🧰 Class Utilities

Timers, randomisers, behaviour tools and everyday classroom utilities.

Timers And Randomisers 4

Classroomscreen All in one display with timer, noise meter, random name picker, and traffic light widgets. classroomscreen.com Online Stopwatch Big, simple full screen timers and stopwatches, no login needed. www.online-stopwatch.com Wheel of Names Spin the wheel style random picker, good for choosing students or groups fairly. wheelofnames.com Bouncy Balls Noise meter that makes balls bounce with room volume, a visual cue for managing classroom noise. bouncyballs.org

Grouping And Seating 1

Flippity Randomiser Turns a Google Sheet into random name pickers, seating charts, and group generators. www.flippity.net

General Tools 6

Blockly Games Google's free sequence of coding puzzles that teach programming logic through block based games. blockly.games Canva for Education Free design platform for teachers and students, used for posters, slides, and printable resources. www.canva.com Seesaw Digital portfolio and activity platform already used for class reflections and interactive tasks. web.seesaw.me Arc Victorian Department of Education's central hub for curriculum aligned teaching resources, learning sequences, and planning support. arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au Padlet Shared digital wall for collecting student ideas, images and links in real time. padlet.com Google Classroom Assignment distribution, marking and class announcements. classroom.google.com

Quizzes And Engagement 4

Kahoot! Live quiz game shown on the board with students answering on their devices, good for revision. kahoot.com Blooket Question sets wrapped in arcade style games, popular for revision sessions. www.blooket.com Quizizz Self paced quizzes with instant feedback and a results breakdown per question. quizizz.com Mentimeter Live polls and word clouds, useful for gathering whole class responses to a prompt. www.mentimeter.com

Thinking Routines 4

PZ's Thinking Routines Toolbox Harvard Project Zero's official index of thinking routines (See-Think-Wonder, Claim-Support-Question, and more) sorted by purpose. pz.harvard.edu Visible Thinking The original Project Zero Visible Thinking site, with routine descriptions, examples, and printable documentation. www.visiblethinkingpz.org Cultures of Thinking Project Zero's research on building a whole class culture of thinking, the framework thinking routines sit within. pz.harvard.edu Ron Ritchhart Co-author of Making Thinking Visible, with downloadable routine documents and Cultures of Thinking materials. www.ronritchhart.com

Evidence And Research 1

AERO (Australian Education Research Organisation) Australia's national education evidence body, with practice guides, videos and courses on effective teaching strategies. www.edresearch.edu.au