EdTech Tools

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Blooket allows teachers to create trivia and review games for students. A teacher/host picks a question set and a unique game mode. Then, we generate a code that players can use to join the game on their own devices. After the game starts, players will answer questions to help them win. Blooket offers a variety of games to keep students engaged and excited.

6-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

With Edpuzzle, teachers can make any video your lesson in three easy steps: Find a video on YouTube, upload your own or re-use a video lesson created by another teacher. Then, edit the video to create your lesson. Record your voice to personalize it, and hold your students accountable by embedding questions in the video.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | ASD

Forms is part of the G Suite for Education that all students and teachers have access to in ASD. It is a web-based data collection tool that both students and teacher can use for creating material.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Its learning games, "kahoots", are user-generated multiple-choice quizzes that can be accessed via a web browser or the Kahoot app. Kahoot! can be used to review students' knowledge, for formative assessment, or as a break from traditional classroom activities.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Mentimeter is a web-based tool that engages audiences with a variety of ways to collect information during presentations. You can use Mentimeter to do a poll, generate a word cloud, do a quiz, or conduct a Q&A.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Nearpod is a free web-based tool where teachers can create interactive presentations, videos, and games to engage students with learning. There is an option to upgrade to paid versions.

K-12 | Teacher | Slides add-on | Google SSO | Free or $$

Pear Deck is an add-on for Slides that embeds student engagement opportunities into a presentation. A teacher is able to collect formative data in real time. Students join using a class code.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Quizlet allowed users to create primary digital flash cards, matching games, practice electronic assessments, and live quizzes (similar to Kahoot!).

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Teachers can create "gamified" assessments and lessons. Quizzes can be given as a group competition or individually and assessments can be integrated with Google Classroom .

6-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Socrative is an interactive web-based student-response system (also available through iOS, Android, or Chrome apps) that can help teachers spark conversation and learning through user-created polls and quizzes. Teachers can create quizzes, quick questions, and exit slips that allow for multiple-choice, true/false, and one-sentence-response questions that can be graded with feedback for each student.

9-12 | Student and Teacher | Desktop Program | Free

Audacity is a free and digital audio editor and recording application. Users can record audio, edit audio files, and add sound effects.

9-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free

BandLab is a free online tool for creating music and collaborating with other musicians. It works in a browser or with a standalone app.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Chrome extension | Google SSO | Free or $$

Mote is a Chrome extension that allows teacher and students to record or listen to audio recordings. The free version allows up to 30 seconds of recording time.

K-2 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Clever SSO | ASD

Seesaw is a platform that allows teachers to create activities for students and allows students to upload content. There are many tools embedded for creating and responding such as video recording, image upload, drawing, and typing. All K-2 students and teachers in ASK have access to Seesaw.

9-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO

SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website that enables its users to upload, promote, and share audio, as well as a digital signal processor enabling listeners to stream audio.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Padlet is a web-based collaboration tool where posts can be added by users to shared wall. Posts can include a variety of file types. Padlet has a variety of ways posts can be arranged and added to the collaborative space.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | ASD

The tools that are found in G Suite for EDU all have collaborative features. Share documents, co-author, add comments, and assign tasks are just some of the collaborative features available.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free

Wakelet is a digital curation tool, so it offers a way to collate online resources in one place, called a wake. These wakes can then be shared with a link to be accessed online, easily, by anyone.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free

Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content.

6-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | $$

Easelly is a simple infographic maker that lets you visualize any kind of information.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | ASD

Adobe Express (formally known as Spark) is a tool that allows students and teachers to create graphics, web pages, and videos. This tool works with other well-known tools including Google Drive, Google Classroom, and Flipgrid.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | $$

Glogster is a platform that allows users to combine text, images, video, and audio to create an interactive, Web-based poster called glogs on a virtual canvas.

6-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Piktochart is a web-based graphic design tool and infographic maker which allows users to easily create visuals, including infographics, reports, presentations, posters, flyers, and social media graphics, using customizable templates.

