• International Society for Technology in Education

• Guidance, Best Practices, and Strategies for Online Learning

• Free Tech for Learning

• "K12 Remote Learning: Pivoting your School for Digital Education" webinar

• Though this is a promotional/marketing webinar from Campus Suite, it answers some of the questions that frequently surface in our new world of remote learning and contains many best practices.

• Rules for All Online Read-Alouds

• Shared by Cheryl Kucharik at Scott County USD 466

• Google Hub for teachers

• Links to all things Google for Education for teachers to access easily

• Ideas of how to use Google for Education products when teaching from home

• The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is an uncommon coalition of organizations committed to resource sharing and community-building that supports the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Resource library

• Member community

• Opportunity to contribute

• Attend webinars / Receive updates

• Article "Teaching Through Coronavirus: What Educators Need Right Now" from Teaching Tolerance magazine

• Offers many resources to assist teachers

• K - 8 Science

• Free, Downloadable Scientist Profile Cards

• English & Spanish

• Use to help you spark discussions about science and engineering careers of the future

• Must provide name and email address (phone number requested but not required)

• K - 12 and College/Adult

• Content areas include:

  • Arts, Education, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies & History, STEM/STEAM, and World Languages

• Also called Learner.org, Annenberg Learner offers a vast number of classroom resources on multiple subjects

• Transcripts for videos are included

• K-6

• 8 free apps based on curriculum-based measures

  • Early language, Reading and Writing tasks

  • ASL (American Sign Language) and English measures

  • Efficient 1 to 3 minute tasks

  • Sensitive to literacy growth

  • Selected auto scoring & feedback

  • Student charts created automatically

• Use Progress Monitoring to track students' weekly/ monthly performance and set learning and IEP goals

• K - 12, Science

• Lesson Plans, videos, worksheets, professional development, etc.

• Much is free, some is not

• 9 - 12

• Short, engaging videos in many content areas:

  • anatomy & physiology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, ecology, economics, film history, games, literature, mythology, sociology, philosophy, physics, psychology, U.S. government and politics, U.S. history, world history

• CrashCourse YouTube Channel by brothers John and Hank Green

• K-12

• Content Areas:

  • Math, grade 1 - Calculus, Science, English, Social Studies, Astronomy, Engineering, Health, Photography, Technology

• Free content, searchable by topic and/or grade

• Translations available in:

  • Spanish, Korean, Deutsche, Chinese, Greek, Polski

• Teacher must set up account

• Pre-K - 5th: Math

• Middle School: Math & Science

• High School: Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics

• videos, tutorials, practice, competition

• K - 12

• Math

• Games are organized by grade level, subject, category

• Also available: movies, timed tests, manipulatives, and tutorials

• HoodaMath can be shared to Google Classroom

• Free

• K - 12

• Free Resources to Support Continued Learning During School Closures

  • Reading, Math, Science, SEL, ELA, History, Current Events, Election Connection, Geography, World Languages, Virtual Field Trips, and more

• K-5 Activities

• Social Studies, Science, Math, English

• Download activities for free

• PreK - College

• Vast repertoire of videos on many content areas including:

  • Math (PreK - High School)

  • Science & Engineering

  • Computing

  • Art & Humanities

  • Economics & Finance

  • Test Prep (e.g. ACT, SAT, etc.)

  • College, Careers, & More

  • ELA Beta (2nd - 9th grade reading)

• Free

• Grades 1 - 8, Health & Wellness

• Explanation of the immune system and white blood cells

• Also covers a lot more information about keeping our bodies healthy

  • skin

  • lymphatic sytem

  • and so much more...

• PreK - 12, Multiple Content Areas

• Learning Across Kansas is educational television programming for students PK-12

• Click the link to find the days/times of educational television taught by Kansas Teachers

• K - 12

• Math K-5 and 6-12

• Science K-5 and Biology, Chemistry, Physics

• Language Arts K - 12 & Spanish K-6

• Social Studies 6 - 12

  • Financial Skills, Geography Skills, Multimedia Skills, Reading & Study Skills, Research Skills, Writing Skills

• Free Resources from McGraw Hill

• K - 5, Science

• Free, easy, all digital lessons

• K-12, All content areas

• Create & teach interactive lessons & videos

• Virtual Field Trips, Collaborate boards, Quizzes, Polls, Matching Pairs activities + more

• Add Nearpod activities to a Google Slide

• Integrates with Google

• View student answers individually or as a class and generate post-session reports

• Free teacher account available

• PreK - Adult Ed

• Applied Science, Arts & Humanities, Business & Communication, Career & Technical Education, Education, ELA, History, Law, Life Science, Mathmatics, Physical Science, Social Science

• Open Educational Resources Commons provides many free resources for use in education

