Make Awesome Photo Quotes with Quotes Cover QuotesCover.com It seems that photo quotes just keep gaining in popularity. In an age where practically everything is visual, it’s no wonder that we even share our favorite quotes as images. Tools like Recite, and Quozio have made it easy to share words of inspiration in an eye-catching… Read more
Adobe Spark – Unleash Creativity in the Classroom Spark.Adobe.com Adobe Spark is a free creativity multi-tool for the classroom. Consisting of three tools, Adobe Spark brings the popular iOS apps Slate, Voice, and Post to web browsers. All three tools allow students to creatively express themselves and demonstrate understanding quickly and easily. Students can create… Read more
Free, Copyright-Friendly Images for Education Pics4Learning.com Pics4Learning provides a safe, high-quality image library for educational use. Teachers and students will find a variety of copyright-friendly images that are both categorized and searchable. Read the entire image use policy here. Incredible Image Collections Images are organized into categories like animals, food, transportation, weather, etc. Browsing through these… Read more
Fake Tweets & More – Simitator www.Simitator.com It’s no secret: students love social media! So what better way to get them excited about learning than to use social media? Since most varieties of social media are blocked at my school, I’ve discovered that Simitator.com is a great way to integrate social media into various classroom… Read more
A Free Interactive Map Maker for Students – ZeeMaps Let students collaborate to create interactive maps that can be shared online. ZeeMaps is a free, online map maker that allows multiple students to add unlimited markers to maps. It’s a great tool for reinforcing geography knowledge and increasing information literacy. The map below shows an… Read more
If you’re on social media (and let’s face: our students are on social media), you’re familiar with the concept of the meme. Several years ago, it seemed like I couldn’t get through a class period without multiple students showing me a meme, showing it to friends, or even begging me to project it on the board…. Read more
Star Wars Crawl Creator Star Wars has unintentionally made it’s way into a number of posts on EdTech Picks lately. Students can learn to code with Star Wars, or even program BB-8. Now you can start your class the same way all of the Star Wars movies have started with the Star Wars Crawl Creator. You… Read more
PowToon PowToon.com Powtoon is a great animation creator for teachers and students to make engaging presentations. It’s a great way to take your instructional presentations up a notch, or a perfect tool for giving students yet another way to creatively demonstrate understanding. The ability to make engaging, professional-looking, animated videos with a simple drag and… Read more
Photos For Classwww.photosforclass.com Photos For Class makes it easy for students to quickly find copyright-free images that are automatically cited upon download. As students move from consuming content to creating content, it’s important that we teach them about copyright. I also want my students to cite sources, but I don’t want them spending a lot of… Read more
Animoto Animoto.com Animoto is a great way to make professional-looking videos. In my seven years of teaching and trying hundreds (perhaps thousands!) of different tech tools, it remains one of my favorites. I discovered Animoto at a PD session in my second year of teaching; five years later, I still use it on a near-weekly basis…. Read more
