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Wooclap - Sebastien Lebbe and Jonathan Alzetta
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): assessment (145), polls and surveys (43), quizzes (91)
In the Classroom
Use Wooclap to engage students in learning while gathering feedback in real-time. Start a lesson by asking students to respond to a prompt about the upcoming information. For example, at the beginning of a math lesson on geometric shapes, share a picture, and ask students to share a thought on what they see in the image. Use the poll feature as an exit ticket and ask students to share their comfort level in understanding the lesson. Are you finding that your students are losing interest in a topic? Bring them back with a quick Wooclap poll or question response. Use Wooclap for both remote and in-person learning to engage learners.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Zight - Zight
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K to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (166)
In the Classroom
Download and use Zight in many ways in all classrooms. Make screen recordings to share how-to information on navigating websites. Use the annotation tools to highlight important information and the location of website tools. Have students use Zight to share their screens when facing difficulty using sites. Create collections of videos for students to access, including instructions for logging in to various websites, searching effectively, or sharing information digitally. This feature is especially handy when you need to share video instructions for any purpose.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wordwall - wordwall.net
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K to 12tag(s): assessment (145), game based learning (304), quiz (62), quizzes (91)
In the Classroom
Use the interactive games found at Wordwall to use at computer stations or home to practice skills or prepare for upcoming quizzes and tests. Use the embed code to add your games onto your class website for easy student access. Instead of asking students to memorize dates or events, help them by organizing the information into common features. For example, during a Civil War unit, group together events taking place in different cities to help provide context for students. Include a link to your quizzes on your class webpage or blog for students to practice at any time using the URL or embed code. Enhance technology use and learning by having students create their own Z-A quizzes to share with peers when studying for tests or use as an introduction with class presentations. This quiz generator is also a great resource to use during professional development sessions with your peers. Create a quiz to increase your viewers' interest in your topic as you begin your discussions or as a final activity to review the information shared. Find many more ideas and examples for using WordWall on this curated list.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Trace - Stickermule
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for many classroom uses. Combine your downloaded image with others using a variety of tools, including Google Slides. Choose a background image of a city being studied, a different time, or in a far-away setting like the moon, then place your student image on top. Resize the image to fit the scene. Include this image as a starter for class projects. Use images on top of book covers for book talks, create images for story characters and heroes, or use for weather reports. The ideas for using this tool are only limited by your imagination and that of your students. Use your new images to modify or redefine classroom technology use by creating an Image Annotator, reviewed here, presentation that includes text, videos,and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Poetry Out Loud - Poetry Out Loud
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): authors (113), literary devices (13), poetry (196), rhythm (22)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and use the resources from Poetry Out Loud as part of any poetry unit or to encourage students to explore poetry within any classroom subject. Use Padlet, reviewed here, to curate and share students' favorite poems. Divide your Padlet into columns to organize by genre, be sure to create a column for students to share their original work! Share the tips for reciting poems as you encourage students to learn performance techniques. Ask students to record their work using Gravity, reviewed here. Share this tool with your students to encourage students to reflect and improve any audio or video presentation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Crossword Clues - CrosswordClues.com
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): crosswords (21), puzzles (163)
In the Classroom
Save this site to encourage students to test their skills on higher-level puzzles, using only as a last resort to find answers. Use the recent clues list for you or your students to create puzzles using the crossword generator from Class Tools, reviewed here. Have students develop puzzles to review vocabulary terms, important information from novels, or test their knowledge of historical figures. Include their puzzles on your website for students to access from home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Open Access - Smithsonian
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K to 12tag(s): art history (104), creativity (85), images (267), primary sources (133), Research (87), sculpture (17)
In the Classroom
Think of Smithsonian access as your virtual museum of downloads to use without copyright restrictions. Search and find images to use for any need. Use the images in newsletters, teaching materials, student projects, digital books, and more. For example, include images on shared Google Slides, reviewed here, and ask students to annotate features using text or the drawing tool. Share the site with students to use when creating webpages using Site123, reviewed here, or to create posters in Canva Edu, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Canvas - Free LMS - Instructure, Inc
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (135), Learning Management Systems (20), portfolios (21), remote learning (32), Teacher Utilities (215)
In the Classroom
