Connect → Make Connections to a Central Topic
Connect invites students to generate ideas connected to a central topic and explain their thinking. Students create a titled contribution, elaborate on their idea in a short paragraph, and explore responses from classmates.

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Noteboard → Brainstorm Ideas
Noteboard invites students to generate and elaborate on ideas in response to a topic or question. Students may place contributions freely on the canvas and rearrange them to organize ideas relative to others.

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Venn → Compare & Contrast
Venn invites students to generate ideas and place them into overlapping categories. Students identify similarities and differences, justify what belongs in each region, and consider peer contributions.

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Debate → Craft Arguments
Debate invites students to construct arguments for or against an idea in response to a teacher-posed question. Students may develop original arguments, respond to classmates, or ponder the arguments put forth by others.

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Dot Plot → Analyze Ideas Along Two Axes
Dot Plot invites students to analyze teacher-generated ideas across two dimensions. Students determine each idea’s position, justify their reasoning, and review peer contributions across the plane.

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Web → Make Connections Between Many Topics
Web invites students to generate ideas and map the connections between them. Students may create new contributions extending from existing ones and link to those created by classmates.

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Poll → Justify a Vote
Poll invites students to cast a single vote on a topic. Students make a choice, justify their reasoning and consider how their fellow classmates voted.

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Sequence → Map to a Pattern
Sequence invites students to generate ideas that follow a teacher-defined pattern. Students craft their own contributions and review how others responded to the same pattern.

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Columns → Categorize Items
Columns invites students to generate and explain ideas within teacher-defined categories. Students may create multiple contributions and explore ideas shared by their peers.

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Spectrum → Analyze Ideas Along One Axis
Spectrum invites students to analyze ideas by positioning them along a continuum between two defined poles. Students determine where ideas fall, explain their reasoning and explore where their classmates placed the same ideas.