Classkick + Manipulatives = Winning
I've written about Classkick for practicing skills , fostering collaboration , and differentiating instruction . If you haven't tried Classkick, here are the basics: You create assignment slides and students work on them. You can see work, and offer feedback, in real time. Students can also offer anonymous assistance to each other. Classkick offers an iOS app and also a browser-based tool. No matter which way I use it, I always love it! Last week, I tried it in a new way, to support work with manipulatives. True to form, Classkick exceeded my expectations again. I wanted to create an assignment where I could monitor student progress as they built models atoms and molecules with little velcro balls called Bunchems . I started by uploading a PDF to Classkick. The PDF was made of images from slides I created to help students understand the differences between elements, compounds, and mixtures on a particle level. Between content slides, I created assignment slides where students ...