Use Canvas to deliver remote instruction or as a supplemental tool for in-school instruction. Create courses to differentiate learning opportunities for students. Provide advanced courses for gifted learners, or add additional resources for students that need additional instruction in any content area. As students become familiar with using Canvas, encourage them to use the ePortfolio feature to share their educational accomplishments and reflect upon the learning process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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RecordCast Screen Recorder - PearlMountain Ltd
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K to 12tag(s): tutorials (50)
In the Classroom
Use this handy screen recording tool in a variety of ways in your classroom. Record tutorials for students to demonstrate how to access and use online sites, create recordings for substitutes to explain how to find and use the software on your computer, or make a how-to demo on where to find information on your class website to share with students and parents. Help students understand how to use the different features of documents, such as creating a tutorial showing students how to format cells in Excel, add comments to a Google document, or find and insert images in slides. Share this site with students to use when analyzing websites as part of your ongoing digital safety lessons. Ask them to include a video as part of a larger multimedia presentation. After exporting their video, ask students to include it within a presentation created using Sway, reviewed here, or Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Free Templates - Template.net
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): graphic design (49), graphic organizers (57), posters (44)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site as a time-saving option for a variety of classroom uses. Share with students to use when creating class projects. For example, choose a brochure for students to use to create and share book reviews, state research projects, or to document a science experiment. Include completed templates on larger presentations using Sway, reviewed here. In addition to presentations created using these templates, be sure to include videos, images, and more within students' Sway presentations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hamilton Education Program Online - Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): american revolution (93), poetry (196), songs (49), washington (33)
In the Classroom
Include this resource with your remote learning resources for teaching social studies. Engage students in learning about the founding of the United States through the music and words of Hamilton. Include activities available through this site along with your selected videos, documents, websites, and more to create a complete online lesson using ActivelyLearn, reviewed here. Have students use Canva Edu, reviewed here, to create posters for the play using information learned from the primary sources included with this site. Extend learning even further by challenging students to write a play about the American Revolution using Genially, reviewed here, to create an interactive experience with videos, images, and more. For students who prefer drama and music presentations, ask them to share their learning with podcasts using Buzzsprout, reviewed here. Have students create podcasts telling the story as if they were a participant in the revolution and share their stories from different points of view.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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International Storytelling Center - The International Storytelling Center
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): authors (113), digital storytelling (166), stories and storytelling (75)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this site's many storytelling resources to teach and share the art of storytelling with your students. Watch videos together and discuss how storytellers use different techniques to engage an audience. Use EdPuzzle, reviewed here, to create interactive video lessons by adding questions and notes to featured videos to guide students as they watch storytellers in action. As you encourage students to learn about storytelling, use activities found at ReadWriteThink, reviewed here, to help students plan and create stories. For example, use this lesson to create book trailers instead of book reports to guide students through a digital storytelling activity. As students gain confidence in storytelling, ask them to create a podcast series featuring their work. Buzzsprout, reviewed here, is a simple to use podcasting tool that offers up to two hours of free uploads per month.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Black Illustrations - John D. Saunders
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K to 12In the Classroom
Use images from this collection with any digital projects, and be sure to share with students to use with their digital work. These images are perfect to use with any projects that involve discussions and presentations on racism. Use images in a variety of ways such as to include in explainer videos created with Adobe Creative Cloud Express Video Maker, reviewed here, in digital books made with Book Creator, reviewed here, and in multimedia presentations made with Sway, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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News and Media Literacy Resource Center - Common Sense Media
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6 to 12tag(s): bias (33), journalism (74), media literacy (122), news (223), social media (61)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to take advantage of the many curated resources for teaching media and news literacy. Use a curation tool like Padlet, reviewed here, to save and share favorite resources found on this site with students. Use the shelf option in Padlet to create columns and organize information by topic, type of content, or for use by different groups of students. Enhance instruction by asking students to become creators of information as they share their learning. Have students use Canva Infographic Maker, reviewed here, to create infographics to demonstrate different forms of media bias or to share facts learned from news articles. Extend learning even further by asking students to create blogs using edublogs, reviewed here, to demonstrate how to write and share the news using credible information and factual resources.Comments
