Icon Name and Link Type and Description - Administrative, Pedagogical, and/or Content Platform - Chromebook (CB), Cross-compatible (CC), or Browser Scope - grades and/or content areas Access - Teachers & Students, Teachers, Students, Parent Permission Cost and/or Subscription Needed Type Animoto Video recording tool for teachers to use in flipping their classrooms, and students to use for sharing their learning. CC, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students Free with optional subscription features Pedagogical and/or multi- content Arcademics Educational games in math and ELA iPad, Browser K-5 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content Audacity Downloadable audio recorder for PC's and Macs. Use it to assess fluency in ELA, spoken responses to assessment questions, and world language. Chrome extension for sound editing only. Browser 9-12 Teachers & Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content BeeLine Reader Makes reading easier and faster using BeeLine Reader! BeeLine uses a color gradient to guide your eyes from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. This seemingly simple tweak makes reading substantially easier and faster because it allows you to transition between lines quickly and effortlessly. CC 3-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content cK-12 This multi-content app is most strong in math and science but includes all content areas. It has multimedia, open-source, and online curriculum. cK-12 organizes its educational content into roughly 5000 concepts. These concepts are further organized into "Learning Paths." Find Standards aligned digital textbooks, bite-sized concepts, videos, interactive content, lesson plans and more. See https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbN-fPQnBeQ. Called Flexbook by cK-12 Foundation on App Store. CC K-12 Teachers & Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content Classcraft A class engagement management system in a game format. It has elements of behavior management, parent communication, instructional uses, as well as an array of classroom tools like noise monitor, timer, random student selector. CC K-12 Teachers & Students Free with optional subscription features Pedagogical and/or multi- content ClassDojo ClassDojo connects teachers with students and parents to build classroom communities. CC K-12 Teachers Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content Dolphin Easy Reader This reading app for readers with dyslexia, low vision or blindness. Browse & download from the World's largest collection of talking book and newspaper libraries. Open your own DAISY, Epub or text books. Or copy text from anywhere on your phone & hear EasyReader read it back to you. Experience perfectly synchronized text & audio. Or for text only titles, EasyReader can add a human sounding voice of your choice. Boost comfort or contrast - choose colours, text size and highlights to suit your visual needs. CC K-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content easyCBM Math, Reading, and Spanish progress monitoring and assessment Browser K-12 Teachers Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content Edpuzzle This is a pedagogical website and app that educators use to "flip" their classroom or lesson. This tool lets any user take a video and make it their own by adding questions or voice to assess their audience's learning. This makes it easy to differentiate instruction. Also, EDpuzzle has an online curriculum which makes it easy for educators to find resources to meet their needs. CC K-12 Teachers & Students Free with optional subscription features Pedagogical and/or multi- content Flipgrid Video discussion platform: Create a Grid (that’s your classroom or group), add Topics to spark the discussion, and your community builds a dialogue as they share short video responses. CC K-12 Teachers & Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi- content
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Icon Name and Link Type and Description - Administrative, Pedagogical, and/or Content Platform - Chromebook (CB), Cross-compatible (CC), or Browser
Video recording tool for teachers to use in flipping their classrooms, and students to use for sharing their learning.
CC, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free with optional subscription features
Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Arcademics
Educational games in math and ELA iPad, Browser K-5 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Audacity
Downloadable audio recorder for PC's and Macs. Use it to assess fluency in ELA, spoken responses to assessment questions, and world language. Chrome extension for sound editing only.
Browser 9-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
BeeLine Reader
Makes reading easier and faster using BeeLine Reader! BeeLine uses a color gradient to guide your eyes from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. This seemingly simple tweak makes reading substantially easier and faster because it allows you to transition between lines quickly and effortlessly.
