Choice and Voice Learning with Digital Tools - Tool Overview and Integration Ideas

Aug 29, 2026

Choice and Voice Learning with Digital Tools describes practical technologies that encourage student engagement, collaboration, and learner agency both in and beyond the classroom. It presents a structured tool comparison covering key features, available resources, tutorial entry points, and concrete integration ideas. The document focuses on gamified assessment, interactive video questioning, collaborative presentation building, shared workspace and creation, and digital classroom workflows, emphasizing options for pre-teaching, review, choice boards, feedback, and formative assessment.

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CategoryPresentations

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Digital Tools Overview

Gamified Assessment Tools

Interactive Video Tool

Collaborative Presentation Tool

Shared Workspace and Voice Support

Collaborative Drawing and Posters

Digital Classroom & Learning Management

Digital Portfolio and Learning Management (Seesaw)

Choice and Voice Learning with Digital Tools The following tools are just some of the technologies that can be used to encourage and support engagement, student collaboration and choice and voice inside and outside of the classroom. | Digital Tool | Summary | Features | Resources & Tutorials | Ideas for integration | How to Get Started | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Blooket/
Quizizz/
Kahoot | Gamified assessment tools which provides students with review questions Complete independently or as a class | ● Blooket: Ability to import from quizlet and solo vs. team game modes with a variety of games (answers limited to MC or T/ F)
● Kahoot: Ability to add images to questions and assign for independent practice or play as a class (answers limited to MC or T/ F)
● Quizziz: Robust existing question library with ability to embed several question types beyond MC/TF and turn off timer. By default, designed for self-paced student work but can also be used as a class | Quizizz Tutorial
Getting Started with Blooket | ● Pre-assessment
● Activator
● Review/ Exit Ticket
● Study resource | ● Educator starts game and it generates a website and code that students access on their device | | Edpuzzle | An interactive video tool which allows students to answer questions as they watch a video and provides tracking how long students watched the video for | ● Live mode embeds questions as students watch video together
● Traditional mode allows students to watch on their own device
● Cut a video in multiple places or add questions
● Can integrate with Youtube videos, your own videos or Edpuzzle library
● Can embed audio into a question or a note and students can also respond with audio
● Can link in a Google Form to Edpuzzle as pre or post-assessment | Getting Started with Ed Puzzle | ● Pre-teach concepts
● Providing choice and
multiple-modes of learning
● Station in a station rotation
● Review conceptsand check for understanding | ● Educator must create a class in Edpuzzle. There is then an option to sync your Google Classroom roster.
● Educator posts a link to the Edpuzzle and students access via link. | | Google
Slides | ● A collaborative presentation, | ● Add images, shapes, backgrounds, fonts, colors | Slides Tutorial | ● Presentations
● Storytelling | ● Students & educators | | | notetaking or shared workspace tool for creation | ● Use 123 Apps Online Voice Recorder to embed audio into slides
● Share slides between teacher and student and peer-to-peer for collaborative creation and editing
● Insert comments for feedback or sharing ideas | Student collaboration in Google Slides
(instructions & innovative ideas from Ditch that Textbook)
Adding voice recording in Google Slides | ● Choice Boards
● Collaborative note-taking or question answering
● Jigsaw
● Graphic organizers
● Concept maps | access via Google Workspace
Apps Grid (waffle) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Google Drawings | ● Versatile creativity tool that is easy to use
● Students can collaboratively design and create drawings, charts, diagrams, interactive posters, graphic organizers, comics, & more
● Includes all of the sharing & commenting features of other Google Apps | ● Search for and insert images
● Insert menu includes tables, diagrams, shapes, charts, word art, & lines
● Teachers can also easily convert 1 page PDF worksheets into a Google Drawing to make the worksheet easily editable
● A great tool to make an interactive choice board | YouTube Tutorial | ● Timelines
● Graphic Organizers
● Concept Maps
● Collages
● Choice Boards | ● Students & educators access via Google Workspace Apps Grid (waffle) | | Google Classroom | ● Digital Classroom and Learning Management System where students can access resources, answer questions and complete assignments | ● Use the make a copy for each student feature to make a copy of any Google file to see st

FAQs

How do gamified assessment tools support review and choice in learning?

Tools like Blooket, Quizizz, and Kahoot provide review questions with game modes and varied question types. They can be used for independent practice or as a whole-class activity while supporting quick feedback through their built-in formats.

What capabilities does the interactive video tool provide for student voice?

Edpuzzle lets students answer embedded questions while watching a video and tracks viewing time. It supports live and traditional modes, adding questions at multiple points, and can incorporate audio responses and integration with external video sources.

How can collaborative tools be used to enable feedback and peer interaction?

Google Slides and Google Classroom support collaborative creation, comments for feedback, and sharing work with peers. Students can respond with links or assignments, add collaborators, and exchange feedback in real time or via the platform’s commenting features.

Aug 29, 2026

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