• Be sure to check the Creative Commons licencing to ensure proper usage

• K - 12

• Interactive simulations for Science and Math

• Free

• • PreK - 12

  • Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, English Language Arts, Engineering & Technology, Health & Physical Education, Preschool, Professional Development, The Arts, World Languages

  • Organized by Subject, Grade, and Standards

  • Videos can be downloaded, shared, and/or assigned to students in Google Classroom

  • Must create a free account

• K - 12 and ESL - Personalized reading comprehension exercises

• Use ReadTheory to help students improve their reading comprehension skills in a fun way that keeps them attentive and motivated

• Requires an account be set up (both teachers and students)

• Children under 13 must have account approved by parents

• K - 12

• Free (non-profit) site with Articles for education covering content areas such as:

  • Science, Social Studies, Literary, Skills & Strategies, Social & Emotional Learning, Holidays & Events

• Search by Topic, Lexile Level, Grade, Article-A-Day, Etc.

• 1000's of nonfiction & fiction passages with curriculum and supports designed to improve comprehension:

  • Question Sets, StepReads, Vocabulary Support, Vocabulary Activity, Audio, eBooks

• Assign reading assignments with questions/quizzes

• Vast content resources for educators

• Learning labs

• Resource collections

• Link to this content

• Also consider Smithsonian Open Access where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking

• TED under 20 Playlist and TedEd Videos

• Inspiring videos

• Good options for a choice board (watch and respond)

• K-12, Science & Math

• Free Interactive STEM activities

• Teacher must create a free account

• K - 8

• Free materials to use with students

• pdf's of the magazine, discussion questions, worksheets, and quizzes

• Also available - free access to the Time for Kids Digital Library through the end of the 2019-2020 school year

  • Students under 18 must have a parent or guardian fill out the subscription request for them

• Free and for purchase resources regarding SEL

Social and Emotional Learning - Resources for Parents and Educators

Digital Citizenship - Cyber safety expectations for students moving online- appropriate for teachers and parents (from KSDE)

• K - 5

• Communicate & Coordinate with Parents easily

• Even if parents don't sign up, they receive messages via email

• Private and secure

• Tutorial

• K - 12

• Communicate with parents via text using a computer or a phone (without sharing the teacher’s personal phone number)

• Getting Started - For Teachers (video)

• K - 12

• Connect with students/parents without giving out your phone number

• One free Google Voice number per cell phone or landline

• Quick Start Guide (video)

• Google Meet

• Video Conferencing

• Tutorial (video)

• Video Conferencing

• Free "Basic" Plan includes:

  • Host up to 100 participants

  • Unlimited 1 to 1 meetings

  • 40 mins limit on group meetings

  • Unlimited number of meetings

  • Ticket Support

• How to teach a course using zoom (video)

• Easily lay out coursework, create lessons, assign discussion questions and assignments, students submit assignments - some of which can be graded automatically within this learning management system (LMS)

• Free for individual teachers

• Getting Started Guides

• Intended for Upper Middle and High School

• Build online community and communicate with students

• Teachers can add your own content to go with Classcraft storylines

• Graphics resemble World of Warcraft game

• Note: Some activities may be synchronous

• Free for the rest of 2020 school year

• Build an amazing classroom community

• Easily connect and communicate with all your families

• Share activities with your students in the classroom and at home

• Simplify communication and improve student engagement

• Share digital assignments, create quizzes, or add in your favorite tools

• Free account

• Teachers create grids and add topics

• Learners share their ideas, stories and work

• Can draw on videos to make them more engaging

• Free for educators

• Flipgrid Educator's Guide (pdf)

• Grades 3 - 12

• Post announcements, assignments, and questions for students to accomplish

• Easy access to post and share products from Google Docs & Google Drive

• Create a Class (instructions)

• Add Students & Guardians (video)

• Add Materials (video)

• Grades 6-12

• Microsoft Teams - Getting Start Guide

• Free for Educators

• Digital hub for conversations, content, assignments, and apps

• Build collaborative classrooms

• Free and Robust Learning Management System

• Teachers can set up an account and use with up to 50 students

• Utilize for teaching/learning online

• Elementary (K-5)

• Digital Portfolio - students show what they know using photos, drawings, text, PDFs, links

• Teachers can share with families

• Getting Started video

• Capture screen, voice, and face instantly to create videos and share easily

• Viewers can react to your video

• Free for education

• How to Use Loom (video)

• Easily record and share videos (capture your screen and narrate over the video)

• Getting Started/How To (video)

• Record videos and share them with your students

• Free version allows for 15 minutes of recording/sharing

• Beginner's Guide (video)

• Tool that allows you to copy a web address and plug it into bitly, providing you with a shortened URL (web address). Shorter URLs are easier for students to navigate with (far less confusing)

• You do have to create an account

• Use closed captioning as often as possible to ensure that your videos are accessible for all your students

• How to Add Closed Captioning to Your YouTube Videos (online document) - NOTE: YouTube CC may not be fully ADA compliant

• Digital Mind Mapping - Shareable

• Teachers could utilize to provide the “big picture” of a project.

