Using Tech in the Classroom
Using Tech in the Classroom
Using Tech in the Classroom
A collection of applications, tools and websites that allow educators and students to effectively utilize technology in the classroom.Tech Tools for Teaching
Assistive Technology
Accessibility Technology & Tools | Microsoft
AEM: Accessible Educational Materials - The AEM Center provides support for the use of accessible educational materials in early learning, K-12, higher education, and workplace settings.
Apps for Kids with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities | Common Sense Media - Find apps, games, and other tools to help kids with special needs and learning disabilities.
Assistive Technology | ECTA Center
Assistive Technology Basics | Understood.org
Assistive Technology: Mission Accomplished | LRC-S Quick Tip
Assistive technology | School and Learning | Understood.org
Assistive Technology Can Benefit All Students | Edutopia
Assistive Technology Center | Advancing Opportunities - New Jersey’s online resource for information and equipment to help people with disabilities, their families, teachers and employers identify and learn to use the technology that will be most effective in meeting their goals.
Assistive Technology: Finding the Right Resources for All Students | Getting Smart
Assistive Technology for Kids with Learning Disabilities: An Overview | Reading Rockets
Assistive Technology in the Classroom: Examples Designed to Help Teachers and Other School Personnel
Assistive Technology That's Built Into Mobile Devices
Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs | About ATAP
AT Assessment | PaTTAN - Tools to guide the decision-making processes used by IEP teams to determine the need for AT. Utilize assessment and data collection to guide the selection and implementation of AT devices and services.
AT Resources - Assistive Technology Industry Association
ATAC Program Page | Disability Rights NJ - The Richard West Assistive Technology Advocacy Center (ATAC) serves as New Jersey's federally funded assistive technology project through a sub-contract with New Jersey's Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Its purpose is to assist individuals in overcoming barriers in the system and making assistive technology more accessible to individuals with disabilities throughout the state.
BeeLine Reader: making reading on-screen easier and faster.
BridgingApps | Apps for Special Needs
Chrome & Assistive Technology (AT) - Chrome Toolbox
Creatability - Creatability is a set of experiments made in collaboration with creators and allies in the accessibility community. They explore how creative tools – drawing, music, and more – can be made more accessible using web and AI technology.
CTD-AT Keyring - Easy to access examples of low and high tech that span ages and types of support.
Graphic Organizers | Teach-nology
Graphic Organizers for Teachers Grades (K-12) | Teacher Vision
IRIS | Assistive Technology: An Overview - Module offers an overview of assistive technology (AT) and explores ways to expand students' access to it in the classroom.
ISET – Innovations in Special Education Technology - Innovations in Special Education Technology (formally TAM) is a Division of Council for Exceptional Children focused on providing educators (current & future), professionals, and family members innovative technology-based solutions for today’s needs.
Immersive Reader | What is the Immersive Reader? - Microsoft Immersive Reader is a free tool, built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Forms, Flipgrid, Minecraft: Education Edition and the Edge browser, that implement proven techniques to improve reading and writing for people regardless of their age or ability.
Innovations in Special Education Technology: ISET - Innovations in Special Education Technology (formally TAM) is a Division of Council for Exceptional Children focused on providing educators (current & future), professionals, and family members innovative technology-based solutions for today’s needs.
Let's Participate! Assistive Technology for Young Children
Meet Boardmaker Activities-to-Go! - A collection of standardized picture symbols used for communication with students
QIAT - Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology - Guiding the Provision of Quality AT Services
Resources for Supporting Learners with Disabilities | Digital Promise
Seeing AI App from Microsoft - Seeing AI is an artificial intelligence application developed by Microsoft for iOS. It uses the device camera to identify people and objects, and then the app audibly describes those objects for people with visual impairment. Now available in Italian, Turkish, Dutch, German, French, Japanese and Spanish.
The SETT Framework for AT Tool Selection - Learn how to use the SETT framework to identify a struggling student's learning needs and match that with the most appropriate assistive technology options. A case study is provided.
Special Education and Accessibility Resources for Remote Learning | Microsoft
TechMatrix - Assistive and educational technology tools and resources to support learning for students with disabilities and their classmates
Tech Toolbox™ | The Arc - The Arc's Tech Toolbox™ is a place to find, share, rate and review technology for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD).
UDLTechToolKit - A collection of online tools and resources to engage all learners
Understanding Assistive Technology: Simply Said - The definition of Assistive Technology presented by the PACER Simon Technology Center
Classroom Management and Communication
Bloomz - With Bloomz, teachers and schools save time by having all the tools they need to communicate with today's parents and students in one easy-to-use (and free) app.
