SuperTeacher Toolkit
The SuperTeacher Toolkit has everything you need to seamlessly integrate technology into your classroom, whether you’re a beginner or a pro. Unlock new ways to inspire, engage, and elevate learning!
Content Creation Tools
Adobe Express is a powerful and intuitive design tool tailored for teachers, offering a range of features to enhance classroom creativity and communication. With Adobe Express, teachers can easily create visually engaging lesson plans, educational infographics, interactive presentations, and eye-catching newsletters without needing advanced design skills. The platform provides a wealth of templates and resources, enabling educators to produce professional-quality materials quickly and efficiently. Its user-friendly interface and integration with other Adobe products make it a versatile asset for any classroom, helping teachers inspire and engage students through visually rich content.
Using a simple drag-and-drop system, you can upload videos, add music and insert captions wherever you like. There are various tutorials to help you on your way, but its ease-of-use will make it simple to create your own videos. Adobe Express is a free video creation tool.
Use photos, video clips, words, and music to create videos.
Share videos to popular social media sites, e-mail, and DVD.
Built-in video styles.
Audacity is a free, open-source audio editing software that allows users to record, edit, and enhance audio tracks. It offers a wide range of features including multi-track editing, various effects, and support for multiple file formats, making it ideal for creating podcasts, music, and other audio projects.
AudioMass is a free, web-based audio editing tool that offers features like trimming, cutting, pasting, and applying effects such as reverb and compression. It's ideal for creating and editing audio content quickly and efficiently in the classroom
Available for use on any web browser or the iOS apps, Canva is a very easy-to-use graphics creation software. It has a drag-and-drop feature and ready-to-use layouts and templates for designing not just posters or social media graphics, but also for professional presentations with beautiful typography, graphs, and charts.
Canva offers everything you would need to create beautiful designs-from millions of stock images, hundreds of fonts, and a multitude of photo filters, icons, and shapes.
Emaze is an online presentation software offering an upgrade from traditional PowerPoint, featuring an easy-to-use interface with a variety of templates, including 3D options. Its cloud-based platform allows for seamless editing and updating across computers and mobile devices, enabling users to create impressive visual aids and enhance the learning experience from anywhere.
FlexClip is an easy-to-use free online video maker that helps you easily turn photos and video clips into professional videos, no design skills required. It allows you to combine or merge multiple videos and photos into on single video.
Videos limited to 90 seconds in length, and 150 MB in file size.
Videos can be mapped to a location.
Embed in other Web pages or blogs.
Genially is a platform and tool for creating interactive and engaging content, like presentations, infographics, quizzes, and more. It allows users to transform content into dynamic, interactive experiences, making it a versatile tool for learning, communication, and entertainment.
Equipped with a Google research tool that you can use if you need to conduct research about your presentation. The search bar has a drop-down menu that lets you specify the type of research or information you are looking for in terms of images, videos, quotations, etc.
Infogram is an intuitive visualization tool that empowers people and teams to create beautiful content. It allows people to make and share digital charts, infographics and maps. It offers a free and paid version with multiple plans.
Microsoft Clipchamp is an intuitive video editor that offers features like trimming, adding text, transitions, and special effects, perfect for creating high-quality videos quickly and easily. It integrates with Microsoft 365 for enhanced functionality.
Microsoft Movie Creator is a user-friendly video editing tool available for Windows 10 and 11. Ideal for teachers, it enables you to create engaging video content by combining photos, video clips, and music. You can trim, merge, and add filters, transitions, text, and audio to your videos. It supports popular formats like MP4 and MOV, making it versatile for various multimedia projects. Perfect for creating lesson materials, project presentations, and classroom highlights.
Movie Maker – Video Editor is the app to help you make movies from your photos, video clips, and music. It provides basic features such as video trimming, joining, adding background music and text caption, to more advanced like image filter, transition effects.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation tool. Create presentations that stand out. Get your ideas across with beautiful design, rich animation, cinematic motion, 3D models and icons. Let intelligent technology help you bring your presentation to life with a few clicks. Tell your story with confidence with slide-by-slide notes only viewable by you. Easily translate your slides into the preferred language and use the built-in accessibility checker to be sure your audience doesn’t miss a thing.
Sway is an app from Microsoft Office that makes it easy to create and share interactive reports, personal stories, presentations, and more. Create newsletters, presentations and communications using Sway. With Sway, there’s no need to spend lots of time on formatting. Its built-in design engine takes care of making your creation look its best. If the initial design doesn’t quite match your taste or mood, you can easily apply another — or fully customize your layout to make it your own.
Create your explainer videos, promo videos, video tutorials or training videos with Moovly's online video editor and video templates. It has a free version as well as enterprise and educational plans.
Nearpod is an interactive teaching platform that enhances traditional lessons with engaging, standards-aligned content. It offers over 22,000 customizable resources, including interactive slides, videos, and gamified activities. Nearpod supports real-time insights and formative assessments, allowing teachers to adapt lessons based on immediate feedback. Seamlessly integrating with tools like PowerPoint and Google Slides, Nearpod is ideal for in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments
Piktochart is a web-based infographic application which allows users without intensive experience as graphic designers to easily create infographics and visuals using themed templates. It has a free and paid version
Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, providing free and premium hosting packages for individuals and businesses. Podbean offers a user-friendly interface that integrates publishing, management, syndication and analysis tools into an easy-to-use podcasting package.
