Student Tech Tools
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Need help using student-facing edtech? Click on the arrow to the right of the description to find support documents and videos. If there is edtech you need assistance with and it is not listed here, email me.
Adobe Express (formerly Adobe Spark)
Adobe Express a one-stop content shop for creating and sharing visual stories that will wow your audience on any device. Express can be used to make websites, videos, brochures, posters, and more!
Access it:
You can access Adobe Express through Clever, however it is listed as Adobe Spark.
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Book Creator
Use Book Creator to combine text, images, drawings, audio, and videos to write your own digital book.
Access it:
iPad teachers can tap on the app. Chromebook teachers can visit app.bookcreator.com. Sign up or login as a teacher using your Google login. You can also add the app to your Clever page for an easier sign in you and your students.
Students can visit app.bookcreator.com and login as a student using their Google login. Provide students with your library code to join your library.
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Flip (formerly FlipGrid)
Flip is a video discussion and video sharing app, free from Microsoft, built for classrooms and beyond.
Access it:
You can access Flip through the district's Clever page. However, your students will not be logged into your Flip grid and will need to enter a code when prompted. You can add a custom link that will go directly to your Flip grid to your teacher Clever page, Classroom, or Seesaw.
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Google Jamboard
Jamboard is a digital whiteboard that lets you collborate in real time using a web browser or mobile app.
Access it:
You can create/view Jamboards from Google Drive or going directly to jamboard.google.com
Google Slides
Use Google Slides to create online slideshows. Make beautiful presentations together with secure sharing in real-time and from any device.
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Newslea
Newsela is an online news-as-literacy platform that features high-interest articles on everything from current events to myths and legends and from literature to science.
Access it:
Through Clever, under the heading Reading
Read&Write
Read&Write is a literacy support tool that offers help with everyday tasks like reading text out loud, understanding unfamilar words, researching assignment, and proofing written work.
Access it: Read&Write is a Chrome extension. Look at your toolbar in Google Chrome and click on the purple puzzle piece to open or close the tool bar:
