Instructional Tools Around Us
LET’S REACH OUR STUDENTS BETTER!
Instructional Tools
Instructional
 1. Intended or used for teaching;
educational.
 2. Giving detailed information about how
something should be done or operated.
Tools
 A device or implement, especially
one held in the hand, used to carry
out a particular function.
Any concrete teaching-learning materials that stimulate pupils’ senses and facilitate
concept attainment and better retention of those concepts in pupils simultaneously
developing their thinking and creativity can be called ‘Instructional tools’.
Significance of Instructional Tools
Improve Improve student participation and engagement
Improve Improve communication between teachers, students, and parents
Improve Improve technological skills
Improve Improve knowledge retention
Encourage Encourage collaboration among students
Help Help teachers identify topics to focus more on
Allow Allow students to learn at different paces
Reduce Reduce teacher workload
Reduce Reduce stress of teachers, students, and parents
Instructional Tools
Traditional
 Blackboards, Whiteboards
 Textbooks, Worksheets,
 Charts, Pictures, Posters,
 Maps, Atlases, Globes,
 Flash Cards, Flip Cards,
 Science Lab Apparatus, Materials, Models,
 Crossword Puzzles, Quizzes,
 Story Telling, Dramatization, One Act Plays
 Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Reference
Books
 Learning Toys & Abacus.
Modern/Digital
 E-books, dictionaries &
encyclopaedias
 Pictionary and Interactive games
 Power Point, Google Slides &
Slide Share
 Broadcast & Podcasts
 Interactive Whiteboard, Jam
Board and Shared Documents
 E tools of measurement and
evaluation
Organizational Teaching Tools
Tracking Assignments, Deadlines, Meetings, & Lesson plans
Google Calendar
• Shareable calendars
• Integrate seamlessly
with Gmail, Drive,
Contacts, Sites and
Meet.
• Allows access to
integrated
Workspace.
• Scheduling On-the-
go
Google Task
• Manage, capture,
and edit your tasks
from anywhere, at
anytime, with to-dos
that sync across all
your devices.
• Integrations with
Gmail and Google
Calendar help you
get tasks done—
faster.
Any do
• Helps teachers stay on top
of their workload.
• Set reminders for when to
complete certain tasks,
put important meetings or
assessments in a
calendar, create to-do
lists, and more.
• It’s a calendar, note
organizer, list creator, and
alarm clock all in one
app.
Presentation Teaching Tools
Animoto
Allows teachers to easily
create videos which they can
then use to enhance their
lessons.
The videos can be filmed
from any device, then
uploaded to the Animoto
site/app.
You can also combine videos
and images together and
add subtitles or notes to the
video.
Enables you to convert
photos and videos into
slideshows.
Smilebox
Create slideshows,
collages, greetings,
invitations, photo albums,
and scrapbooks.
For example, as a teacher,
you can make newsletters
for your students, parent
letters, certificates, and
school photo albums and
share them online.
Vacaroo
Helps record, send, and
download your voice notes.
You can use it for
podcasting, broadcasting,
digital storytelling, or giving
feedback.
Tools to Prepare a Core-aligned Lesson Plan
Common Curriculum
• Amazing lesson planning
that is aligned with
Common Core and
promotes collaboration.
• more flexible than ever.
• Quickly rearrange the parts
of a lesson, drag an activity
you didn’t finish to
tomorrow’s lesson, or even
shift your lessons forward or
back!
Planbookedu
• Plans available
anywhere
• Simple to create.
• Attach files,
• Common Core
Standards,
• Print or export to Word
or PDF,
• Share with
colleagues.
Docentedu
Used in both blended as well
as flipped learning classroom
environment.
Flip any webpage or Google
doc into an interactive
lesson. For interaction
purpose, the teacher can
Add comments, private
discussions, highlight
passages, embed videos,
throw quizzes or question
answer sessions and trigger
discussion over them.
Mind mapping Tools
AYOA
All-in-one online
whiteboard and mind
mapping app
Bbrainstorm ideas, work
together and get things
done.
Padlet
Online blank board that
can be used by invited
people to collaborate in
collecting ideas and
sharing information.
It is a tool for creating
beautiful boards,
documents, and
webpages that are easy
to read.
Google Drawings
Create and edit
flowcharts,
organizational charts,
website wireframes,
mind maps, concept
maps, and other types
of diagrams online while
collaborating with other
users in real-time.
Engaging Teaching Tools
Gamification
Kahoot
Edpuzzle
Quill
Prodigy
JeopardyLabs
Power Talk
Hangman
Science Hangman
Google Earth
Create stories and
maps. With creation
tools, you can draw on
the map, add your
photos and videos,
customize your view,
and share and
collaborate with others.
Wonderscope
Uses augmented reality
to transform ordinary
places into real-time
stories.
Students also learn to
read with the app.
They ask questions to
the characters in the
story and listen to the
characters' answers.
Classroom Management Tools
Google Classroom
Create an online
classroom, invite your
students and teachers.
Assign homework &
Resources etc.
Discuss assignments with
your students online
Track their progress.
Class 123
Contains a chalkboard,
seating chart, timer,
random name picker, and
many other tools necessary
for efficient class
management.
You can also keep track of
students’ attendance and
behavior, share stories and
photos on boards, and
communicate via private
messages.
Class Dojo
Enables schools to bring
parents, teachers, school
administrators, and
students into classroom
communities so they can
track and enhance
classroom behavior in
real-time.
Encourage students to
model certain behavior
Regular feedback and
behaviour report.
Assessment Teaching Tools
Worksheet Generator
Has a template for
practically every type of
worksheets, including word
searches, mazes,
crossword puzzles, and
worksheets specifically
formatted for math or
reading lessons.
Has hundreds of worksheets
other teachers have made
that you can print out and
use in your own classes..
Socrative
Create online exercises,
quizzes or games and
watch as your students
answer the questions in
real time.
Socrative also has
activities and quizzes
that encourage
collaboration.
Google Forms
Create and edit surveys online
while collaborating with other
users in real-time.
Quickly assess your students'
understanding with automatic
and manual grading tools.
Specify correct answers,
points, and give feedback.
Identify frequently missed
questions that need further
review in the response
summary.
Print for offline evaluation.

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  • 1.
    Instructional Tools AroundUs LET’S REACH OUR STUDENTS BETTER!
  • 2.
    Instructional Tools Instructional  1.Intended or used for teaching; educational.  2. Giving detailed information about how something should be done or operated. Tools  A device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function. Any concrete teaching-learning materials that stimulate pupils’ senses and facilitate concept attainment and better retention of those concepts in pupils simultaneously developing their thinking and creativity can be called ‘Instructional tools’.
  • 3.
    Significance of InstructionalTools Improve Improve student participation and engagement Improve Improve communication between teachers, students, and parents Improve Improve technological skills Improve Improve knowledge retention Encourage Encourage collaboration among students Help Help teachers identify topics to focus more on Allow Allow students to learn at different paces Reduce Reduce teacher workload Reduce Reduce stress of teachers, students, and parents
  • 4.
    Instructional Tools Traditional  Blackboards,Whiteboards  Textbooks, Worksheets,  Charts, Pictures, Posters,  Maps, Atlases, Globes,  Flash Cards, Flip Cards,  Science Lab Apparatus, Materials, Models,  Crossword Puzzles, Quizzes,  Story Telling, Dramatization, One Act Plays  Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Reference Books  Learning Toys & Abacus. Modern/Digital  E-books, dictionaries & encyclopaedias  Pictionary and Interactive games  Power Point, Google Slides & Slide Share  Broadcast & Podcasts  Interactive Whiteboard, Jam Board and Shared Documents  E tools of measurement and evaluation
  • 5.