PosterMyWall is a one-stop online solution for graphic design. They have simplified the design process so that anyone can create stunning graphics and videos without requiring any artistic skills.
Whether you’re using PosterMyWall individually or with your team, all your work is always saved securely in the cloud. Stay organized with folders and photo/video collections.
It offers a free and paid version with multiple plans.
Powtoon is another online presentation software that allows users to create animated videos and presentations to capture students' attention and increase engagement. This undoubtedly helps students avoid unnecessary distractions and to focus on the discussion.
Prezi is a web-based presentation software that differentiates itself from traditional slide-based tools by using a single, large canvas. Users can create dynamic and engaging presentations by zooming in and out to navigate through various frames, allowing for a more immersive storytelling experience. Prezi offers free usage with optional paid upgrades for additional features. The platform supports interactive visuals and video integration, making it a versatile tool for creating visually compelling presentations.
Renderforest Video Maker is a cloud-based video maker platform created to help you create beautiful, powerful and professional-videos quickly and effortlessly. You can create videos for a variety of purposes within minutes, ranging from slideshows, infographics, commercials, and more.
The free version offers:
Unlimited 360p videos
Up to 3-minute videos
500 MB storage
Limited number of music tracks
Watermarks on everything
Free logos in PNG
SlideDog, like many other tools on this list, lets you create presentations online. What makes SlideDog unique is that it lets you can combine almost any form of media into one presentation. You can insert various PowerPoints, Prezis, PDFs, YouTube videos, audio files, and many other elements without the need for conversions onto a SlideDog playlist so that you don’t have to switch between programs during presentation delivery.
The tool also features live sharing, chat, remote control (from any web-enabled device), and audience feedback and analytics.
Slidebean is an online presentation tool. Its best feature is its automatic design feature that lets you explore and experiment with hundreds of design combinations with a simple click of a mouse. The tool has a wide range of professional templates, photos, icons, gifs, charts, and graphs.
It also enables you to work with colleagues on a presentation simultaneously and track the activity of viewers on each slide.
Slides is an online presentation editor that lets you create and store decks on the cloud, making your presentations viewable anywhere—from desktop computers to phones and tablets—with an internet connection.
If you’re hosting a meeting or speaking at a conference, you can easily send a link or export a PDF copy of your presentation with Slides.
SlideShare is a hosting service for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos. Users can upload files privately or publicly in PowerPoint, Word, PDF, or OpenDocument format. Content can then be viewed on the site itself, on handheld devices or embedded on other sites.
It provides a simple, web-based platform for learners to record their own podcasts.
Spreaker requires an account just to get started, and its free plan offers 15-minute daily broadcasts, plus five hours of storage and basic analytics. But the tools go well above-and-beyond here. Their editing tools provide a rich mix of options for students to get creative. Spreaker also supports its community of podcasters, giving students an opportunity to see how others are using the platform.
Tellagami is a free app that you can use to create animated video presentations with a character that resembles you. You can create tutorials and instructional videos to keep things interesting. Even when your students miss your class, they can easily access your videos and it would feel like a face-to-face lecture.
Without having to install any software or program, you'll be amazed at Veed's online video editing tool. It supports all video formats, offers a wide range of useful tools and features, which users can enjoy just by signing up for a free plan. The good news doesn't end there - Educators and Non-profit organizations can maximize its Pro features for Free.
Venngage is primarily an app for creating infographics, but it doesn’t make it less of a tool you can use to create visually engaging presentations. Since it specializes in graphics, reports, posters, and other graphics-rich content, Venngage can help you communicate your ideas more visually. With a toolbar to drag and drop elements onto a blank canvas (or a pre-made template), you can create content that you can use to deliver your presentation.
Visme is a web-based tool that lets you create presentations, reports, infographics, and even web pages. By simply dragging and dropping elements from a toolbar, Visme allows you to customize your slides and add various kinds of media to your presentation—including video and audio. Visme is a free tool with an option for a paid version.
Vocaroo is a free online voice recording service that allows users to easily record, save, and share audio clips via a simple web interface. Ideal for quick voice messages, podcasting, and educational purposes.
Educational programming on YouTube takes on many shapes, forms, and can enhance the learning experience. Create channels, and groups and teach learners to subscribe to channels that will benefit their learning.
Zoho Show is part of the Zoho Docs suite. Like most of the tools on this list, Zoho Show lets you create slideshows on your web browser using themes, text, and other visual elements like charts and graphs.
One of its best features is “broadcast,” which lets you remotely present slideshow in real time to anyone with a web browser and internet access via a link. Combined with a conference call, this broadcast feature enables you to present to clients and colleagues remotely.
StoryJumper offers both free and paid options, making it accessible for all. With the free version, teachers and students can create, illustrate, and share digital books. The paid options unlock additional features, like downloadable formats and hardcover printing, perfect for those who want a tangible keepsake. Whether you’re using the free or paid version, StoryJumper helps bring classroom stories to life in a fun, creative way!
Imagine Forest is a free, creative platform for young writers to unleash their imaginations! With engaging writing prompts, story-building tools, and fun activities, it’s perfect for inspiring students to create their own stories. Imagine Forest supports literacy and creativity in the classroom by making writing interactive and enjoyable. Teachers can track student progress, assign tasks, and encourage a love for storytelling—all at no cost.
