Personalized Web Tools

Ditch That Texbook - Blog TCEA TechNotes - EduTopia

We Are Teachers - Teaching Channel - Teacher Toolkit

TeachersFirst - TeachThought - NAESP - ASCD - TeachHub

Other Resources

ACCOUNTABLE TALKS

• Accountable Talks in the Classroom (Resilient Educator)

• Accountable Discussions (Teacher Toolkit) - See templates.

• Accountable Talk (pdf) - Accountable Talks Moves and Functions

• Mrs. Judy Accountable Talks - Posters - Bookmarks and Trifolds

A I - Artificial Intelligence

• Curipod - Story Multiplier - Paper Clips App

• ChatGPT - Gemini

• Nolej.io - TeacherTools.io - Eduaide

• Brisk - Brisk Professional Development Resources - AI Tools for Teachers

• Question Well - Magic School Edu - Bard Google - AI Guest Speaker

• Education and AI - TeachAid - GAMMA

ASSESSMENT

• Formative - 75 Formative Assessment Tools

• 12 Fun Formative Assessments (DitchThatTextbook)

• 6 Strategies for High Stakes Testing - Safer About High Stakes Tests

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AUDIO VOICE RECORDINGS

• Synth - Vocaroo - MOTE - Narakeet - SoundCloud - Voice Spice

• Online Voice Recorder - Clyp - Speak Pipe - Kaizena

Awards and Certificates

• JotForm Certificates - Template.Net

• 123 Certificates - Canva - Adobe - PosterMyWall

• Kids Certs - EduTechSpot

• Certificate Magic - Creative Certificates

• Certificates 4 Teachers - Free Printable Certificates

• Award Box - Template.Net - Teacher Printables

• Microsoft Certificate Templates - GooDocs Certificates

BACK Channels for CHAT

• Bagel Institute - Yo Teach - Answer Garden - Chatzy - Twiddla

• Unhangout - GoSoapBox - Flip - Padlet

• Smore - 

BACK TO SCHOOL (CHECKLIST)

• 20 Back to School Templates to Save You Time

• Back to School Checklist

• Classroom Management Checklist  - NSW Classrom Mgmnt Checklist

• First Year Teacher Classroom Checklist

BEHAVIOR

• Behavior Intervention Chart (doc)

BINGO

• Free Bingo Cards - CANVA - Online Bingo Caller - Team Building Icebreaker

•  BINGO BAKER - Bingo Card Creator 

• Using BINGO for Instructional Review - BINGO in the Classroom

Bitmoji 

• Link Tree

Buzzers

• BuzzIn Live - Glitch Buzzer - CosmoBuzz - 

• MultiBuzz App - CCG Buzz - JustBuzzIn - Buzzonk

• CrowdControlGames - My Instants

• CCG Buzz (youtube tutorial)

• Buzzonk - QuizShow.io

CALENDAR HISTORY

• Days of the Year - National Day Calendar - Holiday Insights - 

• OnThisDay - This Day in History - Archives - History Place

• Holidays.Net - National Women's History Alliance

• FormTimeIdeas

CANVA

• Canva Templates To Use Tomorrow

Careers and Occupations

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Career One Stop - Dept of Labor (Employment & Earnings)

• Career Profiles and Salaries

Chatrooms

• BackChannel Chats - Chatzy - Padlet - GoSoapBox

• Unhangout - YoTeachApp - AnswerGarden - Mentimeter

• Slido - Classroom Screen - Formative

CHOICEBOARDS

• Choiceboards (D for Learning)

• Rethink Choiceboards - ChoiceBoard Template (WeAreTeachers)

• ChoiceBoard Templates to Save Time (from TeachingChannel)

