instructional technology
wizer
Create unforgettable worksheets that grade themselves.
Win your time back - and end overwhelming and late night prep - with fun, easy-to-make, interactive worksheets students love.
The Wizer worksheet builder compliments teachers’ experience and creativity by allowing quick creation of a wide variety of question types: open questions, multiple choice, matching pairs, fill in the blank, fill on an image, tables, etc..
Everybody loves inspiration. The Wizer gallery is a collection of beautiful, engaging interactive worksheets created by our community of teachers. Browse by subject or grade to find inspiration for what you can do with Wizer. See a worksheet you love? Click ‘use’ to make a free copy you can use with your classes.
mote
Mote is voice messaging for the web, integrated into the products you already know and love. Because Mote works inside the apps you already know and love, getting started is incredibly quick and easy.
desmos
Desmos wants to build a world where every student learns math and loves learning math, where a student’s access to the power and beauty of math doesn't depend on their place of birth, race, ethnicity, gender, or any other aspect of their identity.
Our free suite of math software tools, including the renowned Desmos Graphing Calculator and Scientific Calculator, are used annually by over 40 million teachers and students around the world. Our tools power core math curricula for many of the world’s largest publishers, and our calculators are built into the majority of U.S. state-level assessments and digital college entrance exams. Desmos is also partnered with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, the International Baccalaureate MYP, and NWEA (view the full list of assessments here).
Our cutting-edge technology also powers our free digital classroom activities, thoughtfully designed by teachers for teachers to support and celebrate the different ways students come to know mathematics. These activities are guided by our pedagogical philosophy and open up a world of possibilities for students to explore concepts more deeply, collaborate with their peers on problem-solving, and apply knowledge creatively as mathematicians.
schoolytics
Our mission at Schoolytics is to help every stakeholder in the educational process make the right decisions, at the right time, effortlessly.
We envision a more equitable world in which everyone involved in a learner’s education — teachers, principals, intervention specialists, parents, and more — have the information and tools they need to best support learning and development.
Schoolytics analyzes student engagement data with course content and summarizes grades, completion rates, and overall student performance.
HyperDocs
HyperDocs are digital lesson plans that are designed by teachers and given to students. They provide access for students to all the content and learning in one organized digital space.
Nearpod is an amazing resource to use for online learning. With the free version you are able to create and conduct live classroom trainings. You can add your voice to every slide or use the built in Immersive Reader function to make sure that every student has access and can read the material.
Whether you complete the lesson with your student, or let them complete it on their own, you will be able to gain a ton of feedback in the student reports after they complete the lesson. Try this out to personalize the learning process for your students.
To learn more:
Nearpod 101 - This lesson will review the basics of Nearpod and give you a chance to look over the platform.
Nearpod 102 - This course is a deep dive of many of the features built into Nearpod. It has a lot of information and examples to really see how engaging it can be.
Nearpod and Hyperdocs - Check this out to learn ways to use Nearpod as your platform for student engagement with Hyperdocs.
Seesaw is great for any grade level. Even your smallest learners can navigate because it has icons to help them through the process. Check out these great features for delivering online content. These will get your students creating, exploring, and sharing what they have learned in an engaging online platform.
Activities: These are all made by educators and can easily be edited and assigned to your students.
Sample Ideas: This slide deck has samples from teachers all around the world
To learn more, check out their PD in Your PJs.
EdPuzzle makes any video into an interactive lesson. Create your videos on Screencastify, iMovie, WeVideo, Explain Everything, or wherever you would like. Then, you can upload them to EdPuzzle and add in multiple choice and short answer questions.
Check out their bank of already made lessons that are available to you to use and edit. Assign these right into your Google Classroom with ease. You will gain a ton of insight into your student's learning outcomes. Use Open Class for your live lessons.
Edpuzzle is an easy-to-use platform where you can make any video your lesson. With just one click, you can find video lessons created by other teachers, including formative assessment! Another click and you can adapt that video by embedding your own questions or audio. With the final click, assign it to your students and get beautiful hassle-free analytics: see who watched the video, who didn't understand the lesson and who did a good job. Students can re-watch the video as many times as they need at their own pace, while you can easily check their progress from your account.
Actively Learn helps students learn with interactive assignments from their teacher, and gives them an opportunity to read engaging articles independently. Students read interactive assignments from their teacher with guiding questions and notes. Students can also read engaging articles and short stories from our Student Reading Library, then rate and share their favorites.
We cover standards across ELA, Science, and Social Studies with articles, textbook sections, fiction, videos and more. And teachers don't have to transition to new materials; they can upload their existing assignments onto the platform.
Grids are the meeting place for your classroom, your school, your department or any learning community to discuss your Topics.
Start with an icebreaker, add weekly reflections, share book talks, explore STEM principles, give mini-presentations ... any Topic to ignite discussion! Check out the Flipgrid Educator’s Guide by our awesome friends Karly, Sean and Jennifer!
Millions of teachers and students unleash the magic of learning with Kahoot!. Create your own kahoot in minutes or choose from 40+ million ready-to-play games. Engage students who aren’t in school with our distance learning features, play in class, and dive into game reports to assess learning.
Make learning fun, engaging, and impactful for students studying at home and in school. Create fun learning games in minutes, or choose from millions of existing games to introduce a topic, review and reinforce knowledge, and run formative assessments.
Visit our website to learn about our different question types, discover distance learning and in-class game modes, and get inspiring tips for connecting with students.
BrainPop is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17), together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Engineering and Technology, Health, Arts, and Music.
Our animated movies engage via narrative, humor, and characters who speak in a voice kids can relate to, encouraging self-directed learning and further exploration of the world around them.
