Resource Name: Grockit Answers

URL: https://grockit.com/answers

Uses: Archive Content, Brainstorm and Organize, Collect Feedback, Write Together, Respond and Reflect

Description: Grockit Answers allows students to collaboratively view videos and answer and ask questions as they view.

Applications for the Reading/Language Arts Classroom:

• https://grockit.com/answers/v/yt.GroDErHIM_0.public
• Ask students to make inferences based upon what is shown but not explicitly stated.
  
• Require students to make a prediction about the video's outcome before proceeding.
  
• Use a video editing site to compile/cut videos to show just the good stuff.

Sources for Videos:

• Check out the teacher favorites submitted to Video of the Week and Share Your Favorite YouTube Videos for Teaching (you will need to create a free account with The English Companion Ning to view these links).
• Future Shorts is a YouTube video channel containing over 400 extremely well produced short videos. Great for discussion starters, examples of story elements, etc. here is an especially strong one about bullying called Losers.
  

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