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Website Find: Quizizz

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Cannot take credit for this find - heard about it at the Michigan Digital Learning Conference during +Leslie Fisher 's keynote.  Quizizz ( @quizizz ) Now that I've played a bit with it, I can recommend it as a very versatile and easy-to-use quizzing type site.  I say quizzing type site, because you can use it as a flash card type site (think Quizlet) or a class compete type site (think Kahoot) and probably a couple other ways I haven't thought of yet - but I'm sure others have. And, best part, it's FREE. You have the ability to create your own quizzes, or use some that are already created.  If creating your own, the interface is drag and drop - and you can even add questions from other quizzes into your new one! When running your "game," you have several options to toggle on or off to customize it to your teaching goal or your students learning style.  Don't want a leaderboard?  Turn it off!  No time?  No problem! (Quite frankly, not being a...

Resource - Differentiated Instruction: Resource Roundup via Edutopia

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If you are looking for some suggestions and ideas for differentiating your classroom, Edutopia has put together this collection of a wide variety of resources.  Differentiated Instruction: Resource Roundup Topic areas include: Understanding Differentiated Instruction Knowing and Assessing Students Planning Tips, Ideas, and Tools Teaching Diverse Learners Additional Resources on the Web