Technology Tools and Resources

(Organized Alphabetically) - last updated November 18, 2019

Please carefully read licensing agreements before installing or updating to ensure the product is licensed for the intended use, even if the software is free.  For example, some software agreements prohibit business or corporate use, and may only be usable for personal purposes on personally owned devices.

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  • 240 Tutoring - a resource that must be paid for, offers resources to help educators pass the PRAXIS exam.
  •  4.0 Schools - 4.0 Schools finds, trains, and invests in passionate people solving the most important challenges in education. They build communities around entrepreneurs and their ventures to help them grow their ideas into successful, sustainable organizations.
  • 4K Downloader - free resource that allows users to download videos from online
  • 5PM - Project Management Software (Commercial)
  • 7-Zip - Free open source file archiver application. It allows you to compress, or “zip” your less used files to save space.
  • 8notes - free sheet music and lessons for a variety of instruments

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  • A-Z Animals - an online animal encyclopedia for students
  • Abakt - A Windows application to help backup and restore data.
  • ABCmouse - extra help on math, reading, science, art, and colors
  • ABCya - Interactive educational games for grades K-5.
  • ABIWORD - A streamlined word processor that is a free alternative to Microsoft Word.
  • AboutKidsHealth - trusted answers from the hospital for sick children
  • Above the Noise - YouTube channel that takes a deeper look at the research and facts behind controversial and trending topics in the news.
  • Adapted Mind - A site with lessons in math and reading for grades K-8
  • Adblock Plus -  browser extension intended to block or filter content.
  • Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF files that can be viewed on any device without losing formatting. Can embed multimedia files into the documents as well.
  • Adobe Color - Adobe program which allows users to create colors  and color schemes on the color wheel. 
  • Adobe Illustratorgraphic design software.
  • Adobe Premiere - video editing resource. 
  • Adobe Spark Page – this allows you to create magazine-style web stories.
  • Adobe Spark Video - Story creation tool.
  • Advanced SystemCare - “Cleans up” your PC: Optimizes the system, deletes junk files, and checks for vulnerabilities. This often speeds up your machine, and it’s free, though you can pay to unlock more features.
  • Adobe XD - design tool used to create apps and mobile apps. 
  • AECT - The Association for Educational Communications and Technology
  • AET (Agricultural Experience Tracker) – an agricultural education online recordkeeping system.
  • AgExplorer - website for exploring hundreds of careers related to agriculture.
  • Agents of Discovery - Mobile application where users can enter different places virtually. Teachers can geotag places and create activities for students. 
  • Ag Professional - agricultural news and articles.
  • Airfoil - Send audio from your computer to outputs anywhere on your network.
  • AirServer - allows your computer to receive and display AirPlay streams from your iOS device or mirroring-enabled computer and record what’s happening in high quality without the need for additional software.
  • Air Video HD - Watch videos streamed instantly from your computer on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple TV.
  • Algodoo - Free Mac/Win 2D drawing application where objects have physical properties.
  • ​Alien Assignment - in this free ipad/iphone app, your students help the aliens fix up their broken ship by using the camera to find and take pictures of everyday items in the classroom. The best part is this game makes students check with a grown up before they can move on.
  • Alien Earths - Build Your Own Solar System - Test Out Gravity.
  • Alien Rescue - Alien Rescue is an online problem-based 3D immersive learning environment for sixth grade science.
  • Alliance - helps share files and communicate with people you know within a private and secure p2p network.
  • AlternativeTo - is a site that gives you other alternatives to common software.
  • Amazon - a large online retailer that allows user to purchase a great variety of products instantly and that can be shipped directly to the consumer.
  • Amazon Album Art - A widget designed to help you complete your iTunes album art collection from your Dashboard.
  • Amazon Books - Online retailer that includes a large collection of used books. 
  • Amazon Kindle App - purchase and read digital books from Amazon on the Kindle app or a Kindle device. It can also be used to read PDF’s on your mobile device.
  • American Art Therapy Association - site that is dedicated to foundation that is focused solely on Art Therapy.  
  • American Historical Association - website that includes resources for historians to use in order to teach, research. Etc.
  • American History for Kids - history website made for kids
  • Aminah’s World - resource for art educators, especially for younger students. 
  • Amplify Fractions - a new approach to learning fractions
  • Anatomy Arcade – bring human anatomy to life through game, interactives, and videos.
  • Animaker - create animated videos
  • Animal Genetics - online resource that has information on how to get genetic testing for animals as well as has coat color calculator. Ideal for Agriculture education.
  • Animal Habitats for Kids - learn about different habitats and the animals that live there
  • Animoto - Animoto is a cloud-based video creation service that produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows. Educators can apply for a free Animoto Plus account for use in the classroom.
  • Anki - A program to make memorization easy. You can make flashcards and practice short answers to increase your efficiency.
  • Anne Frank House - Website about Anne Frank and WWII, including an interactive tour of the Anne Frank House.
  • Annenberg Learner - Teacher resources (i.e.lesson plans, interactives for students, videos, etc.) and professional development.
  • Anti-defamation League - organization that educations individuals including teachers and parents about various topics like racism, bullying, etc.
  • AnyToISO - convert any file to the ISO format or extract the content of an image.
  • AppCrawlr - An app discovery site for iOS and Android apps.
  • Appear.in - simple video conferencing application.
  • Appletree - A complete classroom communication tool to help students succeed
  • ApproxMap - a world map application that can be used offline. View by latitude and longitude.
  • AppShopper - An app discovery site for iOS and Macintosh.
  • Apps in Education Blog - One of the hardest things with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education banner. They list some of the apps they've found under each of the Key Learning Areas.
  • App Sliced - An app discovery site for Apple products. Receive personalized app recommendations.
  • Arcanum - The Apprentice to an art master to level up your skills.
  • ArcGIS - an online mapping program which engages/enhances learning.
  • Archive.org - a non-profit library of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
  • Art21 - website that presents thought-provoking content about contemporary art, and a place to learn first-hand from artists.
  • The Art Career Project - explore careers in art and the top art programs in the country.
  • Artcyclopedia - an encyclopedia of famous artists
  • ArtsEdge - ArtsEdge (the National Arts and Education Network) supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience.
  • Artsonia - world’s largest student art museum. Use the app to upload your students’ artwork to Artsonia.
  • Artstor Digital Library - image database of artwork, historic photos, and more from the world’s leading museums.
  • Art Swipe - Art Swipe is loosely based on the "exquisite corpses" created by early 20th century surrealist artists who would write or draw on a folded sheet of paper. Each participant would then pass the folded paper to the next participant for a further contribution. The result is a collective collage, an image made up of parts connected by chance.
  • ASCEville - An interactive website about civil engineering for students. Includes an interactive map, multiple games, and information about civil engineers.
  • Assign-A-Day - free resource that can help teachers keep track of the lessons they have taught. There are calendars available to help manage the assignments as well. 
  • Ask a Scientist - NASA lets students ask their astrobiologists, astronomers, astrophysicists, geologists, lunar scientists, physicists, and space scientists questions.
  • Astropad - turn your iPad into a graphics tablet. Really cool app, but a bit pricey.
  • Atlas Obscura - A free site that let’s you find obscure attractions around the country. The definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders.
  • Audacity - free, open source audio software for multi-track recording and editing.
  • Audible - resource through amazon that offers audio books that can be downloaded
  • Audiobook Maker - combine audiobook files together into one MP3 file.
  • Audiobook Binder - convert your audiobooks from MP3 format to Ipod-compatible M4B.
  • Audio Recorder - record audio using your mac’s built-in microphone or any other audio input source.
  • Audirvana Plus - can be used to play and stream all of your music and other audio with the best sound quality possible. 
  • Autodesk Sketchbook - Android App allows users to paint or draw.
  • Autodraw - Google’s Autodraw takes your clumsy scribbles and replaces them with drawings done by professional artists.
  • Avast - a free antivirus software that rivals the best paid antivirus.
  • AVC Free - Convert a video file in nearly any format to nearly any other format.
  • Avidemux - An open-source video editing software designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding.
  • Awesome Screenshot - feature that can be added to Chrome browser that makes screenshotting user-friendly. 
  • AWW Board - online white board, able to collaborate

