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over 250 websites for social studies and language arts teachers
- Augmented Reality with Metaverse (not Facebook's Metaverse)
Apple.com’s resources for teachers
- Apple Teacher Learning Center for getting your Apple Teacher Badge
- Education - K–12 - Apple
- Education - K-12 - Apple - Apple Teacher
- Education - K-12 - Apple - Everyone can create
- Education - K–12 - Apple - Teacher Resources
- Education - K-12 - Apple - Teaching Tools
- audio clips that are free (Creative Commons)
audio editors & podcast software
- Audacity ® | Free, open source, cross-platform audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
- Online Mp3 Cutter - Audio Trimmer
- GarageBand for Mac - Apple
- Soundtrap - Make music online
- Anchor - The easiest way to make a podcast
- How To Record A Podcast With Skype (3 Different Ways)
- PowerGramo Skype Recorder
- Podcast Alley - Your Place For Podcasting News & Featured Podcasts
blog and website builders
- Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog. It’s easy and free.
- Google Sites
- Free Website Builder | Create a Free Website | Wix.com
- Free Website Builder: Build a Free Website or Online Store | Weebly
- WordPress.com: Fast, Secure Managed WordPress Hosting
- blog and website stylist guide online in its entirety
blogs about educational technology (for teachers)
- Technology Integration | Edutopia
- (17 ed tech blogs here) EdTech Blogs - Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
- Teach100 (top 100 ed. tech blogs)
browser extensions
- Safari extensions
- Firefox extensions
- Google Chrome extensions
classroom management & SEL
- ClassDojo
- Edmodo
- SchoolMint Hero - SchoolMint | K-12 Positive Behavioral Supports
- Panorama Education | Supporting Student Success
- Classcraft - A new world of behavior change awaits!
- Edutopia - Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
- cloze-exercise software for readers
collaborative digital whiteboard apps & online mind-mapping
- Bublup - organizing & project-management app
- Bubbl.us - free level
- Coggle - collaborative mind-maps & flow charts
- Conceptboard - free level
- Doceri - The Interactive Whiteboard for iPad.
- Educreations
- Explain Everything | Interactive Whiteboard for Teaching and Learning
- GitMind - Online Mind Mapping Software - On Any Device
- Google Jamboard: Collaborative Digital Whiteboard | Google Workspace for Education | Google for Education
- iBrainstorm | A Creative Collaboration Tool
- Lucidchart
- Mind42: Free online mind mapping software
- MindMeister - Create Your Mind Maps Online
- Mindomo - mind-mapping, concept mapping, outlining and Gantt Charts
- Mural.co
- Popplet | Mind maps made easy
- Sketchboard
- Whiteboard.fi - free and can be used in conjunction with Google Meet or Zoom
- WiseMapping | Visual Thinking Evolution
comic-strip creators
- Pixton Comic & Storyboard Builder for Education
- Strip Designer on the App Store
diagramming & drawing
- Google Drawings
- Lucidchart - free level
educational-technology paradigms
- SAMR: substituting, augmenting, modifying, redefining
- TPACK (a): technological, pedagogical, content knowledge
- TPACK (b): technological, pedagogical, content knowledge
family-classroom connections
- Net Nanny: Parental Control Software & Website Blocker | Net Nanny
- Family Resources | National PTA
- Remind is the best education communication platform. A solution built for educators, administrators, students & parents in mind.
- Twitter. It’s what’s happening / Twitter
- promoting literacy at home
- Smore | Smore for Teachers
feedback to students
- Effective Feedback | Explain Everything
- Kaizena - Fast, Personal Feedback on Student Work
- Classkick - Helping Teachers Be Awesome
- field trips with the National Park Service (both real and virtual)
file storage, upload, and sharing
- Dropbox
- My Drive - Google Drive
- Google advanced search
graphic organizers
- Graphic Organizer Maker
- Best Graphic Organizers - Educational App Store
- 10 Free Graphic Organizers for the Classroom
green-screening in the classroom
- What's Possible with Green Screens in the Classroom | Cult of Pedagogy
- Green Screen by Do Ink on the App Store
- Amazon.com : EMART Photography Backdrop Continuous Umbrella Studio Lighting Kit, Muslin Chromakey Green Screen and Background Stand Support System for Photo Video Shoot : Electronics
group communication and collaboration tools
- Slack is where the future works
- Trello for Educators | Trello
images & primary sources - analyzing primary sources
- Getting Started with Primary Sources | Teachers | Programs | Library of Congress
- History in the Raw | National Archives
- Document Analysis Worksheets | National Archives
- Making Sense of Evidence
images & primary sources - Creative Commons
- Flickr: Creative Commons
- Free Creative Commons Zero Images · Pexels
- Creative Common Pictures | Download Free Images on Unsplash
- TinEye Labs - Multicolr Search Lab
images - Instagram & Flickr in the classroom
- The Great Flickr Tools Collection
- Find your inspiration. | Flickr
- 25 Best Teacher Instagram Accounts To Follow
- Instagram
infographics
- Infographics & Data Visualization - Cool Tools for School
- Piktochart in the Classroom: Infographics and Education | Piktochart
- Venngage | Professional Infographic Maker | 10,000+ Templates
- Pricing - Infogram - free level
- easel.ly | create and share visual ideas using infographics
intellectual-property in the classroom
- Copyright tips and resources (scroll down on this page)
- Creative Commons
- Creative Commons how-to video
- Fair-use tips and resources (scroll down on this page)
- Disney clips explaining copyright & fair use
learning-management systems
- Google Classroom
- Showbie – Your classroom, connected.
