Digital Teaching Tools:
Here are some amazing tools to use in your classroom, in any subject area!
This is your go-to resource for asynchronous cross-cultural exchanges!
How to Use: Use the "Map" template to have students pin their home communities, post reflections on local environmental issues, or upload cultural artifacts. When partnering with a classroom in another country, set up a shared board where students respond to prompt cards, comment on peers' posts, and identify cross-cultural similarities and differences.
Outstanding for digital storytelling, creating multilingual e-books, and publishing student-led global research portfolios.
How to Use: Assign collaborative group projects where students co-author digital books on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Use the built-in audio recorder and text-translation features so multilingual learners can record stories in their native languages alongside English translations.
Combines interactive slideshows with Virtual Reality (VR) field trips, open-ended reflection prompts, and real-time formative assessment.
How to Use: Take students on 360-degree VR field trips to historic global sites or ecological biomes.
A visual debate platform designed to teach critical thinking, argument mapping, and civil discourse on complex international issues.
How to Use: Pose a multi-faceted global prompt (ex: "Should single-use plastics be banned globally?"). Students contribute pros and cons to a collaborative tree diagram, forcing them to back up claims with evidence, address counterarguments, and see multiple sides of a global debate.
Live audience engagement platform featuring real-time polling, word clouds, and anonymous Q&A to capture diverse student viewpoints instantly.
How to Use: Launch a lesson on global issues with an anonymous word cloud prompt like "What comes to mind when you hear 'climate justice'?" or run real-time opinion polls to highlight the diversity of perspectives present within the classroom before diving into deeper inquiry.