Technology Scavenger Hunt

# Name Link Summary Poten9al Uses

Free interac*ve math • Similar to Molecular Workbench
and science • Visualiza*on of complex concepts – some
simula*ons. simula*ons give visuals of things that
happen microscopically. This can provide a
PhET visual of what various biological processes
1 Interac9ve h"ps://phet.colorado.edu/ and chemistry concepts look like.
Simula9ons • Can be used to support lectures.
• Exploratory ac*vi*es – students can use
these simula*ons to explore how changing
different variables affects the system in
the simula*on.
Offers virtual labs, • Laboratory assignments – I could design
and a plaHorm for and assign labs as classwork or homework
crea*ng and sharing so students can do them individually
2 Labster h"ps://www.labster.com/ virtual labs. and/or at home virtually.
• This also allows for more labs to be done
throughout the year since virtual labs take
much less *me than real ones.
Provides simula*ons • Similar to PhET
for exploring • Visualiza*on of complex and microscopic
Molecular
3 h"p://mw.concord.org/modeler/ concepts in physics, scien*fic concepts for students
Workbench chemistry, and • Can be used for exploratory assignments
biology. or to support lectures.
Online resource • Reinforce learning and applica*on – I can
developed by use this to give students homework
University of Arizona, problems that they can prac*ce.
offering interac*ve • Study tool - Students can use this site to
biology tutorials and study as it summarizes many main
The Biology
4 h"p://www.biology.arizona.edu/ problem sets. concepts and topics learned in Biology
Project
along with prac*ce problems.
• Instead of a lecture – students can read
through the tutorials instead of listening to
a lecture and then ask ques*ons as
needed.
An online • Similar to Stormboard
collabora*ve • Project planning, brainstorming, and
5 Miro h"ps://miro.com/
whiteboard plaHorm collabora*on – all students can log on and
that supports visual
 collabora*on, work in the same loca*on to write down
brainstorming, and ideas, add links, plan research, etc.
diagramming.
A communica*on • Student Communica*on – I can use this to
plaHorm that allows communicate easily with students about
teachers to send assignments, reminders, etc. via text. This
messages and is effec*ve since students are tex*ng more
6 Remind h"ps://www.remind.com/
updates to students frequently than checking their emails.
and parents. • Parent Communica*on – I can use this to
communicate with parents if I need to
send a mass message to all of them.
A digital workspace • Similar to Miro
that supports • Project planning, brainstorming, and
7 Stormboard h"ps://stormboard.com/home collabora*ve collabora*on – all students can log on and
brainstorming and work in the same loca*on to write down
idea mapping. ideas, add links, plan research, etc.
A project • Student projects – I will be able to track
management tool student progress, assign tasks related to
that can be adapted projects (scaffolding), and it allows for
8 Trello h"ps://trello.com/ for collabora*ve easy communica*on between students in
group projects, tasks the same group.
assignments, and
progress tracking.
An interac*ve video • Forma*ve assessment – I could use this to
plaHorm that allows embed ques*ons into video lectures for
teachers to students to answer.
customize video • Enhance video lectures – embedding
9 Edpuzzle h"ps://edpuzzle.com/ content by ques*ons and comments will help me to
embedding emphasize to the main takeaways from
ques*ons, the lecture.
comments, and
quizzes for students.
A video messaging • Online lectures – record myself giving a
tool that allows users lecture so students can watch it.
to record and share • Student projects – students can record
videos. themselves discussing concepts or topics
10 Loom h"ps://www.loom.com/
related to a project they are doing.
• Discussion posts – students can post a
videos to discuss topics and can reply to
each other by commen*ng.