EdTech Toolbox

Tool 1

🔨Tool #1 BrainPOP Jr.


  • BrainPop Jr. is an engaging EdTech tool that offers students and teachers lots of videos, quizzes, and other activities for a variety of topics. The content is geared towards K-2 and is perfect for our second grade students.

  • This tool can be easily used by teachers and students. This tool can be used in the classroom and displayed on the board for everyone to watch together or a link can be shared and students can view the content on their own devices.

  • I have used BrainPop Jr. video and quizzes while teaching math, reading/writing, science, and social studies. I copy and paste the link in my lesson plans and open the link on the board to display the content for the class as a whole group.

  • The students find the video and quizzes very engaging. They enjoy the content and humor they hear from the main characters Annie and Moby. They also enjoy taking the easy and the hard quizzes at the end of the videos.


This is a video my students watched during social studies while we were learning about Georgia's Historical Figures.

Students can continue their engagement in the lesson by completing these activities after they watch the videos.

A variety of content is offered in each of these subjects on BrainPOP Jr.

Tool 2

🔨Tool #2 Flocabulary


  • Flocabulary is a tool that can be used to engage students with hip hop videos and songs. A variety of topics are covered in Flocabulary. This tool also offers vocabulary practice with vocabulary cards, vocabulary games, read and respond activities, and quizzes.

  • Flocabulary can be used as a whole group lesson when displayed on the board or teachers can assign Flocabulary lessons through Google Classroom.

  • I love using Flocabulary as an activator. The students really enjoy hearing the raps and they often sing along. It's a great tool for introducing a lesson or new topic.

  • Flocabulary has very "catchy" songs that the students love! They also provide lots of valuable information on a topic in a fun and engaging way.


The lesson sequence for Flocabulary is Video, Vocab Cards, Vocab Game, Read & Respond, Quiz, and Lyric Lab.

This was one of my student's favorite songs!

Use the search bar to find a variety of topics covered by Flocabulary including Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Vocabulary, and Life Skills.

Tool 3

🔨Tool #3 Edpuzzle


  • Edpuzzle is an interactive teaching tool that uses educational videos and integrated questions to engage students. There are a variety of interactive videos on Edpuzzle and many of the videos have different teacher created versions that contain many great questions.

  • Teachers can use this tool in whole group lessons and display the videos in front of the class. The class can be active participants in the lesson by answering the questions during the video. Edpuzzle videos can also be linked online and used during virtual learning. Teachers can assign Edpuzzle videos to their students to complete in Google Classroom.

  • I have used Edpuzzle as an activator and a summarizer to lessons. The questions embedded in the videos provide a great way to check student comprehension. Edpuzzle videos can be used for different subject areas and grade levels.

  • Edupuzzle gives teachers the ability to use strategic questioning to check student's understanding. The video pauses and questions are asked to monitor student progress and comprehension.


This is the Edpuzzle homepage. You can search a variety of topic in the search bar or by subject and grade level.

This is an example of an Edpuzzle video and question.

Edpuzzle can be linked with Google Classroom and you can send assignments to students.

Tool 4

🔨Tool #4 Kahoot!


  • Kahoot! allows teachers to engage students by creating interactive quizzes. The quizzes are a fun way to increase student engagement and assess student learning. The teacher can create or use a previously created game and host the game with up to 50 players using the free version. After the game is completed, Kahoot! will email the teacher a detailed report of the game results. Teachers can use the report to determine who needs further assistance and who understands the skill assessed.

  • Teachers can host games in the classroom or online. This tool can be used during in-person or during virtual instruction. Student paced challenges can also be assigned during virtual instruction.

  • Kahoot! is my student's favorite learning game! I try to use it during resource once a week to give students extra practice with skills they are currently working on in the general education classroom. There are a large variety of previously made quizzes that teachers can choose from for many different subject areas.

  • This tool is engaging for students because each student is able to participate in the activity. Students are also competing with each other for points and the total points are displayed after each question. This element of competition often encourages students to do their best in order to score the most points.


This is Kahoot's homepage. The free version offer lots of great tools for teachers.

This is an example of a report that Kahoot emailed the teacher after a completed game. The teacher can look at the report to see how each student performed on the quiz.

Click on the Discover tab to search for previously created Kahoot! quizzes.

Tool 5

🔨Tool #5 Google Forms


  • Google Forms is a great way to assess students. Teachers can create quizzes and share them with their students. Google Forms will grade the quizzes and can provide feedback to students after they complete the quiz. Google Forms can also be used in a survey format. Data from the survey can be displayed in easy to read charts and graphs.

  • Google Forms can be used in the classroom and virtually. Students can go to their Google Classroom to view Google Forms that have been posted by their teachers.

  • We often create daily grades, quizzes, and tests with Google Forms and assign them to our students. Our weekly vocabulary tests are now on Google Forms in addition to tests in all subject areas.

  • Google Forms is easy for students to navigate. It is very teacher and student friendly to use. It is our main source of online assessments that are teacher created.


This is an example of a blank Google Forms quiz. Teacher can type their question and insert images if needed. They can also customize the settings.

This is an example of a Google Forms quiz I made for our students to assess counting money.

This is the data from the responses collected for the money quiz I created.