This is such a valuable resource and it's so helpful to have one collection that I know has been vetted with accurate, useful information that teachers can use for themselves as well as with their students. I also love the "In the Classroom" section with suggestions for ways to use the information and resources.Peggy, AZ, Grades: 0 - 8
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Bruce Cameron Novel Study Guide - Macmillan
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6 to 12tag(s): guided reading (31), reading strategies (93)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free reading guide to use as a book study in your classroom. Engage students using Baamboozle, reviewed here, to introduce and assess student understanding of vocabulary words. Baamboozle is an easy to use game creation site designed to be played in teams. Extend learning of point of view concepts by asking students to use Witty Comics, reviewed here, to create comic strips sharing different points of view. As a final project, ask students to choose one of the themes found in the study guide as a project-based learning activity. Provide options for sharing their learning such as creating a podcast using Buzzsprout, reviewed here, create a learning game using Scratch, reviewed here, or use Odyssey, reviewed here, as a map-based storytelling tool.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Site123 - Site123
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): blogs (77), communication (122), portfolios (21), writing (308)
In the Classroom
Use this site for students to post or collect material for simple projects such as stories, poems, art projects, science lab write-ups, or the week's problem in math. Collect a master list of URLs to student pages on your classroom website, wiki, or blog for easy access. If students are creating pages, check with your district's policy on publishing student work. Create pages for quick link-sharing or upcoming events such as field trips, class party information, school events, science fairs, etc. Students can create simple pages to share links to include in presentations so classmates can participate on laptops. If you are beginning a major creative project such as a literary magazine or research project, Site123 is a wonderful place for writers to collect questions and ideas to be developed later.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Alison - Mike Feerick
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10 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): business (50), careers (196), chinese (38), coding (109), communication (122), engineering (141), french (72), german (49), literature (215), multilingual (82), OER (50), Online Learning (34), politics (124), psychology (60), sociology (24), spanish (112), STEM (371)
In the Classroom
Use Alison to find professional learning courses, learn the basics of a new language, or for personal development. Share Alison with students to learn skills not offered in school or share with ENL/ESL students to use when learning English. Use Alison with student cohorts interested in learning about a new topic or preparing for college-level courses.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Milanote - Milanote.com
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): collaboration (113), collages (17), creativity (85), curation (25), DAT device agnostic tool (129), graphic organizers (57), organizational skills (90)
In the Classroom
Use Milanote to organize ideas and resources for upcoming lessons and units. Collaborate with peers using a visual board to organize and brainstorm ideas. Share with students to use when planning collaborative projects, to share resources, or to organize notes. Don't forget to look at all of the templates, not just those found under the education label. Use mood board templates for students to creatively share images and ideas to describe the mood or setting in a novel. Take advantage of the storyboard templates to help students organize an upcoming podcast or video presentation. Use the brainstorming templates as a visual mind map to map out features such as parts of a plant or insect body parts.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be embedded
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Coronavirus Resource Page for Students - New York Times Learning Network
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): diseases (59), journalism (74), news (223), newspapers (88)
In the Classroom
Engage students in learning about the coronavirus by sharing this link with students on your class website. Ask them to browse through information on the site, including opinion pieces as a starting point for writing an opinion piece. Guide students toward learning techniques for presenting a persuasive argument by viewing the site ProCon, reviewed here, to demonstrate methods for sharing both sides of an argument. Take advantage of the many picture prompts shared by the New York Times to encourage student creativity. Use Gravity, reviewed here to promote student voice by sharing a picture prompt from this site and asking students to share their ideas. Be sure to turn on and allow commenting to promote student collaboration and discussion.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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eduflow - Eduflow
Grades
K to 12tag(s): differentiation (92), Learning Management Systems (20), Online Learning (34), remote learning (32), Teacher Utilities (215)
In the Classroom
Use eduflow's features to deliver blended learning opportunities to students in a variety of teaching settings. Differentiate learning by ability or student interest. Offer remote learning opportunities for students who are away from school for an extended time. Offer additional support and collaboration opportunities for students using Padlet, reviewed here. Create a Padlet that includes links to online resources used during your course or as a collaboration tool for students to share ideas and resources. Instead of written reports, extend learning and ask students to create explainer videos using Clipchap, reviewed here, and have them share a link to their video as part of their response within eduflow.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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