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:

• bioGraphic – collection of pictures and videos of wildlife in nature

• BioInteractive – classroom resources

• Explore - free access nature livecams

• PhET Interactive Simulations – game-like environment for students to learn through exploration and discovery.  Good for Math skills 

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.