CC 3-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
cK-12
This multi-content app is most strong in math and science but includes all content areas. It has multimedia, open-source, and online curriculum. cK-12 organizes its educational content into roughly 5000 concepts. These concepts are further organized into "Learning Paths." Find Standards aligned digital textbooks, bite-sized concepts, videos, interactive content, lesson plans and more. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbN-fPQnBeQ. Called Flexbook by cK-12 Foundation on App Store.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Classcraft
A class engagement management system in a game format. It has elements of behavior management, parent communication, instructional uses, as well as an array of classroom tools like noise monitor, timer, random student selector.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free with optional subscription features
Pedagogical and/or multi-content
ClassDojo
ClassDojo connects teachers with students and parents to build classroom communities. CC K-12 Teachers Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Dolphin Easy Reader
This reading app for readers with dyslexia, low vision or blindness. Browse & download from the World's largest collection of talking book and newspaper libraries. Open your own DAISY, Epub or text books. Or copy text from anywhere on your phone & hear EasyReader read it back to you. Experience perfectly synchronized text & audio. Or for text only titles, EasyReader can add a human sounding voice of your choice. Boost comfort or contrast - choose colours, text size and highlights to suit your visual needs.
CC K-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
easyCBM
Math, Reading, and Spanish progress monitoring and assessment Browser K-12 Teachers Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Edpuzzle
This is a pedagogical website and app that educators use to "flip" their classroom or lesson. This tool lets any user take a video and make it their own by adding questions or voice to assess their audience's learning. This makes it easy to differentiate instruction. Also, EDpuzzle has an online curriculum which makes it easy for educators to find resources to meet their needs.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free with optional subscription features
Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Flipgrid
Video discussion platform: Create a Grid (that’s your classroom or group), add Topics to spark the discussion, and your community builds a dialogue as they share short video responses.
Tracks student growth. Includes a library of thousands of pre-made assessments that are able to be modified, allows you to upload a pdf or doc file, or allows users to build an assessment from scratch. Assign assessments, track growth, and the tool alerts teachers when interventions are needed with the live responses feature.
Browser 6-12 Teachers Free - upgrades available for a fee
Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Google Docs
G Suite for Education's cloud-based word processor alternative. CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Google Drawings
G Suite for Education's graphic design alternative. CB, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Google Earth
Google Earth enables the user to explore the globe. Fly through 3D cities like London, Tokyo and Rome. Dive in to view the world at street level with integrated Street View.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Google Sheets
G Suite for Education's cloud-based spreadsheet alternative. CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Google Sites
G Suite for Education's website builder. CB, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Google Slides
G Suite for Education's cloud-based presentation alternative. CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Grade Proof
Add-On for Google Docs: Students can use this to aid proofreading of docs before they submit them for grading. The free version works much like spell and grammar check but is also designed to catch things like missing spaces after periods and typing the same word twice in a row. There is coaching for the kids about the type of error the program is catching.
CB, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Grammarly
Grammarly will make sure your messages, documents, and social media posts are clear, mistake-free, and impactful. Adding Grammarly to Chrome means that your spelling and grammar will be vetted on Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Tumblr, and nearly everywhere else you write on the web.
CB 3-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Hemingway Editor
The Hemingway app/website tool highlights text that can be clarified, simplified, or said in a different way. Edit suggestions are leveled by grade.
CB, Browser 3-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
i-Ready
Built for the Common Core, i-Ready combines a growth measure and individualized instruction. It includes adaptive growth measures & diagnostics, teacher-led instruction, student instruction and practice, and reports.
K-12 curriculum in adaptive learning environment CC EC-12 Teachers & Students
Subscription Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Kahoot!
Interactive quiz game designed for formative assessment and review. Quizzes can be made by user or database can be searched for topics.
iPad, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Kaizena
Provide personalized feedback by using your voice instead of text. Share feedback privately with students one-on-one. Students can share their work with you anytime for feedback. Enable your students to give feedback to each other, all in a safe environment. When you provide feedback, students can receive notifications in the app, on the web, and by email.
CB, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Kami
PDF annotator. Teachers can markup, discuss and provide feedback using Kami's text, audio, and video annotation tools. These collaborative tools encourage active, real-time participation in the classroom.