A user-friendly platform for creating educational videos, explainers, and tutorials with customizable templates and drag-and-drop tools, empowering educators to enhance lessons and engage students visually without technical expertise.
Idea Hub (Brainstorming & Annotation)
Brainstorm, create presentations and document outlines with mind maps, and publish your ideas online and to social networks.
You can use Google Documents for more than file sharing and version control. They also make a simple brainstorming tool.
Simply create a new document, share it with the members of your team, and give them permission to edit. Start building a list of ideas as a group. Everyone can either capture their ideas separately and then add them to the document or add them in real time to inspire each other.
Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform designed to help teachers and students engage in interactive learning. It offers an infinite digital workspace where you can brainstorm, create mind maps, and organize ideas visually using sticky notes, drawings, and various templates. Miro supports real-time collaboration, making it easy to work together from anywhere, whether during live classes or asynchronous sessions. Teachers can facilitate group activities, plan lessons, and manage projects effectively, enhancing the learning experience for all students.
Popplet allows users to customize the color of each “popple,” aka the bubbles that house ideas. You can also include sketches, images, and links in your popples. It’s easy to edit the size of popples and disconnect and connect them as needed.
Google Keep is a note-taking service developed by Google. Keep offers a variety of tools for taking notes, including text, lists, images, and audio.
Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. Easily create an account and build a new board. You can add images, links, videos, and more.
Manage everything from big projects to personal moments.
Capture ideas and inspiration in notes, voice, and pictures.
Never lose track of your tasks and deadlines.
ZoomIt is a screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations.
ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in all my presentations.
ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows, and you can use pen input for ZoomIt drawing on tablet PCs.
Microsoft Edge is the only browser that lets you take notes, write, doodle, and highlight directly on webpages. Then you can save and share your handiwork in all the usual ways. Simplify reading through the Reading view and reading tools. Print webpages without ads or unnecessary clutter. Listen to books your way and use enhanced learning tools that break words into syllables and highlight parts of speech.
Milanote is a tool for organizing creative projects into beautiful visual boards.
By design, it feels a lot like working on the wall in a creative studio - visual, tactile and sometimes a bit messy - Milanote is a great fit for designers who work in teams remotely.
Draw.io is a free, user-friendly diagramming tool ideal for educational brainstorming and visual notetaking. It enables students and educators to create mind maps, flowcharts, and concept diagrams to organize ideas collaboratively. With real-time collaboration, drag-and-drop features, and integration with platforms like Google Drive, it supports dynamic group work and structured thinking. Its accessibility (no login required) and flexibility make it perfect for visually mapping complex topics, fostering creativity, and enhancing learning through clear, interactive visualizations.
Annotely is a handy, free tool designed to help teachers and students keep track of and organize notes, ideas, and research from any webpage. With Annotely, you can highlight text, add comments, and save your findings, all in one place—perfect for managing lesson prep, research projects, or class readings. It’s a great way to boost productivity, stay organized, and make online research easier to reference and share. Ideal for supporting active learning, Annotely simplifies online notetaking for educators and students alike!
PDF24’s PDF Annotator is a free tool that allows teachers and students to easily annotate, edit, and highlight PDFs. With this simple yet powerful tool, you can add text, shapes, comments, and drawings to PDFs, making it perfect for providing feedback on student work, creating interactive lessons, or marking up educational materials. PDF24’s user-friendly interface ensures that everyone can annotate documents quickly and efficiently, all without needing to install any software. A great resource for enhancing learning and collaboration!
Markup Hero is a versatile screenshot and annotation tool designed for the web, compatible with Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome. Ideal for teachers, it lets you capture screenshots, add annotations, and share them easily, making it perfect for providing visual feedback on student work, creating lesson materials, or marking up resources. Its intuitive interface ensures quick and easy editing, enhancing your productivity and communication in the classroom.
Screen Recording
Free application for creating and sharing video lessons. Uses an iPad or browser. Students can view public videos without a registration account.
Screen capture recording with no installation.
Free version limited to 15 minutes of recording time.
Free hosting or publish screencasts to popular sites and social networks.
Export multiple file formats.
Free version contains a watermark when published.
Editing tools not available in free account.
Create screen capture lessons on a virtual whiteboard.
Screencasts stored on the ShowMe site for free.
Privacy settings allow videos to be set as public or personal.
Personal videos viewable by direct link.
It’s as easy to use as Screencast-O-Matic, and has many of the same features, but it runs as a Chrome plugin and saves your recordings to Google Drive. Having said that, it doesn’t just let you record the browser window; you can record your entire desktop and optionally even your webcam (which, like Screencast-O-Matic will appear as a cameo picture-in-picture at the lower right of the video. Screencastify also allows you to annotate over a Tab recording and has some basic editing features which you can use in post (if you want to).
PowerPoint Screen recording tool
The screen recording feature is very simple to use. Simply navigate to the spot in your slideshow where you would like the capture included. Select Insert and then Screen Recording. A small pop-up window will appear with options to select your screen area, record audio, and capture the pointer as you record. When you are ready to start, click the Record button. You can pause the capture if needed and stop it with a tap when you are done.
Windows Game Bar
If you’re using Windows 10, you should hit WINDOWS + G to open the Game Bar, a tool that facilitates the recording of videos on your desktop. Note, however, that you cannot record the actual desktop, just the apps running on it.
Free screen recorder software to capture, edit, and share on-screen action video.
Fast & Easy Screen Recorder
Instant Facecam & Voice Synthesis
Awesome Video Editor
Fun to Use
Instant slideshow maker
Beautiful screen capture for games, desktop, & browser
Draw on your screen
Free included music
For Windows XP3, 7, 8, and 10
Easy to use video speed control
Loom is an easy-to-use screen recorder that allows teachers to create, edit, annotate, and share videos quickly and professionally. Whether you're recording lessons, providing feedback, or sharing updates with colleagues, Loom makes it simple to capture your screen and voice in high-quality video. With its intuitive features, Loom helps you communicate effectively and efficiently, making it perfect for virtual classrooms, flipped learning, and professional development.
ScreenRec is a free, no-watermark screen recorder that allows teachers to capture their desktop with just one click and share instantly. It’s perfect for creating quick tutorials, providing feedback, or recording lesson content. With its easy-to-use interface, ScreenRec lets you record high-quality videos and share them via a secure link, making it a great tool for enhancing communication and engagement in the classroom.
Recordcast is an all-in-one screen recorder and video editor, perfect for teachers who need to create polished lesson content. You can record your screen, then use its built-in video editor to trim recordings, add text effects, overlays, dynamic elements, music, or adjust background colors. With these features, Recordcast makes it easy to produce professional-quality videos for teaching, tutorials, or student feedback, all in one platform.
Microsoft How-To Videos (You Can)
Collab & Conferencing
Google Meet is a straightforward video meeting platform that lets teams using Google Workspace meet easily and efficiently.
Up to 100 participants for up to 60 minutes
Live captions (in English)
In-meeting whiteboard capabilities and Miro integration
Screen sharing
Event live-streaming
Seamless integration with Google Chat
Easy access with a Google account
Designed to look and function like Facebook.
Students create a fictitious profile of a historical person, book character, famous politician, and so forth.
Other students can read and comment on posts.
Free version has a large advertising column that may be distracting to students.
An online social networking and microblogging service.
Send and receive text-based posts of up to 140 characters.
Useful for professional development and networking.
Can “protect” messages so only accepted users receive them.
Free, but requires registration.
Microsoft Teams brings everything together in a shared workspace where you can chat, meet, share files, and video conference. Host audio, video, and web conferences with anyone. Get features like scheduling assistance, note taking, desktop sharing, uploading files, and chat messaging. Collaborate on files with built-in Office 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and OneNote. Add in your favourite Microsoft apps and third-party services.
Get organized with OneNote Class Notebook, featuring personal workspaces, a content library, and a space that encourages students to collaborate.
Zoom allows for simple, easy setup meetings or regular meetings or classroom sessions in your personal meeting room. Quickly create and share a private meeting link with an individual or class and connect remote members through video.
Top Free Features:
Host up to 100 participants
1 -1 and group meetings
Up to 40 minutes free
Unlimited meetings
HD video and audio
Screen sharing
Scheduled meetings
Private and group chat
Host controls
YouTube Live, like Facebook Live, is a platform for demonstrating a product with live Q&A, hosting an educational session to teach your audience while screen sharing or using a whiteboard, or hosting a live conversation with members of your class.
Top Free Features:
Three stream quality options
Added delay
Live questions from the audience
Private live streams (people can only access with the link)
Advanced scheduling
Live automatic captions
Location tags
Slack Huddles are audio-first spaces for quick, informal discussions within Slack. Features include screen sharing, drawing tools, live captioning, and optional video. Ideal for spontaneous collaboration, Huddles help teams brainstorm, solve issues, and co-work without scheduled meetings.
Google Classroom is a powerful community-based social tool for learning. It allows students to post questions and receive answers from their teachers and fellow students. Furthermore, you can post intriguing questions and lesson materials to be reviewed at home.
This is a free classroom communication, community building, and behaviour management application. Class Dojo enables teachers to not only track behaviour and share this with parents but also assign students tasks which build positive behavioural skills and traits. Students make their own avatars, gain and lose points based on classroom behaviour, discuss approaches, and learn other soft skills agreed upon by the teacher and the class.
Teachers can use blogs to publish assignments, resources, and keep students and even parents up to date on class events, due dates, and content being covered. ... Students can use blogs to publish their writing and educate others on a particular topic.
Get organized with OneNote Class Notebook, featuring personal workspaces, a content library, and a space that encourages students to collaborate.
Sway is an app from Microsoft Office that makes it easy to create and share interactive reports, personal stories, presentations, and more. Create newsletters, presentations and communications using Sway. With Sway, there’s no need to spend lots of time on formatting. Its built-in design engine takes care of making your creation look its best. If the initial design doesn’t quite match your taste or mood, you can easily apply another — or fully customize your layout to make it your own.
Your Whole Classroom in Real-Time: Track your students’ progress as they work at their own pace. You see what they see.
Give Help When Students Need It: Teachers and students help each other with digital hand raising–allowing students to even ask their peers anonymously.
Interact With Students According to Their Needs: Create custom or award preset auto-grading stickers, draw and interact directly on students’ canvases, or leave detailed feedback in the Help Center.
Personalize Your Lessons: Create or customize your own content with an array of tools–or transform an assignment from our library. Lessons that can be open-ended or auto-graded.
