Educational Technology Resources by Topic

Classroom Presentations:
Zaption : A online course development site that allows for student participation in lesson videos. 
Free trial. Yearly fee

PowToon: online animation tool for presentations
Free

VoiceThread: an interactive collaborative presentation tool. 
Free Trial up to 5 presentations, must pay per presentation or for a year after that. 

Screencast - o - matic: screen cast tool for easy taping and youtube uploading of presentations. Free version no editing; paid version allows editing.

Jing: screencast  for creating short lesson videos or other instructional material. 
Free.   Upgrade Available

Prezi: Online presentation tool similar to PowerPoint but more interactive. Free with upgrade available.

FlipGrid:  A lot like VoiceThread but not free, yearly fee. 

Classroom Resources

Remind101: a one to one texting/emailing app for teacher to student/parent communication.

Diigo: course management tool

Citefast: Quickly builds works cited pages in MLA & APA format. 

Weebly: website builder
Free: Or can pay for more options

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching. Includes tutorials, projects, and much more!

iRubric - rubric creator
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​Math Resources
Math-Aides: Math Worksheets 

Kuta Software: Free and non-free worksheet site.

LMS: Learning Management Systems

Schoologly

Haiku

Udemy

Edmodo

Moodle


Lesson Videos/Tutorials 
Khan Academy

YouTube

TeacherTube 

PurpleMath

​Useful Chrome Add-ons & Extensions

Chrome Extensions

1. Grammarly
   
   1. Grammarly will make sure your messages, documents, and social media posts are clear, mistake-free, and impactful.
      
2. Take a Screenshot
   
   1. Snipping Tool
      
3. InsertLearning
   
   1. Teachers can insert questions, discussions, and insight directly into any website. When students go to that website, they can respond to those questions and discussions, see that insight, and take their own notes. Use InsertLearning to turn any website into an interactive learning experience!
      
4. Read&Write for Google Chrome
   
   1. Boost reading & writing confidence. Intuitive and easy to use, provides personalized support to make documents, web pages, and common file types in Google Drive more accessible. Includes Text-to-speech feature.
      
5. SnowLord’s Quizlet Extension
   
   1. Gamify your quizzes
      
6. RSS readers/aggregators - Apps
   
   1. Feedly
      
   2. Panda - MAC & ios ​
      

Google Docs Add-Ons

1. Kaizena
   
   1. Review up to 75% faster than typing with Voice Comments. Embed explainer videos in three clicks. Track Skills and we'll auto-complete your rubric. Welcome to the future of feedback.
      
   2. Video Tutorial
      
   3. Website Tutorial
      
2. Sourcera Docs
   
   1. Upload images from museums and more WITH correct caption citations
      
3. Thesaurus
   
   1. Highlight words and use this add-on to find synonyms, antonyms, and more.
      
4. MindMeister
   
   1. Turn any outline into a mindmap. (Does not allow you to edit after creating the mindmap...would need to delete and start over)
      
5. Word Cloud Generator
   
   1. Create a word cloud from any document
      
6. ProWritingAid
   
   1. Improve your writing. Check your writing for consistency, plagiarism, acronyms, cliches, redundancies, grammar mistakes and more.
      
7. GradeProof: Proofreading with AI
   1. An imbedded tool similar to Grammarly but not as refined. Great as a first step for students and faculty writing larger papers. ​
      

Google Slides Add-Ons

1. Pear Deck
   1. Interactive Presentations great for lessons (website will send you to Google Slides to edit now)
2. Adobe Stock
   1. Stock images from Adobe
3. Haiku Deck
   1. CC templates and images
4. Docs365 Gif maker
   1. Creates a Gif out of slides to be saved to Google Drive for use in other presentations.
5. Sourcera Slides
   1. Upload images from museums and more WITH correct caption citations

​Google Sheets Add-Ons

1. Flippity
   
   1. Easily turn a Google Spreadsheet into a set of online flashcards, or quiz show, and more. Includes a badging option
      
2. FormCreator
   
   1. Create a form directly from the contents of your sheet
      
3. Digital Badges
   
   1. Create Digital Badges using images stored in your Google Drive that can be assigned to students
      
4. CommonCore State Standards
   
   1. CCSS for you to reference and paste into your sheet.