Digital Content
Ed Puzzle
Frequently Used In: All content areas and grade levels as a way to share new information with students.
With Edpuzzle, students can watch video lessons assigned by the teacher. Teachers embed their own questions in the video, and students will receive immediate feedback so they can see if they’ve understood the content or not.
Kami
Frequently Used In: All content areas, Grades 2-12
Kami allows teachers to share PDF files with students, and students can annotate the files using several different features, including Highlight, Add Text, Draw On, Add Shapes, and more.
Peardeck
Frequently Used In: All content areas, Grades 2-12
Your children may be using Pear Deck to complete their school work from home. Pear Deck is built to support active learning and empower teachers to hear from every student, every day. To access a Peardeck, students click the link in Schoology to get to their assignment.
Flipgrid
Frequently Used In: Any Content; All Grade Levels
Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. Grids can be shared with classes, small groups, or any collection of users interested in a common strand of questions. Each grid can hold an unlimited number of topics and each topic can hold an unlimited number of responses. Topics can be text-based or include a resource such as an image, video, Giphy, emoji, or attachment.
Discovery Education
Frequently Used In: Any Content; All Grade Levels
Discovery Education provides engaging, standards-aligned, rich media and interactive digital textbooks to support your digital learning environment and take student learning beyond the walls of the classroom.
IREADY
Frequently Used In: Grades K-8 , ELA and Math
i-Ready is an interactive online learning environment designed to assess students and provide individualized instruction based on each one's unique needs. Your child will be using materials from the i-Ready Program this year in math and ELA
IXL
Frequently Used In: Math and ELA; grades 2-12
Q: What does IXL stand for?
A: I Excel
IXL is a personalized learning platform that combines curriculum, a Continuous Diagnostic, individual guidance, and real-time analytics to help teachers differentiate instruction for all students.
CASTLE Learning
Frequently Used In: Social Studies, Science, Math; High School
Castle Learning is an online instructional platform that provides review material for high school students in science, social studies, English and foreign language. Teachers will assign Castle Learning to practice skills and content frequently seen on regents exams.
Screencastify
Frequently Used In: Any Content; All Grade Levels
Screencastify is screen recording Chrome extension. All students and teachers will have access to the software and can be used for face to face activities or remote instruction. Videos can be created and uploaded into Schoology or added to an Edpuzzle to create in interactive activity.