The worksheet - the old, but reliable, teaching material that we all know and love. The worksheet has been maligned in recent years as we transform our classrooms into differentiated and dynamic student-centered learning spaces for the 21st century. The paper-and-pencil and one-size-fits-all paradigms of worksheets are outdated. However, the underlying concept of worksheets is still valid. We just need to adapt it to our modern world, which leads me to Wizer - an educational service that enables teachers to create and share interactive and dynamic digital worksheets. Let me give you a rundown of its features.
First, the service is free for teachers. Although there are premium levels a teacher or school can purchase to gain access to additional features, the free version is still very powerful. Teachers can create and share digital worksheets in which they can embed video, audio, images, links to websites, and much more. Additionally, Wizer has a gigantic gallery of worksheets that other teachers have created. You can search these by grade and subject, and all of them are free to use.
Second, there is a nice variety of question types to use: open response, multiple choice, fill in the blank, fill in the image, matching, completing a table, etc.
Third, there are many creative themes and backgrounds to choose from to make a visually appealing and fun digital worksheet.
Finally, Wizer offers automatic grading of worksheets, and it integrates with LMS, including Google Classroom. You can create a worksheet, and then send it to your students in Google Classroom in only a few clicks.
The premium versions offer more features, such as text-to-speech, differentiation, school repositories for all teachers to collaborate, administrative controls, analytics and reports, and intervention alerts.
To learn more about this great tool, check out these links:
About Wizer
Wizer FAQ
Wizer Blog
Wizer Video Tutorials
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