• TCEA Remote Learning - Digital ChoiceBoards

Classroom Management

• Classroom Management Guide - SuperTeacherTools 

• Positive Class Culture - TEACHERSTACK

• Classroom Culture vs Managing Behavior

• 11 Ways to Build a Positive School Culture

• 23 Classroom Management Techniques

• Build Connections - CharacterLab

Clocks and Time

• Clock Face Online

Collaboration - Brainstorming - Feedback

• AnswerGarden - Tricider - Padlet - DotStorming

• IdeaBoardz - Kaizena - PeerGrade

• Collabedit - FramaPad - WriteURL - EtherPad

• Google Docs (comments) - Google Jamboard - Meet

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COMMUNICATION

• Bloomz - Remind - Google Hangouts

• Group Me - ClassTag

• ClassroomScreen - ClassroomQ

COMPUTER SKILLS/LITERACY

• Digital Learn - GCF Learn Free - Mousercise - Northstar Digital Literacy

• Typing Club

Conference

• Student Centered Conferences

DRAMA - PLAYS - SCRIPTS

• FreeDrama.Net 

• Aaron Shep

• 100 Free Play Scripts for Drama Students

DICE Roller

• Calculator.Net - Classtool.net - RollaDie - Online Stopwatch

• Online Dice - Random Word Generator

Differentiation

• Diffit

DISCIPLINE - CONSEQUENCES

• 30 Classroom Consequence Ideas

• 
  

ENGAGEMENT & Feedback

• 18 Warmup Ideas to Engage Students

• Whiteboard.fi - Classroomscreen - Formative - Poll Everywhere - Padlet

• Quizlet - QuizIzz -NearPod - PearDeck - FLIP - PeerGrade - 

• SeeSaw - Vizia - AnswerGarden - Clipisode - TypeForm

• Feedbackify

• 4 C's of Student Engagement - From WeVideo

• Utah State University - Student Engagement 

• 20 Engagement Strategies (3P Learning) - Increasing Student Engagement

• Facilitating and Assessing Student Engagement in the Classroom

• Video - Student Engagement

• 20 Ways to Keep Students Engaged at the End of the Year

ESOL

• A4ESL - ESL Cafe - English Daily - 5 Minute English - 

• New Tongue - Pumarosa - Randall's ESL Cyber Listening

• Learning Chocolate - Road to Grammar

• ELL and ESOL Teaching Strategies (video)

File Conversion (Converter)

• Gorilla -  Online Convert - Zamzar

• Small PDF extension - SmallPDF 

• HEIC to JPEG

File Sharing

• File.io - EasyUpload.io - File Mail - JumpShare

• Send Anywhere

FLUENCY (WPM)

• ScholarWithin - OutRead - Free Reading Test - SwiftRead

• HenryAnker - Intervention Central - Oxford Online English - A Real Me - MindBluff

• Reading A-Z Fluency Norms (WYZ) - Meade Reading Comparison Chart

• Reading Sage - Fluency Passage "Achieve the Core"

• San Diego Assessment - Test English - NWEA Map Reading Fluency - Fluency Passage Generator

• My 3 Readers

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Apps to Learn Language

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Blooket - ClassTools - Edlight - KaHoot - Floop - Flubaroo - Forms - GimKit - GoFormative - GoSoapBox - IdeaBoardz - Mentimeter - NearPod

Pear Deck - Plickers - QuizWhizzer - Quizlet Live - Quizalize - Slido - Survey Legend - SurveyPlanet - SWAY

Whiteboard.fi - Ziplet

GAMING

• 40 Free Time Games for School (DitchThatTextbook)

• Game Show Classroom (Comparing the Big 5)

• Blank Board Game Templates - Template.Net

• Social Studies Board Games - ESL Kids Games

• Label USA (#1, #2, #3, #4) - LizardPoint - PurposeGames

• Quia - Quizalize - Flippity - Ahaslides  - Factile - BingoBaker - 

• Pacman Live - Free Pacman - Trouble - Sorry

• Leaderboard HQ - Edit.Org - Leaderboarded - SlideTeam.Net - JotForm

• Scorecount - Rapid Tables - KeepTheScore - 

• Leaderboard G-Sheet

• Random Word Generator - Gamified Genially

• Jeopardy 5 - Jeopardy 6 - Using KaHoot with Google Classroom

• Top QuizIzz Resources 

GRADING

• Delayed Grading

Group Generators & Random Selectors

• Picker Wheel - Random Lists - Team Maker 

• ASchool Random Group - 

• Instant Classroom (requires login)

