Each offer a $FREE version just for you!
- Padlet - A digital post-it board where students can add links, text, pictures, drawings, voice notes and more!
- G-Suite - Check out my Blog for additional G-Suite support or for specific tutorials
- EquatIO - a Chrome extensions that allows students to add equations, graphs, and more in G-Suite
- Screencastify - a Chrome extension that allows students to record their screen and share their thinking
- Desmos - an online graphing calculator and activity builder! Check out my blog for activities you can use!
- InsertLearning - a Chrome extension where you turn a webpage into interactive lessons. Even talks to Google Classroom?!
- EdPuzzle - a website that allows you to add questions & discussions to ANY video
- Canva - an online graphic design tool that have ready-to-go templates, images, backgrounds, and lots of color! (Very similar to Adobe Spark!)
- Adobe Spark - create 3 different mediums in one place! Students can make a poster, a website, and even a video! Pictures, music, and font all in one place.
- Padlet - Look LEFT! It's in Self Service.
- ChatterPix - Take a photo, draw and "mouth", and add your voice! Simple but effective for student reflection.
- Draw and Tell - Add photos from the Camera Roll or use provided backgrounds and start drawings right on top! Lots of colors and also has a "record your voice" feature.
- Shadow Puppet EDU - Create and edit videos easily! Add photos, text, and videos all in one place.
- Nearpod - Teacher lessons are mirrored on student devices. Add content slides or interactive slides to increase active learning.
- Educreations - Students draw and record their voice a digital whiteboard. Can also add your own photos!
- Book Creator - Create eBooks quickly with the provided templates, easy user interface, and share instantly.
- Adobe Spark - offered 3 separate apps on the iPad. PREMIUM ACCOUNTS FOR RISD STUDENTS COMING SOON...
Increase mathematical reasoning! See below!
Click on each image to check out the site! These are appropriate for ALL grade levels.
One of these things...
Students choose which image doesn't belong in the group of 4. Hint: There is NO correct answer...
Use Google Slides for students to share their thinking using THIS TEMPLATE!
PRO TIP: Post these questions on a Google Slides, on a Flipgrid, or in Seesaw for students to share their response and offer feedback to others!
How-to Guides and Additional Resources
Creating Hyperdocs can be intimidating when adding digital tools. Check out this template with ideas for tech tools that fit into each component! (Note: Not all the apps are $Free. Looking for a substitution? Check out Teacher Corner!
Canva is a GREAT way to create slide backgrounds, digital badges, cute posters, certificates, and MORE!
Allow students to check their OWN work using Google Sheet Formulas. This How-To guide will help you great digital breakouts with videos, templates, and screenshots.
New to Google Forms? Check out this tutorial to help you get started. Make quizzes, surveys, and quick formative assessments.
Create interactive lessons where your screen will be mirrored on the students' device or even create a student paced activity.
Never used Google Sheets before?! Check out this How-To guide about the basics. Have an activity about patterns?
Use Google Sheets!
Nearpod and Peardeck can be very similar. Check out this quick side-by-side to understand each one.
Want to send individual certificates, tutorial receipts, or put all student responses on their own individual slide?
Use Autocrat!
Want to make your "mutate" your Google Slides more? Check out this tutorial guide.
Check out my co-presenter, Lydia Croupe!
Wondering where I got those color palettes from?!
Check out this site from Canva or...
this website called Coolors!
Check out my favorite P.D. books I've used for all sorts of inspiration!
- Ditch that Textbook - by Matt Miller (Follow Matt!)
- Ditch that Homework - by Alice Keeler (Follow Alice!)
- Mathematical Mindsets - by Jo Boaler (Follow Jo!)
- Shake Up Learning - by Kasey Bell (follow Kasey!)
- Teaching Math with Google Apps - by Alice Keeler