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  • Backchannel Chat – Online live chat and discussions
  • BackupList+ - an all-purpose backup utility for OS X with a focus on making simple copies of files to avoid dealing with proprietary archives.
  • Badge List - online resource that includes data driven learning tools, which promotes positive engagement.
  • Balabolka Portable - a tool to convert text to speech. Installation not required.
  • BankBook - a simple-to-use electronic checkbook register.
  • Banzai - free online financial literacy program for students and educators
  • Barefoot World Atlas - interactive 3D globe that not only shows regions of the world, but also teaches about those places using facts, drawings, music, puzzles, games, and more. (iOS app)
  • Basecamp - a web-based project collaboration tool that allows groups of people to share files, meet deadlines, assign tasks, and centralize feedback. (commercial)
  • BBC History for Kids - Enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts by exploring a wide selection of historical games and activities.
  • Bean - A small, easy-to-use word processor for OS X designed to start up quickly and run lean, fast, and uncluttered.
  • Beef Cow BCS - gives you a convenient way to track both cattle, their body condition, and pasture groups, thus helping students and even an entire FFA chapter practice animal judging, rangeland judging
  • Befunky - site that is used to design and edit photos as well as create collages, menus, brochures, etc.
  • Benylu School - work with your students in a digital elementary school classroom. It allows you to plan lessons, create a class blog, organize schedules, communicate with students and parents, and more all in one place.
  • Ben’s Guide - Interactive website about the branches of the government and the United States, with learning adventures and games.
  • Best Apps for Kids – a website that will give you app ideas for each grade level of kids and the ratings and reviews on each app.  
  • Best of History Websites - Best of History Web Sites, created by EdTechTeacher Inc, is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
  • Better Lesson: resource with has a great variety of lesson plans available for grades K-12 in Math, Science, English, and Blended Learning. In addition, the site has research-based instructional strategies. 
  • BetterTouchTool - Customize your trackpad operations and gestures for your Mac. It also allows action configurations and shortcuts.
  • Big6 - a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information.
  • Big Huge Labs - resource that allows users to manipulate photos in a creative, fun way.
  • Bing - search engine powered by Microsoft.
  • BioDigital Human - Explore every bit of the human body in this powerful, interactive 3D tour.
  • Biography.com - website with biographies of famous people in history and today.
  • Bioman - Biology video games and virtual labs
  • Bitly - free domain that allows users to shorten URLS. 
  • BitTorrent - enables significantly faster downloads by downloading from many different sources.
  • Biz Kidswebsite that have lesson plans, games, and videos about financial literacy and business.
  • Blackboard - a commonly used learning management system (LMS).  
  • Black Hole - clear sensitive information from your Mac with a single click.
  • Blastoff - practice healthy eating by playing this fun, interactive game by the USDA
  • Blender - is a free, open-source 3D drawing, rendering, and animation program.
  • Blendspace (Tes Teach) - Blendspace is a free web tool for teachers to collect resources in one place to form a bundled, interactive lesson for students or colleagues.
  • Blogger - Google's free blogging platform.
  • Bloomz - One app for all your teacher communication. With Bloomz, teachers save time by having all the tools they need to communicate with today's parents in one easy-to-use (and free) app.
  • Blurb - company which allows individuals to create books.
  • Board Cam - application which allows users to connect tablet or device onto the screen to display in class.
  • Body Byte - computer software which helps individuals make and manage fitness and health goals.
  • Book Creator - allows students to create and publish their own stories.
  • Book Hunter - catalog, sort, and organize your book collection for free. It also queries an online database to get information about your favorite books.
  • Booktrack - helps students engage and comprehend reading through the use of pairing certain tones and music with matching text parts.
  • BookWidgets - a learning application that enables teachers to create interactive lessons and exercises for Ipads, tablets, computers, etc.
  • BoomWriter - The best group writing tool on the web. Read, write, share and assess with this site dedicated to collaborating with others on writing project.
  • Box -collaboration tool that helps users manage files in the cloud. 
  • Brain It On! - challenging physics puzzles and games for your brain.
  • Brainly -  Why study alone? Make the world your study group! This social network site allows students to get help and answers from other students worldwide.
  • BrainPop – fun and educational games, quizzes, videos, and more for any subject. Also check out BrainPop Jr.
  • Brainscape - flashcards for middle and high school students and teachers.
  • Brainzy - math and reading program
  • Breakout Edu - resource that has games for all subjects that promote collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and communication.
  • Bricksmith - a Virtual Lego building program. Build, create, and make instructions for your creations in this 3D software.
  • Bright Concepts 4 Teachers - Blogspot where an educator shares inspirational ideas for other teachers. 
  • Brightwheel -  resource intended for preschool or daycare, or other early education programs to help keep parents updated with their children throughout the day. 
  • BroadCastify.com - the world’s largest source of public safety, aircraft,  rail, and marine audio streams. Listen in free!
  • BrokenLinkCheck.com - a free online web-site validator / integrity checker / problem detection tool that can check your web-pages for broken / dead links, validate, find, and report bad hyperlinks if any found.
  • Brush Ninja -- animated gif creator, allows you to draw pictures and add frames to playback at certain speeds
  • Buck Institute for Education - The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that builds the capacity of teachers to design and facilitate high quality Project Based Learning and the capacity of school and system leaders to set the conditions for teachers to implement great projects with all students.
  • Budget Tracker -free online resource that helps users manage money and stay out of debt. 
  • Build and Teach - simple website with interactive reading applications and games.
  • Bulk Rename Utility - a file renaming software for Windows, to rename multiple files, photos, and mp3s.
  • Buncee - a creation and presentation tool for students and teachers to use to create enhancing, interactive classroom content. 
  • Burn - a tool to burn files to disc.
  • Busy Bee Kids Crafts - resource with a large variety of fun crafts for kids. 
  • BuzzMath - middle school math practice.
  • BuzzMob - social media platform to help teachers communicate with parents and teachers through sending messages/reminders, posting assignments, sharing events, and more (Android app available too)
  • The Body VR - virtual reality simulation of the human body.

