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Lisa Joyner, M.Ed.
March 6, 2021June 17, 2021

My Top Picks for Educational Technology Resources

For online teaching:

Canvas – for course delivery
Zoom – for recording lectures and having face-to-face meetings with students and colleagues
Vimeo – stores videos of lectures and tutorials
Playposit – turns lectures into interactive experiences for students with quiz questions, discussions, and polls
FlipGrid –  allows students to record themselves in video discussion
Turnitin – provides similarity scores and tools for grading written work

Reading Instruction:

  • https://www.scilearn.com/products/fast-forword – reading intervention
  • https://www.readworks.org – Reading comprehension instruction
  • https://www.reallygreatreading.com – Full of phonics instruction resources
  • https://www.nessy.com/us/
  • https://newsela.com/
  • https://bartonreading.com/
  • http://teacher.scholastic.com/education/guidedreading/leveling_chart.htm

Special Education and Disabilities:

  • autismspeaks.org – articles, videos, and many quality resources about ASD
    clcnetwork.org – Christian Learning Center Network – free resources and articles for Christian schools and churches who minister to children and adults with disabilities
    understood.org – Understood for Learning and Attention Issues
  • https://www.iidc.indiana.edu//index.php?pageId=irca – Indiana Resource Center for Autism
  • https://webaim.org/simulations/dyslexia – dyslexia simulation
  • autismspeaks.org – articles, videos, and many quality resources about ASD
  • clcnetwork.org – Christian Learning Center Network – free resources and articles for Christian schools and churches who minister to children and adults with disabilities
  • understood.org – Understood for Learning and Attention Issues
  • interventioncentral.org – academic and behavior intervention ideas, charts, and forms
  • dyslexiatraininginstitute.org – Orton-Gillingham Online Academy
  • https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write/read-write-for-education/ – supports students with dyslexia and dysgraphia

Math:

  • https://about.zearn.org/implementation
  • https://jungleeducation.com/ – fun games for telling time
  • https://www.mathusee.com/
  • khanacademy.org – video lessons, assessments, practice with immediate feedback – all subjects and all grade levels
  • mobymax.com – math and language arts assessments, lessons, and practice with immediate feedback – excellent tools for reports and data collection
  • ixl.com – many subjects and all grade levels – excellent data collection

All Subjects:

  • khanacademy.org – video lessons, assessments, practice with immediate feedback – all subjects and all grade levels
  • mobymax.com – math and language arts assessments, lessons, and practice with immediate feedback – excellent tools for reports and data collection
  • ixl.com – many subjects and all grade levels – excellent data collection
  • https://www.activelylearn.com/
  • https://nearpod.com

Creativity:

  • https://www.canva.com/

Gifted and Talented:

  • https://challengebychoice.wordpress.com/ – gifted education
  • https://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques – teaching creativity

Lesson Plans:

  • clarendonlearning.org – free lessons (all subjects, including critical thinking) and educational videos – mostly for elementary and middle school grades
  • biblicalintegration.com – explanation of biblical integration and examples of biblically integrated objectives
  • www.viewpure.com – create a new link from youtube to filter out the content around and below typical youtube videos to remove objectionable material – very simple to use
  • https://nearpod.com
  • https://www.peardeck.com/googleslides – add-on from Google Slides to make slides interactive and add assessments
  • https://teacherspayteachers.com

Assessment and Instruction

  • https://socrative.com – formative assessments with technology
  • https://quizlet.com – online flashcards and games for review
  • https://nearpod.com – lesson plans, educational videos
  • https://www.flocabulary.com – lesson plans for building vocabulary
  • https://dibels.uoregon.edu/assessment/index/materialdownload/?agree=true#dibelseight – free reading and math assessments
  • https://www.peardeck.com/googleslides – add-on from Google Slides to make slides interactive and add assessments
  • https://kahoot.com – fun way to review concepts

Collaboration and Social Media for Kids

  • https://padlet.com – collaboration activities
  • https://www.google.com/intl/en_ca/drive/download/
  • https://web.seesaw.me/
  • https://new.edmodo.com/

Teaching Social Skills

  • https://modelmekids.com/ – quick video clips and catchy songs for teaching social skills

Assistive Technology

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUJoAq3i_iI&feature=youtu.be – assistive technology – resources from Microsoft to help students with dyslexia.
  • https://pbskids.org/games/
  • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/learning-tools

More to come:

 

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