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To help you remain on top of your teaching game this year, we have curated a list of the top free online teaching tools and software for you.
Any questions concerning the use of technology in your English classroom? Ask our Tech Guru!
Know any good resources? Recommend them to your peers and colleagues here.
To help you remain on top of your teaching game this year, we have curated a list of the top free online teaching tools and software for you.
Any questions concerning the use of technology in your English classroom? Ask our Tech Guru!
Know any good resources? Recommend them to your peers and colleagues here.
Calendly
Resource Description: Stay in control of who you meet and when with Calendy, a free calendar booking app. Calendly integrates with your calendar so you are never double booked – a miracle when teaching, and allows you to save time when booking in your parent-teacher appointments, or meetings with colleagues.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Stay in control of who you meet and when with Calendy, a free calendar booking app. Calendly integrates with your calendar so you are never double booked – a miracle when teaching, and allows you to save time when booking in your parent-teacher appointments, or meetings with colleagues.
Resource Type: Technology
Canva
Resource Description: A brilliant free graphic design tool you can use to create educational visuals and infographics for the classroom. It couldn’t be more intuitive and is loved by both beginners and experts alike. We guarantee you’ll be hooked.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: A brilliant free graphic design tool you can use to create educational visuals and infographics for the classroom. It couldn’t be more intuitive and is loved by both beginners and experts alike. We guarantee you’ll be hooked.
Resource Type: Technology
Class123
Resource Description: A free classroom management tool loved by millions. Class123 has a number of handy gadgets including a timer, seating chart, random picker, chalk board, goal tracker and more.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: A free classroom management tool loved by millions. Class123 has a number of handy gadgets including a timer, seating chart, random picker, chalk board, goal tracker and more.
Resource Type: Technology
ClassDojo
Resource Description: A favorite among teachers, ClassDojo is a free school communication platform that teachers, students, and parents can use every-day to build close-knit communities by sharing what’s being learned in the classroom through home photos, videos and messages. Parents can track their child’s progress, and children can showcase their learning. There are also free class behavior management tools system and lots of added features for teachers too. Check out this free beginner’s guide for teachers to learn what ClassDojo can do for you.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: A favorite among teachers, ClassDojo is a free school communication platform that teachers, students, and parents can use every-day to build close-knit communities by sharing what’s being learned in the classroom through home photos, videos and messages. Parents can track their child’s progress, and children can showcase their learning. There are also free class behavior management tools system and lots of added features for teachers too. Check out this free beginner’s guide for teachers to learn what ClassDojo can do for you.
Resource Type: Technology
Doodle
Resource Description: No more back and forth. Simply create a meeting on Doodle and send the link to your colleague or friend. Once your colleague confirms, the meeting is booked and automatically added to both of your calendars. That’s it. Doodle is the perfect tool for when you need to find dates that work for everyone such as essential parent-teacher meetings or the infamous staff Christmas party.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: No more back and forth. Simply create a meeting on Doodle and send the link to your colleague or friend. Once your colleague confirms, the meeting is booked and automatically added to both of your calendars. That’s it. Doodle is the perfect tool for when you need to find dates that work for everyone such as essential parent-teacher meetings or the infamous staff Christmas party.
Resource Type: Technology
Edmodo
Resource Description: No teacher is an island – join Edmodo’s global education network and connect with your fellow teachers and students now. Collaborate in groups, administer and provide educational materials, measure student performance and communicate with parents to create a more personalized and enriching learning experience for both you and your students.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: No teacher is an island – join Edmodo’s global education network and connect with your fellow teachers and students now. Collaborate in groups, administer and provide educational materials, measure student performance and communicate with parents to create a more personalized and enriching learning experience for both you and your students.
Resource Type: Technology
EdPuzzle
Resource Description: Save time and simply choose a video, create a series of questions that your students must answer and assess their learning in one short clip.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Save time and simply choose a video, create a series of questions that your students must answer and assess their learning in one short clip.
Resource Type: Technology
Flipgrid
Resource Description: Flipgrid is a great tool for encouraging students to create video responses to your grid questions or prompts and also to encourage learner-learner interactions in online courses, since students are also able to respond to each other's video responses. In an online learning environment where social isolation and psychological distance are common issues that have been shown to negatively influence online learner motivation, engagement, and satisfaction, using such tools as Fligrid is very important and necessary to establish and maintain learners' perceptions of their own and others' presences as "real people", which in turn contributes to their sense of community. Flipgrid is a great tool that serves this purpose!
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Flipgrid is a great tool for encouraging students to create video responses to your grid questions or prompts and also to encourage learner-learner interactions in online courses, since students are also able to respond to each other's video responses. In an online learning environment where social isolation and psychological distance are common issues that have been shown to negatively influence online learner motivation, engagement, and satisfaction, using such tools as Fligrid is very important and necessary to establish and maintain learners' perceptions of their own and others' presences as "real people", which in turn contributes to their sense of community. Flipgrid is a great tool that serves this purpose!