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  • Caffeine - a tiny program to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. This is particularly useful for computers hooked to projectors.
  • Cache Makers - website for the local Maker Movement.
  • Calibre - manage your digital book collection through an intuitive interface while offering support for converting books to different formats.
  • camelcamelcamel, a free Amazon price tracker! Our free Amazon price tracker monitors millions of products and alerts you when prices drop, helping you decide when to buy.
  • Camfrog - a cross-platform worldwide video chat community with millions of active users. A webcam isn’t required.
  • Camtasia - screen recorder and editor could be used for creating presentations or giving students feedback.
  • CamStudio - a free screen capture tool merging the best of screen capturing apps with video editing packages.
  • Canva – amazingly simple graphic design website – create posters, social media, invitations, and more.
  • Canvas from Instructure - Learning Management System
  • Carbon Copy Cloner - a backup app for Mac that creates bootable backups and clones your hard drive.
  • CaRMetal - an interactive geometry program that can be used to draw all kinds of geometrical figures.
  • CBL (Challenge Based Learning) - Classroom Guide
  • CCleaner - a free system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system.
  • Celestia Motherlode - another site where Celestia fans create add-ons for the Celestia simulation application.
  • Celestia - The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.  
  • CELLS alive! - explore, study, and play with cells, microbes, and the immune system
  • Chalkup - class collaboration platform
  • ChartGo - create graphs and charts online for free.
  • ChatterPix - A fun tool to use to make objects come to life and share your story, poem, etc. as a book report or a fun message for family and friends. See also ChatterPix Kids, which is designed for younger students.
  • Chegg - resource for students to purchase or rent textbooks affordably. In addition, to the book resource, there is a math solver and study helps, as well as scholarship options.
  • Chemtutor - online resource for high school and college students that offers chemistry help.
  • Chess.com - online resource which allows users to play and learn more about the game of chess.
  • Chicken - a VNC viewer that allows you to use a computer over a network as if you’re sitting in front of it.
  • Childnet International - Childnet’s mission is to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the internet a great and safe place for children. ​
  • Childsplay - an open-source project containing a phenomenal set of educational games for young children.
  • Chipmunk BASIC - an old fashioned Basic interpreter that supports AppleScript, graphics, sprites, sound, and Object Oriented Programming.
  • ChooseMyPlate.gov – information, facts, tools, recipes, tips, interactives, and more about being healthy.
  • Chrome Music Lab - interactive resource used to help introduce young learners to music.
  • Cignition - students design their own virtual worlds through highly engaging and challenging math games
  • Citation Machine - free online aide that helps to create correct citations.
  • Cite this for me - website that helps users cite resources. 
  • Citizen Science - Comical narrative game shows intersection of ecology and social issues.
  • City Dionysia - learn about ancient Greet theater and the different parts of each play, and even stage your own tragedy.
  • Civil Right Virtual Field Trip - this site goes through a virtual field trip of important locations during the Civil Rights Movement.
  • CK-12.org - Thousands of free, interactive textbooks and more for K-12 education.
  • Clarinet Trainer - online interactive clarinet fingering trainer.
  • Class Blogmeister - free online resource that allows users to create blogs that are for classroom usage.
  • ClassCraft - online game intended to help with classroom management and engagement.
  • ClassDojo - a digital classroom management tool designed to help teachers improve student behavior and communicate more effectively with parents. Students can share their digital portfolios with parents in ClassDojo's Student Stories!
  • Class flow - resource which is a cloud based lesson delivery service which allows classroom participation and enhances engagement.
  • Class Messenger - easy way to communicate between parents, students, and teachers
  • Classroom 2.0 - network which allows educators to connect and collaborate with one another.
  • ClassTag - this tool bridges the gap between parent and teacher communication.
  • ClassTools -  resource that allows users to create free games and activities that could be used in the classroom. One of the features is to create a fakebook, where students can create a facebook for someone that is not real in order to learn more about the person. For instance, historical figures. 
  • CleanDisk - a system cleaner that permanently deletes hidden dot files. It focuses on efficiency over aesthetic.
  • Climate Kids - NASA’s website for teaching kids about climate and taking care of our planet.
  • Coach’s Eye - Sports video analysis app.
  • Code.org - kids can learn the basics of computer science and how to code. Code.org offers interactive games that include coding to teach students basic coding skills.
  • Codecademy - Terrific hands-on coding practice with live feedback.
  • CodeSpark Academy - a simple coding game for children ages 4-9 that allows for students to learn coding skills and have a lot of fun in the process.  
  • Collaborize Classroom Library - a free resource where you can create, share and/or download inquiry-based discussions on any topic.
  • Collabra - interactive music education platform, encourages students to practice their music.
  • Collagelt - An easy-to-use photo grid & collage maker for both Mac OS X and Windows that makes collages automatically.
  • Colorin Colorado - online resource designed to help teachers, students, and families of English language learners.
  • Common Core toolbox - resource that has the math standards and ways to apply them in the classroom. 
  • Common Lit - an online reading program that helps students at all different levels. 
  • CommonSense Education - Common Sense is the leading independent nonprofit. organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology.
  • CommonSense Media - resource that helps educators determine quickly about whether a movie or a show is appropriate for their students to watch. 
  • Computer Hope - provides free support and online services that allow any user to learn more about their computer and find technical assistance. Some of the services we offer include free help, information, tips, computer history, contact information, dictionary, drivers, and a community of experienced volunteers.
  • Concealer -  ​Hide and encrypt files and passwords on your Mac.
  • Concord Consortium - STEM resources website
  • Conscious Discipline - site that has great resources like videos and articles to help teachers know how to deal with classroom management. 
  • Contraption Maker - Solve problems, puzzles, brain teasers while creating wacky machines.
  • Coolmath.com - offers algebra and pre-calculus practice and tools
  • Coolmathgames.com - a branch of coolmath.com, features games that have to do with science and math.
  • CoolToolsForSchools - Lenva Shearing has worked hard to put together a wiki listing of web-based tools categorized by task. It's an extensive listing with hundreds of tools. Click into a task category, and you'll find tools linked and listed, each with a brief description of what it does!
  • Cool Kid Facts - free website and blog for teachers, schools, and kids. Topics range from science to social studies.
  • Coolmath.com - Our first site! Coolmath.com offers "math for ages 13-100" -- explanations that are easy to grasp on topics like algebra, pre-calculus and more. (I started my career as a math teacher, so it's a great pleasure for me to help people finally understand -- and even enjoy! -- doing math.)
  • Coolmath4Kids - For our 12 and under users, Coolmath4Kids is an amusement park of math, games, and more, designed to teach math and make it FUN.
  • Coolmath Games - This is our brain-training site, for everyone, where logic & thinking meet fun & games. These games have no violence, no empty action, just a lot of challenges that will make you forget you're getting a mental workout!
  • CoPilot - allows students to submit anonymous surveys reporting various concerns to their teacher.
  • Corestandards.org - website that has all the common core standards organized by grade levels.
  • Corporation for National and Community Service - a government organization that provides service opportunities to communities and schools.
  • Corrupt DocX Salvager - extracts text from damaged or corrupted documents of Microsoft Word.
  • CoWriter - An addon for Chrome, assists users in writing by predicting word selection and helping with grammar.
  • Countdown X - a dashboard widget for your Mac that counts down the seconds to the event of your choosing.
  • Cram - online resource used to create flashcards as well as view flashcards that have already been created by other users. There are also games to help users study their flashcards.
  • Crash Course - 10-15 minute videos on almost any subject
  • Crayola for Educators - online site that allows users to shop for art supplies, as well as has resources for lesson plans.
  • Create A Graph on Kids’ Zone – allows teachers and students to easily create graphs of almost any kind.
  • Creately - create beautiful diagrams and collaborate with others.
  • Creating French Culture - treasures from the National Library of France
  • Creation Crate - allows individuals to subscribe to receive projects which encourage hands-on learning specifically for STEM subjects.
  • Creative Commons - Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world, and acts as a portal where you can search for OER materials.
  • Creaza - is a program that allows digital storytelling within the classroom. For example, videos, cartoons and presentations can be created.
  • CryptoClub - Kids use math to make and break secret codes
  • CS for All Teachers - teacher help for teaching computer science
  • Cult of pedagogy - website that is filled with teaching resources for various subjects. There is a blog, videos, podcasts, and a store to enhance the classroom. 
  • CultureGrams - CultureGrams™ is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.  
  • Curiosity Machine - Hands-on science projects. Build engineering design challenges using household objects, with the help of scientists and engineers.
  • Currency Converter - a widget that easily calculates currency conversions between more than 200 world currencies, including Bitcoin, with automatically updated exchange rates.
  • Cultivate Learning - Web resource produced by the University of Washington that provides engaging resources, a wide variety of professional development, and learning opportunities for educators. 
  • Cvmkr.com - Create beautiful, professional resumes in minutes, free.
  • Cyber Bee - online resource that helps educators teach students about how to use the internet correctly. It also has curriculum ideas available for teachers to use. 

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  • Dabble - online resource used for writing. Allows users to create books and write papers.
  • ​DaCast - Stream videos live. Others can watch in real time.
  • Dafont - website that allows users to download all different kinds of fonts. 
  • Daily Water App - IOS app that counts how many glasses of water you drink and reminds you when you need to drink more.
  • Dark Site Finder - site that allows users to view satellites, the milky way, comets, etc. Great resource for teaching about Astronomy. 
  • DebateGraph - offers users a powerful way to graph out parts of a debate to help them deliberate, and make decision about complex issues.
  • DECA - Organization that prepares students to have successful careers in Business. The program helps students gain life skills. 
  • DeepBurner - An advanced and powerful CD and DVD burning package.
  • Deeper - a personalization utility for macOS which allows you to enable and disable the hidden functions of various native apps including Finder, Dock, Safari, and more.
  • Delivery Status - a small macOS dashboard widget that can help track your orders and displays notifications whenever your packages status changes.
  • Derivative Calculator - calculate derivative online with steps and graphing (or check out the Integral Calculator that calculate integrals online)
  • Designing Outcomes - website that has a variety of different apps and resources intended to enhance education.
  • Designspiration - online resource for art students and educators especially graphic designers. There are galleries of art to view.
  • Desmos - awesome graphing calculator and math activities.
  • Destination Imagination - Destination Imagination is a program that offers fun, hand-on learning challenges that foster curiosity, courage, and creativity.
  • Deviant Art - largest online art gallery and community.
  • DIA - a free open-source drawing software for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
  • Dictation Pro - A speech recognition software to quickly write documents.
  • Digital Citizenship - Are you a digital citizen? - A free Weebly website all about digital citizenship.
  • Digital Passport - a program created by Common Sense Education to teach 3rd-5th graders about online safety and technology usage.
  • Digizen.org - a site focused on being a digital citizen.
  • Diigo - extension tool you can install that allows you to organize, annotate, and share both personal files and digital resources.
  • Dino Walk - this app will show you who inhabited the planet in respective time periods and tell you all about them.
  • Discover Wet - Interactive website about water with games and lessons
  • Discovery Kids - games, videos, and activities that teach about science, animals, space, and more.
  • Disk Drill - recover deleted files in Mac OS X. This data recovery tool has an emphasis on being easy to use.
  • DisplayNote - Collaborative work on projected screen.  
  • DIY Nano (iOS) - The DIY Nano app allows families to experience and learn about nanoscale science, engineering, and technology at home or on the go! The app provides free, easy to use, hands-on activities at your fingertips.
  • DK Find Out! - awesome facts and information about a variety of subjects and things students might be curious about.
  • Doceri - combines screencasting, desktop control, and an interactive whiteboard all in one app. Click HERE to access the app on iTunes.
  • DocsTeach - Teaching History Using Primary Sources.
  • Doctopus - tool within Google Drive that helps teachers manage, organize, scaffold, and asses student projects in Google Drive. 
  • Do Ink - apple app that allows you to create green screen videos
  • Doll Divine - making virtual dolls and other animations.
  • DonorsChoose - resource that provides teachers with funding in order to best help them and their students learn. 
  • Doodle - Doodle simplifies scheduling meetings with groups of people.
  • Dragon Shapes - Geometry Challenge - a set of interactive puzzles that teaches kids early geometry concepts while touching on some important Common Core math standards
  • Draw.io - diagram creator
  • Dreambox - online adaptive K-8 math program to raise student math skills.
  • Dreamdo - a site dedicated to project based learning. This website lets teachers create and manage projects that go hand in hand with PBL as well as work globally on projects from other teachers around the world.
  • Dropbox - free online file hosting service that has a personal cloud for storage. 
  • DuckDuckGo - search engine that doesn't track you. Take a tour.
  • Ducksters - is versatile and has so much information on history, science, geography, etc.  that is useful to teachers and students alike.
  • DuoLingo - Duolingo is an excellent, free language learning site. How can it be free? It's free because as you learn, you are helping translate the internet into other languages, providing more resources to peoples around the world!
  • DupeGuru Me - a tool to find duplicate songs in your music collection. You can tweak it’s matching engine to find exactly what you want to find.
  • DVD Hunter - Sort, catalog, and organize all your movies on Mac. To save time, DVD Hunter can query an online database and get all information about movies.
  • Dyslexie - A font that can be downloaded designed for students with dyslexia to make reading, working, and learning easier. 

