• Online Resources for Teachers  

    ABCya:  Educational games for grades PreK through 6 that will keep kids

    Buffalo Museum of Science - Check out the Virtual Science Fair

    Canva – Create or use templates for poster, invitations, flyers, webpages, etc.

    Class Dojo - Build classroom communities with parents and students.

    Common Sense Media - Provides lessons for Digital Citizenship and updates on new technology

    Crayola at Home Learning – Creative lessons, activities, and ideas from Crayola

    Desmos – collection of engaging math activities and tools

    Edpuzzle - Standardize the way K-12 teachers deliver their video lessons and allow students to access personalized video learning safely. 

    Flipgrid – Students and teachers can record short, authentic videos based on your topics.  Free accounts to sign-up with existing Microsoft email (school account)

    Free Open Educational Resources:  Presented at the National American Association of School Librarians Conference, November 2019 

    GeoGebra: online math tools for graphing, geometry, 3D and more

    Interland:  Helping kids to safe explorers of the Internet

    Kahoot - Create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes

    Loom – Capturing video to provide online lessons and communicate with students

    Nasa For Kids:  Exploring outer space

    National Geographic Kids:  Offers a chance for students to explore the world using games, videos, stories, and exploration

    Newsela: curated collections of news stories appropriate for student audiences, organized by topic area and grade level

    NY Times Learning Network: teaching resources based on New York Times content 

    Padlet – Make boards, documents, and webpages that are easy to read and fun to contribute to (perfect for collaboration), free for 30 days

    PicCollage:  The app provides a canvas to bring photos and videos together with creative elements and templates that evokes the craft of handmade scrapbooking in a digital space.

    Quizziz - Free gamified quizzes for every subject to play in class and at home

    Quizlet – Online flashcard hosting website:  Helpful for studying terms, making games and more

    Screencastify - Record, edit, and share videos

    Screencast-o-matic – Record, edit and share videos

    Seesaw – Online learning platform where teachers and students can post work and communicate understanding.

     

    STEM Resources:

    • Explore - free access nature livecams

    Ted-Ed: lesson builder for any TED-Ed animation, TED Talk or YouTube video

    Venngage – Free infographic maker

    Virtual Tours Museums, Zoos, Aquariums and Amusement Parks:  Article on tours available online

    Wakelet:  Curation resource tool. Save organize and share content from across the web.  Can be shared via Teams

    Weather Wiz Kids:  Having fun with weather

    YouTube:  Videos for education and entertainment

    Zoom: Video Conferencing Software; allows students, parents, faculty, staff, and administration to meet for classes, conferencing, and meetings.