Technology Tools to Incorporate in Lesson Plans

Getting Started

Looking for new ways to harness technology and boost student engagement in your classroom? This guide contains web-based platforms and apps to enhance your content, instruction, and assessment. For additional K-12 content, visit our K-12 Curriculum Databases or our guide to Open Educational Resources.

For additional support, contact ERC Head Librarian Jessica Hinson-Williams.

Tools for Assessment

Direct Instruction

Blooket
(Website) The modern classroom review game. It aims to match action with education to create the ultimate learning experience!
cK-12 (content)
(website) Free high-quality, standards-aligned, open content in the STEM subjects
Commonlit (content)
(website) Free instructional materials to support literacy development for students in grades 5-12.
Curriki (content)
(website) Online community of educators, learners and committed education experts works together to build and share quality materials that benefit teachers, parents and students globally
Hyperdocs
HyperDocs, a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom.
Khan Academy (content)
(website, app) Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more
OER Commons (content)
(website) Freely accessible online library that allows teachers and others to search and discover open educational resources (OER) and other freely available instructional materials.
Prezi (presentation)
(website, app) Presentation software that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to communicate ideas.
Screencast-O-Matic (presentation)
(website) Create and share screen recordings
Smart Exchange (content)
(website) Lesson plans and resources for a SMART Board.
Smart Notebook (presentation)
(download) Interactive learning experiences that easily connect with your classroom technology

Small Group/Independent Practice

Purpose: Personalized, differentiated and collaborative learning

Epic!
(website, app) eBooks that offers thousands of high-quality books. Free for Educators.
Explain Everything
(app) Integrates content from many sources that teachers and teens can use to create lessons, tutorials, and more for class or personal use
iBrainstorm
(app) Capture and shares ideas with teachers or the entire classroom across multiple iPads.
Inkflow
(app) Handwriting, drawing, and note-taking app, loaded with options and features and a picture-perfect tutorial.
Newsela: Nonfiction Literacy
(website, app) Free leveled news, primary sources, and more, with standards-aligned formative assessments.
Padlet
(website, app) Digital canvas to create beautiful projects that are easy to share and collaborate
Popplet
Mind-mapping tool helping students think and learn visually.

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Technology Tools to Incorporate in Lesson Plans

Getting Started

Tools for Assessment

Direct Instruction

Small Group/Independent Practice

Head Librarian, ERC