Canva - Graphic design platform that provides tools for creating presentations, collage, infographs, and more.
Diffit - Learning resources for all. · “This is a super cool differentiation tool.” · “This made it easy to get texts that all students could access and make sense of.”
MagicSchool AI - Helps lesson plan, differentiate, write assessments, write IEPs, communicate clearly, and more.
Eduaide - Eduaide.Ai is an AI-driven platform that helps educators create lesson plans, teaching resources, and assessments.
Brisks - a free AI-powered Chrome extension that helps busy teachers save time directly within the tools they already use, like Google Docs, Slides
Conker - Creates unique quizzes with a range of engaging question types, with just a few clicks. It's designed to make a quiz effortlessly.
Eleven Labs - Convert text to speech online for free with our AI voice generator. Create natural AI voices instantly in any language - perfect for video creators, developers, and businesses.
Class Companion - An AI tool for giving writing feedback, was originally designed with Advanced Placement courses in mind, and it’s still largely geared toward document-based questions as well as the short answer and long essay formats found on end-of-year AP tests.
Curipod - Helps teachers create interactive slide presentations, but it’s perhaps best known for its AI lesson-creation tool, which is capable of generating full presentations on any subject with background information, images, interactive polls, and reflection questions—all from a single prompt.
Perplexity - A search engine that uses large language models to answer queries using sources from the web and cites links within the text response.
Google Socratic - Helps with understanding and how to solve specific questions for multiple subjects, including science, math, English, and humanities.
Consensus - Assist with doing background research and gathering sources from actual research papers.
Semantic Scholar - Similar to Consensus, it offers to save papers to an online library and notifies you of new relevant papers.
Text to speech
Read&Write for Google
The extension can be installed from the Chrome Web Store - Extension link
Educators are allowed to use the full premium version of Read&Write with all of the paid features for free. Fill out the educator's upgrade form on the Texthelp site: www.texthelp.com/products/free-for-teachers/
Optional PDF Reader - Chrome extension link
Android version - Google Play Store link
iOS version - App Store link
Helperbird - Chrome extension link
Read Aloud - Chrome extension link
Announcify - Chrome extension link
Natural Reader Text to Speech - Chrome extension link
Pink Trombone - https://experiments.withgoogle.com/pink-trombone
Google Go - Android app
Google Lens - https://lens.google/
Look to Speak - Android app
Speech to text
Voice Recognition - Chrome extension link
Live Transcribe - Android app link
Sound Amplifier - Android app link
Google Recorder - Android app link
Mote - Chrome extension link
Readability
Lexend font - Google Fonts resource page
Dyslexia Friendly - Chrome extension link
OpenDyslexic - Chrome extension link
Bionify - bionify.xyz
Reader View - Chrome extension link
AlphaText - Chrome extension link
Line Height Adjuster - Chrome extension link
Helperbird - Chrome extension link
WaspLine Reader - Chrome extension link
SwiftRead - Chrome extension link
ATbar - Chrome extension link
Color Overlay - Chrome extension link
MagicScroll Web Reader - Chrome extension link
Visor - Chrome extension link
Screen Mask - Chrome extension link
High Contrast - Chrome extension link
Color Enhancer - Chrome extension link
Magnifying Glass - Chrome extension link
Reading Comprehension
Google Dictionary - Chrome extension link
Summarization Tools
QuillBot - Website - Chrome extension link
SMMRY - Resource Link
Auto Highlight - Chrome extension link
Audio Support
Mote - Chrome web store link
Beep - Chrome web store link
Translation Tools
Google translate extension - Chrome web store link
Docs add-on - Add-on link
Website - https://translate.google.com
DeepL Chrome extension - Chrome web store link
Google translate mobile app
Android app - Google Play Store link
iOS app - App Store link
Google Lens - lens.google.com
GlotDojo - Chrome extension link
Slide Translate Add-on - Add-on link
Behavior, Focus, and organization
Limit - Chrome extension link
AdGuard - Chrome extension link
Move It - Chrome extension link
Ambient Audio Tools - Resource Link
Tide - Focus Timer & White Noise - Resource link
Keep - Chrome Extension Link, Website Link, Android App Link, iOS App Link
Pear Deck
90-day Pear Deck Premium trial code - bit.ly/3M0iwFw
Pear Deck Add-on for Slides - Slides Add-on link
Custom Cursor for Chrome - Chrome extension link
Look to Speak - Android app
LipSurf - Chrome extension link
Click-free Browsing - Chrome extension link
Vimium - Chrome extension link
CrxMouse - Chrome extension link
Caret Browsing - Chrome extension link
Kahoot - Interactive quiz platform to engage students in a fun and competitive way.
Quizizz - Motivate every student to mastery with easy-to-customize content plus tools for inclusive assessment, instruction, and practice
Gimkit - A game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win.
Blooket - Exciting new take on the modern classroom review game
Padlet - A virtual bulletin board and collaboration platform that can be easily shared
ClassPoint - Integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint to turn presentations into interactive lessons with quizzes, polls, AI quiz generation, automatic grading, and real-time feedback. It gamifies assessments and personalizes learning insights.
Socrative - Offers versatile assessment formats such as quizzes, exit tickets, and quick questions with real-time analytics, allowing teachers to adapt instruction instantly.
Edpuzzle - Embeds quizzes and notes into videos to monitor engagement and comprehension, providing formative insights on student understanding during lessons.
