EdTECH TOOLS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

• ChatGPT – Generate ideas, write lesson plans, summarise texts, or create quiz questions instantly with AI. Great for teachers to save time and enhance creativity.
  
  

• Gemini (by Google) – Research, summarise, and draft directly within Google Workspace. Ideal for creating slides, documents, or quick concept explanations.
  
  

• Microsoft Copilot – Integrates seamlessly with Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to help you write, design, and analyse data efficiently.
  
  

• Canva Magic Studio – Use AI to generate text, translate content, or create stunning visuals with one click. Perfect for quick design and classroom use.
  
  

• Perplexity AI – Ask complex questions and get concise, cited answers for research or lesson preparation.

These tools enable you to create INTERACTIVE lessons, with a myriad of activities that your students can engage in - all within a single platform!

• ClassPoint – Transform your PowerPoint slides into interactive lessons instantly! Add quizzes, polls, annotations and even leaderboards without leaving your presentation. Click HERE to explore how ClassPoint can make your lessons more engaging and dynamic.
  
  

• Adobe Creative Cloud for Education – Unlock a full suite of creative tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro. All installed on school laptops for teachers and students. Design, edit, and create stunning visuals, videos, and digital media easily. Click HERE to log in with your MOE account and start creating!  

• Nearpod - Deliver your entire lesson via Nearpod! Create slides, insert videos, formative assessment, collaborate board. Click HERE to find out HOW to start teaching using Nearpod. 

• Seesaw - An excellent tool for students, which makes their learning visible in many different ways, like drawing, inserting pictures/videos, annotating. Click HERE to see how Seesaw can be incorporated in different subject areas.

• Classkick - Similar to Seesaw, Classkick allows teachers to upload an assignment, and students can work on it and answer questions in different ways, like drawing, text, insert pictures/videos/audio etc. Their learning is made visible and it is easy to give feedback in real-time. Click HERE and scroll down to read how it works.

You can choose from a variety of tools listed below to activate prior knowledge. Get your students to think about what they already know about a topic!

• Padlet - post a question/topic and students will create post-its to share what they know

• Jamboard - post a question/topic and students can draw/write text/create post-its in response

• Plickers - students will respond to a question using their Plicker cards

• Google Forms - students can respond to a variety of question types

• Mentimeter - students can respond to a variety of question types

• Poll / Interactive Thinking Tool on SLS

These tools allow students to collaborate and respond to each others' posts, or for them to work collaboratively on a task assigned by the teacher. The possibilities are endless!

• Padlet - collaborative learning 

• Flipgrid - for recording video responses 

• Jamboard - whiteboard tool by Google 

Alternatively, you can also create assignments (eg. in Google Slides/Docs) in Google Classroom and assign it to groups of students for collaborative work.

These tools allow you to create surveys, polls and quizzes. Great for formative assessment! Students especially love Kahoot and Quizizz, since the quizzes feel almost like a game. ;)

• Padlet 

• Blooket – Turn learning into a fun, game-based experience! Create or host quizzes where students compete, earn points, and unlock adorable “Blooks” while mastering content. Click HERE to learn how to start engaging your class with Blooket. 

• Quizizz

• Kahoot 

• Mentimeter 

• Quizlet

• Quiznetic 

• Socrative 

• Triventy 

• Gimkit 

• Plickers 

• Which One Doesn't Belong? 

These tools allow students to create content - videos, voice recording, slides, etc.

• Flipgrid - for recording video responses

• Vocaroo - online voice recording tool 

• Google Suite Apps - Google Docs, Slides, Drawings etc.

• DocHub -  allows you to convert your PDFs into an editable/workable document. If you have PDF worksheets for your students 

• Hyperdocs -  replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom 

• ClassroomScreen - an online tool that allows you to display the instructions for your lesson in a clear and visual way. Choose from over 13 widgets to support your class activities and help students get to work. 

English websites / resources:

• BBC Bitesize - resources for various English components

• NeoK12 - grammar games, stories and videos and songs

• Education - english games

• Sumdog - spelling practice

• ReadWriteThink - resources and activities

• PBS Kidz (Reading) - reading games

• PBS Kids (Spelling) - spelling games

• PBS Kids (Vocabulary) - vocabulary games

• Funbrain - ebooks and games

• BBC English - stories and activities for kids

• Nightzookeeper - online writing tool and interactive lessons

• Activelylearn - authentic texts for comprehension and developing opinions

• Readtheory - myriad of texts and stories; for comprehension

• Bookcreator - creating digital books

• Raz Kids - ebooks

• Flippity - classroom wordle

Math websites / resources:

• CoolMathGames - math games

• MathGames - math games

• PBS Kids - math games

• AWWAPP - interactive whiteboard

• AccessMaths - maths activity resource

• BBC Bitesize - resources for maths

• BrainingCamp - digital manipulatives

• PhET - simulations (interactive simulations for number lines, fractions, area)

• DesmosGraph - graphs

• Sumdog - maths practice

• NeoK12 - educational videos and games (various topics)

• https://www.mceduhub.com/MathBuddies/index.aspx - Marshal Cavendish Math resources

• https://www.add-venture.com.sg/app-venture/ - Math resources

• Education - math games

• Solvemoji - puzzle based math games

• Nerdle - like wordle, but for math!

Science websites / resources:

• National Geographic Kids - resources on animals, biodiversity, conservation

• BBC Bitesize - resources for various Science topics

• Coggle - online concept mapping tool

• Mindmup - online concept mapping tool

• Conceptboard - online concept mapping tool

• PhET Simulations - simulations (energy, magnets, friction, forces, circuits)

• CK12 Simulations - simulations (energy, heat, light, electricity, forces, friction etc)

• Animal Diversity - resources on animal diversity

• NeoK12 - educational videos and games (various topics)

• ScienceKids - educational videos and games (various topics)

• PBS Kids - science games

• CellsAlive - interactive resources on cells

• Mystery Science - resources for various Science topics

• GenerationGenius - video resources for various Science topics

MT websites / resources:

Chinese Language

• http://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/ - Huan Le Huo Ban

• http://ezhishi.net/ - eZhiShi

• http://zbschools.sg/ - ThumbsUp

• https://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/pinyin-editor.html - Pinying Editor

• https://www.purpleculture.net/word-search-puzzle/ - Word Puzzle Generator

Malay Language

• http://prpm.dbp.gov.my - Online dictionary

• https://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/ecekap/ - E-Cekap Portal

• https://quizlet.com/subject/Peribahasa-cekap/ - Peribahasa Website

• https://quizlet.com/subject/Cekap-unit/ - Cekap Vocabulary

Tamil Language

• www.pazhahutamil.com

• https://www.mtl.moe.edu.sg/theenthamizh/primary.html

• http://academy.tamilcube.com/

PAM websites / resources:

• VirtualPiano - free online piano keyboard

• PBS Kids - Music Games - music games

• Metmuseum - art resources from the Metropolitan Musuem of Art

• ExplainEverything - interactive whiteboard platform (art)

• SketchTogether - interactive whiteboard (art)

• Kinderart - art resources and activities

• Jumpstart - easy art activities for kids

• PBS Kids - art games

• PBS Kids - healthy habits games (PE)