Safety: 3

There is a teacher created roster with individual log in and password.

Thinking Skills: 3

Customized to encourage higher order thinking skills.

Elementary Evaluation Tool

	1	2	3	4	Notes:
Qualities:
Student Engagement	Avoids app	Uses app but does not make connections to prior learning.	Uses app when directed.	Highly Motivated to use the app.
Accessibility/ Relevance	Not able to use for multiple purposes	Limited availability to use across contents	Purposeful and appropriate across content areas	Engaging across all content areas
Capabilities/ Customization	No access to camera, video, microphone and other libraries.	Limited use of settings to meet student’s need.	Flexible settings to models strategies, ability to create, structure, or build	Interactive and the ability to change content settings to model strategies and ability to create and build.
Safety	No private access availability	Class Login with personal password	Individual Log in & password.	Individual Log in & password with data available within class roster
Thinking Skills	Limited use of lower order thinking skills.	Mostly lower order thinking skills to understand and remember.	Use of higher order thinking skills including evaluating, analyzing and applying.	Use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating and analyzing.

Class Dojo

Class Dojo is a communication tool that I use to email or text parents and relay behaviors with a simple click.  Parents can create their own account and add any email or phone number they choose.  This is also an app.  Parents have been more likely to communicate via Class Dojo because it is quick and informal. 

Student Engagement: 2

Although second graders do not use this communication tool, they are informed on updates to encourage conversation at home.

Accessibility/Relevance: 3

This is an effective communication tool.  As a classroom teacher, I use it like a text and to send reminders.

Capabilities/Customization: 2

This is a simple and effective communication tool for parents. 

Safety: 3

Features personal login and passwords for each account.

 

Thinking Skills: n/a

Elementary Evaluation Tool

	1	2	3	4	Notes:
Qualities:
Student Engagement	Avoids app	Uses app but does not make connections to prior learning.	Uses app when directed.	Highly Motivated to use the app.
Accessibility/ Relevance	Not able to use for multiple purposes	Limited availability to use across contents	Purposeful and appropriate across content areas	Engaging across all content areas
Capabilities/ Customization	No access to camera, video, microphone and other libraries.	Limited use of settings to meet student’s need.	Flexible settings to models strategies, ability to create, structure, or build	Interactive and the ability to change content settings to model strategies and ability to create and build.
Safety	No private access availability	Class Login with personal password	Individual Log in & password.	Individual Log in & password with data available within class roster
Thinking Skills	Limited use of lower order thinking skills.	Mostly lower order thinking skills to understand and remember.	Use of higher order thinking skills including evaluating, analyzing and applying.	Use of higher order thinking skills including creating, evaluating and analyzing.