6-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | $$

Pixlr is a set of image editing tools and utilities, including a number of photo editors and a photo sharing service. The suite was intended for non-professionals, however the apps range from simple to advanced photo editing.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Pixton is a web-based tool that allows users to create avatars, class photos, and comics. There is a paid version available that includes more features.

6-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

PosterMyWall simplifies graphic design for marketers and businesses. Easily create stunning promotional flyers, posters, social media graphics and videos.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free

Code.org is a web-based program for teaching students to learn how to code. There are both online and unplugged lessons available. Students can also learn app creation, encryption, AI fundamentals, real world CS connections, and more.

K-12| Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

ThingLink is a tool for embedding multimedia content in images or videos. The media-embedding process, for both teachers and students, simply involves uploading an image or video and linking it to other resources on the Web. Links can lead users to informational Web pages, audio recordings, and videos. Prompts guide users most of the way, and a Search Content option helps support the embedding process with links to commonly used Web resources.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free

Tinkercad is a free web-based tool that allows users to create 3D designs.

K-8 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Tynker is an web-based program that uses activities such as games and stories to teaching coding. Students are able to work through lessons at their own pace. There is a free version with limitations.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

TypingClub is a web-based typing program that is free. Students are engaged with games, videos, challenges, and other incentives. There is an option to have a paid version with the full range of controls.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | $$

Typing Agent is a web-based typing program with adaptive curriculum. Teachers have access to a dashboard for student progress. There are also games and incentives to engage students, as well as coding and digital citizenship lessons available for teachers. Typing Agent does require a paid subscription.

9-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows, and customized web-based presentations.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | $$

Buncee is a web-based presentation tool for creating engaging and interactive lessons. There is a free version with limited features.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | ASD

Jamboard is part of the G Suite for Education that all students and teachers have access to in ASD. It is a web-based presentation tool that both students and teacher can use for creating material.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Mentimeter is a web-based tool that engages audiences with a variety of ways to collect information during presentations. You can use Mentimeter to do a poll, generate a word cloud, do a quiz, or conduct a Q&A.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Nearpod is a free web-based tool where teachers can create interactive presentations, videos, and games to engage students with learning. There is an option to upgrade to paid versions.

K-12 | Teacher | Slides add-on | Google SSO | Free or $$

Pear Deck is an add-on for Slides that embeds student engagement opportunities into a presentation. A teacher is able to collect formative data in real time. Students join using a class code.

K-12 | Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Prezi is a web-based presentation tool for creating engaging lessons. Create interactive designs, videos, and presentations that are visually pleasing and easy to create. There is a free version with limited features.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

PowToon creates animated videos. It is user-friendly that creates presentations via three simple and easy steps: writing a script, recording a voiceover, and adding visuals.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | ASD

Slides is part of the G Suite for Education that all students and teachers have access to in ASD. It is a web-based presentation tool that both students and teacher can use for creating material.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam).

9-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows, and customized web-based presentations.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | ASD

Adobe Spark is a tool that allows students and teachers to create graphics, web pages, and videos. This tool works with other well-known tools including Google Drive, Google Classroom, and Flipgrid.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free

Flip (formally known as Flipgrid) is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. Flip has the option for microphone only recording and screen recording.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Chrome extension| Google SSO | Free

Loom is a screen recording tool that lets users record audio, video, browser windows, or entire screens.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

PowToon creates animated videos. It is user-friendly that creates presentations via three simple and easy steps: writing a script, recording a voiceover, and adding visuals.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Chrome extension | Google SSO | Free or $$

Screencastify makes it easy to record, edit, and share videos of your computer screen. Recordings can easily be shared via email, embedding code, YouTube, Google Classroom, and more.

K-2 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Clever SSO | ASD

Seesaw is a platform that allows teachers to create activities for students and allows students to upload content. There are many tools embedded for creating and responding such as video recording, image upload, drawing, and typing. All K-2 students and teachers in ASK have access to Seesaw.

K-12 | Student and Teacher | Web-based | Google SSO | Free or $$

WeVideo is the online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies at up to 4K resolution for stunning playback anywhere.