- Schoology
- Google Open Online Education
lesson-planning aids (and see collaborative whiteboards above)
- Nearpod: You'll wonder how you taught without it
- ShowMe - The Online Learning Community
- Blendspace - create & find free multimedia lessons
- DocsTeach - aid utilizing primary sources from the National Archives database
lesson plans (peer-reviewed)
- math - NCTM - Illuminations: Search
- all subjects via PBS
- Read, Write, Think (NCTE & Intl Literacy Association)
- For specific literature books
- National Geographic:
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- integrating the arts into all suvhects - Kennedy Center
- Pennsylvania history
- Science NetLinks | American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Teaching with Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)
- using primary sources from the Library of Congress
- 1754-1820s - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1801-1868 - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1850-1877 - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1870-1900 - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1890-1930 - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1929-1945 - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1945-1970s - lesson plans from the National Archives
- 1968-present - lesson plans from the National Archives
- USGS - grades 3-5
- USGS - grades 6-8
- USGS - grades 9-12
- Economics education - all grades
- U.S. Mint lesson plans
- lesson plans online for free - Khan Acaemy
literacy
book lists
- by grade level - TeachersFirst
- by grade level - BooksInTheClassroom,com
- by theme
- for social-studies themes in particular
- annual lists from the NCSS for social studies K-12: scroll to botton for years 2000-2020 (free)
- book products with free content - Scholastic
composition
- composing short stories - ten tips
- Principles of Composition
- letters between grandparents & grandchildrenp
- Stapleless Book | Read Write Think
- Synonyms and Antonyms of Words | Thesaurus.com
- students' published work - Books, Stories, Writing Contests and Publishing for Kids | KidPub Press
- students' published work - Stone Soup – 100% written and illustrated by kids ages 8-13
digital books for free
- EPUB & PDF downloads available
- Short Stories and Classic Literature
- byGosh.com | The best family-friendly classic literature
- illustrated books - children's storybooks online - Stories for Kids of All Ages
- 10 ways to download and read books online for free - CNET
- Introducing Epic Free | digital kids books | Ages 12 & under | Epic
- All Books (sorted by popularity) - Project Gutenberg
- Wikibooks
- Wikijunior - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
grammar
- Writing Tips Contents - WritingDEN
- Daily Grammar Lesson Archive
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- HyperGrammar | The Writing Centre | University of Ottawa
- Grammar Help Resources - Wyzant Lessons
poetry
- Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry4kids.com – Funny poems for children
- Poetryexpress - Poetryexpress | Poetry Community
- poems from Poets.org
- Poetry - Poem, Poetic Forms, Poets - Teaching Resources
read-along books (each one within a free video)
- Storyline Online - Library
- PBS KIDS Read-Alongs | PBS KIDS for Parents
reader's theater
- Reader's Theate - scroll down once on this website
- Readers Theater Scripts, Choral Speaking Scripts | Scripts For Schools
Reader's Workshop & Writer's Workshop
- Home | Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
- Units of Study Reading, Writing & Classroom Libraries by Lucy Calkins
resource portals
- Homepage | Read Write Think
- Web English Teacher - see both the middle & left panels on this page
storytelling activities
- Story Arts | Storytelling Lesson Plans and Activities
- audiobooks read aloud by others (free) - public domain
vocabulary (including dictionaries)
- Online Puzzlemaker | Create Your Own Puzzle | Discovery Education Puzzlemaker
- Dictionary.com | Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary.com
- Definitions from many dictionaries at once
maps and map education
- (all kinds, including historical) - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection | The University of Texas at Austin
- (all kinds, including historical) - Library of Congress collections with maps
- (For purchase and to hang in classroom) - World Maps Online - Map Murals, Wall Maps, Educational Maps, Historical Map Prints
- An interactive mapmaking website: - National Geographic's Mapmaker
- NatGeo's classic Mapmaker Interactive
- online maps of time zones, including a moving sun map
- map outlines of countries
- map outlines of the 50 states
- Teaching with Google Earth