Empower Student Development: Students demonstrate understanding in the ways that work best for them–allowing for freedom of expression through text, drawing and audio.
Resource Curation
Combines social bookmarking with Web annotation and group collaboration.
Browser add-ons include a bookmark, highlighter, sticky note, and sharing tool.
Mobile and desktop applications available.
Import bookmarks or export bookmarks to a library.
OneTab lets you easily export and import your tabs as a list of URLs. You can also create a web page from your list of tabs, so that you can easily share your tabs with other people, other computers, or with your smartphone or tablet.
BibSonomy helps you to manage your publications and bookmarks, to collaborate with your colleagues and to find new interesting material for your research.
Flipboard is a social magazine, available for iPad, iPhone and Android devices, that curates content from your own feeds and other places.
Newsela is a powerful instructional content platform. Newsela integrates with the various learning management systems including Microsoft and Google Classroom. Newsela solves the problem of reading engagement holistically for learners, teachers and principals.
Save all the interesting articles, videos, cooking recipes, song lyrics, or whatever else you come across while browsing. With one click, Instapaper lets you save, read, and manage the things you find on the Internet.
With Pinterest, you can discover, search and save great content from across the web. Use it for inspiration or practical ideas as well as curating curriculum content for your learners. You can create pinboards for them and have them create boards for specific subject areas.
Pocket is a bookmarking service that lets you save articles, videos, and links from the web to view later. It offers a distraction-free reading environment and allows you to access your saved content on any device, even offline. Pocket also provides features like tagging, highlighting, and text-to-speech, making it easy to organize and enjoy your content anytime, anywhere
AI Tools for Education
ChatGPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI, designed to assist educators by providing instant, accurate responses to queries, generating lesson plans, and offering support in creating educational content. It helps streamline classroom management, enriches the learning experience, and serves as a valuable tool for both teaching and professional development.
Meta AI is the artificial intelligence division of Meta, focused on creating advanced AI technologies for applications like real-time assistance, image generation, and language translation. They emphasize open research and responsible development to support educators and developers
Gamma.app is an AI-powered platform that helps educators create beautiful presentations, documents, and websites quickly and easily. It offers advanced AI tools to generate, refine, and style content, allowing users to create polished presentations without needing design or coding skills. With Gamma, you can convert text into engaging presentations, restyle your content with a single click, and use interactive elements like videos and charts to enhance your teaching materials. The platform is designed to save time and make content creation more efficient for educators
With Synthesia.io, teachers can quickly create professional videos using AI avatars and voices—no need to be on camera or hire a team! Its user-friendly editor, available with free and premium options, is perfect for educational videos, tutorials, and announcements, ready in minutes —perfect for educational explainer videos, announcements, tutorials, or even parent communication.
Descript is a powerful, all-in-one tool that makes video and audio editing simple for teachers. With free and premium options, it allows you to edit by just editing text, so you can easily remove filler words, rephrase, or even add voiceovers using its AI-powered features. Teachers can create polished lessons, tutorials, podcasts, or student feedback videos with ease. It’s perfect for quick edits and creating high-quality, engaging content—no prior editing skills needed!
Capsule is an AI-powered video editor that lets teachers edit videos as easily as editing text. It even uses AI to create motion graphics, speeding up the process and simplifying video production. Perfect for creating polished lessons, student feedback, or classroom updates, Capsule saves time and effort while helping you make quality content.
ElevenLabs’ AI audio tools can elevate classroom communication and enhance accessibility for teachers and students. With a focus on AI safety and reliability, ElevenLabs offers a low-latency voice generator and audio tools that bring text to life with realistic, human-like intonation. Teachers can use these tools for Text-to-Speech, AI dubbing, and bridging language gaps, making content more engaging and accessible. Perfect for creating immersive lessons, boosting creativity, and supporting students who may benefit from audio learning, ElevenLabs helps make digital interactions in education feel more connected and human.
Craiyon is a free AI image generator that lets you create unique, AI-driven art with just a few clicks. Perfect for sparking creativity in the classroom, enhancing presentations, or adding visuals to projects, Craiyon allows anyone to generate eye-catching artwork quickly and easily. Give it a try and explore the endless creative possibilities!
An AI Image Generator allows you to create custom images simply by describing what you want to see. Perfect for teachers and students, this tool can turn text prompts into visuals for lessons, presentations, or creative projects. Just type in your description, and watch as it generates an image from scratch, making classroom content more engaging and imaginative.
Ideogram is an AI tool that transforms text descriptions into images, bringing ideas to life with visuals. Ideal for educators and students, it’s perfect for creating unique graphics for lessons, projects, or presentations.
MagicSchool.ai is an AI-powered educational platform designed to help teachers save time by automating tasks such as lesson planning, grading, and generating educational content. It offers over 40 AI tools that are searchable by keyword and categorized for planning, student support, community, productivity, and community tools. Magic School has a free version for teachers.
An AI-powered platform that auto-generates interactive learning content (quizzes, flashcards, simulations) from educational materials, adapting to diverse learning styles for engaging, retention-focused education.
An AI-powered tool for educators to generate lesson plans, activities, and assessments, streamlining workflow and adapting content to diverse classroom needs for efficient, inclusive teaching.
An AI-powered tutoring assistant by Khan Academy that provides personalized student guidance, real-time feedback, and teacher tools to boost engagement and mastery in math, science, and humanities.
