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Below are three websites we are featuring in our blog for the first time. These are platforms where teachers (and students) can access resources and teaching materials to help them with their history... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RypPFQ

Boddle is an adaptive learning platform that offers access to a wide variety of interactive math games designed specifically for kids. Besides self-paced practice activities that target grades K-6... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RypP9V

Semantic Scholar is a good academic search engine that allows you to search millions of scholarly articles for academic content relevant to your research topic. Unlike other search engines, Semantic... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyhWyp

With current lockdown and school closures, our house-bound kids are spending much more time in front of their screens. With this 'new' reality comes the ever-lasting concern with our kids online... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyhWtK

In this post we are sharing with you this excellent resource from Google for Education which together with the previous resources we shared earlier can help you remotely teach your kids coding. CS... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyZgQZ

Since the outbreak of the pandemic several digital platforms and mobile applications started incorporating features designed specifically to support distance learning. We have already featured... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyVsVF

K5 Learning is a platform that offers printable reading and math worksheets that you can use in your  instruction. It also offers  an "online reading and math program for kids in... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyVsQq

In today's post we are sharing with you this collection of platforms that can help you make the best of your online education during this time of pandemic.  These are websites that offer free... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyRP9l

If you are looking for an easy and reliable platform to create your classroom website, Google Sites is definitely one of the best options to consider. It provides you with the space and tools needed... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyNv2C

As an academic activity, creating story books engages students in meaningful social learning activities that target a wide variety of literacy skills. There are tons of story maker apps out there... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyNtxK

Today as I finished reading The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley (a book I discovered through The Thesis Whisperer), it dawned on me to  share with you this short list of books on pandemics. This is... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyKmRP

One way to boost your distance teaching during (and post) this pandemic is through  creating and sharing screencasts and instruction videos with your students. In today's post we are sharing... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RyFyrH

Floop is an excellent feedback collecting tool I learned about from this post by Jennifer Gonzalez. I have been experimenting with it for sometime now and found it really amazing. This is a tool... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Ry9cGw

Literably is an excellent reading assessment tool that was recently featured in We Are Teachers' best Tech tools for student assessment. Literably provides you with the tools to effectively assess... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Ry5chD

Google Forms is definitely one of the key tools to use to create and grade digital quizzes. It is simple and easy to use and is integrated with Google Drive allowing you to access other Drive... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Ry2vHG

Awesome Table is a great add-on to use on your Google Sheets to turn your spreadsheets into interactive visualizations. No coding knowledge is required to operate it, it is simple and easy to use.... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Ry2v9T

Few days ago we covered some of the best web tools and Android apps for recording audio, lists that we  curated specifically for teachers, educators and students. Today we are adding another... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rxzc6K

Polling is a handy feature provided by Google Meet. As a teacher, you can use Meet polls for a variety of educational purposes including: empowering students voice by involving them in making... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxwKh5

CloudApp is an excellent screen recording tool I discovered  through this amazing post from Ditch That Textbook on how to include animated GIFs into Google Jamboard. Cloud App allows you to... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxwKcy

Mate Translate is a very good Chrome Extension that enables you to instantly translate web pages into more than 100 languages. You can translate single words, phrases or whole pages. Alternatively,... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxmVtZ

Since they first appeared almost three decades ago voice recognition technologies, also known as speech to text technologies, have come along way in the way they have transformed out interaction with... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxmVr6

One of the key strengths of learning technologies and more specifically assistive technologies is that they help students with disabilities tap into their full potential and provide inclusive... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxdKB5

Google Docs has a cool feature called Citations which allows you to easily add citations and generate bibliographies for your documents. Students can use Docs citation to add in-text references in... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxdK5K

Google Docs has this excellent feature called 'Compare Document' which allows users to compare documents with a single click. As a teacher, you can use this feature to "to compare essays and track... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxXvyP

If you are a tab collector like me and like to have several tabs open simultaneously on your Chrome this little hack will definitely be of great help. I used to (and still do) rely on the services of... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxTTj8

In this post we are sharing with you two good Google apps to help your kids develop their reading skills. As we all know, reading is a fundamental literacy skill whose mastery determines, to a larger... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxTTdX

The popular Book Creator app has recently introduced a new interesting feature called templates to help teachers and students design professional looking books in few easy steps. There are now two... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxQ1cb

Group work is an essential part of the learning process. Through distributed efforts students get to develop the social skills of empathy, collaboration, and co-ordiation. Technology has made it even... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxMSKl

Blooklet is a platform that gamifies education and helps students make the best of their learning in fun and engaging ways. Blooklet draws on the learning principles of games (e.g the systems of... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxMSGt

Tiimo is a good iOS and Android visual daily planning app that helps you organize your life and enhance your productivity. Drawing on the communicative strength of the visual component, Tiimo enables... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxJBhz

Undraw is another excellent platform we are adding to our list of visual illustration resources. Educators, teachers, and students can use it to access and download a wide variety of free visual... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxDV39

Chrome browser has a hidden reader mode feature accessible through Chrome://flags. Peter Horner has this informative video explaining how to enable this feature on your Chrome. However, since... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RxDTw9

In our last post about Chromebooks we reviewed tools and apps that students and teachers can use on their Chrombook to engage in creative activities involving sketching and drawing. Today, we are... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rx52Hp

Omoguru is an excellent reading app for students with dyslexia. It offers a wide variety of tools 'designed to make the text more readable'. Some of these features include: tools to adjust text... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rx24Lv

Below is a collection of good applications students can use on Chromebooks to engage in creative tasks involving drawing, sketching, and painting. The applications are simple and easy to use. They... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rx24Hn

Chrombooks are versatile tools with huge educational potential. Instead of software programs found on regular computers, Chromebooks make use of web apps providing users with much more flexibility... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rwz0kq

Google Meet is getting more and more traction within the education community. Several teachers and educators from all over the world are using it to connect, collaborate, instruct, organize and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rwz0gG

Below are some of great apps to help you make the best of your digital handwriting experience. Using a pen or pencil you will be able to handwrite notes on your iPad with almost the same accuracy and... ....read more http://dlvr.it/Rww6RN

Similar Sites is a a web tool and Chrome extension that you and your students can use to find online resources similar to the one you are presently browsing. With a single click Similar Sites... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RwrwnH

Cube Creator is an excellent web tool from ReadWriteThink to use with students in class. It can be used in a variety of educational and literacy based activities including as  a pre-writing... ....read more http://dlvr.it/RwrwkR