EdTech Tools for the Classroom

EdTech Tools to Make Teachers’ Lives Easier

During our ETEC 512 Online Learning Conference, many different educational software programs were used by our classmates. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I thought I’d put them in one spot for future reference for myself and to share with others.

Here are some of the programs that were used for the ETEC 512 Online Learning Conference projects:

Animaker

Animaker is an online do-it-yourself (#DIY) animation video maker that brings studio quality presentations within everyone’s reach.

Bard (AI)

Meet Bard: your creative and helpful collaborator, here to supercharge your imagination, boost your productivity, and bring your ideas to life.

Blooklet

Blooket is an exciting new take on the modern classroom review game. It aims to match action with education to create the ultimate learning experience!

Canva

Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos, websites, and more.

ChaptGPT

ChatGPT is an AI-powered language model developed by OpenAI, capable of generating human-like text based on context and past conversations.

Class Craft

Combine the power of gamification with a variety of easy-to-use classroom management tools to make for happier, more engaged students.

ClassDojo

Build wonderful classroom communities with parents and students. ClassDojo helps teachers and families collaborate to support social-emotional learning.

Duolingo

With our free mobile app or web and a few minutes a day, everyone can Duolingo. Learn 30+ languages online with bite-size lessons based on science.

EdPuzzle

Easily create beautiful interactive video lessons for your students you can integrate right into your LMS.

FlipGrid

Flip is a free app from Microsoft where educators create safe, online groups for students to express their ideas asynchronously in short video, text, and audio messages.

Genially

Create presentations, infographics and other stunning content by yourself or with your team.

Gimkit

Engaging, easy-to-use tools that help reshape education for teachers and students. Gimkit is a classroom game-show platform where students compete by answering questions on their electronic devices. Instead of earning points, students earn virtual currency, which they can “invest” during the game to boost their score.

H5P

H5P makes it easy to create, share and reuse HTML5 content and applications. H5P empowers everyone to create rich and interactive web experiences.

Khan Academy

Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more.

Meme Generator

Insanely fast, mobile-friendly meme generator. Caption memes or upload your own images to make custom memes.

Nearpod

Real-time insights into student understanding through interactive lessons, interactive videos, gamification, and activities — all in a single platform.

Padlet

Make beautiful boards to collect, organize, and present anything. Used by over 30 million people worldwide. Get started for free.

Scratch

Create stories, games, and animations. Share with others around the world. Scratch is the world’s largest free coding community for kids.

Socrative

Your classroom app for fun, effective engagement and on-the-fly assessments.

What other EdTech tools to you use in your classroom?

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