An AI-driven tool for educators to rapidly generate lesson materials, quizzes, and classroom resources, saving prep time while aligning content with curriculum standards and student needs.
An AI-powered learning platform that personalizes education, simplifies complex topics, and provides 24/7 collaborative support for students and educators.
Interactive Gamified Learning & Assessment Tools
Interactive online laboratories developed by CDAC Mumbai and Amrita University. http://amrita.olabs.co.in
Students explore, construct, and experiment before coming to a solution; feedback allows students to see results.
Each lab contains a list of books, videos, and links that support the experiment.
Free, but registration required.
Interactive, inquiry-based simulations for grades 3‒12. www.explorelearning.com
Topics in science and math.
Simulations supported with teacher guides, vocabulary sheets, student exploration sheets, assessment questions, and learning objectives.
Free 30-day trial requires registration and purchase after trial.
Without a subscription or trial registration, simulations limited to 5-minute previews.
NASA Online: Activities and Simulations
Science, math, and technology activities and simulations sponsored by NASA.
Not open-ended or inquiry-based but can provide useful lesson demonstrations and background information.
Free; runs on any device that supports Adobe Flash.
Interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado. http://phet.colorado.edu
Manipulate variables and perform experiments in science and math.
Each simulation supported with teaching resources, sample learning goals, and downloadable teaching ideas.
Free, registration not required.
Runs on any browser or can be downloaded and shared.
BrainPop has an excellent selection of games to teach a variety of subjects. In addition to the regular BrainPop games, there are also Grades R-3 BrainPop games. In addition, there are often lesson ideas and even quizzes that could serve as useful formative assessments.
Math is the focus of Manga High. Here you'll find games that teach in a variety of math arenas, from shapes to algebra. In fact, you can search specifically for those games. If you pick algebra, you can search by learning target. This is a great way to ensure that you are picking a game that really focuses on a skill you need students to learn.
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology in schools and other educational institutions. Its learning games, "Kahoots", are multiple-choice quizzes that allow user generation and can be accessed via a web browser
Free gamified quizzes for every subject to play in class and at home. Pick an existing quiz or create your own for review, formative assessment, and more. Quizizz allows you to conduct student-paced formative assessments in a fun and engaging way for students of all ages.
Quizlet: Learning tools & flashcards
Quizlet is a mobile and web-based study application that allows students to study information via learning tools and games.
Poptropica, a virtual world for kids to travel, play games, compete in head-to-head competition, and communicate safely and is targeted for children aged 6 to 15.
Play the best escape games online! These games might be tricky sometimes, so be prepared. The player must solve some difficult puzzles and use them with objects to find a way out from different mysterious places. Room escape games are a sub-genre of adventures and puzzles, usually created as a free online game.
Jigsaw Planet is a free online platform that allows users to create, play, and share jigsaw puzzles. Teachers can utilize this tool to engage students in interactive and educational activities, offering a variety of puzzles in different categories and difficulty levels. The site also features options for users to compete with others and track popular puzzles, making it a versatile resource for classroom activities and learning reinforcement
Math Playground: Allen Addition
Math Playground's Alien Addition is an interactive game designed to help students practice quick recall of basic addition facts.
Suitable for grades 1 and 2, it aligns with Common Core standards by reinforcing addition within 20 and the properties of operations. Players match mathematical expressions with their correct values in a fun, engaging space-themed environment, enhancing both mental math skills and problem-solving abilities
Kodu lets kids create games on the PC via a simple visual programming language. Kodu can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well as programming. Anyone can use Kodu to make a game, young children as well as adults with no design or programming skills.
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Buy it here or explore the site for the latest news and the community's amazing creations! A game-based learning platform with standards-aligned content across K12 subjects and special features designed for classroom use.
The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event or try any of the over 200+ one-hour tutorials, available in over 45 languages.
Anki is a powerful flashcard tool that helps students learn more efficiently using spaced repetition. It supports multimedia cards and syncs across devices, making study sessions flexible and effective for various subjects
Anki is a powerful flashcard tool that helps students learn more efficiently using spaced repetition. It supports multimedia cards and syncs across devices, making study sessions flexible and effective for various subjects
IXL is an immersive learning experience that provides comprehensive, curriculum-aligned maths and English content for preschool to grade 12.
AdaptedMind was created by graduates of Stanford, Berkeley and Harvard to improve the way children learn. ... A learning experience that identifies the learner’s strengths and weaknesses and delivers a curriculum and exercises that adapts to these needs. That's adaptive learning.
Whooo's Reading is a higher-level thinking alternative to multiple choice. Get your students writing about what they read. Re-associate reading with joy.
Digital Joy provides simple-to-use cloud based digital media solutions from all-in-one media management through publishing to audience engagement and virtual events creation. Our products allow you to boost engagement and connect with your audience to make an impact. From video editing to publishing, live polling, contesting and more.
We designed Forms to be super easy so that anyone could confidently create a form and easily see results as they come in.
Forms lets anyone with an Office 365 Education account create and/or respond to quizzes. What makes Forms unique and so valuable for educators is the automatic grading and in-quiz feedback functionality. Automatic grading does exactly what the name implies and greatly reduces the time spent grading. In-quiz feedback is a feature that lets quiz authors personalize messages depending how a student answers a question.
