Business Insider has some truly amazing animated maps on YouTube that are sure to start some amazing conversations in your social studies class. Here's the Google search that will get ...
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by Randy Fairfield, 10/24/17... My mind was blown when a teacher demonstrated to me how she could take notes in her Rocketbook and send them straight to Google Drive and ...
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Quizizz is a lot like Kahoot, but it's better for having students work individually. One of the best things about Quizizz is that you can share it directly to Google ...
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The Fallen of World War II is an interactive documentary that examines the human cost of the second World War and the decline in battle deaths in the years since ...
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Zynga has taken the Words With Friends App that we have come to know and love and turned into an educational app! This is a really great way for students ...
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Ever wanted to show somebody how to do something on your smart phone? With AZ Screen Recorder, you can quickly and easily create a video of what's happening on you ...
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WeVideo is a free and very easy to use web-based platform that does a really great job of integrating with other websites such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Facebook, and Instagram ...
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CoolText is a incredibly useful site to use where you're looking to do some graphic design with text. You can create and use something quickly and easily, or you can create an ...
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Check out Autodesk 123D! You'll simply be blown away by the types of things you can do with this free web-based application! The quality of this program is something you ...
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ThingLink is really neat way to tag images up digitally with links, photos, or other information over it. The possibilities are endless! ... and did I mention there's Google, Facebook, ...
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Blendspace is one of my most favorite ed tech tools of all-time! It's an incredibly visual way to aggregate all sorts of things such as links, pictures, video clips, Google ...
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Kahoot is one of the most engaging web apps I've ever come across! Students compete with one another to try and answer questions as quickly and accurately as possible. It's ...
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Put this one in the "fun" category. Students guess where in the world a Google Map image is from and get awarded points based on how close their guess was ...
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Check out my brief tutorial on the Snipping Tool, which is a really easy way to take screenshots. While there are more advanced tools out there (like Snagit, for example), ...
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Common Sense Education has put together a great collection of resources for teaching Digital Citizenship at any grade level! Check it out! This resources can be incredibly helpful to school ...
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Want to make sure that your students are doing their flipped classroom homework? Use Videonot.es to have them take time-stamped notes on the video! Videonot.es is integrated with Google Drive ...
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Quizlet is a very simple tool to use that allows you to make vocabulary flash cards online! This is a great tool that can be used for both formative and ...
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Do you and your students sometimes struggle to make great looking PowerPoints and Google Slide Decks? While it's important to teacher students how to avoid these presentation mistakes, Haiku Deck ...
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Sporcle is one of my favorite places to go when it's time to drill and kill. There are a countless number of user-generated quizzes you can use to have fun and master ...
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Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: the daily news! The best part about Newsela is being able to adjust the Lexile level ...
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You or your students can create infographics for free! You can create your own or use templates that have been pre-made for you! This can be a great way to ...
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Have you ever had students look forward to grammar? I didn't either until I started using NoRedInk, which is a very student-friendly web application that gives learners a chance to ...
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Wordle is a quick and easy way to generate fancy-looking word clouds and is a great tool to use for teachers and students alike! http://www.wordle.net/ Update, 2/1/16 A number of ...
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The visual thesaurus can be a great tool in helping students build their vocabulary and meet the following Common Core State Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.4.C Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, ...
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Amy Burvall is a private school teacher in Hawaii that has made a number of parodies from songs past and present to engage students. Her most popular song is "The ...
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StoryBoard That is an incredible tool that students can use to create storyboards. Students can use these storyboards to get ideas for narrative writing, recreate historical events, and depict key plot ...
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Anitmoto CNN Student News Student Log KWL If the World Were 100 Share That Form ...
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Combine pictures, video clips, audio, and text to make snazzy looking presentations. It's quick and easy to use, either for yourself or for your students! Animoto videos can be a great ...
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