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HexTiles: Connecting Concepts

Welcome to HexTiles!

This app was built to support hexagonal thinking, a strategy where students sort, move, and connect ideas to show relationships. Whenever students connect tiles side-by-side, they should be able to explain why those ideas belong together. By arranging hex tiles, learners make sense of concepts, develop connections between ideas, and build stronger explanations.

Instructions

This is the teacher interface. Enter the tiles you want students to use, preview the board, and generate and copy a link for students to open.

Build your tile deck

One concept per line: Base tile color

Student link

Paste this link into Schoology / Google Classroom for students. When they open it, they’ll see a drag-only board with color controls.

Suggestions?

Have an idea to improve HexTiles? I’d love to hear it.

The form opens in a new tab so you can keep your board open.

Instructions

• Click a tile to select it.
• Choose a color below to recolor the selected tile.
• Drag tiles anywhere on the board to show how ideas connect.
• Whenever two tiles touch on a side, be ready to explain the connection.

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