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  • Ear Training X  -  a very easy to use application that helps you improve your musical knowledge and skills. Practice recognition of intervals, chords, scales, and perfect pitch.
  • EarSketch - Learn to code by making music.
  • Earth.NullSchool - a visualization of global weather conditions and ocean surface temperatures and more.
  • Earthquakes for Kids - Lots of fun resources from the USGS
  • Easel.ly - create visually appealing and engaging infographics that capture your students attention using Easelly.
  • EaseUS Disk Copy - a potent software providing sector by sector disk/partition clone that works regardless of operating system, file systems, and partition scheme.
  • EaseUS Todo Backup - A free backup software that allows you to save your computer’s software in its current state.
  • Easy Bake Icon - Make an icon in multiple sizes using any image that Image Events can handle, all using tools built right into your Mac OS.
  • Easy Science for Kids - provides free online resources such as articles, worksheets,, interactive quizzes, coloring activities, science experiment ideas, videos, and more.
  • EasyBib - free bibliography generator
  • EatThisMuch.com - Get instant access to recipes, our nutrition database, and a customized meal plan! Free!
  • eBeam by Luidia - eBeam turns any surface into an interactive whiteboard.
  • Econedlink - a resource database for economics teachers which provides economic and financial education for students from K-12.
  • eCub - A cross-platform tool for creating EPUB and MobiPocket books.
  • Edheads - Realistic, appealing simulations deliver superb science content
  • Editra - A multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy-to-use interface to aid in code development.
  • Edmodo - is an educational website that takes the ideas of a social network and refines them and makes it appropriate for a classroom. Using Edmodo, students and teachers can reach out to one another and connect by sharing ideas, problems, and helpful tips.
  • Edmodo Spotlight - highlights the latest in tech apps being used by teachers in the Edmodo community.
  • EdPuzzle - EDpuzzle is a site that allows users to select a video and customize it by editing, cropping, recording audio, and adding questions to make an engaging presentation or lesson.
  • Edshelf - Find the right educational tools for your needs. A socially-curated discovery engine of websites, mobile apps, desktop programs, and electronic products for teaching and learning.
  • EDSITEment - lesson plans and resources for lessons in the humanities (art, social studies, language arts, etc.)  
  • Edtech Teacher - resource that helps English educators teach using technology.
  • Edublog - website creation tool intended to help students and teachers make blogs. 
  • Education Closet - online site that supports educators in using art integration and STEAM education through professional development and resources.
  • Education Engineers - information on all the different types of engineers
  • Education World - teacher helps, lesson plans, professional development, printables, and more
  • Education.com - worksheets, games, workbooks, activities, lesson plans, exercises, songs, and more for students, parents, and teachers.
  • Educators handbook - develops apps that measure, analyze and improve student behavior.
  • Educause - organization that is dedicated to helping information technology integrate into higher education.
  • Educreations - Educreations is an exciting app that transforms your iPad into a recordable whiteboard.
  • eduMedia - see science in action with interactive simulations that can be manipulated. It requires a yearly subscription for either a teacher or an entire school.
  • Edutopia - They share evidence- and practitioner-based learning strategies that empower you to improve K-12 education.
  • edX - Quality education for everyone, everywhere - enroll in courses from major educational institutions online.
  • eLearning Industry - a network-based media and publishing company. It is the largest online community of eLearning professionals in the industry and was created as a knowledge-sharing platform.
  • Elmedia Player -This media player is a super versatile app for any file format you probably may think of. If there are any issues of bad sync with audio in original video file, Elmedia can fix it thanks to its outstanding capabilities.
  • Emaze edu - online presentations and interactive lessons​
  • Enchanted Learning - website that contains a great resource of a variety of curriculum. 
  • Encyclopedia of Minerals - app that provides pictures and detailed information about 900 types of minerals.
  • EndNote - research formatter, reference searcher, and more
  • Engineering for Kids - resource intended to enhance science, math, technology, and engineering education for students ages 414.
  • English for Students - This site provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.
  • Enigma - A puzzle game that requires strategic problem solving and creative thinking.
  • enotes - a student and teacher educational website that provides material to help students complete homework assignments and study for exams. Focused on literature.
  • Envatotuts+ - online resource for coding, design and illustration, website design, etc.
  • ePals - connect, communicate and collaborate with classrooms around the world through ePals website
  • Epic! - an online library that offers thousands of popular books for students K-5 completely free of charge.​​
  • ERIC - ​The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC is sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the United States Department of Education.
  • eSchoolToday - learn about natural disasters, the environment, social issues and more.
  • ESL101 - resource that helps individuals find ESL teaching jobs.
  • esri – free online world mapping tools and activities.
  • Evernote - a note taking app which can capture, text, voice recordings or even pictures.
  • Excel - Microsoft's commercial spreadsheet software with statistical analysis functions built into it.​
  • Excel in Exams - Excel in Exams YouTube channel! Boost your motivation and fast-track your learning. Acquire study techniques that result in less wasted time and more free time. And be better prepared for exams than ever before using techniques practiced by elite athletes.
  • Expeditions Pioneer Program - Expeditions are guided tours of places schools buses can't go. They are comprised of virtual reality panoramas and are led by a guide or teacher.  Using a tablet, teachers can guide up to 50 students wearing virtual reality viewers.
  • Explain Everything - Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, and use a laser pointer. Rotate, move, scale, copy, paste, clone, and lock any object added to the stage.
  • Exploratorium - Feed your curiosity for free—wherever you are. Discover our vast collection of experiences, browse resources for teaching and learning, and tune in to online events.
  • Expod - A small utility app for your Mac to get songs off your iPod.
  • Express Accounts - a freemium accounting software for Windows and Mac to easily organize, track, and report incoming and outgoing cash flow.
  • Express Scribe - a free audio transcription player for typists using Mac OS X.
  • Ezvid - free, easy to use screen recorder and editor. Great for making screencasts.
  • Earth Day Network - Every year, the Earth Day Network sponsors and links to activities students can participate in that focus on climate change, earth science, biology, and
    more.

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  • Facebook - social media platform which allows users to connect with others. There are groups for teachers that include helps and resources.
  • Facebook Messenger - app which allows users to communicate with others.
  • Fact Monster - a website designed to help children ages 8-14 obtain info and resources on many different subjects
  • Faithit - website that has many articles about various topics including lack of parental support and children in school. 
  • Familyconsumersciences.com - site that includes resources and helps for FACS educators.
  • Farming Simulator - a game that simulates managing and owning a farm.
  • Feedly - a news aggregator app that compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources
  • FCCLA - website that has information all about FCCLA, which stands for: “family career community leaders of America.”
  • FFA - website that has all the information about FFA, which is a  youth organization that helps members prepare for careers and leadership in business and technology of agriculture. FFA stands for: “Future Farmers of America” 
  • Filament Learning -  a website dedicated to helping students learn through a game-based learning program.
  • FileZilla - A cross-platform graphical FTP, SFTP, and FTPS file management tool. Allows you to quickly move files between your computer and Web server with its intuitive tools.
  • Filmon TV - Watch TV online! You can download Filmon TV on virtually any device, or watch on your computer without downloading.
  • Filmora - easy to use video editor.
  • Finale Notepad - Create, print, and play music notation. A free tool to put your notes on the printed page.
  • FinancialMentor - financial help, including an interest rate calculator and a mortgage amortization calculator.
  • Flashcard Machine - a free online service used to create flashcards that can be shared with others.
  • flat.io - online music notation software.
  • FlickrCC - images that can be used for free with easy citations
  • FlightGear - An free open source flight simulator with a variety of cool and exciting planes. Offers help and links for new and experienced pilots alike.
  • Flipboard - personalized magazine app and website
  • Flip grid - application which allows individuals to create video discussion boards.
  • Flippity - useful website that allows users to convert spreadsheets into flashcards very easily. Users can also create word searches, reviews, matching games, seating charts, etc.
  • Flipquiz - free classroom review game
  • Flipsnack - create, share, and embed online magazines, transforming your PDFs into online flipping books
  • Flocabulary - educational hip-hop songs to master academic content
  • Floor Planner - online interior design tool for designing floor plans.
  • Flubaroo - addon to google docs which helps speed up the process of grading.
  • FLV Crunch - A free and very easy-to-use audio and video converter for Mac. While it was designed to convert only FLV files (downloaded YouTube videos), it has grown into a universal media converter.
  • FLVTO - site that allows users to convert Youtube videos to mp3 files.
  • Focus on Plants - an application intended to learn the basics of plant science.
  • Fodey - newspaper clipping generator
  • Folger Shakespeare Library - resource full of primary sources and lessons involving Shakespeare.
  • Fonts.Google.com - Thousands of free fonts you can use online or download for your Mac or PC.
  • Fooducate - allows you to track your food, activity, sleep, and mood. It also allows you to scan items in the store to learn nutrition facts and get recipes.
  • Formative - is a formative assessment tool. Transform your content in seconds and go paperless. Create incredible online assessments, classwork or homework.
  • Fountain Pen - a simple and clean writing environment specifically designed for distraction-free composition.
  • France Today -- Interactive maps about France, its commodities, and its cities
  • Freckle - resource that allows teachers to track each students’ individual progress and then teach and send assignments to students accordingly.
  • Freeciv - is a free, open source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization
  • FreeCol - is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation.
  • Freedcamp - the first completely free alternative to Basecamp. Freedcamp offers an app store where you can install To-Do's, Discussions, Milestones, Time Tracking, and Calendar for free! Project management has never been this sweet.
  • FreeMind - an open source mind-mapping tool for creating structured diagrams.
  • Free Rice - practice questions from multiple subjects. Every correct answer donates 10 grains of rice to starving country.
  • Freeze HD - YouTube Channel that features new startup campaigns.
  • Fresh Grade - an assessment tool which allows teachers and students to upload content (pictures, videos, audio, notes, etc) to a student portfolio.
  • Friendzy - Online learning resource intended to enhance learning by using games and other fun activities.
  • Fritzing - free software that allows users to create an electronic prototype of projects.
  • Froguts – virtual frog dissection.
  • Fuel the Brain - educational games, interactives, printables, and more
  • Fun Brain - resource that is intended to make learning fun through educational games, videos and books.
  • Fun Fonix - Free phonics worksheets for teachers
  • Fund for Teachers - organization which distributes grants to individuals seeking a better world through education. 
  • FUSE for OS X - Extend native file handling in OS X. This is a successor to MacFUSE.
  • Fusion 360 - free 3D modeling software.
  • Future is Now, The - YouTube Channel that features new startup campaigns.
  • Future Learn - online platform that offers free online courses about a variety of categories. 

