Useful Educational Technology Tools

- the only not free thing here - reasonably priced - add numerous activity to any lesson - hosted online - great app - can be embedded in LMS - teacher can record results - widgets can be saved, edited, reused

Bookwidgets

- free - video discussion board - private - feels like social media - great app for devices - can embed into an LMS

Flipgrid

- solutions for most needs - docs, sheets, slides, forms, etc. - free (15GB storage) - share, collaborate, embed - Google Classroom

Google Suite

- free - easy - fun - reports make it a good teacher tool too - can find and edit existing Kahoots! - can be accessed via browser or great app - Kahoot! challenges (need app for this) - students don't need an account

Kahoot!

- can be costly but there are options - Moodle, Moodle Cloud, Chamilo, Sakai, Canvas - no one LMS is perfect, even the expensive oens - most will offer what you need

LMS (Learning Management System)

- all free all the time - several different types of apps - unlimited creation - very easy - can be saved to your account and reused - samples of all apps can be saved/edited - link, QR code, embedded - colourful, attractive interface - can maintain classes and records

Learning Apps

- interactive presentation - live and student-paced - free and paid versions - free has a wide variety of tools - new lessons from scratch - new lessons from existing PPTs - can embed into an LMS - students don't need an account - reports

Nearpod

- free (limited) - online collaboration in real time - users can share multimedia - great for brainstorming and group work - customizable - private or public - can save boards as PDFs if you want to refresh

Padlet

- free and paid - online test creation - can share with link - easy to create, saves forever - issues detailed reports - four different question types - good solution when options are limited

Testmoz