Digital Classroom Resources to help Embed Technology and Computer Science:

Common Sense Education

K-12

Grade-level specific lesson plans and quick activities centered around digital citizenship and online safety. This site also contains reviews of various forms of media, including movies and apps that may be used in the classroom.

Common Sense Device Advice

K-5

A collection of materials great for the start of the year when teachers are introducing or reintroducing responsible tech care.

Common Sense Digital Wellbeing

6-8

Support students' digital well-being with this set of evidence-based lessons. Each is designed to help them build agency, reduce anxious thoughts, and increase mindfulness related to their tech habits.

PixilArt

2-12

Pixilart is an online drawing application and community of art enthusiasts. Pixilart is a safe website for users of all ages, where users can easily create art for games, entertainment, and education. Note: This website seems to have many ads on the drawing page unless you pay $4.99/month for the pro plan. No account required.

PiskelApp

2-12

Piskel is a free online editor for animated sprites & pixel art. Similar to PixilArt, but has a slightly simplified toolbox and can be used to create multi-frame animated GIFs. No ads. No account required.

Chrome Music Lab

K-12

A series of fun and colorful tools for students to play and create music. These tools range from very simple, like Rhythm and Kandinsky, to more complicated, such as Song Maker.

Doodle3D

PK-5

Doodle3D Transform is a free and open-source web-app that makes designing in 3D easy and fun! Students draw their basic shapes in 2D on the left side of the screen and watch it become a 3D model on the right. They can make further changes to the 3D shape on the right side. Once complete, these files can be exported for use in a 3D printer.

TinkerCAD

6-12

Tinkercad is a free web app for 3D design, electronics, and coding. Students can build their own models or use pre-loaded figures to create digital dioramas.

CSEdWeek CS Heros

K-12

A series of activities centered around diverse perspectives and roles in Computer Science. There are inspirational posters/videos included, and the individuals selected are updated each year.

CS Fundamentals Unplugged

K-5

A collection of unplugged activities that appear in the CS Fundamentals courses

Interland

2-7

Interland: Be Internet Legends empowers younger children to use the web safely and wisely, so they can be confident explorers of the online world.

Typing.com

Typing.com offers a comprehensive curriculum to strengthen student’s typing abilities with a customizable experience for both educators and students.

Typingclub.com

It is web based and highly effective. TypingClub is (and will always be) free for both individuals and schools. There is an optional paid school edition.

Dance Mat Typing

Build and test primary Computing skills with different levels of touch type challenges. Learn and practice typing letters in rows, typing keys on the home row and typing capital letters, apostrophes, slashes and full stops.

Everfi

K-12

EVERFI helps teachers and schools bring real-world skills to students. Their digital platform offers self-paced online lessons with built-in assessments that are free for schools. Their digital platform offers interactive, game-based lessons to engage students at all ages.

CS First

4-8

CS First is an easy-to-use computer science curriculum designed for students in grades 4-8 (ages 9-14) that is free of charge. Teachers use the video content to teach kids coding basics with Scratch for CS First, a special version of the Scratch coding editor inside the CS First website.

CSEdWeek Future Me

K-12

Students will imagine how they can use computer science and leverage their passions in their future careers. They will create posters illustrating their future selves to describe the positive impacts their work will have on others. Students will be able to plan poster content, design posters, and share their posters with others.