G

  • Game Maker Studio - software that allows students to create their own games.
  • GanttProject - GanttProject is a cross-platform desktop tool for project scheduling and management. It runs on Windows, Linux and MacOSX, it is free...
  • Garageband – a whole music creation studio for Macs
  • Garden Sketch - a specialized drawing tool to make designing landscapes easy. The existing landscape can be easily entered by incorporating aerial or satellite photos.
  • GardenPlanner - online garden and landscape blueprint planning tool.
  • GCFLearnFree - GCFLearnFree.org offers 125 tutorials, including more than 1,100 lessons, videos, and interactives, completely free.
  • Gear Up University - over 100 videos that teach kids how to use Siemens Solid Edge CAD/CAM software.
  • Generation Genius - online resource that has a large variety of science videos.
  • Generation Global - A way to connect with other classrooms and students around the globe using video chats, messaging, and discussion boards.
  • Genius Hour - resource where students solve real world problems and apply problem based learning methods.
  • Genius.com - free resource online that allows users to annotate onto websites.
  • Geo Walk - A few hundred geographic hotspots put on a globe to teach your students about geography right in your classroom.
  • Geoboard - an iOS app that allows students make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more.
  • Geogebra - the graphing calculator for functions, geometry, algebra, calculus, statistics, and 3D math.
  • Geoguessr - online tool for geography that allows users to play games and explore the world.
  • GetApp - Find the best apps to fit your company's needs with our expert reviews and comparisons. AppAppeal uncovers the hottest up­-and-­coming business applications, as well guiding you through the most popular web and mobile­-based business apps around.
  • Getnoodl.es - online database to collect your recipes and connect you to other recipes
  • Gilder Lehrman - free website that has online primary sources for students and teachers. In addition,  the website has videos designed for History. 
  • GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) - GIMP is a free, open source alternative to Photoshop.
  • GIMPshop - A version of Gimp that has been changed to look and be used like Photoshop.
  • GitHub Classroom - has many applications in the classroom and can make coding classes easier to manage. Teachers can push starter code to students so that they all start with the same framework.
  • Gizmos - online simulations that power inquiry and understanding
  • GlassCubes - ​Simplify team collaboration. Share files, manage projects and communicate with each other. All from a single, secure online workspace. (commercial)
  • Glimmer Blocker - an ad blocker for Safari that is designed to be compatible with all new updates.
  • Globe (NASA) - Participate with scientists and students the world over gathering and sharing climate data.
  • Glogster - create interactive multimedia posters
  • GLS - Games + Learning + Society - learning games for students. A favorite on this site is the game, Econaughts.
  • GnuCash App - mobile finance expense tracker application for Android. It allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses.
  • Go Noodle - dance and other videos that get kids up and moving in a fun way to activate their bodies and brains. Perfect for brain breaks!
  • GoGuardian - online tool that allows teachers to view students screens at all times at once. 
  • Goobric - Google chrome extension that is a rubric based assessment tool that works with Doctopus Add-on for Google Sheets. 
  • Good Notes - mobile application that is a PDF editor as well as a planning calendar tool.
  • GoodBudget - an online budget tracker that uses the envelope system without having to carry around paper envelopes.
  • Goodreads – online book community
  • Google Advanced Search - the world's most used search engine in advanced search mode.
  • Google Art Project - The Google Art Project is a unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art institutions to enable people to discover and view artworks online in extraordinary detail in a VR (virtual reality) environment.  
  • Google Calendar - user friendly tool which allows users to schedule and stay up to date with daily tasks and activities.
  • Google Classroom - Google Classroom is your mission control for class. Create classes, distribute assignments, send feedback, and see everything in one place.
  • Google Cultural Institute - discover artworks, collections, and stories from all around the world like never before.
  • Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are productivity apps that let you create different kinds of online documents, work on them in real time with other people, and store them in your Google Drive online — all for free.
  • Google Drawings - free google resource that allows users to draw or type on a canvas. Teachers can share drawings through the projector with students.
  • Google Drive - Cloud storage from Google (where docs, sheets, slides, forms, etc. are kept)  
  • Google Earth – explore the globe in 3D
  • Google Expeditions - virtual field trips to almost anywhere
  • Google Forms - allows you to create a free survey, and data returned gets put into a google spreadsheet
  • Google Hangouts - Google's face to face communications tool that also lets you share screens with others in the hangout.
  • Google Keep - note-taking device by Google
  • Google Maps – free web mapping service that offers satellite imagery, street maps, and 360 panoramic views.
  • Google My Maps - create and share custom maps of your own.
  • Google Photos - resource that allows users to save photos through their google account.
  • Google Play Music - allows users to listen to a variety of different music through their google account.
  • Google Scholar - an online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories looking for: Peer-reviewed articles. Theses.
  • Google Science Fair - Students compete worldwide each year, submitting their science projects.
  • Google Search Education - ​With the materials on this site, you can help your students become skilled searchers- whether they're just starting out with search, or ready for more advanced training.
  • Google Search Help Center
  • Google Sheets - Google’s free collaborative spreadsheet software (Google account required)
  • Google Sites - user friendly tool which allows users to make websites for no cost.
  • Google Slides - a google resource which allows user to create and edit presentations.
  • Google Tasks - Tasks adds a to-do list to Gmail. After adding the lab, click the Tasks link above the chat box on the left-hand-side of the page.
  • Google Translate - Google Translate is a free multilingual statistical machine translation service provided by Google to translate text, speech, images, sites, or real-time video from one language into another. For Android and iOS!
  • Google Translate Web - translates web pages to and from more than 20 languages.
  • Google Voice - Google gives you your own phone number - free calls within the U.S.
  • Google VR - A platform for high quality, mobile virtual reality
  • Gooru - The Learning Navigator is a free, online tool that offers personalized pathways to help students reach their learning goals.
  • Goose Chase - mobile app that allows students to go on scavenger hunts in order to add variety to learning.
  • Gopher Sport - site intended to help physical educators learn how to maximize participation in the classroom.
  • GoReact - a presentation tool that allows for better feedback and assessment of presentations.
  • GoReact -presentation tool that allows users to get feedback quickly. 
  • Grab - application for mac products which allow users to take screenshots of the current screen, or window, or portions of it.
  • Gradebook Pro - An application which assists teachers in grading, tracking attendance, reports, etc.
  • GradeCam - Print scanning forms on plain paper.  Scan results from your webcam or device camera.
  • Gradescope - resource which helps teachers with grading yet stills allows teachers to give feedback to their students.
  • Grammarly - Helps users enhance grammar and spelling in writing.
  • Grant Watch - website that posts federal, state, city, local, and foundation grants
  • Graphing Calculator 3D - a handy 3D graphing utility that plots graphs for two and three dimensional mathematical functions and coordinate tables.
  • Graphite.org - Teacher reviewed apps for education.  A great resource!
  • Gravity Variations Interactive - a simulation to learn what gravity does, how it impacts things, and how it is different on other planets.
  • Great Schools - a resource designed to help parents aide their children in receiving a good education. Includes great worksheets available for educators. 
  • Greenfoot - a program to teach and learn to code in Java in a visual and interactive way.
  • Greenshot - application used to take screenshots. Allows users to snap just a portion of the screen.
  • Grid Club - Lots of free activities for kids!
  • Growl - the ultimate notification system for OS X. Organizes all your notifications in the same place so you can customize what you want to be notified and when.
  • GTasks - todo/task management application it can be synced with google accounts.
  • Guided access - a feature on iPhones, iPads, etc. which allows users to set limits and controls on their device usage.
  • Guitar Tools - a multi-platform application for Guitar and Bass Players. Helps to find scales, chords, voicing, harmony, and practicing.

