Wow Wizer!

Looking to create digital worksheets? Wizer is an easy to use website for using digital worksheets. Create a free account and explore worksheets created by other teachers by subject and topic. You can also create your own. You can assign students these worksheets by a link, setting up a classroom, or using Google Classroom. Once students have submitted, you can view their answers.

Explore and Edit Teacher Created Worksheets

You can search a database of already made worksheets. If you like the worksheet you can assign it to students, but you also have the option to edit it. You also can make your own from scratch.




Create Your Own Digital Worksheets

There are so many options to include on your worksheet. You can add multiple types of tasks in each worksheet. Tasks like multiple choice, blanks, matching, etc. record the correct answer so once the student submits the worksheet, it is automatically scored.

Add Sound Recordings to Your Questions

My favorite feature is the ability to record a question. You can record yourself reading the question. There is no option to record the answer choices, but if you make a multiple choice question you can include all of the answer choices in the recording.

Assign to Students

Assigning Wizer to students is very easy and you have multiple options. You can share using Google Classroom or Edmodo. You can also use a link, pin, or embed code. You can open or close the assignment to keep students from completing it too early or after it is due. You can shuffle the question order and you can also turn on student feedback.

View Answers

Once students have submitted their work you can view answers to each question, see their  scores, and download a report. 

Check out https://app.wizer.me/ to get your free account! If you have any questions see your friendly ITRT.

Teaching Students to Skim for Information

Do you hear your students moan and groan when you tell them to find the answer in their textbook or on a website? Is it because they think they have to read the entire textbook to find what they need. Fear no more, here is a fun way to show students how to skim. This is a murder mystery where students decide on which information is best to help them find the killer. They gather the evidence and then decide who killed her and why. It's best to do this as a group activity but print off the worksheet for everyone and then as you click on each place to go, let them decide what information is important to help them find who killed Angela.

Who Killed Angela? A Reading Mystery

Note: It does mention the word Lover as one of the suspects so it may not be suitable for young children.

Why not blog?

Looking for a way to involve students in writing, keep abreast with current technologies and have students work collaboratively? Blogging can provide students with a purpose for writing, and can fit in many curricular areas. You might consider one of the following possibilities to fit your classroom needs: collaborative research on a social studies project, peer editing of writing assignments, group problem solving for math, or sharing of ideas on a science topic.
Get started in the world of educational blogging by exploring these services:
• EdModo: Microblogging for education; teachers can post alerts, events, and assignments while managing student submissions.
• Edublog: Blogging for teachers and students, made easy
• Writeboard: Shareable web-based text documents that allow collaboration while tracking every edit.
• Blogger: Teacher can require posts to approved before publishing.
• Claroline: Provides chat and bulletin board features for HCPS staff.
• Your ITRT: Can provide more information and support on these and other possibilities!