Tech Tools by Carly Minor

Keep

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 16:56:48 UTC

Google Keep is a free note-taking app that helps you organize your thoughts and capture important information. It's a great tool for teachers to use to stay on top of lesson plans, assignments, and student information.

Google Voice

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:00:43 UTC

Google Voice is a free communication service that offers a variety of features that can be useful for teachers. It can be used to make and receive calls, send and receive text messages, transcribe voicemails, and more.

Adobe Firefly

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:22:57 UTC

Adobe Firefly is a new family of creative generative AI models that can help teachers enhance their lessons and engage students in new and exciting ways. It is available as a standalone web application and as features in Adobe's flagship apps, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express.

Canva Magic Studio

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:23:58 UTC

AI-powered writing assistant that can help you create written content quickly and easily. It can generate sentences, paragraphs, lists, outlines, and more based on a simple text prompt. You can use Magic Write for a variety of tasks, such as writing social media posts, blog articles, website copy, business proposals, and even creative content like poems and stories.

Explain Everything

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:25:20 UTC

Explain Everything is a whiteboarding platform where people meet to share ideas and make them visual and clear so they can better understand each other. Now works with Promethean.

Google Applied Digital Skills

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:26:39 UTC

Free digital tools to use in your classrooms as well as connect to your GSuite. Use these tools to help students build technology understanding around different Google Apps. All lessons have plans, sample rubrics, lesson videos, and completion certificates.

Schoolytics

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:27:30 UTC

An amazing tool to use if you are a data person. Compare your classes through Google Classroom on assignment completion, monitor grades, and allow students to track their own assignments. Parents are able to log on to see their students progress throughout the year. Sign up using Google for a free account and even join workshops to help understand the product even better!

EdPuzzle

cminor9 — 2023-11-21 17:54:10 UTC

Edpuzzle is an interactive video learning platform that allows teachers to transform any video into a personalized learning experience for their students. With Edpuzzle, teachers can embed questions, notes, and voice-overs into videos to help students retain information and engage with the material.

My Map - Mind Mapping

cminor9 — 2023-11-27 14:24:15 UTC

MyMap.ai is an AI-powered tool that helps users visualize their ideas in the form of interactive maps, presentations, and mind maps. It simplifies the process of organizing and structuring thoughts, making it a valuable tool for students, teachers, and professionals.

Figma (Similar to Jamboard)

cminor9 — 2023-11-27 17:51:34 UTC

Teachers can use Figma to create interactive prototypes, diagrams, and flowcharts to help students visualize concepts and processes. For example, a science teacher could use Figma to create a model of the solar system, or a history teacher could use Figma to create a timeline of events.

Eric Curts has created a webinar on ways to get your Jamboard slides into Figma. Take a look here.

Connections - DIY

cminor9 — 2023-11-27 18:15:27 UTC

Do you love the daily Connections by New York Times? Now you can create your own! Fun way to introduce vocabulary or a new topic!

TeachAide

cminor9 — 2024-02-12 15:05:39 UTC

This platform focuses on helping teachers create personalized learning experiences for their students. It uses AI to:

Generate lesson plans: You can set specific learning objectives and the platform will create a plan with activities, resources, and assessments tailored to your students' needs.
Provide differentiated instruction: It can suggest different approaches to teach the same material based on individual student strengths and weaknesses.
Analyze student data: The platform can track student progress and provide insights to help you adjust your teaching approach.