1. Pear Deck
1.1. Challenges noted
1.1.1. Pricing for School Districts Varies
1.2. Challenges Met
1.2.1. Help Closes Achievement Gap
1.3. Benefits for High Poverty Area
1.3.1. Every Student can particpate whether instruction is sychronous or asynchronous
1.4. Improving Program Rigor
1.4.1. Promotes Better Formative Assessments
2. Nearpod
2.1. Challenges Noted
2.1.1. Challenges Met
2.2. Takes time to get comfortable with Nearpod
2.3. Benefits
2.3.1. Multiple Cultural Environments
2.3.1.1. All Students can use this technology.
2.4. This technology inspires curiosity about the world and student engagement in lessons.
2.5. Improving Rigor
2.5.1. Ensure Equity
2.5.1.1. Nearpod will help adapt lessons to all learners by creating visuals.
2.6. It makes lessons more interesting and real life
3. FlipGrid
3.1. Challenges Noted
3.1.1. Challenges Met
3.1.1.1. Have the basic version would help me the challenges noted.
3.2. Pricing, and not having the technology
3.3. Benefits
3.3.1. Ensuring Rigor
3.3.1.1. All students are able to record a video of their thoughts and discuss
3.4. Encourages students who are less likely to speak in class.
3.5. Ensure Equity
3.5.1. All students will be measured the same and have equal access to same resource.
3.6. Cultural Environments
3.6.1. All students will be able to speak on their own videos.
4. StoryBird
4.1. Challenges Note
4.1.1. Challenges Met
4.2. Limits Creativity
4.3. Benefits
4.3.1. Helps with writing and story telling
4.4. Ensure Equity
4.4.1. Each student would have access to the app and could help improve their overall writing, no matter where they are.
4.5. Ensuring Rigor
4.5.1. All students would be able to tell their own stories based on their own perceptions.
4.6. Mutilple cultural environments
4.6.1. Allows students to create their own stories.
5. LiveBinders
5.1. Challenges Noted
5.1.1. Challenges Met
5.1.1.1. Understand how to operate it, to make class materials for teachers and students.
5.2. Complex tools and limited visuals.
5.3. Benefits
5.3.1. Helps educators and students go paperless
5.4. Ensure Equity
5.4.1. No longer limited to just one textbook
5.5. Ensure Rigor
5.5.1. Ability to add and take away new information
5.6. Multiple Cultural Environments
5.6.1. Allows for collaboration