![]() ![]() I asked them to include the word, a translation, an example sentence, and a picture/drawing. I asked them to post one note on Padlet for each word they learned. ![]() After we read a chapter in our story, I gave students time to choose words from the text to add to our class Padlet. During this time, I began using Padlet to keep track of vocabulary in the novel we were reading as a class. There was a period of time when I was teaching hybrid with some students in my classroom, with some joining online. Padlet is popular for many types of activities, but it is a great resource for vocabulary learning. The biggest downside of Word Wall is that you can only create three activities for free after that you need to pay a subscription fee. The website is incredibly easy to navigate and creating activities on Word Wall is several times faster than creating a worksheet. ![]() The best part of Word Wall is the sheer speed. Word Wall is a website that allows you to create vocabulary activities, such as cloze exercises, matching, and even jeopardy-style activities. It was when I saw my students furiously trying to memorize the terms that I began reintroducing Quizlet to my classroom. A great feature is that students are given time to review terms while you are waiting for everyone to log into the system. Quizlet Live is a team-based competitive quiz game and it gets your students saying your key terms aloud and sharing the meanings with each other. However, when Quizlet Live appeared on the scene, my attitude toward Quizlet changed. I felt that when my students played the games like matching cards, they were more focused on their matching speed than actually learning the terms. Quizlet is probably the most popular platform for flashcard-style learning, but when I began using Quizlet, I was not a big fan of the platform. The biggest downside is that some learners may find the number of connections overwhelming compared to a single, simple definition. I prefer using this tool for my more proficient learners, especially in test-prep-oriented classes, such as TOEFL, to help students boost their vocabulary output. This tool is a great alternative to an online dictionary or thesaurus. This is engaging for students, gives the students great vocabulary practice, and is low-prep on the teacher’s part. I often break my students into a few small groups and ask them to create vocabulary quizzes for their classmates in this way. If you upload the template into a shared area, like your class Google Drive or Sharepoint, students can work on quizzes together. My favorite way to use the template is to have students collaboratively create quizzes. After you start to create a new quiz, you can click on “import from spreadsheet” to open a pop-up menu that has a link to “download template.” Once you have the template, you can easily copy and paste questions and answers into your template. One underappreciated feature of Quizizz (and Kahoot!) is the Excel template, which allows you to create a quiz directly onto a spreadsheet rather than on their website. This mode includes fun power-ups and allows students to reattempt some questions they got wrong. Another cool feature is that classic mode allows students to work through the quiz at their own pace while still competing with their classmates-great for online or hybrid learning. Quizizz is also great for younger learners because both questions and answers can be pictures. This makes creating a quiz on Quizizz much more time efficient than on similar websites. One of these features is called “teleport.” Teleport allows you to very quickly search and then copy and paste quiz content from other creators into your quiz. It is similar to other quiz websites like Kahoot or Quizalize, but I prefer Quizizz because of a few snazzy features. Quizizz is a free website that allows you to create quiz questions and then provides you with two main ways to share the quiz with your students. Along with these resources, I’d like to share some ideas for how these tools can be used in the classroom. So, to help, I’ve picked my top three to share with you today (with two honorable mentions). There are so many online resources out there for vocabulary teaching that it can be overwhelming. ![]()
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