• Wheel of Names - WheelDecide - NamePickerNinja 

• Class Group Levels

HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS (HOTS)

• 63 Higher Order Thinking Skills Examples

• HOTS in Education (from ThoughtCo)

ICEBREAKERS

• Top 10 Insanely Fun IceBreakers (17 min video)

• 53 Icebreakers by Session Labs - Get to Know Icebreakers

• What If  - What If Questions

• Quick IceBreakers - IceBreakers for Small Group - IceBreakers (Classful)

• IceBreaker (ProdigyGame)

• FutureMe - Fortune Cookie Generator

INFINITE CAMPUS

• Infinite Campus Training (Teachers)

• One Pager - Infinite Campus & Google Classroom - Sync GC to IC

• IC Parent Portal Sign Up (English and Spanish)

• Infinite Campus - Student Login

• Teachers View Report Card - Infinite Campus Gradebook Setup

• IC Group Email Directions

• Signature Sheet Academic Concern (for poor grades)

• Report Card Signature Sheet

• Infinite Campus Teacher Resources (DCSS)

• Infinite Campus (from Data & Research)

LOCKER

• From WikiHow (1:10) - From TheCrazyButch (1:03) - How to Open Combination Lock - To Open Your Locker

• PDF Combination Lock Instructions

• Locker Combination Poster - Locker Jam Procedures

• How to Open Your Locker (1:08)

• Locker Assignments (for teachers) - Locker List

• Locker Organization Tips (from ThoughtCo)

• School Locker Organization Ideas

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JOKES FOR TEACHERS

• 97 Teacher Jokes - Science Dad Jokes - You Quack Me Up Jokes

• Bored Teachers Jokes - TeacherStarter Jokes That Will Crack You Up

• Little Day Out

MAKERSPACE

• Makerspace Manual K-12 Schools

MENTORING

• Mentor Mentee Checklist - First Year of Mentoring Activities

• Guidelines for Mentors - 100 Things A Mentor Might Do

• Teacher Mentoring Handbook - Monthly Suggestions for Supporting New Teachers

• Teacher Mentoring Programs - Mentor Topics

• Mentorship Quotes - Mentor Teacher Roles & Responsibilities

MICROPHONE

• Webcam MicTest - Online Voice Recorder 

MUSIC

• Integrating Music (From National Center on Supportive Learning Environments)

• Music Primes Brain Learning - Making Custom Songs for Class (SUNO)

• Music Supports Cognition

• Music Resources (from TeachersFirst)

• LAST DAY SCHOOL SONGS

NOISE METERS

• BouncyBalls

• ClassDojo Noise Meter

• ClassroomScreen Sound Level

• CalmCounter (ICT Games)

• Scratch Noise o Meter

NOTETAKING

• Cornell Notes Templates  & 40 NoteTaking Templates

• AVID eFocused NoteTaking

ORGANIZATION TOOLS

• Calendar Template - Print A Calendar

• Classroom Screen - Google Keep

• Homework Agenda Sheet - 

• Daily Get To Do List (Goals)

P.A.L.S. Reading Strategy

• PALS Strategies (Vanderbilt Univ) 77 pages - PALS Bottom Up Workshop

• PALS (Reading Rockets) - PALS - PALS Benefits

• PALS Strategy Fact Sheet - PALS in Reading

• PALS (Wisconsin)

Paper Slide

• How to Make a Paper Slide (1:20) & Paper Slide Video (1:47)

• Plants

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE

• Tips for Teachers (KidsHealth) - Parent Teacher Conf. Checklist

• Preparing for PTC (10 things)- PTC Worksheet (3 pages)

• Scholastic Parent Teacher Conference Form

• Canva Parent Teacher Conference Forms

• Leading Productive TPC

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PBL - Project Based Learning

• PBL Works - EduTopia PBL

• Cult of Pedagogy - Project Based Learning Institute 

PEAR DECK 

• Pear Deck Help Videos

Personality Tests

• What Kind of Designer? or Leadership Style Quiz

• What Sort of Leader Are You?

