This page contains links to websites teachers may find helpful, and related content links.
Jamboard is a digital whiteboard that lets even far-flung teams sketch out ideas and save them in the cloud so they can be accessed on any device. Built into G Suite and accessed through the application waffle.
HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. Things you can do with a HyperDoc:
A true HyperDoc is much more than some links on a document.
YO Teach! is a multi-featured backchannel web app where teachers create and moderate chat rooms for real-time digital interaction among students. Quick setup and multimodal features make this a great fit for a variety of carefully monitored classroom discussions.
Integrates with Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, PowerSchool, Blackbaud.
Screencastify is a screen recorder that automatically saves to your drive.
ThingLink is an award-winning education technology platform that makes it easy to augment images, videos, and virtual tours with additional information and links.
Pear Deck for Google Slides Watch this short playlist of videos to learn how to use Pear Deck with video conferencing software (like Google Hangouts, Skype, or Zoom) to teach a synchronous remote lesson. Nearpod add-on for Google Slides
Watch this short playlist of videos to learn how to use Pear Deck with video conferencing software (like Google Hangouts, Skype, or Zoom) to teach a synchronous remote lesson.
Create interactive lessons in minutes. Save prep time by importing existing lessons (pdfs, jpegs, ppts) and adding Virtual Field Trips, Collaborate boards, Quizzes, Polls, Matching Pairs activities + more. Or, start in Google Slides add your favorite Nearpod activities. It’s that easy. Integrates with Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology
Makes it easier for students to see what you’re pointing at on your screen, fun way to customize Chrome
Screenshots an entire webpage, editing capabilities, great for Chromebooks
Allows you to have videos on top of other windows that you have open on your computer
20 best chrome extensions for teachers and students
Chemix is an online editor for drawing science lab diagrams and school experiment apparatus. The app provides easy sketching for both students and teachers.
From your hobby to your career, your class notes to your final exam, your mood board to your runway show, padlets help you organize your life. Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. Padlet is an online post-it board that you can share with any student or teacher you want. (Website and App)
30 Creative ways to use Padlet in the classroom
Flipgrid is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Create a Topic and engage your community...together! FlipGrid is an online discussion tool. A short help video guides students through the process, and the extensive teacher resources make it easy to integrate the tool into classrooms in nearly any subject area. (Website based)
Game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win
https://catlintucker.com/2020/07/8-ideas-designed-to-engage-students-online/
30 Ways to Use PadLet in the Classroom https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2017/08/30-creative-ways-to-use-padlet-for-teachers-and-students
Teachers Essential Guide to Zoom https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/teachers-essential-guide-to-zoom
Online Education: Best Practices for Ensuring Student Success
XSplit VCam (Windows only) Remove, replace, or blur your background without a green screen. This will work with Zoom and Google Meets.
Video editing tools & tips
Free video lesson plan: Learning & Study Habits Certification Course