Floop - Supports timely, meaningful feedback on student submissions, encouraging peer review and iterative improvement in a collaborative environment.
Jamboard - A collaborative digital whiteboard assessing group work and problem-solving dynamics in real-time, suitable for project-based learning assessment.
Pear Deck Interactive presentation tool with quizzes, polls, and drawing activities that provide immediate insights into student understanding and engagement.
Nearpod - Combines lessons with embedded formative assessment tools like polls, quizzes, and interactive exercises for real-time data on student comprehension.
AhaSlides - Enables live quizzes, polls, brainstorming, and open-ended questions for ongoing formative feedback and increased student involvement.
Mentimeter - Live polls, quizzes, and word clouds that provide immediate engagement feedback useful for formative assessment.
Khan Academy - library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college.
National Geographic Kids - a website and magazine that inspires children to learn about the world and care about its people, places, and animals.
ABC education - Curriculum-linked learning resources for primary and secondary school teachers and students.
Virtual Nerd -Over 1,500 video lessons covering middle grades math through algebra 2.
Science Buddies - Find everything you need for hands-on STEM activities and lessons.
ReadWriteThink - A Trustworthy site that teachers of all grades/subjects could find a way to use weekly for lessons or professional development.
Ted-Ed - Discover hundred of animated lessons, create customized lessons, and share your big ideas.
Teach Starter - teacher-designed trackers, rubrics, and templates help educators assess smarter, give feedback faster, and reclain valuable time.
Share my Lesson - A community of educators who contribute content, coolaborate, and stay up to date on the issues that matter to students and educators everywhere.
Scholastic Teachables - printable worksheets and resources for every grade, subject, and skill level.
TES - global community of schools, leaders, and teachers, providing innovative education software products, services, content, and resources.
CommonLit - Offers high-quality reading passages, assessments, and progress tracking for grades 3–12, great for building literacy lessons.
ReadWorks - Provides research-backed reading comprehension lesson plans and resources that are practical for classroom use.
Reading Rockets - Offers strategies, lesson ideas, and research to support reading instruction in an accessible format for teachers.
Reading Eggs - An interactive program for early readers combining lessons, games, and videos to support literacy.
Teachers Pay Teachers - market place for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
Twinkl - Online educational publishing house, producing teaching and educational materials.
Behavior
General
PBL Works - offers online and in-person Project Based Learning workshops and courses for educators seeking to give their students more.
Center for Applied Linguistics - a nonprofit organization promoting access, equity, and mutual understanding for linguistically and culturally diverse people around the world.
Achieve the Core - a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving K-12 student achievement through evidence-based action.
Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) - Nonprofit agency to create equitable outcomes for all student
Division for Early Childhood Recommended Practices (DEC) - bridge the gap between research and practice, offering guidance to parents and professionals who work with young children who have or are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities.
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of children who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities.
Inclusive Learning
Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) - group of inclusive education organizations that supports the educational needs of students with disabilities.
Bookshare - qualifying students with learning disabilities, dyslexia or physical disablities can enjoy more than 1 million titles for free.
Do2Learn - offers fun activities for students to build different academic skills like fine motor, language, math, and learning strategies.
Seaver Autism Center - online learning resources for parents and educators to help children build their communication skills.
Social Emotional Learning
Foreign Languages
edWeb - Offers free webinars on a wide variety of topics.
SimpleK12 - Provides over 1,500 on-demand training courses and live workshops.
PBS Teacherline - Has self-paced courses for education credits.
Coursera - Partners with universities to offer a wide range of professional development.
OK2Ask (TeachersFirst) - Free, live virtual workshops focused on educational technology.
IRIS - Evidence-based instructional and behavioral practices.
Model Teaching - Pre-approved online courses and university-partnered academic credit options for license renewal.
ed2go - Provides instructor-led and self-paced courses across different topics.
FutureLearn - Online teaching courses but with a fee for a certificate.
Teaching Channel - A hub for professional development featuring videos, graduate-level courses, and ongoing teacher learning resources, designed to enhance classroom practice.
Learning Forward - Offers expert-led programs, courses, and tools focused on elevating educator professional learning with research-based approaches.
Modern Classrooms Project - Provides a free 52-lesson course on self-paced, mastery-based instruction with technology integration, including interviews and practical strategies teachers can implement.
Udemy and Alison - Platforms providing a variety of professional development courses for educators, including affordable and free options with certificates.
ClassDojo - Popular for behavior tracking, parent communication, and creating digital student portfolios, which help with managing student behavior and engaging families.
Nearpod - Offers real-time student engagement monitoring and interactive learning tools, helping teachers manage participation and keep students focused.
GoGuardian Teacher - Allows teachers to monitor student screens during lessons, manage distractions, and enforce focused browsing in digital environments.
Classroomscreen - An easy-to-use, free online whiteboard with widgets like timers, noise level monitors, group makers, and interactive polls to facilitate classroom routines and transitions.
Class Charts - A behavior management tool providing seating charts, behavior tracking, and data reports to help teachers organize and manage classrooms effectively.
Edmodo, Moodle, and Schoology - These learning management systems provide broader classroom management functionality including assignments, communication, grading, and content distribution.
iDoceo - A digital gradebook and planner app that supports classroom management through organization of student data and lesson planning.
MentalUP - Combines learning games with classroom management features to boost engagement and student motivation.