POLLS AND VOTING

• Easy Polls - Poll Code - Poll Maker - StrawPoll

• SuperSurvey - TypeForm - HeySurvey - Canva

• Slido - Mentimeter

Presentation Tools

• Kami - Poster My Wall - Canva - Padlet

• ClassroomScreen - 

Productivity

• 40 Sites - Free Time on Their Hands 

Professional Learning Community

• Creating Effective PLC (Edutopia)

• PLC Benefits (ISTE)

• PLC in Education (HMHCO)

PRIMARY SOURCES

• From Edutopia - Historical Inquiry by Kimberly Gregory

• National Archives - DocsTeach - Spartacus Educational - Fordham University - The Avalon Project

• Library of Congress - Lib Guides (Univ of Wisconsin) - St. John Fisher Univ Research Guide

• Teaching with Primary Sources (MTSU) - PS Graphic Org - Archives Lessons and Worksheets

Puzzles

• PuzzleMaker - TeachersCorner Crossword Puzzle

• Crossword Universe - Crossword Labs - Wordle

• Google Doc Puzzle Template

QR Codes

• GoQRme - Visualead - QR Stuff - QR Code Generator

• Kaywa - QR Code Monkey

Radio in Countries

• Radio Garden - Radioooo

• Instant Audio 

READING

• Dreamscape - Beeline Reading Collection - Whooos Reading - 

• Bookopolis - online social reading - What Good Readers Do

• Reading Strategies Handbook

• Alternatives to Round Robin

• Teaching Reading and Writing Together (Edutopia)

READING RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

• Reader Response w/Graphic Organizers (64 pages)

• Reader Response (Scholastic Elem)

• Menu of Reading Response - Reader Response Questions

• Reader Response (Learning Styles)

• RR 36 Choiceboard Prompts - RR PRompts for Nonfiction

REDUCE PAPER WASTE

• Ways to Conserve Paper (g-doc) ; 

• Waste Prevention Ideas for Schools

REFLECTION  & REVIEW

• 39 Fun and Easy End of Year Activities

• Epic Review Olympics - Templates 

REPORT CARD

• Report Card Comments

REAL TIME RESPONSE TOOLS

• Live Cloud  - Stickies.io

• Class Question  - ClassroomScreen

• IdeaFlip - YoTeach

Rubrics

• Rubric Maker - TemplateLab Rubrics - WordTemplatesOnline

• RubiStar - ThoughtCo (Rubrics) - PBIS Rewards (Rubrics)

SEATING CHARTS

• https://www.clickschool.co.uk/seatplan/

• https://www.gynzy.com/en-us/library/items/classroom-seating-chart

• https://seatingchartmaker.app/ (not free, though) - SuperTeacherTools 

• https://www.classtools.net/seating-plan-generator/

• https://www.figma.com/community/file/1136804130760914869/seating-chart-maker-in-figjam

• https://www.randomnamepicker.net/upgrade 

School Around the World

• Images of Danger Ways to School in the World

• Dangerous Ways to School

• Intriguing Facts about School

SEL and SELF-ESTEEM

• Self Esteem Resources for May - SEL Practices to Start the Day

• Overcoming Obstacles - WellCheq - ALONG

• Speak Up

• Everfi  - for career and life success

• SCRED Life Skills 

SILENCE Classroom (Gain Attention)

• Quiet a Class (Truth for Teachers)

• 30 Techniques (Edutopia) - 

• Noisy Classroom (TeachThought)

• 18 Strategies (Bored Teachers) - Attention Getters

• Controlling Classroom Noise (NEA)

Sound (Calming Sound Sites for Students)

• Ambient Sounds - Soft Murmur, Noisli, Moodil, Soundrown, MyNoise,  Ambient Mixer, Tabletop Audio

• 20 Calming Sites to Distract You 

• Sound Effects

  • Story Blocks (Audio)

STAR 360

• Recovering Student Records - Student Enrollment (to recover a withdrawn student and temporarily enroll in a class for data purposes)

• STAR End of Year Reports - Instructional Reading Levels

• Grade Equivalent - Lexile Measure - Scale Score

Staying Current with the Curriculum (And NOT Behind)