- Investigating Map Projections | National Geographic Society
- Google Earth Education
- My Maps – Google Earth Education
- math resources from NCTM
- MediaBiasFactCheck.com - least-baised assessor of bias in media sources
memorization-activity builders & digital flashcards
- Learning tools & flashcards, for free | Quizlet
- Kahoot! for schools | Make learning awesome in class and virtually
- Brainscape: The Best Flashcards App | Make Flashcards Online
- Flashcards – GoConqr
- FREE Flashcard Maker - Online app to make printable flashcards in PDF
- Find, Create, and Study Flashcards for Free | Chegg Prep
- Flashcards for Educators | FlashDecks
multimedia & graphic-design creation (& see video-editing below) - no infographics here
- Adobe Creative Cloud Express
- Animoto - free video maker - create your own video easily
- Canva - Collaborate & Create Amazing Graphic Design for Free
- Glogster: Multimedia Posters | Online Educational Content
- HyperStudio
- Kizoa - Video Editor - Movie Maker - Video Maker
- Padlet: You are beautiful
- Prezi - Presentations and videos with engaging visuals for hybrid teams
- SlideShare
- Storyboard That: The World's Best Free Online Storyboard Creator
- Microsoft Sway - My Sways
note-taking and productivity apps
- Evernote - Organize Your Notes with Evernote
- Google Keep
office-suite software for the classroom
- iWork - Apple
- Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals (formerly GSuite for Education)
- Office 365 Login | Microsoft Office
- Apache OpenOffice - Official Site - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
- online voice recorder
- portfolio app for students' learning - Seesaw
portals for education apps
- Best Educational Apps | Educational App Store
- This one stopped in 2018, but it links to many useful ed-tech sites
- PowerPoint video on how NOT to use it
rubric-creation sites
- RubiStar Home
- Rubric Maker - Create custom assessments
- Rubric Makers (scroll down on this site once you are there)
- Creating & using rubrics (lots of links to rubric sites)
- more on rubrics
screencasting
- Screencastify | Simple Video Creation Software
- CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software
- TechSmith | Screencast.com, Home
- Wink - [Homepage]
screencasting & video-editing
- Screen Recorder & Video Editor | Screencast-O-Matic
- Camtasia: Screen Recorder & Video Editor (Free Trial) | TechSmith
- Screencasting for iPhones & iPads - Record the screen on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- Screencasting for Androids - How to Record a Video of Your Screen on Android - Apptamin
- Comparison of screencasting software - Wikipedia
- screenshot annotating & sharing - Skitch | Evernote
social bookmarking
- Diigo - Better reading and research with annotation, highlighter, sticky notes, archiving, bookmarking & more.
- LiveBinders
- Pinterest
- special-needs portal - LD OnLine: The world's leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD
- standards for ed tech - ISTE Standards: Educators | ISTE
student-response systems
clickers
- iClicker: Student Response Systems & Classroom Engagement Tools
- Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!
- Home - Socrative
- The Active Learning Platform for Online, In-Person and Blended Courses | Top Hat
- Acadly: Interactive live teaching with Zoom integration
- Plickers
polls, surveys, or quiz-builders
- polling the classroom - free option - PollEverywhere - Business and non-profit plans | Poll Everywhere | Poll Everywhere
- free option - SurveyMonkey
- Google Forms
- Using polls with students in Zoom meetings - How to Create and Launch Polls in Zoom Meetings | Zoom Polls Tutorial - YouTube
timelines of world history
- textual - World History Timeline
- visual - World History : HyperHistory
url shorteners
- TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL
- Bit.ly
videoconferencing - for teaching a class, talking with parents, or meeting penpals
- Google Hangouts
- Shindig – Large-scale Video Chat Platform
- Zoom
- Flipgrid | Empower Every Voice
- penpals only - About Us | OneWorld Classrooms
video-editing
- Free Online Video Editor | Clipchamp - Fast & Easy
- DaVinci Resolve 17 | Blackmagic Design
- free converter - Any Video Converter Free for Windows: Convert Almost All Video to MP4 and MP3 for Devices
- 11 tips to become an Apple iMovie master - CNET
- Online Video Editor | Smart Video Maker by Magisto
- free video editor - Screencast-O-Matic
- How to Edit Videos in Premiere Pro. (Beginner) - YouTube
- weVideo - Multimedia tool for the classroom
video stock clips for free use
- Free Stock Video Footage Download 4K HD Clips
- Creative Commons on Vimeo
- TeacherTube Educational Videos for the Classroom and Home
- YouTube
- Wikinews - editable by one's students