Resources
Backchanneling and Polling
- Answer Garden is an online tool that allows users to create interactive word clouds
- Provides a chatroom-like environment for participants to communicate and ask questions during presentations or lectures
- Online chat platform that allows users to create private chat rooms for group discussions
- A collaborative whiteboard app that enables users to draw, sketch, and write on a shared canvas. It can be used for brainstorming, group projects, and visual presentations
- A versatile survey and data collection tool. It allows users to create customized forms with various question types and collect responses in a structured manner
- Digital whiteboard app that enables users to collaborate in real-time. It provides tools for drawing, writing, adding images, and sticky notes
- An interactive presentation tool that allows presenters to engage with their audience through live polls, quizzes, word clouds, and more
- a virtual bulletin board where users can post text, images, videos, and documents
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- A real-time polling app that enables presenters to gather live feedback from their audience
- An audience engagement platform that allows presenters to collect and prioritize audience questions, conduct live polls, and facilitate discussions
- A classroom response system that enables teachers to create quizzes, polls, and educational games
- A collaborative decision-making tool that allows users to propose ideas, gather feedback, and vote on the best solutions
- An interactive learning platform that enables teachers to create engaging quizzes, polls, and interactive presentations
- A classroom response system that allows teachers to create quizzes, conduct live polls, and facilitate discussions
Presentation
- A creative suite that includes tools for creating web pages, videos, and graphics. It provides templates and intuitive features for designing visually appealing presentations, social media posts, and digital stories.
- App that allows users to create stunning presentations and slideshows
- An app that enables users to create and publish interactive digital books
- A multimedia presentation tool that allows users to create interactive slides with text, images, videos, audio, and animations
- A graphic design platform that offers a wide range of templates, design elements, and customization options.
- A presentation app that focuses on circular design elements
- Versatile teacher tool that provides a customizable virtual classroom interface. It offers widgets for timers, random name selection, noise level monitoring, background images, and more
- A video discussion platform that allows teachers to create "grids" where students can share video responses
- An online tool for creating interactive flipbooks and digital magazines
- Genial.ly is an interactive content creation platform that enables users to design visually appealing presentations, infographics, quizzes, and interactive maps
- Google Slides is a web-based presentation tool that allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on presentations online
- Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool that enables teachers to create engaging multimedia lessons
- Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool that integrates with Google Slides. It allows teachers to create interactive slides with embedded questions, quizzes, and discussions. Students can participate and respond in real-time, promoting active learning and formative assessment.
- A digital animation tool that enables users to create animated presentations, explainer videos, and engaging storytelling content
- A presentation software that utilizes a zooming user interface to create dynamic and non-linear presentations
- A presentation software that allows users to seamlessly combine different types of media into a single presentation
- A collection of free presentation templates for Google Slides and PowerPoin
- Provides a wide range of free presentation templates for Google Slides and PowerPoint
- An online presentation tool that allows users to create and share presentations
- A visual content creation platform that offers tools for creating presentations, infographics, reports, and interactive visual content
Visual Arts
General (Not Grade Specific)
- Online student portfolio art gallery
- Artful lessons, classroom resources, and the latest information regarding special programs and offers
- Visually beautiful art and cultural resources
- Includes art trivia and news, an overview of careers in art, and lesson ideas. Also accepts student art submissions.
- Art lessons categorized by grade level
- Searchable K-8 Art Lessons
- Educational Resources at the National Gallery of Art
- The nation's flagship museum for American art and craft
Grades: K-8
- Pinterest collection of middle school art lessons
- Art History lessons and resources
- K-5 Art lessons at "Teacher-pay-teachers" pricing.
- K-8 lesson plans from the Met
Grades: 9-12
- Pinterest collection of high school art lessons
- High school lesson plans from the Met
- Free, online photo editor - photo editing tools
- Art Lesson Plans
Performing Arts
General (Not Grade Specific)
- Amazing set of resources for Teaching about Opera
- A collection of Google interactive music apps for many purposes
- Quality games, lessons, and other resources for teaching classical music
- Free online programmable drum machine
- Create interactive beatbox animations
- A complete music teacher's toolbox
- Free online music notation program. A robust paid option is available.
