Educators
PowerSchool
Schoology
GoGuardian
Canva
Collaboratively curate information onto virtual bulletin boards. Users can add videos, text, links, documents, and images to the board and organize it, like a page full of Post-it notes.
Nearpod
Create interactive slide decks that incorporate formative checks such as multiple choice, short answer, draw it, student discussions, polls, and more.
Kami
Annotate pdfs by highlighting, drawing, and typing directly on the pdf. Users can open pdfs directly from Google Drive.
WeVideo
Online video creation and editing tool. Create professional-looking videos using over a million stock images, audio files, and videos or create your own clips.
FigJam
A collaborative whiteboard space where students can draw, type, add sticky notes and images. Use pre-created templates to allow students to interact with their learning.
Loom
Record videos or screencasts with the push of a button. Educators can sign up for a free upgraded account to have unlimited recordings and unlimited length.
Slides
At it's core, create collaborative presentations that incorporate links, images, videos, and text. Looking to level up? Use slides to create Hyperdocs, ebooks, Choose Your Own Adventure projects, and so much more!
Adobe Express (Spark)
Create simple videos, presentations, websites and more. Products have a professional aesthetic look, but the tool is easy enough for elementary students to use!
Keep
Create "notes" that contain checklists, images, drawings, and text. Save information from a website directly to a note. Organize learning and research (and your life!) with Google Keep.
Padlet
Collaboratively curate information onto virtual bulletin boards. Users can add videos, text, links, documents, and images to the board and organize it, like a page full of Post-it notes. Free version only. No district license.
Insert Learning
Add questions, notes, videos, and discussions DIRECTLY into website articles and students will respond as they read the article on the website. Free version only. No district license.
Edpuzzle
Pull videos from video sites such as Youtube, Khan Academy, Ted Talks, etc. Add questions to the video. Students will watch the video and must answer your questions to continue viewing. (You can also do this in Nearpod's Interactive Video feature.) Free version only. No district license.
HMH Into Reading
*Elementary Language Arts curriculum resource
Bridges in Mathematics
*Elementary math curriculum resource
Bright Arrow
*Communication platform for email, text, calls to parents
Student-Friendly Podcasts
*Approved podcasts that ECSD students can access on district devices
Digital Citizenship Resources
ECSD One Card
*Collaborative partnership between ECSD and local libraries
Chromebooks/Chromeboxes
PWDs (Portable Wireless Displays)
Information Literacy Resources
Google Chat
ECSD EdTech Blog