H

  • HandBrake - a tool for converting video from nearly any format, including from a DVD, to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.
  • Handspeak - online sign language learning resource.
  • HandyPrint - an app that lets you put Airprint support on older printing devices that do not natively support this protocol. Designed to run on iOS and Mac OS X, handyPrint may be a great solution for those who either have older printers.
  • Havenly design quiz - resource where users can take a quiz in order to determine their specific interior design sytle. 
  • Hapara - an organization that is dedicated to creating products to improve education. They have a variety of products available including allowing educators to monitor chromebook activity. 
  • Have Fun Teaching - YouTube page with free educational songs and videos for teachers, parents, and kids.
  • Hawkscope - access hard drive files through the system tray on Windows, Mac, or Linux for free. It would be a pain to dig through them without this app.
  • Headspace - website that has many meditation exercises that could help enhance the overall classroom environment.
  • Health Line - The body maps this site gives you access to allows you to break down the human body virtually.
  • Healthy Kids - a kid-friendly website to help keep your kids healthy
  • HideSwitch - an app that offers an easy way to show and hide system files hidden in OS X.
  • Highlights Kids - Free activities for children from Highlights Magazine
  • HiNative - free application which allows users to ask language related questions to native speakers and quickly receive an answer. 
  • Histrionix - learning company that has games and other resources to aid education. 
  • History.com - Watch full episodes and videos, and read interesting articles about history. Also has a great tab, “This Day In History” that tells something from history that happened on everyday of the year.
  • Historymatters.gmu.edu - resource help for teachers that helps users to think in a historical mindset. In addition, links to many other online history sources.
  • HistoryNet - videos, galleries, information, and more about American history
  • History’s Heroes - a site dedicated to heroes from history
  • Home By Me - an interior design website to create virtual rooms
  • Home Design 3D - learn and practice the art of interior design through designing and remodeling a house. Available on multiple platforms for varying prices.
  • Homeschool Math - resource site that has free math worksheets, games, videos, and more. 
  • HomeStyler - design the floor plan and interior design of your dream home in 3D
  • Hooda Math - website that has math and logic games organized by grade level.
  • Horse Coat Colors and Genetics - This simulator helps you to see the multiple different breeds in horses based on their genetics and what that would look like.
  • Horse Judging – interactive horse judging competition
  • HP Orbit - application for HP computer users which allows users to seamlessly move pictures, videos, links, and files quickly at home or on the go.
  • Hudl Technique - takes images into slow motion in order to analyze and examine technique. Could aid physical education teachers.
  • Hugin - a free, cross-platform panoramic photo tool based on the same software as many expensive pro-level tools. With this imaging toolchain, you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama.

I

  • iAnalyze - A free app for Mac that can synchronize the pages of a score (or PDF images) on an audio or video file.
  • iBiome- Wetland - Come explore the wetland habitat and all the amazing species within. Challenge kids to make plants and animals flourish by learning and following laws of nature. Try also the brainpop jr. lesson that follows this app.
  • iBooks Author – create books for iPad and Mac
  • iCivics - this website combines a database of teaching aids, like lesson plans, and primary source documents for research. Teach civics using their provided lesson plans, games and other resources.
  • Icon Maker 2.0 - a free online app made in Scratch that allows you to make an icon of yourself with your hair color, eye color, glasses, facial hair, etc. Easy to use, and fun for any age.
  • IEP goal tracker - web application that makes it easier to track goals made on an IEP in special education.
  • Iheartradio - resource that allows users to listen and look up music and podcasts.
  • ILearn Technology -resource that was designed in order to help teachers integrate technology into the classroom. 
  • I Love Stars - with this Mac app, you can rate your iTunes songs in your menu bar. This prevents the tedious process of switching back and forth in order to rate the songs.
  • Illuminations - math interactives and lessons for teachers and students.
  • Imagine Learning - interactive language and literacy software program.Great for ESL and Special Education students.
  • Image Tricks Lite - Photo Editing Software for Mac. It is free, but there is a pro version available.
  • iMotion – intuitive and powerful time-lapse and stop-motion app
  • iMovie – watch, create, and share beautiful movies using this amazing IOS application.
  • IMSLP.org - online music library for sheet music.
  • iMuscle2 - great app for exploring the muscles you use when moving and exercising.
  • Infinite Campus - Online resource which organizes the gradebook usually purchased at a district level.
  • Infotopia - safe search engine for students or safe Google Search alternative. Similarly, check out Kidtopia for even younger users.
  • Inkspace - free resource that is a vector graphic editor.
  • Inquiry in Action - teach physical science and chemistry concepts using inquiry-based approach.
  • Insert Learning - browser extension that allows educators to insert instructional comments to any website to allow for an interactive experience.
  • Inshot - video editing app that can add music, voice-over, emoji, text, adjust speed, and add video effects
  • InsomniaX - Disable sleep mode on your Apple laptop. This is useful when you want to listen to music on it through speakers.
  • Instagram - social media platform used to post, caption, and share pictures.
  • Instructables - website that has a variety of ideas for crafts, teaching, cooking, etc.
  • Interactive Sites for Education - a whole site full of the best K-5 online, interactive, educational games and simulations, organized by subject.
  • International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE
  • Internetingishard.com - comprehensive set of web development tutorials to help transform complete beginners into talented Interneting professionals.
  • Into the Book - teaching tool that helps students and teachers with reading comprehension.
  • iResize - can resize, compress and save as JPEG or PNG the following image formats GIF, JPEG, PICT, PNG, TIFF and PSD files
  • Iris Center - resources that specifically help educators learn more about how to understand and teach those students that are struggling in the classroom due to a disability or cultural diversity
  • Iscanner - app that allows users to scan documents directly from iphone and upload them to a computer or other application. 
  • iSEEK - the safe search engine for schools
  • iStopMotion for iPad - app that allows users to be master filmmakers and create stop motion animated movies.  
  • It’s AumSum Time - YouTube channel with animated, creative and refreshing videos of physics, chemistry, and biology.
  • iTunes - a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple Inc.
  • IXL - an immersive program used to practice math, language arts, science, and social studies in a way that feels like play.
  • The Interaction of Color - This revolutionary new digital edition will transform the way color is taught and understood among teachers, students, designers, artists, and anyone interested in learning how to perceive and use color.

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  • Jackrabbit Class - online class management software used for gymnastic, dance, swim, cheer, and music classes.
  • JDownloader - a free, open-source download management tool.
  • Jeroo - classroom-tested program that teachings basics of coding and computer programming
  • Jimdo - easy to use website that allows users to design and create websites.
  • Jobs for the Future - Jobs for the Future is a national nonprofit that works to ensure educational and economic opportunity for all.  Check out their YouTube Channel.
  • Join Me - allows individuals to collaborate through web conferences and chat pages.
  • Joomla - a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content.
  • Journey 2050 - Journey 2050 takes students on a virtual simulation that explores world food sustainability.
  • Joy2Learn - organization dedicated to improving arts education in public schools by providing free, interactive web-based presentations featuring artists from different art forms
  • Joy of Clothes - create your own personal model to clothe according to your body type, hair and face.
  • Jubler - Jubler is a tool to edit text-based subtitles. It can be used as an authoring software for new subtitles or as a tool to convert, transform, correct and refine existing subtitles.
  • JumpStart - engaging and educational games
  • justwatch.com - streaming search engine. Answers questions like, “Where can I watch [name of show]”
  • JWildfire - Free fractal editor/creator. Perfect for teaching students about fractal geometry, or creating beautiful art pieces.
  • JW Pepper - online resource that has a variety of sheet music available

K​

  • K12JobSpot - website to find jobs for teachers
  • K5 Computer Lab - website with technology lesson plans, ideas, and resources for elementary school children. There are resources for PC’s, Macs, iPads, and Google Classroom
  • Kahoot - A Kahoot is a collection of questions on specific topics. Created by teachers, students, business-people and social users, they are asked in real-time, to an unlimited number of “players”, creating a social, fun and game-like learning environment. Currently, there are 3 types of Kahoot: Quiz, discussion, or survey.
  • Kaizena - easily provide constructive feedback through written comments, voice recordings, or videos instantly on students work.
  • Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Kathy is an internationally respected educational technologist. This is where she shares her knowledge and resources!
  • Kaymbu - online resource used for classroom organization and communication with student’s parents.
  • Keamk - Create random teams and groups easily
  • Keep Me Out - online resource which allows users to limit their time on websites.
  • Keka - Compress and extract your files in multiple formats, including Zip, 7z, and Rar, and even give them password protection on Mac, for free.
  • Keynote - application for mac computers which allows users to create presentations.
  • KHAN Academy - Missions boost math learning with balance of focus, freedom to explore.
  • Kickboard - application which enables educators to track students’ data as well as has behavioral management resources.
  • KickStarter - Interested to know what new technology is coming down the pipe? This is the place where they get funded.
  • Kid Weather - Power packed with real time weather conditions, forecasts, science and fun facts about the weather, plus it is interactive making it fun for the kids. This includes math and science with S.T.E.M in mind to make parents and teachers happy as well.
  • Kidblog - safe and simple blogs for students. Students can connect in a safe environment controlled by the teacher. Teachers can sign up for free.
  • Kiddle - save visual search engine for kids.
  • Kiddom Collaborative Classroom - free app where teachers can access standardbased lessons, videos, quizzes, and more.
  • KidRex - safe search engine for kids
  • Kids A-Z -online learning portal where students can access the online materials. Teachers can also track progress and create assignments through it. 
  • Kids Discover - free educational publishment with nonfiction reading for children ages 6-14
  • Kids Doodle – painting app for young children. Also available for android.
  • Kids.gov - website that provides safe information for children about the government as well as other educational resources which can enhance learning in the classroom or at home.
  • KidsHealth - KidsHealth is a fun way for students to learn about the body, learn how to be healthy, etc.  It provides many different areas of health for kids to explore.
  • Kidsreads - is a great, kid-friendly website that allows students to browse through books by category and age to find books that they will be interested in reading. Check out also Teenreads for the older students.
  • Kidssearch - a safe search engine for kids to use. Also includes an education search engine. 
  • KidsVotingUSA - this website helps teach kids the importance of voting
  • Kidtopia - a kid safe search engine
  • Kidz Page, The - Free site for children filled with activities and games
  • KinderArt - art lesson plans by elementary school teachers
  • KinderTown - KinderTown transforms mobile devices into powerful teaching tools by finding and organizing the best educational apps for kids ages 3-8 years old. Their mission is to improve early childhood education by empowering parents with the tools to be better teachers.
  • Kindle - application which enables users to purchase and read books online.
  • KindleGen - allows publishers a user friendly environment to create great-looking books that work on all Kindle devices and apps.
  • Kizoa - Online Video Maker using Photos, Videos and Music. Add Text, Special Effects, and Transitions. Share via Email, Blogs, Facebook, and Youtube or burn onto DVD or download as a video file.
  • Knewton - is an adaptive instructional site that simplifies lessons, and tracks progress for each student.
  • KompoZer - A complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use web page editing.
  • KQED Teach - provides a series of free, self-paced courses to help K-12 educators develop media skills necessary to bring media production and communication to their learning environments.
  • Krita - a fast, free, open source art tool that was developed by artists looking for something without a lot of overhead. It’s available for all platforms. It can even edit Photoshop’s PSD files!
  • Kid Zone Create-a-Graph - an easy, online graph builder - it's free.

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  • La Dictee d’Archibald - french dictation website
  • Lakeshore learning - online store that offers many educational tools including: classroom furniture, manipulatives, software, etc.
  • Land of the Brave - resource that has much information about Colonial America, specifically, the 13 colonies. 
  • LaTeXiT - quickly typeset LaTeX equations without bothering with file creation, preambles, and so on.
  • Lawrence Hall of Science: 24/7 Science - First class site for science games and investigations
  • Learn.Genetics - genetic science learning center
  • Learn & Serve America - a government organization that supports project based learning
  • Learning4Kids - a website created by a preschool teacher with resources that create meaningful experiences for children, focused on play.
  • Learning ally - resource that has audiobooks and support services which aid students who struggle with dyslexia.
  • Learning Games for Kids - educational games for a variety of subjects
  • Learn Jazz Standards - has a blog, podcasts, and videos geared towards helping people become better jazz musicians
  • Learnsmart - adaptive teaching technology that provides students with individualized learning.
  • Lego Digital Designer - design what you want with out of lego and upload models into a public gallery.
  • Lego Mindstorms - Educational hardware/software kits for constructing and designing robotics. Purchased kits range from focusing on preschool students through middle school.
  • Lesson Planet - curriculum resource site which has access to lesson plans, blog posts, etc.
  • Lesson Plans Page - resource where teachers can post and view lesson plans for all ages.
  • Lesson Writer - website that allows users to make a lesson built around articles. For instance, lesson writer will come up with questions, vocab, etc. 
  • Let’s Draw -- free drawing app where you can edit photos or drawing and add text
  • Lewis and Clark Journals - resource that gives users access to the Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expeditions equipped with audio and videos. 
  • Lexia - online program which assists students to develop in various literary areas. Can greatly benefit English language learners.
  • Library of Congress - main website for the U.S. Library of Congress. It provides great resources for teachers and classrooms, especially Digital Collections and a Teachers Page.
  • LibreOffice - Free alternative to Microsoft Office Suite
  • Librivox - free public domain filled with audiobooks. 
  • Lifeboat to Mars - Fantastic ecosystem sim makes learning biology fun
  • Lifeprint’s fingerspelling tool - website and app intended to help users in practicing fingerspelling for ASL.
  • Life Tick - online software that aids users in setting and achieving goals.
  • Lightworks - simple video editing platform
  • LilyPond - an automated engraving system to format music automatically and beautifully. Free on Mac. 
  • Linkedin Learning - free trial, courses for teachers on computer programs and applications.
  • Little Bird Tales - a website and App for Apple devices where students can create their own stories.
  • Liveschool - app that allows teachers to track as well as award student behavior.
  • Livestock Judging - free resource that helps coaches, teaches individuals more about livestock judging. 
  • Livestock Judging – online practice of livestock, horse, and dairy judging.
  • Live Science - news site dedicated to science and how it is working in the world around us. Contains videos and articles.
  • Lizard Point - website that has interactive map quizzes and other social studies resources.
  • Loyal Books - Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads
  • LucidChart - similar to Lucidpress, but with focus on creating flowcharts, mind maps, and other organizational charts.
  • LucidPress - Web-based desktop publishing application - very powerful. Educators and students can apply for a free pro account with an .edu or k12 email address.
  • Lumen Learning - resource that costs money, but has many open educational resources as well as courses. 
  • Lynda.com - world class video training on almost every technology software you can name.  You can view a list of topics here.

