Teacher Tech Resources
Free interactive learning platforms, websites and links to tutorial videos
Click Here for a List of Passwords for the following:
BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr., Enchanted Learning, EdHelper, Discovery Education, Tumblebooks, GoMath, Science Flix, True Flix, Super Teacher Worksheets, PowerKnowledge
(please note you will have to login to your Google account: [email protected]
to gain access)
NoodleTools is an online research management platform that promotes critical thinking and authentic research. Students stay organized as they evaluate information, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZXk4iJaKCI
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Google Classroom is a free, web-based platform that integrates your G Suite for Education account with all your G Suite services. These services include Google Docs, Slides, Forms, Gmail, and Calendar. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate, and stay organized.
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/?hl=en#topic=6020277 https://stfrancisacademybh.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Student-Quick-Sheet-to-Google-Classroom.pdf stfrancisacademybh.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Student-Quick-Sheet-to-Google-Classroom.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpGlU11j39w https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbBd629GAhNzRevds8cKalEQlQZ55OLD http://alicekeeler.com/2015/10/05/3-tricks-in-google-docs-to-try/ https://stfrancisacademybh.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Student-Quick-Sheet-to-Google-Classroom.pdf |
ProCon.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonpartisan public charity, provides professionally-researched pro, con, and related information on more than 50 controversial issues . Using the fair, FREE, and unbiased resources at ProCon.org, millions of people each year learn new facts, think critically about both sides of important issues, and strengthen their minds and opinions.
Includes lesson plans for grades 5-12
See also: Opposing Viewpoints Database
ThingLink provides an easy-to-use platform for creating engaging, interactive images. It gives kids the potential to create meaningful content for any subject. ThingLink is an interactive image-creation tool designed to help kids present information in a different way. ThingLink might be especially helpful for kids who need a visual way to represent new concepts, especially those who learn best with images and symbols instead of words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaZZfECX4p0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaZZfECX4p0
Seesaw is an app which creates student-driven portfolios.
Seesaw empowers students to independently document their learning with built-in creative tools, and provides an authentic audience for their work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlw-tUKvnNc
Kahoot! is a tool for using technology to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys. It is a game based classroom response system played by the whole class in real time. Multiple-choice questions are projected on the screen. Students answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet or computer.
Tutorial (6 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFFv6_6was4 |
Padlet is a digital canvas to create beautiful projects that are easy to share and collaborate on.
Tutorial (7 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuzciL8qCYM
EDpuzzle is a site that allows users to select a video and customize it by editing, cropping, recording audio, and adding questions to make an engaging presentation or lesson.
Tutorial (4 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGg8fCM0JU
EDpuzzle is a site that allows users to select a video and customize it by editing, cropping, recording audio, and adding questions to make an engaging presentation or lesson.
Tutorial (4 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtGg8fCM0JU
Quizizz: Website which allows teachers to create an online quizzes and provides detailed feedback for teachers and students.
Tutorial (6 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ktctm2XnI
Pear Deck: Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. Teachers create presentations using their Google Drive account. Students log into the presentation with unique access codes and interact with questions while teachers monitor student and whole-class progress.
Introduction Tutorial: (2 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1YyL_G3uWg
Using Pear Deck in Google Slieds (6 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZf5IGLlts
Pear Deck and Google Classroom Tutorial (1 minute): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvyPp1YbSfY
Nearpod: Teachers create their own multimedia presentations or use a growing library of pre-made offerings. They can upload videos, images, audio clips, and PDF files and can embed multiple-choice quizzes, slide shows, polls, draw-its (students write directly on a slide), and open-ended questions.
Tutorial (2 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF9LKcATlAw
Plickers: Plickers is a rapid-response classroom-polling app that uses paper cards rather than mobile devices for student responses. There are iOS and Android apps as well as a web interface.
Tutorial (2 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bejiz2HzUz8
Timeline allows students to create a graphical representation of an event or process by displaying items sequentially along a line. Timelines can be organized by time of day, date, or event, and the tool allows users to create a label with short or long descriptive text. Adding an image for each label makes a timeline more visually appealing.
Add, drag, and rearrange items as needed. Saving capability allows students to return to their work and make revisions,
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/timeline-a-30246.html
Weebly is a free website creator. Weebly allows you to easily drop and drag content create pages with links, videos, and images. Use your school email to create an educator account, which comes with many features.
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Newsela provides teachers, parents, and students with over 1,000 current event articles scaled at five different Lexile reading comprehension levels. Students read articles covering a wide array of topics then complete accompanying Common Core-aligned quizzes. Teachers have the ability to assign articles and monitor student progress through the Newsela Binder feature. Use your school email to sign up for Newsela to gain full access. https://newsela.com/