Resource Type: Technology
Google Classroom
Resource Description: Google Classroom helps classes communicate, save time and stay organised. It also makes teaching more productive by allowing you to streamline assignments, boost collaboration, and foster communication. You can create classes, distribute assignments, send feedback, and see everything in one place. Google Classroom also seamlessly integrates with other Google tools like Google Docs and Drive, helping to keep you organised and most importantly, save time.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Google Classroom helps classes communicate, save time and stay organised. It also makes teaching more productive by allowing you to streamline assignments, boost collaboration, and foster communication. You can create classes, distribute assignments, send feedback, and see everything in one place. Google Classroom also seamlessly integrates with other Google tools like Google Docs and Drive, helping to keep you organised and most importantly, save time.
Resource Type: Technology
Kahoot!
Resource Description: Create a learning game or trivia quiz on any topic in any language in minutes and make learning fun again with Kahoot!
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Create a learning game or trivia quiz on any topic in any language in minutes and make learning fun again with Kahoot!
Resource Type: Technology
Nearpod
Resource Description: Nearpod helps educators make any lesson interactive whether in the classroom or virtual. The concept is simple. A teacher can create interactive presentations that can contain Quiz's, Polls, Videos, Collaborate Boards, and more. Nearpod Silver Edition is entirely free.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Nearpod helps educators make any lesson interactive whether in the classroom or virtual. The concept is simple. A teacher can create interactive presentations that can contain Quiz's, Polls, Videos, Collaborate Boards, and more. Nearpod Silver Edition is entirely free.
Resource Type: Technology
Padlet
Resource Description: Even if you have never used productivity software before, Padlet is familiar and fun and easy to get to grips with. In fact, it couldn’t be easier to make beautiful boards, documents and webpages that are easy to read and share with colleagues, so why not get started now?
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Even if you have never used productivity software before, Padlet is familiar and fun and easy to get to grips with. In fact, it couldn’t be easier to make beautiful boards, documents and webpages that are easy to read and share with colleagues, so why not get started now?
Resource Type: Technology
Pear Deck for Google Slides
Resource Description: Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides.
Resource Type: Technology
Pixlr
Resource Description: Pixlr is an online photo editing tool that allows you to design, create and edit your photos and images easily. Right now, Pixlr for Education is offering an upgraded version of Pixlr for free, for teachers and educators.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Pixlr is an online photo editing tool that allows you to design, create and edit your photos and images easily. Right now, Pixlr for Education is offering an upgraded version of Pixlr for free, for teachers and educators.
Resource Type: Technology
Pocket
Resource Description: Save articles, video and stories from any publication, page or app in one place. Access the content offline and curate your own space with everything you can’t wait to share with your students.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Save articles, video and stories from any publication, page or app in one place. Access the content offline and curate your own space with everything you can’t wait to share with your students.
Resource Type: Technology
Schoology
Resource Description: An award-winning learning management system, Schoology allows teachers to create a private social network for their students, parents, and colleagues. Communicate with families and students, manage your classroom, collaborate with your colleagues, plus much more.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: An award-winning learning management system, Schoology allows teachers to create a private social network for their students, parents, and colleagues. Communicate with families and students, manage your classroom, collaborate with your colleagues, plus much more.
Resource Type: Technology
Storybird
Resource Description: Promote storytelling and boost your student’s writing skills while creating interactive and artistic books online through a simple and easy to use interface.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Promote storytelling and boost your student’s writing skills while creating interactive and artistic books online through a simple and easy to use interface.
Resource Type: Technology
Seesaw
Resource Description: A student driven digital portfolio and simple tool for easy parent communication. Seesaw is an excellent tool for teachers and students to share their work seamlessly with their families and is perfect for keeping everyone in the loop.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: A student driven digital portfolio and simple tool for easy parent communication. Seesaw is an excellent tool for teachers and students to share their work seamlessly with their families and is perfect for keeping everyone in the loop.
Resource Type: Technology
TED-Ed
Resource Description: Create your own interactive lessons, gain presentation literacy skills and celebrate innovative leadership with Ted-Ed’s video-based lessons organised by subject and theme.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Create your own interactive lessons, gain presentation literacy skills and celebrate innovative leadership with Ted-Ed’s video-based lessons organised by subject and theme.
Resource Type: Technology
WeTransfer
Resource Description: The answer to your prayers. Transfer large files easily to colleagues and keep your ideas moving. It’s free and does not even require you to create an account. Just upload files, enter the recipient’s email and you’re away.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: The answer to your prayers. Transfer large files easily to colleagues and keep your ideas moving. It’s free and does not even require you to create an account. Just upload files, enter the recipient’s email and you’re away.
Resource Type: Technology
Wordwall
Resource Description: Need a fresh teaching resource that fits your class and teaching style? Create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities (quizzes, match up, word games, and much more) in just one minute.
Resource Type: Technology
Resource Description: Need a fresh teaching resource that fits your class and teaching style? Create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities (quizzes, match up, word games, and much more) in just one minute.
Resource Type: Technology
Disclaimer: This project was funded by a grant from the United States Department of State. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.
