Season 5

Happy Summer! We are just checking in this week to share an entertaining tech tool that can be used all summer and school year long! Prodigy is an awesome tool for educators, parents, and students. It makes learning math and …

Summer is here and it's time to celebrate all of your hard work and dedication that you have put into the school year! To conclude this season of learning on a high note, we're diving into some fantastic and free …

Summer is almost here and we are podcasting outside this week! Today, we're going to explore two amazing online platforms, Planner5D and Home by Me, that are awesome for both you and your students! Whether you want to create...

Go Pangea is a super cool website that provides a safe and exciting platform for students to connect with peers around the world, learn about relevant topics, and engage in a new age of pen pals. There are so many …

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! The count down to the end of the year has begun and the weather is finally starting to warm up here in Wisconsin. Hurray! Recently I started hunting for a quick template to make student work …

It's May (!) and we all know how engagement is key this time of they year. We also know how time-consuming it can be to create visuals and posters to share information for projects. Luckily, we have another free and …

It's podcast week! Students can benefit from podcasts just like you! This week, we're excited to introduce you to two fantastic podcasts that are specifically designed for children: "Wow in the World" and "Book Club for Kids....

Welcome to the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast with your host Shanna Martin. In this episode, we will be discussing a fantastic tool called Curipod that can help educators engage their students and enhance their learning expe...

Ahoy there, teachers! Are you ready to set sail on an exciting journey through history with your students? Then, look no further than the Titanic! One of the most famous maritime disasters in history, the story is a fantastic...

Welcome to the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast! On this week's episode, we're going to have some fun with words. Join us as we explore three easy-to-use sites that will get your students excited about language and literacy. F...

Are you ready to get your code on? Because it's CODING TIME, baby! Woo-hoo! I'm so excited to share some seriously cool coding sites with you today! On this episode, we explore Code for Life and CodinGame! These sites are …

Welcome to Tech Tools for Teachers, the podcast that brings you free tools that you can use in your classroom! This week, we're exploring Figma and FigJam, two design platforms that can take your classroom discussions to the ...

In this week's episode, we explore two tech tools that can help students practice their decision-making and argument-writing skills. The first tool is Quandary, a game-based website that challenges students to make decisions ...

In this episode of Tech Tools for Teachers, Knight Lab presents two helpful websites for students to share their data in an interactive and visual way. The first website, Storyline JS, enables students to upload their data an...

Join us this week as we explore the power of mathematical thinking and introduce you to an incredible resource that can be incorporated into any classroom. NRICH, created by the University of Cambridge, is a website designed ...

This week's episode of Tech Tools for Teachers focuses on two online encyclopedia resources that can help students with their research: DK Find Out! and Fact Monster. DK Find Out! is a visually-friendly site for younger stude...

Weather or not you are a Science teacher, the sites we discuss today are great resources for all students! 🌞 This week, we chat about two great weather sites that can be incorporated into any elementary or middle school class...

It's recess time! I am excited to share this week's tool because it is super easy and fun to use in any classroom! RoomRecess.com is a website that offers a wide range of activities and resources for K-6 education. So …

Here on the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast, we love FREE resources. And one free resource for teachers that is in every state is PBS - the Public Broadcasting System! What is also great is that PBS offers different resources...

If you haven't heard about it already, OpenAI's ChatGPT and Dall-E 2 programs are taking the world by storm. ChatGPT is an AI writing program that will write essentially whatever you'd like it to based on prompts that you inp...

This week's site will keep your students busy creating and designing for hours! (If you need to keep them busy for a while.) 😉 Vectary is a cloud-based 3D design site that runs in the cloud! That means you don't …

We're always looking for different way for students to share their knowledge. This week, we found a cool site that does just that! StoryMap is a fun way for kids to tell a story or share their research without spending …

Who wants to make learning a tiny bit easier? This week we have two Chrome Extensions that help streamline everyday educational tasks! They are quick, helpful and can be used in any content area! Zorbi Postlight Reader Find a...

It's Thanksgiving week in the U.S. We have a mini episode for you! Vocaroo is a super simple website for any age student to use! Go to Vocaroom.com, click the record button. Then click the red button to stop and …