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: