Tech Resources for Lesson Planning
TECH RESOURCES FOR LESSON PLANNING
Accessibility
APPs for Struggling Readers
Audiopal
National Center for Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM)
TapTapSee
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
vozMe (text to speech)
Analogies
Interactive Analogy Game
IXL Analogy Games
On-line Quiz
Animation, Comics, Creation
Animation Library
Animoto
Badge Maker
Bitstrips
Block Posters
Comic Creator
Comic Life
Comics Head
Comix
Glogster EDU
Google Sketchup
MuseumBox
Photo Story 3
PhotoPeach
PowToon
SchoolTube
Smilebox
Storybird
VoiceThread
Witty Comics
Write Comics
APPs in the Classroom
Kathy Schrock’s Guide
Search Engine for APPs
Arts Integration/Digital Drawing Tools
A School Art Teacher's Blog
Aminah’s World
Arts and the Common CoreReview from College Board
ARTS Education Partnership
Bomomo
Canvastic
Common Core Conversation
Crayola Online
Flame Painter
Google Art Project
Google Cultural Institute
Kennedy Center ArtsEdge
Math Art Tools
Math at the Kennedy Center
Mathematics and Art
Scrap Coloring
Sumo Paint
Toy Theater
Virtual Math Museum: Mathematical Art
Audio
Free Sound Clips and Music for Presentations
RecordMP3 Online
Sound Bible
Soundsxtras
Vocaroo
Augmented Reality
32 Augmented Reality APPs for the Classroom
ABC Henhouse Pinterest Board Augmented Reality Ideas
Augmented Reality in Math Class
Aurasma
CoLAR
Edutopia: AR Bringing New Dimensions to Learning
Integration of Augmented Reality Blog Post
Legos
LiveBinder
Popar Toys: Picture Books; Puzzles; Wall Hanging: Wonders of the World
Toy Car RCAPP
Assessment
Kahoot
Socrative
Zaption(add questions to videos)
Awards/Recognition
Certificate Templates
Certificate Templates in WORD
KidBibs Awards
Card Templates in WORD
Concrete symbols (certificates, badges, stickers, etc.)
Create Magazine Cover
Create Motivational Posters
E-Cards from Blue Mountain
E-cards from Jib Jab
Email Recognition to Parents
Multimedia Presentations
Newsletters
Positive Notes Home
TV Broadcasts for notable events
Common Core
Achieve the Core Lesson Bank
America Achieves
Business/Computer Technology Common Core Conversation
Cognitive Rigor Matrix and Math/Science Content Examples
Common Core Conversation
Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Creative Educator
ESL Resources Common Core Conversation
Family Consumer Science/Careers Common Core Conversation
Hunt Institute Videos
Learn ZillionLesson Plans
Lesson Plans/Planning (CC-ish)
Library/Media Resources Common Core Conversation
Physical Education/Health Resources Common Core Conservation
SEDL CCSS Videos
Show Me the Strategies
The Teaching Channel
Communication
Google Hangouts
Mystery Skype
Scratch
Support for Mystery Skype
Talking Tom (Ben, Gina, Lila and other characters
tapfun
ToonCamera
VoiceThread
Voki
Weebly
Wiki
Writer Igniter
Curation/Collaboration
Diigo
LiveBinders
Pearl Trees
Scoop.It
Symbaloo
Data Collection/Analysis Tools
Creately
Data probes
Decide Already
Digital cameras
DrawAnywhere
Gliffy
Google Forms
InspireData
Kwik Surveys
Open Office Spreadsheets
Google Drive Spreadsheets
Microsoft Office Excel Spreadsheets
Poll Everywhere
Scanners
SurveyMonkey
Swivel
Visual Ranking Tool from Intel
ePortfolios/Build Your Own Website
Google Sites
PB Wiki
SeeSaw
Webs
Weebly
Wikispaces
Wix
eBook Readers
Kindle
iBook
Nook
Kobo
Google Play Books
Flash cards/decks
English Flashcardsfor ESL
Flippity
Quizlet
Study Blue
Game Sources
ABCya
Bingo Maker, Jeopardy (not PPT)
Classtools★
EdHeads
Kahoot!★
PBS Kids SMART Board Games
Google Drive (Google Docs, Google Forms)
Google Earth
Google Earth Teach
Google Lit Trips
Google Maps
Images/Photo Libraries
25 Websites to Have Fun With Your Photos
ABC Henhouse Pinterest Board Picture Prompts
BeFunky
Copy-right Friendly
Dreamstime
EduPic
Flickr Commons
Free Range Stock
Fun Photo Box
Google Cultural Institute
Google Images
Kozzi
Library of Congress Image Library
LIFE Image Archive
Literacy Shed
Math Cartoons and Pictures Pinterest Board
MorgueFile
National Park Images
Newseum
Photl.com
PhotoFunia
Photos for Class
PicMonkey Collage
Pics4Learning
Pictures Math for Kids
RGB Stock
Stock.xchnge
Unsplash
Interactives and Simulations
ABCya
Annenberg Math Interactives
Annenberg Media Interactives★
Architectural Firm
Body Line
Chart Go
Cochlear Implant
Concord Consortium
Connected Classroom Simulations
Create a Graph
Eduweb
Explore Learning Gizmos for Math and Science
Frog Dissection (1)
Frog Dissection (2)
Google Earth
iKnow That
Image Detective
Interactive Sites for Education
NASA
National Geographic Interactives★
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives★
NOVA Interactives Archive
PhET
Scholastic
Spiromath
Subdural Hematoma Surgery
TechTrekers Math Simulations
Utah Education Network Interactives
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
World War I Trench Warfare
Learning Management Systems
Blackboard
Canvas
Edmodo
Elluminate
Haiku
Moodle
Literacy Resources
Common Core Conversation
KidBlog
Giggle Poetry
Laugh-A-Lot Poetry
Poetry Guy
Robert Pottle Poems
Poetry4Kids
Inquiry and Analysis Interactives
Animal Inquiry
Book Cover Guide
Drama Map
Fact Fragment Frenzy
Hero's Journey
Hints about Print
Literary Elements Map
Organizing and Summarizing Interactives
Alphabet Organizer
Circle Plot Diagram
Compare and Contrast
Crossword Puzzles
Doodle Splash
Essay Map
Graphic Map
K-W-L Creator
Literary Graffiti
Notetaker
Persuasion Map
Plot Diagram
Resume Generator
Story Map
Summary Frames
Timeline
Trading Card Creator
Venn Diagram
Webbing Tool
Writing Poetry Interactives
Acrostic Poems
Diamante Poems
Letter Poem Creator
Line Break Explorer
Poetry Idea Engine
Poetry Splatter
Theme (Shape) Poems
Word Mover (Found Poems)
Writing Riddles
Maps
BatchGeo
Smarty Pins
Scribble Maps
Mathematics
Math General Resources
7 Must-Have Centers
Common Core Conversation Math Resources
Dinah Zike Math Foldables
Edheads Simulations
Engage NY
Eureka Math
Explore Learning Gizmos
Greg Tang
Khan Academy
Math by Design
Math Education in the US (12th International Congress)PDF
Math Machine(Games)
Math Mini Texts
Math Shed
Mathematics Bookshelf
Mathematical Practices(ABC Folder)
National PTA
NEA Portal
Pinterest Board: Art and Math
Practical Money Skills
Texas Instruments
Wowzers
Math Lesson Plans
Achieve’s EQuIP Math Exemplars(Click Exemplars tab)
Discovery Education
ETA Hand2Mind
Marilyn Burns Lessons
NCTM Illuminations
NCTM Lessons
Math Interactives
ABCya
Annenberg Math Interactives
Chart Go
Create a Graph
Math by Design
Math in Daily Life
NASA Connect Math Simulations
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives★
Roseman/Chance Applet Collection
Math Rich Tasks
ASCD iTunes Resources
Dan Meyer★
EduCore
GIZMOS
Illustrative Math★
Inside Math★
K-5 Math Teaching Resources★
Learn Zillion HS
Learn Zillion K-8
MARS★
Math CCSS Toolbox
Math Common Core Coalition
Math Design Collaborative
Mathalicious
Math Olympiads
Math Counts Foundation
Math Models
Ohio Problem Corner
Real World Math
Stella’s Stunners
Miscellaneous
11 Hilarious Hoax Websites
21 Things 4 Students
ABC Pinterest Boards(follow us!)
Bit.do url shortener
Class Tools
Clean Web Pages: Readability
Edutopia
Fur.ly
Google Logo MakerPinterest
Pinterest Board with SAMR Integration Ideas
QR Code Generator Kaywa
QR Code Generator Visualead
QR Code Scanner Scanlife
Smithsonian
Springdale Strategy Cards
Symbaloo
Zamzar (for converting files)★
Music
Eric Ode Music for Kids
iBand (North Point Christmas Concert)LINK
Lyrics
OcarinaVideo
Sing Along Songs
Songs for Teaching
Non-linguistic/Visual
Make a Montage
Tagul
ThingLink★
ThingLink Example
Visual Dictionary
Visual Ranking Tool from Intel
Visuwords
Wordle
See also Images/Photo Libraries list above
Note-taking/Outlining
EverNote
Google Docs
Google Keep★
My School Notebook
NoteStar
Notetaker
OneNote★
PearlTree for Notetaking Tools
Sticky Notes in Word
Word Processing
Publishing
Blogs
iBooks Author
Issuu
Keynote (Mac)
PhotoPeach
PowerPoint (video: how to create eBooks)
ProtoPage
Scrivener (Mac)
Website Creation
Weebly
Wix
QR Codes
QR Stuff Website
QR Voice
Kaywa
Reference Tools
Bib Me
Citation Generator in Microsoft WORD
Citation Machine
EasyBib★
Graph Words Thesaurus
Math Dictionary for Kids
Noodlebib
Research Organizer
Rhyme Zone Dictionary
Thesaurus
Visual Dictionary★
Visual Mathematics Dictionary
Visual Thesaurus
VisuWords
Reports (book reports, lab reports, etc.)
Animoto
Blabberize
Glogster
Google Lit Trips
Memoov
ZooBurst
Rubrics/Scoring Guides
Classroom Effort and Motivation Rubric
Goobric(rubrics inside Google Docs) (Chrome add-in) ★
Rubistar
Teachnology Rubrics
Science
Arkive
BBC Science
Body Line★
Common Core Conversation
Edheads Simulations
Engineering Interact
Exploratorium★
Explore Learning Gizmos $ ★
Interactive History of NASA
Lawrence Hall of Science
Library of Congress Science Reference Services
Museum of Science
National Science Digital Library
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Nova Broadcasts Archive
Nova Science Now
Penn Medical Animations
Periodic Table Comic Book
Periodic Table Videos
Science Behind the News
Science Guru
Science Hack (Science Videos)
Science Netlinks
Smithsonian Science
The Wild Classroom
Time Lapse Movies for Plants
University of Cambridge: Department of Engineering
Usborne Science Quicklinks
Virtual Cell Animations (APP)
Virtual Labs
Virtual Microscope
Similarities and Differences
Compare and Contrast
Compare and Contrast Guide
Social Studies
100 Milestone Documents
A Chronology of US Historical Documents
African and African American History: A Resource Guide for Arkansas Teachers
America in Class
America’s Library
Annenberg Learner
Arkansas African-American History Makers Coloring Book
Arkansas Council for the Social Studies
Arkansas Geographic Alliance
Augmented Reality Freedom Stories
Avalon Project
Ben's Guide To U.S. Government for Kids (K-12)
Best of History Web Sites
Beyond the Bubble
Bill of Rights Institute
C-Span Classroom
C-Span’s Presidential Libraries
Center for Civic Education
Citizenship Quiz
Colonial Williamsburg
Common Core Conversation
Congress for Kids
Council for Economic Education
Discrepant Event Inquiry
econedlink (Economics & Personal Finance Resources for K-12)
Economics Arkansas
Exploring AR Videos
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Little Rock Branch
FedFlix
Flag Program- Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs Web Site
Freedom - A History of US
Google Cultural Institute★
Historical Scene Investigations (HSI)
Historical Thinking Matters
History Alive
History by Topic
History Engine
iCivics
iCivics★
Liberty's Kids
Library of Congress
Library of Congress★
Mission US
Museum Box
National Archives
National Archives Digital Vault★
National Archives Docs Teach
National Constitution Center
National Council for Geographic Education
National Council for SS (NCSS)
National Council for the Social Studies
National Geographic
National Geographic Young Explorers eBooks
National History Education Clearing House
Ology at American Museum of Natural History
Primary Sources National Archives
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Smithsonian's History Explorer
Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)
State-by-State Comparisons
Teaching American History
Teaching History
Teaching History with Technology
The Big History Project
The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
The Getty Museum
The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History
The National WWII Museum (New Orleans)
Then There Was Arkansas
U.S. Mint (K-6 Lesson Plans)
Usborne Quick Links
Virtual White House Tours
World War I Primary Sources
World Wonders Project
Student Work Samples
ABC Henhouse Pinterest Board Displaying Student Work
Achieve the Core Student Writing Samples
Summarizing Tools
Fact, Fragment, Frenzy
Free Summarizer
Online Summarize Tool
SMMRY
Tagul
Text Compactor
ThingLink
ThingLink Example
Wordle
Task Creation Tools
50 Sneakers
Animoto
Blabberize
Blog: Screencasting for Educators
Blubbr
Cartoonize
Class Marker Quizzes
Comic Life
Comics Head
Doodle Buddy (APP)
Dragon Dictation (APP)
EdCite★
EDpuzzle
eduClipper
Edulastic★
Explain Everything (APP)
FlipSnack
Formative Feedback on Oral Presentations
Fur.ly
Garage Band
Glogster
Go Animate
Google Docs
Google Drive
Google Forms
Gooru
Haiku Deck
iBook
iMovie
Inklewriter
InstaGrok★
iPhoto
iTunes Course
Jing
Kerpoof
Keynote
Kids Blog
Lesson Paths
Lexile Analyzer
LiveBinders
Make Beliefs Comix
Mapping Media to the Common Core
Moodle
Moviemaker
MyStoryMaker
Pages
Photo Story 3
PicCollage
Picture Book Maker
Popplet (APP)
PowerPoint
Presentation Templates in WORD
Prezi
Punflay (APP)
Puppet Pals (APP)★
Quick Response Codes (QR)Article
Screencast-O-Matic
Scribble Press (APP)
Search Engine for APPs
Songify (APP)
Soundsxtra
StoryBird
StoryJumper
StoryKit (APP)★
Talking Tom (Ben, Gina, Lila and other characters)
Tapfun
ToonCamera
Visual Ranking Tool from Intel
VoiceThread
Voki
Weebly
Wiki
WORD processing
Writer Igniter Scratch
ZooBurst
Text Complexity
Lexile Analyzer★
Text-Dependent Questions (Sources)
Achieve the Core.org★
Basal Alignment Project ★
Questioning Using Google Drive
Text Sources
Awesome Stories
Basal Alignment Project ★
BookBub
Bookish
Brevity Magazine
Calibre
Center for Digital Story-telling
eReaderIQ
Etude Magazine
Feedbooks
Free Booksy
Get Epic★
Good Reads
Holt McDougal Current Events Archive
How Stuff Works
HundredZeroes
Idaho Teachers Reading Passages
International Children's Library
Librivox★
Lit2Go★
Literactive
Many Books★
Math Mini Texts
Mathematics Bookshelf
National Geographic Young Explorers eBooks
New York Times The Learning Network
Newsela★
Poetry Foundation
Project Gutenberg★
Reader’s Theaters Best of Class
Reader's Theaters Scripts and Plays
ReadWorks★
Scholastic for Kids★
Storia
Storynory★
The Learning NetworkMultiple Blogs
What Should I Read Next?
Which Book
Wiki Junior Books
Typing Tools/Keyboarding
K-5 Technology Activities including Keyboarding
Dance Mat Typing
Good Typing
Learn to Type
Nitrotype
Typing Adventure
Typing Club (website)
Typing Club (Chrome add-on) ★
Typing Games for KidsTyping Speed Monitor (Chrome add-on)
Video Sources and Tools
Apollo Movie Guide
Clip Converter
EDpuzzle★
Edudemic 100 Best Video Sites
Teacher Tube
Ted Talks
Tube Chop
Watch Know Learn
You Tube for Schools
Zamzar File Conversion
Zaption(add questions to videos)
Virtual Tours
4-H Virtual Farm
Airpano★
Alaska
Anne Frank Secret Annex★
AreaVibes Online Field Trips
Electronic Field Trips
Hall of Mirrors Versailles Palace
Monticello
National Park Service
National Parks
Panoramas.dk★
Sistine Chapel
Smithsonian Virtual Tours
U.S. National Park Virtual Tours
USA
Virtual Math Museum
White House
Visual Organizers
Brainstorming
Padlet★
Realtime Board
Concept Maps 'anything can connect to anything'
What are they?
Bubbl.us
cMap
Concept Map Printable
Concept web generator
Graphic Organizers
Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers
Interactive Graphic Organizers
K-W-L Creator
Lexicon Interactive Graphic Organizers
Multiple Organizers by Write Design
WORD Templates for Concept Maps
Mind Mapping ’strong hierarchy and central topic’
Mindomo
Spider Scribe
WiseMapping
Thinking Guides
Exploratree
ThinkTank
Timelines
Dipity
Time Maps
Timeline Creators (Article from Blog)
Timeline JS
Timeline Templates in WORD
Timetoast
Vocabulary
Academic Word Finder★
Book Drum★
Dictionary
Flocabulary
Illuminations Math Vocabulary Bingo
Illustrated Math Vocabulary
Kahoot!
Lexile Power Words★
Lino
Literacyhead
Math Vocabulary
Math VocabularyOur grade level files
Math Word Walls Card
MathWords
Ninja Words
Power Vocab
Thing LinkVisual Dictionary
Visuwords
Vocabulary.com★
Vocab Genii
VocabGrabber
Word Stash
Wordnik
WordSpy
Word Processing
Annual Reports & Proposals
Business Forms
Catalogs, Menus, & Product Lists
Collaterals(brochures, posters, promotional materials, etc.)
Cool Text
Crafts & Creative Printing
Edutopia Article: Redefining the Writing Process
Identity Systems(logo, letterhead)
Marketing Materials(ads, direct mail)
Novel Notes (editable PPT slide)
Packaging
Periodicals(newsletters, magazines)
Presentation Graphics
Primary Writing Spaces(electronic version of lined paper)
Professional Reading: The Impact of Word Processing in Education
Publication Art
Publications(books, manuals, booklets, etc.)
Research Organizer
Self-publishing
Signage
Web, Mobile, and Multimedia Publishing
Word Processing
Word-processing Ideas for the Classroom
Writing
Google Story Builder
Google Voice Typing
Grammarly Chrome Add-in
Grammarly Tool★
Gzaas (Full screen messages)
Hemingway App★
Kaizena
Kaizena Google Doc Add-in
OneWord
PaperRater
Pro Writing Aid Web Tool
Pro Writing Aid Google Doc Add-In
Write Rhymes
Writing and Publishing Interactives
Book Cover Creator
CD/DVD Cover Creator
Class Story Writer
Comic Creator
Cube Creator (Bio, Mystery, Story)
Digital Book Bookr
Flip Book
Fractured Fairy Tales
Glogster
KidBlog
Letter Generator
Little Bird Tales
MeetingWords
Meography
Multigenre Mapper
Myth Brainstorming Machine
News Story
Newspaper Clipping Generator
Postcard Creator
Printing Press
Profile Publisher
Stapleless Book
Story Maker
StoryBird
Usborne Quick Links
Videolicious
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Above and Beyond the Core
Last updated June 2016 v14
Arkansas Public School Resource Center