Classcraft - By harnessing the power of games and stories — things kids love — Classcraft helps you turn your class into an experience that your students can’t get enough of.
ClassDojo - A school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use every day to build close-knit communities by sharing what’s being learned in the classroom home through photos, videos, and messages.
ClassKick - Easy-to-use, real-time monitoring, feedback, and assessment for 1-to-1
ClassTag - Simple parent-teacher communication that just works, for everyone.
Edmodo - Send messages, share class materials, and make learning accessible anywhere. Save yourself time by bringing all your classroom tools together.
Remind - Communication for the school, home, and everywhere in between.
Seesaw - Student driven digital portfolios and simple parent communication
TalkingPoints - Multilingual texting tool enhances school-to-home communication
Clip Art, Pictures & Music
Clip Art - Backgrounds | My Cute Graphics
Free School Clipart | Classroom Clip Art
ImageCodr.org | Attribution for Creative Commons
Photos For Class | The quick and safe way to find and cite images for class!
Collaborative Platforms
CirclyApp | Visual organizer platform with circles - An easy-to-use drag-and-drop tool for creating beautiful diagrams and graphic organizers.
Coggle: Simple Collaborative Mind Maps & Flow Charts - Produce beautiful notes quickly and easily. Share them with friends and colleagues to work on your ideas together.
Flipgrid - Allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
GooseChase - Custom photo and video scavenger hunts played through an app on smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Teachers can create team or individual challenges.
MURAL - Education - A digital collaboration platform with an educational portal for creating any type of graphic organizer, including a mind map, diagram, brainstorm, and more.
Padlet - An online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. Padlet allows users to create a hidden wall with a custom URL. Padlet creators can also moderate posts, remove posts, and manage their board 24/7.
Parlay - Helps teachers inspire meaningful and inclusive discussions in their classroom
Pearltrees - A free service that lets you organize, explore and share everything you like. Add web pages, files, photos or notes and organize them naturally.
Popplet - Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and images and learn to create relationships between them.
Voice Thread - Conversations in the cloud. Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.
Wakelet - Easy way to capture, organize and share multi-media resources with students, teachers, and learning communities.
Witeboard - A collaborative online whiteboard you can use and share - with or without an account.
Coding and Gaming
The Benefits of Gaming in Education | Spiel Times
Chore Wars :: Claim Experience Points for Housework - Players pick a name and a character, then form a “party” with the people they live with. Your character claims “experience points” for the housework you complete, which you’ll log so that you can gain XP for each task.
Code.org: Learn today, build a brighter tomorrow.
The Code Twins - Brett and Yvette love solving puzzles with their robot friend, Cody Point Two. But without the right commands, in the right order, Cody won't know where to go or what to do! Can the twins program Cody so she can join in on the fun?
CS First: Teach Computer Science & Coding to Kids - A free computer science curriculum that makes coding easy to teach and fun to learn.
Elementari | Write and Code Interactive Stories for Free
Get Started with Coding in the Classroom | Common Sense Education
How Schools Spark Excitement for Learning with Role Playing and Games | KQED
Learn to Code | Hour of Code - Try a one-hour tutorial designed for all ages in over 45 languages. Join millions of students and teachers in over 180 countries starting with an Hour of Code.
A New Venue for Video Games: K-12 Classrooms | EdSource
The Radix Endeavor | MIT - An online multiplayer game designed to augment math and biology instruction. Students use their knowledge of math and science to solve quests in a virtual Earth-like world
Think Like A Coder | TedED - A 10-episode narrative follows a girl, Ethic, and her robot companion, Hedge, as they attempt to save the world. The two embark on a quest to collect three artifacts and must solve their way through a series of programming puzzles.
Stop Disasters Game | UNDRR - Education is key for reducing children’s risks to disasters.If we teach them from an early age about the risks posed by natural hazards, children will have a better chance to save their lives during disasters.This online game aims at teaching children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Children will learn through playing how the location and the construction materials of houses can make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education can save lives.
Digital Storytelling
30 Apps and Sites for Digital Storytelling | TechLeaning
Animoto | Free video maker - Create your own video easily
Bookcreator | Bring creativity to your classroom
Buncee | Create, Present and Share Engaging Multimedia Lessons
Elementari | Write and Code Interactive Stories for Free
Make Belief Comix | Create Comics Online
Pixton | Comic, Storyboard & Graphic Novel Maker
Storyboard That | Storyboard Maker, Comic Strip Maker
Storyjumper | Create Story Books
TikaTok | Classroom Book Publishing
Formative Assessment and Polls
75 Digital Tools and Apps Teachers Can Use to Support Formative Assessment in the Classroom | NWEA
AnswerGarden | Plant a Question, Grow Answers
Formative | Real-time responses. Long-term growth.