    Organizational Teaching Tools TrackingAssignments, Deadlines, Meetings, & Lesson plans Google Calendar • Shareable calendars • Integrate seamlessly with Gmail, Drive, Contacts, Sites and Meet. • Allows access to integrated Workspace. • Scheduling On-the- go Google Task • Manage, capture, and edit your tasks from anywhere, at anytime, with to-dos that sync across all your devices. • Integrations with Gmail and Google Calendar help you get tasks done— faster. Any do • Helps teachers stay on top of their workload. • Set reminders for when to complete certain tasks, put important meetings or assessments in a calendar, create to-do lists, and more. • It’s a calendar, note organizer, list creator, and alarm clock all in one app.
  • 6.
    Presentation Teaching Tools Animoto Allowsteachers to easily create videos which they can then use to enhance their lessons. The videos can be filmed from any device, then uploaded to the Animoto site/app. You can also combine videos and images together and add subtitles or notes to the video. Enables you to convert photos and videos into slideshows. Smilebox Create slideshows, collages, greetings, invitations, photo albums, and scrapbooks. For example, as a teacher, you can make newsletters for your students, parent letters, certificates, and school photo albums and share them online. Vacaroo Helps record, send, and download your voice notes. You can use it for podcasting, broadcasting, digital storytelling, or giving feedback.
  • 7.
    Tools to Preparea Core-aligned Lesson Plan Common Curriculum • Amazing lesson planning that is aligned with Common Core and promotes collaboration. • more flexible than ever. • Quickly rearrange the parts of a lesson, drag an activity you didn’t finish to tomorrow’s lesson, or even shift your lessons forward or back! Planbookedu • Plans available anywhere • Simple to create. • Attach files, • Common Core Standards, • Print or export to Word or PDF, • Share with colleagues. Docentedu Used in both blended as well as flipped learning classroom environment. Flip any webpage or Google doc into an interactive lesson. For interaction purpose, the teacher can Add comments, private discussions, highlight passages, embed videos, throw quizzes or question answer sessions and trigger discussion over them.
  • 8.
    Mind mapping Tools AYOA All-in-oneonline whiteboard and mind mapping app Bbrainstorm ideas, work together and get things done. Padlet Online blank board that can be used by invited people to collaborate in collecting ideas and sharing information. It is a tool for creating beautiful boards, documents, and webpages that are easy to read. Google Drawings Create and edit flowcharts, organizational charts, website wireframes, mind maps, concept maps, and other types of diagrams online while collaborating with other users in real-time.
  • 9.
    Engaging Teaching Tools Gamification Kahoot Edpuzzle Quill Prodigy JeopardyLabs PowerTalk Hangman Science Hangman Google Earth Create stories and maps. With creation tools, you can draw on the map, add your photos and videos, customize your view, and share and collaborate with others. Wonderscope Uses augmented reality to transform ordinary places into real-time stories. Students also learn to read with the app. They ask questions to the characters in the story and listen to the characters' answers.
  • 10.
    Classroom Management Tools GoogleClassroom Create an online classroom, invite your students and teachers. Assign homework & Resources etc. Discuss assignments with your students online Track their progress. Class 123 Contains a chalkboard, seating chart, timer, random name picker, and many other tools necessary for efficient class management. You can also keep track of students’ attendance and behavior, share stories and photos on boards, and communicate via private messages. Class Dojo Enables schools to bring parents, teachers, school administrators, and students into classroom communities so they can track and enhance classroom behavior in real-time. Encourage students to model certain behavior Regular feedback and behaviour report.
  • 11.
    Assessment Teaching Tools WorksheetGenerator Has a template for practically every type of worksheets, including word searches, mazes, crossword puzzles, and worksheets specifically formatted for math or reading lessons. Has hundreds of worksheets other teachers have made that you can print out and use in your own classes.. Socrative Create online exercises, quizzes or games and watch as your students answer the questions in real time. Socrative also has activities and quizzes that encourage collaboration. Google Forms Create and edit surveys online while collaborating with other users in real-time. Quickly assess your students' understanding with automatic and manual grading tools. Specify correct answers, points, and give feedback. Identify frequently missed questions that need further review in the response summary. Print for offline evaluation.