Great online tools

(This is the first post in a two-part series.) The new question of the week is: What are your up to three “go-to” online tools this year? Please explain in detail how you use each one, including linked examples. Most of us have been teaching in environments where we have been online more than ever before, whether we’re doing full-time distance learning (as I am—for now, at least) or if you’re in a hybrid situation. This two-part series will share a number of recommendations, including many from readers. Today, Theresa Wills, Ph.D., Laurie Manville , and Cristiane Galvão, Ed.D., “kick off” the series. Before we get to their contributions, though, I’d like to briefly share my favorites (apart from all things Google and Zoom, of course): is a free online learning game site that is incredibly easy to use, has zillions of already-made games on just about every topic that are fun activities for reinforcement and formative assessment, and has recently added a simplified Nearpod-like feature (for those of you familiar with that popular tool) called student-paced “Lessons.” My students love playing Quizizz games in teams divided into separate Zoom breakout rooms. Unlike other game sites, students can see the question and the possible answers on the same screen and don’t have to split them into two. is another free online game site. Its main advantage is that it’s set up so that students can play online in teams, but they don’t have to go into different breakout rooms. In other word...

Collaboration is the new normal in the workplace, with employees no longer expected to work cut off from one another.This focus on collaboration should mean improved efficiency and increased These tools could offer everything from Above all, everything should be clear, easy to understand, simply to use and reduce misunderstanding. Every employee should be empowered to be able to speak to the right person, wherever they are in the company, to address the same problem. And then solve that problem within an acceptable workflow. The days of collaborative working are here, so in order to make the most out of your team, here's our pick of the best online collaboration tools currently available. Cost-effective bundling Microsoft Office may not be the first platform you think of when it comes to collaboration, but this now runs at the heart of the Microsoft 365 cloud-based office suite. This is important because Microsoft Office remains the most used and therefore important office suite out there, and while there are competitors such as OpenOffice and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) they still haven't caught up to the same level of functionality and ease of use. Therefore as Microsoft Office is likely to be at the heart of many businesses, the move to Microsoft 365 offers a number of advantages, not least the ability for teams to collaborate directly on the same set of documents. This could be anything from work shifts in an Excel spreadsheet, to a presentation in PowerPoint, ...

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