Tools and Tips

Tech Tools to Support High School Student Learning


High Resolution Photos and Graphics

Beautiful Free Photos

1.3 Million images and videos.

Icons for Everything

Advanced Color Tool

Avatar and Bitmoji Creation

create posters, brochures and more

Help with Interactive Presentations

Chrome app-screen capture and record a voice-over your images on slides.

Chrome app-screen capture and record a voice-over your images on slides.


Help with Math

Chrome App - Free, interactive math materials available for student

Digital math activities for students.

Chrome App builds one equation at a time with a wide variety of equation types. It can be saved as an image or stored in Google Drive.

Type command ie: solve (x^2+x=5) Comes back with the solution. The paid version shows steps. Also an app for the phone.

Smartphone app scans equations and provides step-by-step solutions with brief explanations.

Help with Writing

Check microphone. Open up a Google doc. Click Tools > Voice typing. Click the microphone and speak.

This Chrome Extension allows the user to easily make voice notes and comments on any site or app. Use with Gmail, YouTube, Twitter, and more.

Spell check and grammar check your writing when communicating online.


Help with Read and/or Annotation

Draw a box around the content you need to read, and enjoy text to speech.


Select the text you want to read in any Google Doc, or website, to hear the text read aloud.

Select and Speak reads selected text using Text-to-Speech technology with language auto-detection. It can read text in more than 50 languages.

Free e-books /audiobooks for indiv. with visual, physical, or learning disabilities. See/hear highlighted words on the screen, digital braille and large fonts.

Edit, annotate, sign, and share PDFs. Open the Xodo App; drag and drop a file into the viewer; Annotate, add text, highlight, strike through, underline, and add comments.

Add extension and click on the icon to transform any doc or web article into an E-book format. Adjust the font size and change the color display for easier reading.

Use to clean up the clutter. Read it now or read it later on your iPhone or Kindle.

Help with Understanding a Topic

Borrow books to listen to or read from.

Watch original animated videos to help you understand specific topics relevant to all of your classes.

Find information and current events through podcasts tied to ELA, Science, and Social Studies.

Find video tutorials on math, science, and social studies topics. Complete practice exercises that guide, with hints about the next step.

Makes reading easier builds your reading comprehension with important/relevant news.


Provides articles on current topics and allows you to adjust the reading level. You can even access articles in Spanish.

Help with Organizing and Remembering

Chrome Extension-Helps keep track of assignments and due dates.

Chrome App-color code appointments, lists of tasks, reminders, make agendas.


Make notes and lists by typing or voice with attached pictures and reminders.

Use a variety of graphic organizers to understand concepts or plan writing.

Memory techniques to help improve the ability to remember something important.

Allows users to create, update and modify spreadsheets and share the data live online