Canva for Education: My favorite (free) design program!

As I was brainstorming about what my next post would be about I thought … “I must have already written about my newest favorite program, Canva for Education, right?”  WRONG!  I apologize that I haven’t shared it yet.  Let me rectify that problem right now. Canva is one of my favorite programs to use when creating nearly any type …

Wakelet: Easy Online Organization for Students and Teachers

Wakelet is an online platform that allows teachers and students to “save, organize and present multimedia content.”  I love the way that it allows information to be organized and easily accessible for students.  As an educator, Wakelet allows me to have one place to collect various digital resources for personal organization. I can also easily …

Student Engagement Series: Adobe Spark (Free)

Adobe Spark is a free program that educators can use to create graphics, presentations/web pages, and videos.  It is easy to follow and contains multiple templates.  While using Adobe Spark is great for teachers, it’s even better for students! Students can use the program to create different graphics and visual stories.  This amazingly engaging program is …

Student Engagement Series: Edpuzzle (Free and Paid)

Edpuzzle is a great ed tech program to use for student engagement.  It allows teachers to choose videos from YouTube, embed your own assessment questions, and track your students’ progress.  It also has precreated video assessment that teachers can choose from as well. Edpuzzle offers a free version and paid version.  The free version ​provides almost …

Student Engagement Series: Seesaw (Free)

Seesaw, like Flipgrid, is an excellent way to engage students in learning.  I highly recommend it (even more than Flipgrid) if you teach lower elementary students.  Similar to Flipgrid, Seesaw has a photo and video recording feature.  However, it also has options  for students to draw pictures, write notes, upload files, and add links.  The design …