Insert Learning | Insert instructional content on any web page
Kahoot | Learning games | Make learning awesome!
Mentimeter | Interactive presentation software
Nearpod | Student Engagement Platform
Pear Deck | Add formative assessments & interactive questions to presentations
Plickers | Formative assessment has never been faster
Poll Everywhere | Ask interactive questions that get participants talking
Poll Maker: Make a Poll in Seconds | Free & Unlimited
Quizizz | Free Quizzes for Every Student
Socrative | Fun, effective engagement and on-the-fly assessments
Assessments in Lesson Design | LRC-South - Find additional information regarding assessments in our Strategies to Incorporate Technology in Lesson Design.
Infographics and Graphic Design
BeFunky | Free Online Photo Editing and Collage Maker
Canva | Free Online Infographic Maker
Easel.ly | create and share visual ideas using infographics
Infogram | Create Infographics, Reports and Maps
Infographics as an Assessment | Schrock Guide
OERs - Open Educational Resources
OERs - Open Educational Resources | LRC-South Online Resources - A collection of Open Educational Resources (OERs) that are freely available for teachers and students to use, adapt, share, and reuse.
Presentation and Video Tools
Adobe Spark | Social Graphics, Web Pages, and Short Videos
Animaker | Make Animated Videos on Cloud for free
Binumi.com | Create and share videos
Canva | Collaborate & Create Beautiful Designs
CurrikiStudio | Free Authoring Software
EdPuzzle | Create Beautiful Interactive Video Lessons
Emaze | Create & Share Amazing Presentations
Genial.ly | Interactive learning experiences for the 21st century education
Haiku Deck | Presentation Software
InsertLearning | Insert instructional content on any web page
Kioza | Video Editor, Movie Maker and Slideshow Creation Tool
Loom | Video Recorder/Screencasting
Mentimeter | Interactive presentation software
Moovly l Online Video Editor and Video Maker for Business and Education
Nearpod | Student Engagement Platform
Pear Deck | Add formative assessments & interactive questions to presentations
Pecha Kucka | Visual Storytelling That Celebrates Humanity
Playpost | An interactive video platform
Powtoon | Visual Communication Platform
Renderforest | Whiteboard Animation Maker for free
Screencast-o-matic | Video creation for everyone
Thinglink | Create unique experiences with interactive images, videos & 360° media
Professional Resources: Blogs and Website
Class Tech Tips: EdTech Blog, Tools and Resources for Educators | Monica Burns
Cult of Pedagogy | Jennifer Gonzalez
Ditch That Textbook | Education Technology & Tools for Teachers
Free Technology for Teachers | Richard Byrne
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007
A Principal's Reflections | Eric Scheninger
Shake Up Learning | Shake Up Learning in your classroom today! | Kasey BellQR Codes
Rubrics
Quick Rubric | Free, Fast, and Easy to Use
Rubric Maker | Create custom assessments
Tech Tool Reviews
Common Sense Media - In-depth, trusted reviews to help you find the right app, game, or website for your classroom.
Bridging Apps - Bridging the gap between technology and people with disabilities
Teachers with Apps - Reviews are authored by teachers, therapists, and educators with specific expertise in the different ages/content/and special areas related to what is being reviewed. TWA field-tests every app/product with students and teachers as part of our in-depth evaluation process.
Virtual Reality
10 Reasons To Use Virtual Reality In The Classroom | TeachThought
25 resources for bringing AR and VR to the classroom | ISTE
AR/VR in K–12: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning | EdTech Magazine - Educators create virtual spaces to make a classroom environment that can fit the needs of any student.
ClassVR – Virtual Reality for the Classroom - Engaging VR and AR educational content for students of all ages
Google Earth VR - Google Earth VR puts the whole world within your reach.
Unimersiv: VR/ Virtual Reality Education - Unimersiv is the largest platform for VR educational experiences. We believe that Virtual Reality can strongly improve the capacity of the human mind to remember the things it learned for a long time and make learning something new easier for students of all ages.
Virtual Reality Classroom | Nearpod - Choose from 450+ ready-to-run VR lessons
Virtual Reality for Education - The possibilities of virtual reality in education, focusing on apps and research-backed effective uses of virtual reality in the classroom.

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