Technology in your Classroom
Tool / Level / Fee / Description / NotesCreation
Prezi
/ Secondary / Free website / Create cloud based zooming presentation
Glogster
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free
$30/yr- 50 accounts / Create online interactive posters
Animoto
/ All levels / Free website (30 second clip) / Turn photos, video, and music into masterpieces
Google Sketch Up
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free download / 3D drawing tool
Thinglink
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / ThingLink helps you create and discover rich images.Make your images come alive with music, video, text, images and more!
Voki
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / What is Voki? Voki is a FREE service that lets you create customized speaking characters.
Piktochart
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / Piktochart is a free, web-based tool that allows students to create infographics.
Powtoon
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / Create animated videos and presentations.
Digital Storytelling
Zooburst
/ Elementary/ Secondary / Free website / ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
ToonDoo
/ Secondary / Free website / Allows student to create their own comic strip and/or book
Storybird
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories students make to share, read and print
Little Bird Tales
/ Elementary / Free website / Digital storytelling. Student creates and records story
Story Starters
/ Elementary/ Secondary / Free website / This interactive tool creates quick writing prompts to help young students delve into creative writing
Digital Books & Newspapers
Storyline Online (Online Stories)
/ Elementary / Free website / Videos featuring famous people reading children’s book aloud.
We Give Books
/ Elementary/ Secondary / Free website / Create a free account and get access to electronic versions of Children’s Books. Would work great to project the book on an interactive white board!
Google News- Newspaper Archive
/ All levels / Free website / In GoogleNews archive you will find hundreds of newspapers that have been digitized for reading online. You can search for a specific newspaper by title or browse for articles by date and title
Google Books
/ All levels / Free website / Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using Google Book Search. Discover a new favorite or unearth an old classic.
Newseum
/ Secondary / Free website / View the front page of more than 800 newspapers worldwide
CK-12 (Free online textbooks)
/ All levels / Free website / CK-12 Foundation provides a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts.
Student Response
Poll Everywhere
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / Real time response system using cell phone or web.
Socrative
(teacher)
(student) / Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / Student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classroom through a series of exercises and games via smart phone, laptop or tablet.
Nearpod (can use with iPad, iPod, iPhone)
/ All levels / Free (up to 10 lessons) / An all-in-one solution for the synchronized use of iPads, iPods and iPhones in the classroom.
Zaption
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website / Zaption allows you to take videos from passive tools to interactive ones where you can add links, questions, surveys, and so much more.
Survey Monkey
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free (paid versions available) / SurveyMonkey is the most popular online survey tool. It’s easier than ever to send free surveys, polls, and questionnaires.
Kahoot!
/ All levels / Free website / Like an interactive game show with music and timers, Kahoot! allows teachers to check for understanding using dynamic item formats.
Collaborate/Communicate
Google Docs
/ Upper elementary/ Secondary / Free / Create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere.
Google Form with Flubaroo / Upper elementary/ Secondary / Free Add-on / Create online quizzes that are automatically graded
Wiggio
/ Secondary / Free website / Wiggio is a great way for groups to work/collaborate together online
Edmodo
/ All levels / Free website / Secure social learning network for teachers and students. Similar to the look of Facebook
Edublog
/ All levels / Free website / Safe and secure educational blogging service. Include video, photos and podcasts
Kidblog
/ All levels / Free website / Built for Teachers.Kidblogis designed for K-12 teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog. Students publish posts and participate in academic blogging.
Todays Meet
/ Secondary / Free website / TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in real-time.
Padlet
/ Padlet gives you a blank page (a wall) and you put anything you want on it, anywhere. Perhaps the easiest site for children to use. Pose questions, get their answers, and give them feedback – all on the same page.
Hangout - Google
/ All levels / Free / Would you like to see, hear, and share information to your online learners? With Google+ Hangouts you can have a video group chat for up to 10 people for free!
Podcasting
Jing
/ All levels / Free download / Capture your computer screen as a screenshot or short video (5 min)
Screencast-o-matic
/ All levels / Free (15 min) website / One-click, online screen recorder
Audacity
/ All levels / Free download / Audio editor for recording, slicing and mixing audio
Classroom
Discovery Education / All levels / Free website / Teacher and students resources
360° Panorama
/ All levels / Free website / Travel the world for free. Get a 360° view of locations from around the world
Zunal
/ All levels / Free website / Search or create your own web quest.
Pics4learning
/ All levels / Free website / Collection of copyright friendly pictures
Google Images (Advanced search) / All levels / Free website / One of the most comprehensive image collections on the web today. Use “Advanced Search” tools to find copyright friendly images.
Vocabulary and Spelling City
/ All levels / Free website (Basic) / Website offers 25 different learning activities, including spelling tests, flashcards and unscramble
Khan Academy
/ All levels / Free website / Library of over 3,000 educational videos (mostly math and science)
Interactive Games
/ Primary- Elementary / Free website / Hundreds of interactive educational kids games for interactive whiteboards.
Interactive Games
/ Primary- Elementary / Free website / Interactive games for elementary students, works well with interactive whiteboard
Tagxedo
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website /
- Tagxedo turns words - famous speeches, news articles, and slogans into a visually stunning word clouds
Wordle
/ Upper elementary/Secondary / Free website /
- Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes
This Day in History
/ All levels / Free website / Discover what happened today in history.
The Hour of Code
/ All levels / Free website / The Hour of Code™ is an opportunity for every student to try computer science for one hour. You can also teach the Hour of Code all year-round. Tutorials work on browsers, tablets, or smartphones.
QR Code Generator
/ All levels / Free website / QR Code (it stands for "Quick Response") is a mobile phone readable barcode
Teacher Resources
/ Teacher Resource / Free website / A plethora of quick and to the point information
/ Teacher resource / Free website / Virtual pin board, look at the “Education” section
Remind101 (Free and Safe Text Messaging for Teachers)
shared post / Teacher Resource / Free website / A safe, free way for teachers to text message students and keep in touch with parents.
Symbaloo
www.symbaloo.com / Teacher Resource / Free website / Access your bookmarks and online favorites withSymbaloo. A free social bookmarking service in the cloud. Pro versions available for business & education.