BrainPOP is an essential engagement tool that allows both students and teachers to be involved in the learning process. The platform has really evolved by increasing the depth of knowledge needed to answer quiz questions, and playful assessments that allow students to explain their reasoning while playing a game.
the modern classrooms project
Teachers in traditional classrooms often struggle to meet their students’ needs. We help teachers build classrooms where ALL students can learn.
We empower teachers, across grade levels and subject areas, to adapt this model in their own classrooms. Together, we build better learning environments for students and teachers alike.
When classes move too fast for some and too slow for others, students disengage, and teachers become frustrated. We see the consequences of this one-size-fits-all model throughout our schools, particularly in our most vulnerable communities: students drop out, educators leave the profession, and graduates lack the skills they need for college and career.
The Modern Classrooms Project equips and empowers educators to create blended, self-paced, mastery-based classrooms in which all students truly learn.
Buncee is a web-based tool for creating interactive multimedia presentations. The product was created to bring all sources and types of content into one space. In doing so, Buncee makes technology accessible to both teachers and students of all proficiency levels.
Buncee is an incredible tool to get your students creating. Check out the ideas lab for ways to use it in any subject area. Your students will love the animations and how easy it is to create something amazing. Use this tool to have your students showcase learning through images, video, and their own voice.
Buncee’s interactive, drag and drop interface helps students and educators create engaging multimedia projects and presentations to increase interactivity and flip the classroom.
PBS and your local station have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for teachers like you.
PBS LearningMedia is your destination for direct access to thousands of classroom-ready, curriculum-targeted digital resources. PBS LearningMedia builds on the strength of public media and is designed to improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
Resources are aligned to Common Core and national and state standards and include videos and interactives, as well as audio, documents, and in-depth lesson plans. You can browse by standards, grade level, subject area, and special collections. You can also favorite and share resources with your class and colleagues. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia is free for PreK-12 educators and students.
Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-based digital curriculum resources for K–12 classrooms worldwide. We are the home to award-winning digital textbooks, multimedia content, and the largest professional development community of its kind.
Visit our dedicated Virtual Learning page to find ready-to-use strategies and engaging resources for educators and parents, and browse sessions from VirtCon, our recent 2-day professional learning event. Discover practical, creative, and effective ways to maximize digital resources in a virtual setting and design differentiated virtual learning experiences for students.
Our dynamic Experience platform is packed with over 190,000 assignable, editable activities and resources for K-12, based on core curriculum concepts and popular topics in math, science, social studies, ELA, health, and coding. Whether you’re looking for fun videos, interactive activities, or complete, ready-to-use lesson plans, Discovery Education Experience has everything teachers want and students need to enhance virtual learning.
Screencastify is a Chrome browser extension that records your screen, face, voice, and more. To use Screencastify, find its icon in the Chrome toolbar and choose among the recording options: record a single tab in your web browser, capture all screen activity, or use your webcam to record or insert a video of yourself.
While recording, use the tools to write, draw, erase, keep time, restart, or spotlight a section on the screen. There's also an option to play the audio in a tab you're recording, but the sound can be hollow and difficult to hear.
Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides.
Design a new presentation or open an existing one in Slides. Just getting started with Google Slides? Upload your PowerPoint or Keynote lessons to Google Slides and get going! Our team of educators created a library of templates to support learning objectives typically found at the beginning, middle, and end of a class. Think: bell ringers, checks for understanding, exit tickets, and more. Simply drop in one of these templates for instant engagement and watch your class transform.
You can always create your own custom activity or question from scratch. Use Text, Number Response, Multiple Choice, and Web Slide questions to engage students. Or upgrade to Pear Deck Premium to add Drawing and Draggable response types.
With the Pear Deck Add-on, you can leave audio instructions, descriptions, or examples for your students to hear while they read the prompts and respond to Interactive Questions in your Pear Deck Slides presentations. Make a new recording instantly or upload one from your computer. The recordings you insert will play in the Student View of your live presentation Sessions, so it's perfect for any remote learning lesson!
Nepris
Nepris connects educators and learners with a network of industry professionals, virtually, bringing real-world relevance and career exposure to all students.
Nepris also provides a skills-based volunteering platform for organizations to extend education outreach, and build their brand among the future workforce.
Educators are often asked, "Why should I learn this?" or "When will I use this in real life?" Nepris provides you with the tools and support needed to bring curriculum lessons to life, by virtually bringing industry experts into every classroom. Nepris helps engage and inspire your students through connections with diverse role models!
At the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration we are passionate about carrying out our mission to support, advance and enhance lifelong learning through the use of collaborative technologies and innovations.
CILC places great value on its Content Providers, nearly 200 of the very best cultural organizations and talent from around the world. They make it all possible by connecting students to unique subject matter, artifacts, and experiences. Representing museums, science centers, art galleries, zoos, aquariums, musicians, authors, and more, many of our providers play important roles in collecting and preserving histories and cultures and in helping to advance critical scientific research and innovation.
Members—teachers and administrators, program and activity directors, and parents—have opened their doors to the world. Through interactive learning and collaboration, they help to expand opportunities for students of all ages to learn through engagement with over 1,900 professionally-delivered programs, evaluated by teachers for teachers.
wakelet
Wakelet is the easiest way to capture, organize and share multi-media resources with students, teachers, and learning communities.
Save the best educational content you find on the web. This can be articles, resources, videos, social media posts, podcasts and more!
Organize this content into engaging and meaningful collections. You can add your own notes, images, videos and PDF's to add context and tell a story.
Invite other educators and students to contribute to your collections. Share your ideas, lesson plans, newsletters and assignments with whoever you want!