CB 3-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Khan Academy
Learn anything at your pace for free. Online instruction videos with practice CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Mercury Reader
This Chrome extension it clears away any ads or extra sidebars and produces a way to just read the text of a page (like a online news article)
CB 9-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
MobyMax
Personalized lessons for K-8 students in all core subject areas, with progress tracking and assessment. Browser K-8 Teachers & Students
Subscription Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Newsela
It starts with interesting articles about tons of topics—each available at 5 reading levels. Assessments are included with the articles to help readers engage with the content. As students read and take quizzes, it adjusts the reading level to keep articles challenging and engaging. Plus, students can keep track of their improvement over time automatically. If you are a teacher, you can also view and create assignments and check aggregate class performance in the Binder.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free with optional subscription features
Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Padlet
Digital canvas to create projects and collaborate on ideas with multimedia integration. CB, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
PBS Kids
Multi-content games for skills practice. CC K-5 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Pear Deck
A Google Slides add-on -- build checks for understanding, formative assessments, and engaging activities to Google Slides with which students can interact.
Graphic organizer and presentation designs with large database of templates. CB, Browser 9-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Plickers
Lets teachers collect real-time formative assessments without the need for student devices. CC K-12 Teachers Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Popplet Lite
Popplet is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas. With Popplet you can quick jot down your ideas and sort them visually
iPad, Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
PowToon
Used to develop engaging, animation-based presentations CB, Browser K-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Prezi
Online, collaborative presentation builder. Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
QR Code
Allows to generate a QR Code for the current page and scan a QR Code using the webcam. CB K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Quizizz
Self-paced quizzes to review, assess, and engage. Offers Homework mode. Provides formative assessment data, including standards mastery.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Quizlet
Online, collaborative formative assessment and study challenge builder. CC K-12 Teachers Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Read&Write
Provides personalized support to make documents, web pages and common file types more accessible. It’s designed to help everyone engage with digital content in a way that suits his/her abilities and learning styles.
CB, iPad K-12 Teachers & Students
Free for trial and teachers only
Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Screencastify
This Chrome extension allows the user to screencast their computer with voice. Video clips are saved and shareable within Google Drive.
CB K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Seesaw
This program can be used as an ePortfolio to document understanding, facilitate learning, collaborate with classmates and teachers, share work with parents, and share student work without identifying students names.
Select and Speak uses iSpeech's human-quality text-to-speech (TTS) to read any selected text in the browser. It includes many iSpeech text to speech voices in different languages. You can configure the voice and speed options by changing the settings on the options page.
CB K-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Selection Reader (Text to Speech)
Easy to use, text to speech Chrome extension. Highlight the passage, right click, and select "Read Out Selection"
CB K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Socrative
Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats: quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races.
CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Spreeder Pro
Spreeder is the only reading system to track your reading so you can see your improvement. You get detailed reports on the time you spend, your reading speed, and how things change over time. You can see your progress and feel motivated and rewarded
CC 6-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Starfall Free
Starfall.com is an educational website that provides interactive content to help students with the fundamentals of learning: reading, basic math, shapes, and phonics.
CC K-5 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Talk and Comment
Click the button, record your voice; this provides a link to add to any Google Doc or other Google tool for quick voice comments
PDF reader with annotation features like highlighting and audio comments, also contains text-to-speech and collaboration features.
CB K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Timeline - ReadWriteThink
An interactive timeline creator with the ability to incorporate multimedia Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
Vocaroo
Vocaroo is a web service for sending voice messages across the interwebs. It is great for making audio recordings. It can turn them into QR codes and URL links. Many teachers use it to record students reading.
Browser K-12 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
WatchKnowLearn
Teachers suggest videos for inclusion into a directory of educational videos, and then review, approve, and assign those videos into appropriate categories using a wiki framework. The videos cover all major educational topics from elementary to secondary schools and are kid safe because they are vetted by teachers. They are Common Core Standards aligned.
Browser K-12 Teachers & Students
Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
YouTube
Video database that can be used to upload, share, and conduct simple editing of user created videos. CC K-12 Teachers & Students
Students learn the fundamentals of social and emotional skills through common scenarios like joining games at recess and working with a partner through games about taking care of animals.
Browser K-5 Students Free Pedagogical and/or multi-content