Typeform is an online tool for creating interactive forms, surveys, and quizzes that are engaging and easy to use. It features customizable templates, integrates with apps like Google Sheets and Slack, and helps teachers gather feedback and data effortlessly
Google Forms is a free online tool from Google which allows users to create forms, surveys, and quizzes as well as to collaboratively edit and share the forms with other people. Educators can use Google forms to assess their students at the beginning of the class and gauge pre-existing knowledge. Furthermore, Google forms can be used to give feedback to and receive feedback from students and parents. Similarly, students can use Google forms to assess their own learning and set the learning goals as well as to collect data for their research projects.
Plickers is the free card activity your students will love. Allows teachers to collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. Perfect for the one-device classroom.
ProProfs is an online quiz maker that helps teachers create interactive assessments with features like automated grading, instant feedback, and a vast question library. It supports various question types and multimedia integration, making it suitable for both in-class and remote learning. ProProfs also offers robust security measures and detailed analytics for tracking student progress
Visual Creation
Google Drawings is a free, web-based diagramming software developed by Google. It allows users to collaborate and work together in real time to create flowcharts, organisational charts, website wireframes, mind maps, concept maps, and other types of diagrams.
Useful tool for creating graphics and illustrations as well as photo editing.
Standard photo editing tools, as well as built-in special effects and filters.
Shape drawing tools, a variety of brushes and brush styles, and interesting transformation tools for scaling, moving, and rotating objects.
Optional registration.
Registered accounts include free, online image storage.
Registered account holders can see other users’ artwork and photos, some of which may be inappropriate for students.
It's a quick, easy to operate free photo editor that's ideal for small tasks. It has added advanced editing tools like layers, an undo history, a ton of filters, myriad community-created plugins, and a brilliant 3D rotate/zoom function that's handy for recomposing images.
Create clickable social cards for Facebook, Twitter, and other social platforms in seconds linking to any web page of your choice!
More than 2 millions free vectors, PSD, photos and free icons. Exclusive freebies and all graphic resources that you need for your projects.
Photo Editor is a simple application and easy to manipulate image editing.
Adjust color, add effects, rotate, crop, resize, frame, mirror, and draw on your photos. Options include adjusting color hue, saturation, contrast, and brightness. In addition, Photo Editor offers a large variety of effects to images.
Your photos including gamma correction, auto contrast, auto-tone color, blur, sharpen, oil painting, sketch, high-contrast black and white, russet, and more.
Fotor is another easy-to-use editor. Just click the “Edit a Photo” button on their homepage to get started. Fotor provides a set of simple editing and “beauty” retouching tools that give you a lot of options without making it too tricky.
They also have a Cover Photo tool that makes creating a background cover photo for networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and several others very easy. Many of the background options are reserved for paid users. Still, if you want to create a nice, simple header image using a solid color or one of your images as a background, then this tool will be just fine.
Photopea is a free, advanced online image editor that works with both raster and vector graphics. It supports a variety of file formats, including PSD, AI, PDF, and SVG. Designed to function similarly to Adobe Photoshop, Photopea offers a range of tools for tasks ranging from basic image resizing to complex graphic design projects, such as creating illustrations and processing photographs. Photopea runs directly in your web browser and can be used offline, making it a versatile and accessible tool for educational settings
A storyboard is a graphic organiser in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualising a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.
Powtoon is another online presentation software that allows users to create animated videos and presentations to capture students' attention and increase engagement. This undoubtedly helps students avoid unnecessary distractions and to focus on the discussion.
Tap into the power of comics to capture your students’ attention and imagination. Over 4,000 backgrounds, 3,000 props, and 700 subject-specific comic templates.
Assessment and rubric tools for assessment value.
Import photos, graphics, and text, or use the built-in object library.
Real-time collaboration tool to create comics with friends.
Easy to use, but comics look professional.
Private and secure school version.
School version includes voice-over recording tools to enhance learning.
Free trial for teachers.
A free web-based tool that lets users create customized avatars with audio.
With Voki Classroom*, use the classroom management system to set up student accounts (e-mail not required) and create lesson pages.
Ads in free version; ad-free paid classroom version available.
Free version limited to 60-second audio length.
View, create, and personalize 3D objects using 3D Builder.
Download many kinds of 3D files and edit them using wide range of powerful yet easy-to-use tools. Take a picture with your webcam and make it 3D. Personalize 3D objects by embossing your name on them, or combine models and pieces to make something new. Build from scratch using simple customizable shapes.
3D Creator is a modeling and animation tool that makes it easy to get started in the world of 3D modeling. Plenty of tutorials are included so you won't get lost along the way.
Great for all skill levels, 3D Creator makes creating 3D shapes about as easy as it can get, with tools tailored to your skill level. In novice mode only the most basic tools are shown so you aren't overwhelmed by seldom used tools. When you progress, and feel comfortable with the basics, you can switch to using a more advanced tool set.
Animaker is an easy-to-use online video creation tool perfect for teachers. It offers a variety of templates, characters, and animations to create engaging educational content, making lessons more interactive and visually appealing.
Pencil2D is a free, open-source animation software designed for creating traditional hand-drawn animations. It features a user-friendly interface, making it ideal for both beginners and experienced artists. Pencil2D supports bitmap and vector graphics, allowing users to switch between raster and vector workflows seamlessly. This makes it a versatile tool for educational purposes, encouraging creativity and artistic development in the classroom.