• Students could utilize as a planning tool for a project - share with teacher for approval or recommendations

• 3 private diagrams for free

• Getting Started (video)

• K - 8

• Math, Reading, Spanish

• Curriculum Based Measurement Solutions

• provides real-time student performance data organized so that it highlights key patterns relevant for lesson planning, student study team meetings, and parent conferences

• focused on helping teachers make good decisions: decisions that will help students meet and exceed expectations

• free "lite" version for individual teachers

• Generate technology-enhanced, standards-aligned assessments

• Get immediate feedback on student performance

• Your assessments can autograde, saving time

• Seamlessly integrates into Google Classroom

• Free account for individual teachers

• Math, Chemistry, and formula prediction

• Graphing calculator

• Chrome extension - Easily create mathematical equations, formulas, and quizzes, intuitively type or hand-write

• Getting Started Guide (online document)

• Introduction (video)

• Overview (video)

• Teachers make animated .gifs to be added to your digital platform

• Choose from the following formats:

• newspaper, ninja text, clapper board, wizard text, talking squirrels, talking flowers, talking tomatoes, talking cats, talking owls,

• Pear Deck is a Google Slides Add-On

• Transform Google Slides into classroom conversations

• Google Read&Write - an extension for Chrome

• Provides personalized support to make documents, web pages, and common file types in Google Drive more accessible. Helps everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles.

• Text-to-speech, picture dictionaries, create and use voice notes

• Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

• Online Organization System (password protected and free for educators)

• Easily share a "binder" with students (perhaps for sites and documents you want them to use for a project)

• Easily share a "binder" with colleagues

• Each binder can store hyperlinks to websites AND files of most file types

• Microsoft Immersive Reader Tool

• Enlarges fonts, highlights words as it reads them, allows you to set the rate of speech, other helpful features

• How to Use Microsoft Immersive Reader (video)

• Insert instructions/content on any website, then share the site with your students

• Google Chrome extension

• Convert video and audio, edit video, compress video online

• Download tool for capturing and editing video clips within legal guidelines (copyright protected videos can’t be downloaded)

• When downloaded videos are in an MP4 format that can be played from your computer rather than streaming online

• Free

• Jamboard is a Free Whiteboard tool accessed via Google Drive Applications (In Google Drive, click the button with 9 boxes, scroll down to locate Jamboard)

• Create an unlimited number of boards

• Draw, erase, add sticky notes, add images

• Save to Google Drive, export as an image or PDF

• Collaborate via a link or email

• Collaborative discussion and share out activity where all voices can be seen/heard.

• Basic plan is free forever but limited to 3 padlets, 10 MB files, and standard support

• Grades 3 - 12

• Class discussions

• Can be used in the classroom or online

• Integrates with Google, Microsoft, and Clever

• Free teacher account

• Easily and Quickly create infographics, presentations, flyers, posters - visual information - for online or for print.

• Free versions includes:

  • Up to 5 active visuals

  • 40MB image uploads

  • Standard quality image exports

  • Piktochart watermark

  • No password protection for published visuals

  • Pre-defined color schemes

• While Quizizz can be used in the classroom, it also offers a link that can be posted to Google Classroom

• Or, create a class in Quizizz to assign a quiz, with a due date

• Free

• Simplifies the words on web pages or text that you copy/paste or type into the Rewordify box. There are also links to portions of Classic Literature and Public Documents (under the Rewordify logo).

• Helps the reader make sense of difficult English words.

• After simplifying a work, Rewordify allows the reader to point to the highlighted, simplified word/phrase to see what the original word/phrase was - allows for vocabulary-building and increased understanding

• Make newsletters electronically - many templates available

• Teachers could utilize as a template for checklists of daily/weekly work

• Great option in a choice board

• Completed newsletters can be shared (for grading)

• Free plan available (all plans require sign up)

• Watch the answers to every student’s quiz populate your screen in real time

• Create "exit tickets" to gather feedback on a lesson

• Assess the needs of your students

• Free account for individual teachers

• Graphically organize web pages

• Shareable with students

• Teachers - Use to organize online resources for any topic

• Students - Utilize to keep all websites for a project to make it easy to cite sources later

• Free Whiteboard tool accessed via Google extensions

• Must create an account which is free and allows you up to 3 boards at a time

• Draw, erase, add sticky notes, add images

• Save to Google Drive, export as an image or PDF

• Collaborate via a link or email

• Can add a PDF to your board

• Webquests

• Use Zunal to make your own webquests or search from thousands of already created webquests to use with your students

• Free but does have advertisements