Abstract:

COVID-19 pandemic had forced many teachers and educators to shift to online/virtual classrooms from physical classrooms. After lockdown was over and physical classrooms were opened, it was realized that a combination of online and offline works best for students. It is thus extremely important for teachers to create lessons in a manner that is engaging, enjoyable and educative at the same time using traditional and online method. Every teacher has a unique teaching style in the classroom that makes teaching effective and there is a dearth of online tools available that can be used by them to supplement their classroom teaching. However, teachers may find it overwhelming to dig from the pile of resources available on the internet. This paper focuses on online tools that can be used by teachers along with classroom teaching. It discusses tools that are available on the internet which will help teachers and educators for blended teaching and learning in an interactive manner while ensuring high student engagement. Some tools discussed in the paper are completely free while others can be accessed using a free basic account that suffices the teaching purpose for most of the teachers. Learning Management Systems like Google classroom and Canvas Instructure, interactive lesson planning tools like Pear Deck, DirectPoll and Padlet, fun game quizzing tool Quizziz and interactive feedback collection tool Typerform are discussed at length

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