Week 4 - Classroom Management

I came across a wonderful website titled, "Web Tools for Teachers: Classroom Management". This article talks a lot classroom management in different areas, such as differentiation, grade books, learning management systems, student behavior, student response systems and engagement tools. All of the classroom management that this website lists is all technology based, as in they are apps and websites, which is great for the twenty-first learner!

Under the differentiation options for classroom management, it lists,

• Blooming Apps– A large collection of resources connected to the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• The Differentiator– Experiment to create differentiated objectives for students of all levels.

Under the grade books options for classroom management, it lists, 

• Engrade– Engrade accelerates achievement by enabling educators to connect the right learning resources to the right student at the right time.
• JumpRope– JumpRope helps teachers, schools, and districts move beyond traditional grades towards standards-based feedback on mastery.
• LearnBoost– Our beautiful design and wonderful user experience makes you wonder why you’ve been using other gradebook software.
• ThinkWave– Online gradebook and school management software with grades online for students and parents.

Under the learning management systems options for classroom management, it lists, 

Collaborize Classroom– Collaborize Classroom® is a free online collaborative education platform that allows students and teachers to transcend the boundaries of their physical classroom to engage in an online collaborative learning environment.
Edmodo– Edmodo helps connect all learners with the people and resources needed to reach their full potential.
Google Classroom– Classroom helps teachers save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students.
Haiku Learning–  Haiku Learning revolves around your content. Create classroom pages, add and organize content blocks, change layouts, and publish whenever you’re ready.
LearnBoost– All the software you need to manage your classroom and school.
My Big Campus– My Big Campus is a web-based social learning network developed for K-12 school districts.
Moodle– A free, open-source PHP web application for producing modular internet-based courses that support a modern social constructionist pedagogy.
NoteBookCast– A real-time shared online whiteboard in your browser, teach, explain, sketch. For work, study, fun …
SharpClass– This site offers a set of classroom tools for teachers to use every day. The primary purpose is classroom/behavior management using a web-based system, but it also includes tools for managing parent contacts, attendance, class websites, classroom jobs, learning centers, seating chart, and much more.

Under the student behavior options for classroom management, it lists, 

• Class Dojo– ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators.

Under the student response and engagement tools options for classroom management, it lists, 

• ClassPager– Engage your classroom with polls, exit tickets, after-class reminders, and more — delivered to each student on their own phone or tablet.
• GoSoapBox- GoSoapBox is a web-based clicker tool used by educators around the world to keep students engaged and gain real-time insight into student comprehension.
• Mentimeter– Mentimeter allows you to use mobile phones or tablets to vote on any question you specify.
• Plickers– Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.
• Poll Everywhere– Audience response system that uses mobile phones, twitter, and the web. Responses are displayed in real-time on gorgeous charts.
• Socrative– Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
• TodaysMeet– TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.

All of these websites and Apps are hyperlinked if you would like to click on the name and pull up the page to know more about them.

http://evscicats.com/blog/web-tools-for-teachers-classroom-management/