Google Classroom is a free management tool that allows teachers to create classes, distribute assignments, grade work, and provide feedback to students all in one place.

Google Classroom Teacher Center
Google Classroom Help Center
The Parents' Guide to Google Classroom

Category: Virtual Classroom, Communication, Student Creation
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: K-12

Zoom is free audio and video conferencing software that allows you to hold meetings between you and your students.

Sign Up for Free
Zoom Meetings for Education (Webinar)
Tips and Tricks: Teachers Educating on Zoom
K-12 School Verification Form (to lift the 40-minute limit)

Category: Live and Recorded Instruction, Virtual Discussion
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: 6-12

Seesaw is a free digital portfolio platform. Students use powerful tools to create, reflect, and demonstrate learning. Parents can join through email and teachers preview all work before submitting for viewing. Teachers can also create assignments directly in the Seesaw app for students to complete.

Remote Learning with Seesaw
Teacher Planning Guide
Home Learning with Seesaw

Category: Virtual Classroom, Communication, Student Creation
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: K-5

Screencastify is a simple and free screen recorder that allows you to record either your desktop, a browser window, or just yourself. You can record yourself teaching a lesson by either recording yourself or by recording a PowerPoint, e-book, or whatever else you want to share on your screen. After you record, you’ll be able to copy a shareable link to the video and distribute that link to your students. Alternatively, your students can create screencasts and share them with you!

How to Teach Remotely Using Screencastify
How to Record a Video with Screencastify
Auto-Translation Feature in YouTube

Category: Recorded Instruction, Student Demonstration
Platform: Chrome browser extension
Grade Levels: 6-12 (for students), K-12 (for teachers)

Flipgrid is a free, simple way to foster short video-based discussions on classroom topics. Educators, learners, and families can use Flipgrid at school or at home to stay connected and share their continued learning experiences.

Remote Learning with Flipgrid
Flipgrid Help Center

Category: Communication, Student Creation
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: 3-12

Khan Academy offers free practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.

How Can Khan Academy Be Used for Remote Learning During School Closures?
Khan Academy Schedules for School Closures

Category: Self-Paced Learning
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: K-12

Khan Academy Kids is a free educational program focused on math, language arts, and social-emotional learning. It is designed with curriculum and original content for children ages two to seven.

How to Use Khan Academy Kids for Remote Learning
Khan Academy Schedules for School Closures

Category: Self-Paced Learning
Platform: App only
Grade Levels: PreK-2

Edpuzzle is a free, easy-to-use video platform that helps teachers save time, boost classroom engagement, and improve student learning through video lessons. Edpuzzle also collects data as students watch and interact with the videos.

Help for Schools Affected by Covid-19 (Pro Access)
Edpuzzle: A Core Tool During the Coronavirus Closures

Category: Accountability, Assessment, Self-Paced Learning
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: 4-12

Wakelet is a free platform that allows teachers to curate and organize content to save and share. Save videos, articles, images, Tweets, links, or even add your own text. Organize related items in collections, and share these collections with your students.

The Educator's Guide to Wakelet
Family Learning with Wakelet

Category: Content Curation, Collaboration
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: K-12 (for teachers)

Educreations is a way to create dynamic video lessons for students. Alternatively, students can create videos to demonstrate their knowledge. Teachers and students can share videos via Educreations, email, Facebook, Twitter, Edmodo or YouTube, or download and store them in Dropbox or Google Drive.

Supporting You During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Category: Student Creation
Platform: App (iPad)
Grade Levels: 2-12

Newsela is a library of high-interest, cross-curricular, adjustable nonfiction texts. Leveled reading materials are available, as well as classroom management and assessment features.

Helping You Plan and Continue Instruction During the COVID-19 Crisis
(be sure to scroll down for all resources)
Staying Connected Beyond COVID-19

Category: Current Events, Articles for Students
Platform: App (for students) and web-based
Grade Levels: 2-12

Mystery Science is a resource of powerful science units that capitalize on elementary school students' natural curiosity. Currently, there is a starter list of K-5 science lessons that are free and easy to do at home; no sign-up or log-in required.

School Closure Planning
Mystery Doug (always free)

Category: Science Inquiry, Video
Platform: Web-based
Grade Levels: K-5

BrainPop is a learning resource that supports core and supplemental subjects with animated movies, learning games, and activities.

Free Access Request for Closed Schools
Coronavirus Topic

Category: Shareable Video, Lessons, Games
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: K-3 (BrainPop Jr), 4-12 (BrainPop)

Explain Everything is an online whiteboard application that gives students and teachers the tools to create and share their own tutorials, animated stories, and presentations.

Free Explain Everything for Closed Schools
3 Collaborative Whiteboard Strategies for Online Education

Category: Recorded Instruction, Student Demonstration, Student Creation
Platform: App and web-based
Grade Levels: 4-12