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Class Dojo is a communication tool that keeps teachers, students, and families connected to what is happening within the classroom. Class Dojo is a digital app that can be easily downloaded to any device. Teachers can share photos, videos, and messages with families so that they stay connected with their student’s learning. https://www.classdojo.com/

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Google Classroom is another Google tool that is great for communicating with students and any teacher within the Google Classroom. Google Classroom can be used for students to contact teachers and fellow students about assignments or to collaborate when creating a project. https://edu.google.com/products/classroom/

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Parent Square is a messaging app that helps teachers stay in touch with families, students, and teachers. Teachers can send links, photos, videos, and text messages to keep everyone up to date on all school related issues. https://www.parentsquare.com/signin

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Google Sites allows multiple users to create and edit a website. Students can start with a pre-made template or create their own to share and present information.

https://sites.google.com/new

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Google Hangouts is a messaging tool that can consist of one-on-one conversation or groups up to 150 people. It can be accessed with many different types of devices which makes it very convenient to use. Users can send text, pictures, memes, videos, and emojis as part of the conversation.

https://hangouts.google.com/

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Jamboard allows students to communicate on an idea board. Students can add ideas as typed or written text, color code with post-its, and add shapes or drawings. It functions as a virtual whiteboard.

Google Jamboard

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Padlet is an online board in which students and teachers can share ideas, links, pictures, and videos. These links or ideas can be sorted and reorganized, like a posterboard full of sticky notes.

Padlet

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Google Docs is another great tool that can be used as a collaborative tool. A Google Doc can be shared with one or many collaborators in an effort to make something better through collaboration. Google Docs can be accessed anywhere a person has access to a technological device. As with all Google products, it is saved immediately. A gmail is all you need to access it for free.

https://www.google.com/docs/about/

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Popplet is a visual tool for teams to create mind maps or graphic organizers. Users can add text, drawings, videos, links, and other media, and connect how different ideas are related. A team can brainstorm together on a Popplet and link their ideas with those submitted by teammates.
Popplet

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Diingo is a great way for research partners and groups to bookmark articles on a given topic. It is similar to an online library but the information can be kept for as long as it is needed. https://www.diigo.com/

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Minecraft for education is a great tool for students to explore architecture, ecosystems, and solve problems through design.

https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/homepage

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Goosechase is digital tool to create scavenger hunts. Students can work alone, in pairs, or in teams to locate items, places, or answer questions or riddles. Students can take pictures or videos of scavenger hunt items and even pinpoint themselves on GPS at certain locations they find. It is a great way for students to work together.

https://www.goosechase.com/edu/

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Flipgrid allows students and faculty to record and share videos within a closed network. Users can provide feedback in the form of text or video.

Flipgrid

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Prezi is similar to PowerPoint or Google Slides. Users can create interactive and visually creative presentations.

Prezi

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Google Slides is a great tool for creation and collaboration. It can be used by one person or a group of people by simply sharing the presentation. It gives each person an opportunity to share their ideas and creativity in one location. Collaborators can communicate with each other as they share ideas and create a presentation. All you need to have is a gmail account to access it for free.

https://www.google.com/slides/about/

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Mindmeister is a free mind mapping tool that is great for creating mind maps to share and present to your class. These maps can be created in many forms to show your creativity as a single student, partners, or groups.

https://www.mindmeister.com/

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Glogster is an interactive online poster creation tool. Students can add photos, text, video, audio, and graphics to their virtual canvas.

http://edu.glogster.com/

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Squigl is a video creation website. Starting with a slide deck or video, users can animate their presentations and add voiceover narrations. The end product is an engaging interactive animated video.

https://squiglit.com/education-k12/

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Sketchboard is an online mind-mapping tool. Users can add text and shapes to convey their ideas, or use the freehand mode to draw their thoughts on a virtual whiteboard. Sketchboard is very visual, which can be easier to use with younger students whose reading and writing skills are still developing. Sketchboard has a collaborate feature as well where users can add to a team whiteboard, and integrates with Google Drive.

Online Collaborative Whiteboard | Sketchboard

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On Powtoon, users can create cartoon-style videos. Users can start with a premade template to add onto, or upload a slide deck to start their video. There is a whiteboard option as well, for users to draw or write in their own additional content.

EDU | Powtoon

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ThingLink is a platform that allows students and teachers a way to create and discover images. The images can be transformed into interactive stories by adding music, video, and texts. This would be a terrific way for my students to create interactive maps.

https://www.thinglink.com/

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Scratch is an engaging introduction to programming. It is designed for student aged 8-16. Students can create games, videos, animations, and slideshows. They can incorporate music, videos, photos, and graphics in their creations.

https://scratch.mit.edu/

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Symbaloo is a great way for students to gather their favorite links in one place. It is structured in a grid to keep it visually appealing, neat, and organized. Students do not have to worry about where they saved their links because they are all in one place.

https://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcRbjEE

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Mural is a multifaceted whiteboard which promotes collaboration. Mural facilitate lesson presentation and group project collaboration from anywhere by making sharing a simple process. Mural is a digital workspace.

https://www.mural.co/

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Lino is a sticky note tool which helps students keep their ideas, links, and notes in an organized place. It makes organization and sharing easy. Lino provides a colorful and engaging space to store and share sticky notes and pictures. This is a great tool for collaboration and curation.

https://en.linoit.com/

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Webjets are versatile multimedia boards for organizing and sharing. Webjets allows you to manage information with ease, place cards freely, and group them at the touch of a button.

https://www.webjets.io/

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Quizziz.com- is a great website for formative and summative assessments. Teachers can create their own assessments or use assessments from other teachers. This can be used for whole class assessment or broken down into leveled assessments. Either way, these assessments are played like a game so students can see who is winning in real time.

https://quizizz.com/

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Buncee- is a creation and presentation tool that helps students and teachers visualize, communicate, and engage with classroom concepts and ideas. This is a tool that shows off what your students have learned without the typical question and answer.

https://app.edu.buncee.com/

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In Peardeck, teachers can start with a slide deck and add a variety of assessment questions throughout a presentation. All students can access the same Peardeck on their own device with a shared code, allowing all students to participate and share their individual responses. Peardeck has options for including multiple choice and true/false questions for short check-ins, or you can add a slide for students to respond to a short answer question.

Pear Deck

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Formative is an assessment app that allows teachers to track progress in real-time and give live feedback. Formative gives teachers the ability to use a multitude of question types using text, audio, video, and many more. Teachers can use the results to help individual students with their weaknesses.

https://goformative.com/

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Socrative is an assessment app which is cloud based. It allows teachers to create assessments which they can follow in real time. It gives teachers instant feedback to the progress of each student. Socrative also gives teachers the ability to assign exit tickets or questions to each student. Teachers can also personalize assignments to fit the needs of each student.

https://www.socrative.com/

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Kahoot is a game-based assessment tool. Teachers can create their own kahoots or use many others that have been created by other educators. Kahoots can be used for assessment or as daily challenges for students. They are designed to be fun and educational.

https://kahoot.com/