Math & Stem Tools
SparkleBox is a comprehensive online platform offering thousands of free, printable resources for primary school teachers. Launched in 2006, it aims to share useful materials for educational purposes, covering a wide range of subjects and classroom needs
Graph 4.4.2 is an open-source software used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate system. It allows users to easily visualize functions, customize graph attributes such as colors and line styles, and perform mathematical calculations on the functions. The program supports plotting standard functions, parametric functions, and polar functions. It also offers features like adding text labels, shadings, point series, and trendlines to graphs. Graph 4.4.2 can export graphs to various image formats and integrate them into other programs like MS Word
The Geometer's Sketchpad is educational software for creating and exploring mathematical visualizations. It allows users to construct and manipulate geometric shapes, enhancing the learning of math concepts from basic geometry to advanced calculus
Siyavula is an educational platform providing free, open textbooks and an online practice system for Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. It offers tailored questions, instant feedback, and step-by-step explanations to help students master these subjects. For teachers, it provides tools for creating assignments and tracking student progress
Math Playground is an educational website featuring a wide range of math games, logic puzzles, and learning tools for kids. It covers topics such as arithmetic, fractions, geometry, and pre-algebra, making maths fun and engaging for students from pre-school through sixth grade
The Math Learning Center (MLC) provides high-quality, free math resources for students and educators. They offer a range of materials including interactive apps, lesson plans, and professional development tools designed to support effective math teaching and learning.
MathNook offers a variety of free online math games designed to make learning math fun and engaging for kids. These games cover a wide range of math skills, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and are suitable for different grade levels from kindergarten through high school. The platform aims to help students improve their math skills while enjoying the process through interactive and entertaining gameplay
Microsoft Add-Ins for Ed
Creative Commons
This add-in enables you to embed a Creative Commons license into a document that you create using Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, or Microsoft Office Excel. With a Creative Commons license, authors can express their intentions regarding how their works may be used by others. The add-in downloads the Creative Commons license you designate from the Creative Commons Web site and inserts it directly into your creative work.
Available Software:
- Microsoft Office:
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Excel
Pickit
Pickit is the fastest way to make professional-looking presentation that make an impact. Pickit makes it easy to create stunning slides in seconds using suggested layout and design ideas.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Pixton Comics Inc.
This add-in allows you to add illustrated comic characters to your presentations. By using Pixton PALs (pedagogical Agents for Learning) you can increase engagement and comprehension and make your presentation more and interesting
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Mentimeter
Mentimeter enables you to turn workshops, meetings or classes into interactive experiences that are fun for both you and your participants. Create word clouds based on your audience’s impressions, ask MCQ to let your audience vote or energize with quiz competition
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Geogebra
Geogebra is a free, dynamic mathematics software for all levels that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, calculus in one easy-to-use package. Interactive learning, teaching and evaluation resources with Geogebra can be shared and used by everyone at www.geogebratube.org
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Wooclap
Wooclap is a user-friendly alternative to hand-raising and gives every individual in a class the chance to express themselves.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
FluidMath
Bring your handwritten Math to life.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Phet Sims (Science / Math)
A collection of fun, interactive, research-based simulations for science and math instructions in grade R-12.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
PPTclass Smart Classroom
This smart class add-in enables teachers and learners to interactively communicate anytime anywhere through any devices installed PowerPoint. Teachers can distribute interactive tasks to learners, collect, review and display learners’ works and get statistics in class in real-time.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
CK-12 Science Resources
Choose from a comprehensive library of videos and real-world applications and reading resources.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
WinjiGo
Using WinjiGo Handouts, teachers can now create handout assessments directly from Word or PowerPoint without having to open the system form their browser. Moreover, students can directly solve and send their handout activities to their teachers. You must have a WinijiGo account to be able to use this add-in.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Wikipedia
Quickly access Wikipedia content from Office and simplifies the process of referencing text and images. Automatically search topics based on your selection in an Office document and displays results in a task pane.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Copyleaks Plagiarism Checker
Copyleaks is a cloud-based plagiarism checker designed to track, monitor and trace distribution of your Office content. Copyleaks copyright infringement helps teachers, learners, bloggers, writers and other content-creators assess content using the most sophisticated content detection algorithms.
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Literatu Rubric Marking
Simply open existing student documents and start grading your chosen rubric. Use rubrics you have set up in Literatu, or create one on the fly. Literatu records the marking detail and inserts the grade summary into the Learner’s work document. All marking flows through the learning analytics, right alongside your existing Literatu assessments.
Available Software:
- Microsoft Word and Excel
Corinth Classroom
A digital teaching aid with 3D learning objects easy to add into lesson plans. Libraries contain more than 700 objects
Available Software:
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Fmath Editor
Professional mathematics editor used to build equations and insert images into documents.
Available Software:
- Microsoft Word
CheckMark
CheckMark allows you to create a bank of frequently used comments to help when you are reviewing a document.
Available Software:
- Microsoft Word
RefWorks Citation Manager
RefWorks Citation Manager lets you add-in –text and footnote citations, auto-generating your bibliography as you write.
Available Software:
- Microsoft Word
Rhymes.net
Online rhyming dictionary that contains a huge collections of rhyme entries for almost any given word in English, divided by senses.
Available Software:
- Microsoft Word