EdTech Tools
Tools for Acquiring Knowledge
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
A guide to the U.S. government for all ages and a description of Ben Franklin's life.
A social networking hub where students can share their thoughts on books, recommend books, and read what other students have to say about books in a safe environment.
A way for students to comprehend the basics of javascript (coding). While this language would be considered more complicated than what is seen in Code.org and Scratch, it tells you what to write, making it fairly straightforward.
While on a math website, I would consider it more of a problem solving game than a "math lesson" game. It is a lot of fun!
A program that provides short curriculum-based content videos and games for grades 3-6.
A program that provides short curriculum-based content videos and games for grades K-3.
An app to help students learn how to spell with a variety of games.
A program where students can gain levels as they learn coding. It is also well known for the Hour of Code
A resource that promotes the safe use of technology by rating and having parents rate anything from movies to websites to apps.
A resource for sending students books virtually.
An extension of Google News that allows you to view scanned archives of newspapers and links to other newspapers that can date back to the 1700s.
A program that allows students to learn more about the government through interactive games.
Key Individuals of the American Revolution
The google doc focuses on a variety of individuals who made an impact during the American Revolution
A program that allows you to go at your own pace while learning about math and science through instructional videos and practice problems. The program will also identify strengths and weaknesses as the students complete the exercises.
A program where students can go at their own place while exploring a wide variety of of math games and puzzles, including multi-player games.
A math resource for guiding students through the order of operations. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.
The game lives on! Come play The Oregon Trail and learn what it takes to make it out west.
Oz Phonics is for beginning readers and helps with anything from sounding out letters to reading sentences, depending on which app you download (all of which are listed in the link).
A way for students to be engaged and have fun while learning vocabulary
Have students listen to stories read by famous actors/actresses!
A program that allows students to listen to books online while following along with the words on the screen.
Tools for Organizing Information
A collaborative mind-mapping program to help a student make sense of a complex system.
You create a question either written or via a recording and the students respond with a less than 2 minute answer.
A way of organizing thoughts and keeping notes. Works very well with the Google Keep extension as well.
A powerpoint presentation program powered by Google.
Tool for aquiring all things Google
A program that allows you to go at your own pace while learning about math and science through instructional videos and practice problems. This program will also identify strengths and weaknesses as the students complete the exercises. The program is in this section due to its ability to organize data for both teachers and students to track progress.
A presentation software that would allow students to present in a creative, Web 2.0 style.
A program that acts as a discussion board to allow you to collaborate with others locally or globally
An interactive presentation tool that keeps students engaged throughout the presentation
A vast resource of ideas for teachers to use to help their teaching and where they can contribute to.
A Web 2.0 tool for presentations
A bookmarking service online using icons.
Tools for Showcasing Knowledge Gained
A very stylish infographic design program that allows students to easily create a professional-looking poster.
A program where students can gain levels as they learn coding. It is also well known for the Hour of Code
A collaborative mind-mapping program to help a student make sense of a complex system.
An app that allows a teacher or student to create a "lesson" using a recorder and whiteboard that they can then share with others to watch at another time.
A screen-casting whiteboard app that allows you to create a movie of sorts that will record your voice as you draw pictures on the screen.
You create a question either written or via a recording and the students respond with a less than 2 minute answer.
Allows teachers or students to create their own website to showcase what they know
A powerpoint presentation program powered by Google.
This isn't the same as Maps that you use to get around. My Maps is used for creating maps. You could plot where everyone in your class lives or maybe the students plot import landmarks during the Westward Expansion.
Pre-made Jeopardy games that you can customize.
A fun way to tell a story comic-style.
This program comes pre-installed on all Macbook computers. You can find it in your applications folder. It allows you to create a video, record your screen, or just record audio.
A program where you use code to create your stories, games, or animations.
A digital portfolio program for students. It is very clean, simple, and allows students to take control of their portfolio.
App that allows you to snap a picture, annotate it, then share it.
A very stylish infographic design program that allows teachers to create a newsletter that can contain text, videos, embedded links, and even buttons.
A program to create a 3D printer design
A place to create your own website
Tools for Classroom Communication and Management
A noise management tool for the classroom.
A behavior management program that allows the teacher to add/take away points based on a student or the classes behavior.
A fantastic communication tool for teachers and students. Google Classroom allows teachers to post assignments assignments through the classroom and students can post what they have worked on. Highly recommend.
This tool could be used to create surveys, quizes, checklists, or even assessments. The teacher or students could also create them.
A fun, competitive, interactive quiz-like game where students try to answer the questions on each of their own devices.
A tool use for collaboration and creating a classroom environment
A program that allows for collaboration with others locally or globally. It is like a discussion board that could also be used as a backchannel for questions during a discussion.
A terrific tool for hiding advertisements that show up around a youtube video.
Tools for Parent Communication
While a behaviour management tool in the classroom, Class Dojo also allows teachers to communicate with parents based on the behaviours.
While the parent communication feature is not as commonly used nor as prevalent in Google Classroom, there is one.
A great source for a quick message to parents. You can create a "class" that will allow you to send a message to your parents that they can either get as a text or email. You can also make it so communication is only one way from you to them for those quick fieldtrip reminders.
Twitter is a terrific way to show what is happening in the classroom in as close to real time as possible. This helps parents create deeper conversations with their children after school when they want to know about their child's day.