Digital Backpack for Teachers
G Suite for Educators Apps
- Blogger
- Google Calendar
- Google Classroom
- Google Docs
- Google Drawings
- Google Drive
- Google Earth
- Google Forms
- Google Keep
- Google Maps
- Google Meets
- Google Scholar
- Google Science Journal
- Google Sheets
- Google Sites
- Google Slides
- Jamboard
- YouTube
Google Apps Teacher Tutorials -- check this out!
- Screencastify - create audio and video recordings to share
- Tab Scissors - evenly split a tab into two screens
- Tab Glue - puts two tabs back together
- Web Paint draw right on websites as you project them on your screen
- Save to Google Drive - add web content directly to Drive
- One Click Full Page Screenshot - takes screenshots of web content and allows you to annotate them
- Google Translate - translate websites and internet content into other languages
- Smallpdf - auto-convert documents from one format to another (PDF to Word or Word to PDF and more)
- Bitmoji - allows you to put personalized cartoon avatars into emails and Google apps
Digital Field-trips and Simulations (Great for all content areas and grade levels!)
- Virtual Field-trips from the Voya STEM Teacher Fellowship
- STEM Simulations and Resources from the Voya STEM Teacher Fellowship
- GooseChase - set up virtual scavenger hunts that can happen at home using a cell phone app
Useful Educational Technology
Text Based Resources
- Newslea - content from trusted news websites, adjusted to the reading level of your student
- CK-12 - library of free online textbooks, videos, flashcards, exercises, and real world applications across a wide variety of content areas
- InsertLearning - easily scaffold text by adding questions and interactive media resources to any webpage
- Actively Learn - high quality texts with scaffolds and higher order questions for social studies, science, and ELA
Interactive Resources
- NearPod - interactive instructional platform that can be self-paced or teacher-directed
- PearDeck - interactive add-on for Google Slides to increase student engagement
- Kami - transforms existing documents and PDFs into interactive learning experiences, allows for annotation and collaboration
- HyperDocs - build self-contained lesson plans with differentiated resources for instruction
- Prezi - generate interactive and engaging presentations
- Padlet - a digital bulletin board that students and teachers can share images, links, and text on, provide feedback through comments
- Bookwidgets - transform paper tests to interactive quizzes, worksheets, and games
Audio & Visual Resources
- EdPuzzle - create interactive lessons that can be integrated into Google Classroom, embed questions in YouTube videos and more
- StoryBoard That - create story boards and comic strips, set the foundation for making videos as well
- BookCreator - create digital books
- Flipgrid - empower student voices by recording and sharing short videos
- Loom Pro - video recording software
- DuoLingo - students learn languages while playing educational games
- Adobe Spark - create impactful social graphics, webpages, and short videos
- Canva - design, share, and print logos, presentations, and infographics
- Piktochart - design, share, and print logos, presentations, and infographics
- Biteable - create videos and animated video shorts using templates and quickly publish as mp4s
English & Writing Resources
- ReadWriteThink - high quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction
- WriQ - writing achievement tool
- Noredink - targeted exercises to help students practice and master writing and grammar skills
- TurnItIn - promotes academic integrity, streamlines grading writing assignments, and deters plagiarism
- WordClouds - word cloud generator from text sources
Math & Science Resources
- Khan Academy - free online lessons on a wide variety of content area topics, includes quizzes and review of materials
- Legends of Learning - gamification of math and science topics for grades 3-8
- Desmos Math - free suite of math software tools and digital classroom activities
- PhET Simulations - free simulations and interactives for a wide range of science topics
- Learning Blade - self paced missions for students focused on real-world STEM careers and problems (licences through the Idaho STEM Action Center)
- Mathigon - a virtual space for students to write and draw shapes and numbers, useful for fractions, geometry, algebra, probability, and more!
Quizzing Resources
Portfolio & Collaboration Resources
- Seesaw - create digital portfolios of student work and share them with parents
- ClassDojo - build classroom communities and communicate easily with families