Creation Tools
Adobe Express is a creation suite for both teachers and students. Formerly known as Adobe Spark, Express offers plenty of inspiring templates to get started. You can browse the Education section of the Inspiration gallery and filter by project type (Pages, Posts, Videos) to get ideas. The Post tool is great for creating flyers or posters, which can be printed and displayed in your classroom. Students can create collages and graphic images to accompany lessons on any subject.
Teachers have used this to
Have students create posters
Create infographics
Book Creator is an easy was to bring creativity to your classroom. A simple way to make digital books online - on Chromebooks, PCs, iPads or tablets. Create. Read. Publish.
Teachers have used this for
students narrating self-authored stories
building fluency in emerging readers through teaching students to listen to their own voices
creating interactive, multimedia resources for students and colleagues
Canva is an easy-to-use design platform that brings creavity and excitement to your classroom products! Design just about everything within Canva's platform using templates or your own ideas. Get a free educator pro account here.
Teachers have used this for
students narrating self-authored stories
building fluency in emerging readers through teaching students to listen to their own voices
creating interactive, multimedia resources for students and colleagues
Brush Ninja is a super simple animated gif creator. It is a fun tool that students can use to learn about animation, to illustrate the concepts they have just learnt, or to make their presentations more interesting Built to be accessible to as many people as possible, Brush Ninja is free to use, with no accounts, login, or tracking done.
Teachers have used this to
Have students create gifs of science or social studies events
Animate the steps of a math problem
Retell the events in a story
Teachers have used this to
Show math processes
Infographics
Backgrounds for Google Slides
Memes
Templates
Interactive Posters
Teachers have used this for
informational pages
Access to all websites that should be used in class
Video resources
Student portfolio option
Most information for this page came from Common Sense Media a great resources to check out online materials for your classroom and as a parent.