• Edutopia - How to Stay Caught Up

Sticky Notes (Online) - Brainstorming

• Lino It - Idea Flip - Miro - Stickies.io - 

• PinUp - Jamboard - IdeaBoardz - 

• CardSmith - EasyRetro - Popplet

STUDY SKILLS

• Evidenced Based Learning Strategies (video)

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

• Instructional Day - Substitute Teacher Checklist

• Professional Substitute Checklist

• Simple Do & Don'ts (Carnegie Learning)

• Professional Substitutes (from Teachers.Net)

Survey

Mentimeter - Jamboard

Team Building

• Questions Generator

Teleprompters 

• Cue Prompter - WhiteHatCrew - Free Teleprompter

TEMPLATES

• Education Templates (Ditch That Textbook)

• SlidesMania Free Templates

THINKCERCA

• Help Center + Submit a Request - 

• Admin Toolkit - Learning Walk Protocol - Data Analysis Protocol

• Training Courses - CERCA Framework - Best Practices

• ThinkCerca - Accounts and Passwords Help

• ThinkCerca Resources

• ELA CERCA Slides - Scoring STudent Writing

TRANSLATION

• Collins Dictionary - Free Translation Online

• Google Translate - Translate - Day Translations - BING

• Microsoft Translator - (FLYER)

• To Translate or Not

TRADING CARDS

• Free Trading Card Template  - FreePik Trading Cards

• Chromebook Classroom

• TypeCalendar

TRIVIA

• FormTimeIdeas

• Parade Fun Facts - Weird Fun Facts - RD Interesting Facts - Kids Health Fun Trivia - KidPillar Weird But True - The Fact Site  

• Scary Mommy Interesting Facts - Scary Mommy Jokes - Cool Facts Famous Places - CITY FACTS - Travel Facts 

• 125 Fun Facts for Kids - Reading Statistics - 31 Surprising Facts About Learning - www.factretriever.com/education-and-literacy-facts Education and Literacy Facts

• Worldometer

Understanding by Design

• UEN SS (Enduring Understandings)

• Flexibility with UDL

Video Learning

• PBS  Learning Media - Discovery Education

• Khan Academy - GA Virtual Learning

• Ted-Ed

Video and Screen Capture

• ScreenPal- Screencastify - Loom

• Webcamera.io

• Screen Capturing Tool List

• Microsoft Flip Alternatives (from DitchThatText)

• 9 Websites to Replace Flip

Video Editing Resources

• iMovie - Video Star - Cap Cut - Clip-Champ

• Kinestar - Filmmaker - FilmoraGo - Night Motion

• SafeShare - ViewPure

VIDEO CONFERENCING

• Whereby - Talky.io - JoinMe

VOCABULARY

• EduCandy (create learning games)

• Word Hippo - Wordle - 

• Vocabulary Strategies Toolbox (from GaDOE)

• 36 Meaningful Vocabulary Activities for Every Grade

Web Shorteners

•  Yellkey - Bitly -TinyURL - Short.io

• Short URL - Rebrandly

• 13 Shortcuts To Know

WHITEBOARD APPS

• Miro - Whiteboard Fi - ZiteBoard - Limnu - Sketch a Lot - Web Whiteboard

• Canvas Chrome App - Jamboard App - Whiteboard Chat

• Math Web Whiteboard - LiveBoard - DrawTo

Women's History

• Status of Women Data - WebMD (Women)

• 100 Women That Are Changing the World - 13 Young Women Leaders

• 45 Famous African American Women - 31 Influential Women

• List of Women Firsts - Women's Digest: Famous Female Firsts

• 60 Famous Women in History - 100 Women Who Changed the World

• Womens History Biography Resource Links - KraftyLab Women's History

• TIME 100 Women of the Year - Equal Everywhere Snapshot

• Women's History - Daily Reflection

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Word Clouds

• WordItOut - Tagxedo - Wordle - Word Sift - Mentimeter - Tag Crowd

• Jason Davies - Free Word Cloud Generator - WordArt

• Use the Snip Tool if unable to download the WC.

WORD (Microsoft)

• Create a Fillable FORM in Word

WRITING

• EasyWrite (easy to understand content) - WriteReader

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