- Music discovery playlists based on decades and locations
- A "teachers-pay-teachers" style lesson repository for all grades
Grades: K-5
- Free games, videos and storybooks for young music learners
- Fun music activities for kids classified by grade
Grades: 5-8
- Fun music activities for kids classified by grade
- Interactive practice and tutorials
Grades:9-12
- Fairly advanced but, great for teaching concepts of modular sythesis (fun too)
- Perfect free, online replica of the vintage TR-808 drum machine. Great for teaching beat divisions as well as drum programming. Beats are downladable as audio files.
- Interactive practice and tutorials
- Solid, interactive music theory tutorial.
- Free sheet music and midi files of public domain material
- Free online DAW
- Fully programmable online synthesizer
Grades:K-12
- HealthTeacher was originally developed in 1999 by health educators and health professionals with the goal of providing a comprehensive online resource that would make it easy to teach good health habits to children.
- Providing easy, online access to government information on food and human nutrition for consumers.
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- PE Central is a web site that provides information about developmentatally appropriate physical education practices and programs.
- SIKIDS.COM is the online counterpart to Sports Illustrated For Kids magazine. We aim to create a fun, safe environment for kids, filled with some of the best news, games, and interactive features on the internet.
Grades:4-8
- n all-time favorite for Literature teachers
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- Cool web quests and curricular ideas/ Excellent lesson on copyright
- Reading lessons based on thematic units
- Tons of printable graphic organizers for pre-writing
- Writing lessons by genre
- Activities and lesson ideas for storytelling
- Language Arts galore!
- Merriam Webster's site for spelling/vocabulary games
- An interactive journalism site
Grades:9-12
- Online writing assistant
Grades:K-3
- Enchanted Learning, LLC produces K-12 educational material that is published online. We have 30,000 pages on our website covering a wide range of topics.
- The Playground helps parents introduce their preschoolers to the Internet and teaches them how to manipulate the mouse and keyboard.
- Lil' Fingers is a storybook site for toddlers with educational games, storybooks and printable coloring pages.
Grades:K-8
- MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, club and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement
Grades:K-12
- Coolmath was designed for the frustrated, the confused, the bored students of the world who hate math.
- Math Worksheets and math Printables
Grades:9-12
- Mathletics is the next generation of helping students to learn and enjoy math by improving their skills.
Grades:K-8
- BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement.
Grades:6-8
- Welcome to the Science Spot website, a resource for middle school teachers and students!
Grades:K-12
- Lesson plans and resources from the Internet which social studies teachers will find useful.
- African American history resources.
- The National Women's History Project, founded in 1980, is an educational nonprofit organization. Our mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.
General (Not Grade Specific)
- online, curated resource Directory to facilitate AI instruction
- A plethora of unplugged CS activities for all ages and topics
- One-stop-shop curriculum for k-12 computer science
- Free AI detector
- Coding app for Micro:bits
- Illustrates machine learning while it learns
- Free block-coding app for all levels and ages
- Interactive coding lessons for ages 8-adult
- Online app that teaches machine learning for artificial intelligence
Grades: 5-8
- Online simulation of the Beebot robot
- Free coding app for young learners
- Free, easy-to-use computer science curriculum designed for students in grades 4-8
- games that teach the basics of coding, logical thinking, and more
- Stem lessons from Minecraft
- Free coding app for young learners
- Free web app for 3D Design
Grades: 9-12
- Online, graphics-based computer science curriculum taught in Python provided by Carnegie Mellon University
- Curriculum for k-12 computer science (includes AP curriculums)
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- Learn Python and/or Javascript coding with music
- Free interactive Python tutorials
- Microsoft coding environment made for gaming concepts
- Online block-coding environment to create Android apps
- Online block coding environment to create iOS apps
Grades:K-12
- Meet teachers and students from faraway places
- How to accent letters in Word
- Interactive workbook of introductory Spanish language exercises, based on the pictorial contextualization of fundamental vocabulary and language points.
- Word of the Day, games, tests
Grades:K-12
- You can look up video of thousands of ASL signs and learn interesting things about them.
- Speech and Language Impairments
