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Nearpod is a student engagement platform that can be used to amazing effect in the classroom. The concept is simple. A teacher can create presentations that can contain Quiz's, Polls, Videos, Images, Drawing-Boards, Web Content and so on. They can also access over 7K k-12 standards-aligned lessons.
Thanks to Joliet Junior College for sharing this resource.

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Flipgrid is a website that 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.
Thanks to Joliet Junior College for sharing this resource.

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Desmos is a free graphing and teaching tool for math available on the web as well as on iOS and Android. ... With a free Desmos account, students and teachers can save graphs to revisit later

Thanks to Joliet Junior College for sharing this resource.

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One of the important questions I began with when we suddenly switched to teaching virtually in the spring was, how do I most effectively communicate with my students? I did have school email addresses and some personal email addresses for them, but some of them were not frequently used. I decided to create a Google Voice account. It is free of charge and the app icon is pictured below. This allows me to text the students directly on a device that I know they will see, and I have had little to no issues with wrong numbers like I used to with home phone numbers.  I like using Google Voice instead of my regular cell phone number, because I can easily group students by class by adding a label when I enter them into my contacts. Also, I only use Google Voice for my students so I know when I get a text through that account, it is one of my students and I should not save it for later. Sometimes a text on my regular cell number will get buried in group texts about carpooling and family get-togethers:)  Some prefer that students not have their cell phone numbers, so this is a bonus too. Lastly, Google Voice can easily be opened on my computer, so many days, I will just leave that tab open, and I can quickly text students as I go through their work. Overall, it has been a huge help, and I think I will continue to use it no matter the modality of the course. Thanks to Tara Schwab for this suggestion.

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I like to give feedback about students’ writing as much as possible. We can easily edit their writings online and send it back to them. However, I do think it adds a personal touch, especially during this time of limited personal contact, to make handwritten notes and send them back to students. I will have students email or share via Google Docs their writing pieces such as practice GED responses. I will then print them out and make edits on them by hand. I use the app, CamScanner- PDF Scanner App, pictured below, on my iphone (free of charge) to scan their edited papers and send them back to the students. Even if they have to ask me what my handwriting says, again, it is nice to have that personal touch.
Thanks to Tara Schwab for this suggestion.

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When conducting class in Zoom or other web conference platform, consider occasionally changing the chat settings to allow students to chat with the HOST ONLY. Then when you pose questions to the group in a live class, all students answer you privately. This way, the hesitant, longer-processing student won't get in the habit of sitting back and seeing everyone else's answers - everyone provides an answer to you directly, so you can assess student understanding and keep them engaged!