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  • MacDropAny - sync any folder on your Mac with Dropbox.
  • MACH: My Automated Conversation coacH - this program works as a way for people to practice social interaction and face-to-face conversation, such as interviews, with a virtual person.
  • MacVide - a sound recording program for Macs that makes it easy to record a variety of audio sources. Ideal for recording voice for podcasts or to create audio books.
  • MacX Youtube Downloader - free YouTube video downloader for mac users.
  • Mahjong in Poculis - a free Mahjong Solitaire game to let you peacefully challenge your memory.
  • Maintenance - a free OS X system maintenance utility that lets you check the status of the hard disk, repair permissions, run periodic scripts, and much more.
  • MakeMeGenius - a free website for children grades K-7, that features short videos based on school curriculum topics.
  • MakeMKV - A format converter, or transcoder, to convert even encrypted video clips to MKV file format.
  • MalwareBytes - Protect your computer from viruses and malware in real-time for free on PC, Mac, and mobile.
  • MapMyFitness – MapMyFitness provides advanced fitness tracking technology, a workout database, nutritional data, calorie calculators, and more than 160 million of the best running, cycling, and walking routes around the world.
  • MasteryConnect - allows teacher to upload their assessments online, then will grade the assessments immediately.
  • Match the Memory - create or play online matching games for free. You can pay to print your own off.
  • Math 4 Children - math games, quizzes, worksheets and more for kids pre-K to 7th grade.
  • Mathalicious - real-world lessons for teachers that will challenge middle and high school students that address common core standards.
  • Math Fight App - IOS app that allows two students to both practice their math facts together in a fun, competitive way.
  • Math is Fun - math lessons, games, puzzles, worksheets, and more.
  • Math Learning Center - math curriculum, resources, practice, and more
  • Math-Play.com – free online math games
  • Math Playground – math games and practice for kids
  • Mathspace - application to help users stream the process of teaching and practicing math. 
  • Math Vocabulary Cards - iOS app that helps students deepen their conceptual understanding of key math terms.
  • Math Worksheet Generator - Make worksheets easily by providing an example math problem and the program will create similar problems! Free on Windows and Mac.
  • Math Worksheets 4 Kids - provides thousands of worksheets for kids K-8 to practice math.
  • Maxima - a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions and more. Ideal for multivariable calculus. Free for all platforms.
  • MBGnet - Information about biomes and what they’re like, geared towards children
  • Media Info - display technical information about video and audio files. Free on Windows & Mac.
  • Medici.tv - online resource which allows users to watch documentaries, classes, ballets, concerts, etc.
  • MeisterTask - Create a project, add as many team members as you want, assign tasks and follow each other’s progress.
  • Meme Generator - tool which could add comic relief to the classroom due to the fact that it allows teachers to create memes.
  • Memorizeit.com - app that helps users track and memorize information.
  • Memory Lifter - a virtual flashcard system based on the Leitner card box algorithm. Useful to memorize new concepts. Free for Windows.
  • Memrise - resource which uses videos, images, and voice recordings to enhance the experience of memorizing terms.
  • Mendeley - website that allows you to organize, read, and annotate documents and research all in one place.
  • Mental Math Cards - app that provides tips, fast practice, and timed challenges to help improve arithmetic skills.  
  • Meteo - a free weather program for Mac that allows total control over weather viewing, based on weather reports from multiple locations.
  • #Metkids - resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art that teaches students art history in a creative way. 
  • Microsoft Mathematics - a full-featured graphing calculator designed to work just like a hand held calculator that plots in 2D and 3D.
  • Microsoft Office Mix - free add-in for Powerpoint that allows you to make your powerpoint presentations more interactive.
  • Microsoft OneDrive - program that allows users to save all files and photos to one drive which is a great organizational tool. 
  • Microsoft OneNote - program that allows users to take notes, save pictures/videos, draw, write, organize notes.
  • Microsoft Project is a widely accepted project management application (commercial)
  • Microsoft Remote Desktop - easily connect to multiple monitors and projectors.
  • Microsoft Sway - create visually striking newsletters, documentations and awesome online presentations in minutes. 
  • Microsoft Whiteboard -program that allows the students to see what was written on the board from home. In addition, students in class can add comments and drawings in real time during class. Teachers can also draw over texts and images to show the class.
  • Microsoft Translator - computer system which allows individuals to communicate in multiple languages.
  • Miller Weld Setting Calculator App - determines weld settings need to be according to type of metal, width of metal, and type of welder
  • Mindmeister - collaborative mind mapping
  • Mindomo - an online collaborative mind mapping and concept mapping software for visualizing and organizing information.
  • Mindtools - free resource that helps users learn essential skills such as leadership, communication, and time management.
  • Minecraft - Use the world’s most popular video game as a tool for learning. Also look at Minecraft in education.
  • Mint - Mint helps you to manage your personal finances all in one place.
  • Miss Giraffe’s Class -blogspot where an educator shares ideas and products used in the classroom. 
  • Mission US - immerses students in U.S. history through interactive games. Fight in the Revolutionary War or survive during the Great Depression.
  • M.I.T. OpenCourseWare - A huge repository of free, open-source learning and access to M.I.T.'s courses.
  • Mix.com - Discover the most interesting things your friends are sharing!
  • Mixxx - make DJ mixes in a tight, integrated package. It also offers iTunes integration to make using your music easier.
  • MjoGraph - a free 2D graph editor customized for researchers.
  • MKVToolNix - a free tool for examining, inspecting, and modifying the Matroska Video file format.
  • MLA International Bibliography – online research tool
  • MobyMax - interactive personalized learning program that finds and fixes learning gaps. It can also be used to help gifted students progress at their speed and level.
  • MoinMoin - a free easy to use and extensible wikiengine with a large community of users.
  • Molecular Workbench - Regularly updated resource features great simulations and modules
  • ​MolView - web-based data visualization platform. Visualize and manipulate virtual molecules.
  • monday.comresource that helps track and monitor group work.
  • Monday (formerly Dapulse) - a management tool that focuses on people, success, and getting things done
  • Money Guru - a personal finance management application. With it, you can evaluate your financial situation so you can make informed (and thus better) decisions.
  • Monster Alphabet - 8 games for preschool and kindergarten students to practice their letter tracing, coloring, reading, and more.
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams - see ocean animals in real time
  • MoonConection.com - resources, information, and tools about the moon
  • Moovly - online video animation software.
  • Motion Math - resource that has games to help elementary students with math. 
  • MotivAider - device that gently vibrates at certain time intervals.
  • Mouse Party - see how different drugs affect the brains of mice in this fun animated and interactive manipulative.
  • Movavi - tool used to make movies and presentations.
  • Move this World - video resource that teachers could broadcast about mental health and various topics including stress management, self confidence, handling emotions, etc.
  • MPEG Streamclip - open and play most movie formats including MPEG files or transport streams; edit them with Cut, Copy, Paste, and Trim; set In/Out points and convert them into muxed or demuxed files, or export them to QuickTime.
  • MPlayerX - Watch virtually any media format in the world without needing extra plugins or anything else to play.
  • Mr. Nussbaum: Learning + Fun - this website has a variety of game and activities from multiple subjects.
  • Multiplication.com - online resource to help students learn multiplication ranging from Kindergarten to 7th grade. 
  • MuseScore - MuseScore is a leading software to create, play and print sheet music. It is free and open source music notation software that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
  • Musical Me! - fun IOS app that teaches kids notes, rhythm, and pitch.
  • MusicBrainz Picard - a cross-platform music tagger.
  • Musictheory.net - site that has music theory lessons for all levels of students.
  • MyAT - online resource which enables teachers to track attendance from anywhere. This can especially help in a PE class where there is no computer handy.
  • Myface - software program intended to help teachers and others learn name in a relatively quick manner.
  • MyFitnessPal – fast, easy to use calorie counter app.
  • MyFridgeFood - enter the ingredients you have at your house and this site will come up with the recipes to try.
  • MyFoodDiary - input foods you eat into your food diary. $9 a month
  • myHistro – watch, read, and create map and timeline creations.
  • myHomework - teachers are able to create assignments, exams, special events, in a digital platform, which is made available to all students with a click of a button.
  • My Movie Maker - application which allows user to edit photos and videos.
  • My Schoolhouse - website that has many resources for online learning as well as worksheets and lessons available for teachers to use.
  • Myscope Outreach - resource that has a virtual microscope available for users to view items up close. 
  • My Story - application that allows students to make books and tells stories. 
  • MyStoryBook - a fun website for creating storybooks
  • My Story Dice - free app that provides creative brainstorming and storytelling tools. Also available for IOS and Android.
  • MyStoryMaker - It is a free tool that enables people of all ages to bring their stories to life.

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  • NAEA - The website for the National Art Education Association. Resource for art educators as well as teachers seeking to implement art more often into lessons.
  • Name Picker Ninja - this is name generator that can be used to select students or groups during class randomly.
  • NaNoWriMo - The website for the national writing novel writing month. In addition, it’s a resource for young writers to use.
  • Nasa Climate Kids - user friendly site that has educational information for young students to learn about the earth.
  • NASA Education Express - Both a blog and a mailing list from NASA and STEM associates about workshops, internships, fellowships, applications for grants or collaborations, promotions for student and educator opportunities, online professional development and more!
  • NASA Solar System Exploration - interactive exploration of the planets in our solar system.
  • NASA Space Place - Explore earth and space! Facts, information, games, interactives about space for students.
  • NASA’s Eyes - immersive apps for Macs and PCs that explore our solar system, the universe, various spacecraft and more.
  • NASA World Wind - a free, open-source virtual globe for web pages. Written in JavaScript, Web WorldWind enables web page and application builders to quickly create interactive visualizations of geographic information on an interactive 3D globe or 2D map.
  • National Agriculture in the Classroom - Many resources that help Agriculture educators. 
  • National Archives - collection of U.S. records, documents, and materials.
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information - The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.
  • National Center for Educational Statistics - website for the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the US and other nations. There is a section for kids here.
  • National Council of Teachers of English - Organization that has lots of resources for all different levels of english. 
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - site that has many resources on professional development, grant opportunities, and articles, for not only math teachers but other subjects as well. 
  • National Council for the Social Studies - website for an organization that is intended to prepare students for college, career, and civic life. Also includes resources to be used in social studies education.
  • National FFA Organization - FFA stands for Future Farmers of America. Organization and site that includes many resources for agriculture education.
  • National Geographic Kids - Learn about animals through videos, facts, games, and more.
  • National Geographic Map Maker - Resource that has an interactive map that users can view and manipulate. 
  • National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - At the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, you’ll find activities for every area of math at every grade level. Manipulatives allow students to visually examine, explore and develop concepts.  
  • National Novel Writing - writer of all ages can sign up for free and motivate one another.
  • National Weather Service -  website that provides weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings for areas in the United States.
  • Natural Reader - a powerful text-to-speech program to upload text, documents, or convert to mp3.
  • Nearpod - teacher technology for finding, creating, and assigning lessons for students.
  • Netflix Jr. -- YouTube channel featuring songs and episodes for kids.
  • Netiquette Home Page - This is a very comprehensive website that includes a link to the online edition of Netiquette by Virginia Shea. It also includes a netiquette quiz and mailing list subscription.
  • NetSafe Utah - provides online videos and resources for kids, teens, parents and educators, including Internet Safety information that Utah schools need to meet the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requirements.
  • NetSupport Schools - resource that helps with classroom management.
  • Neuronyx - a fast-paced game matching cards in as short a time as possible. 
  • Neverball - Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill.
  • Newsela - Newsela is the best way for students to master nonfiction in any subject.
  • Newseum - One great feature of this site is the "Today's Front Pages."  Each day, the site posts 825 newspaper front pages from all over the world.
  • New York Philharmonic Kidzone – games and interactives that teach music concepts
  • NGAkids Art Zone - A free iOS app from the National Gallery of Art
  • Nik Collection - an image editing suite for Mac or Windows
  • Nitro PDF Reader - a free multiplatform pdf editor and reader.
  • NMNH Virtual Tour - amazing 3D virtual tours of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
  • Notability - digital note taking and annotation application.
  • Notebook - application available that helps users keep track of notes that are taken. 
  • Noteflight - Online Music Notation Software
  • Noun Project - Icons for everything to create flashcards or worksheets at ease
  • NOVA - In addition to its weekly television broadcast, NOVA extends its award-winning science reporting both online and in classrooms, producing an extensive list of resources and original content—including short-form videos, science and education blogs—available on our website, pbs.org/nova.
  • ​NOVA Labs - awesome hands-on instructional and interactive science labs.
  • NOVA Nature - vivid multimedia reveals human's impact on earth
  • numbeo.com/cost-of-living - Numbeo is the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide. Numbeo provides current and timely information on world living conditions including cost of living, housing indicators, health care, traffic, crime and pollution.
  • Number Pieces - this IOS app helps students learn and gain a deeper understanding of place value.
  • Nuts and Bolts Speed Training - Resource that trains users how to use certain features on PowerPoint that can enhance education and use of the program in the classroom.

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  • O*NET OnLine Help - Tools & Technology Search - The Tools & Technology Search enables you to explore O*NET-SOC occupations using machines, equipment, tools, or software. The Tools & Technology (T2) database contains over 43,000 examples of tools and technology for over 600 occupations.
  • OBS Studio - free source software for video recording and live streaming.
  • OER Commons - Website that has open education resources for all different grade levels and subject areas. 
  • OLogy! - A science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History.
  • OMBEA - allows presenters to get group feedback from students during a powerpoint presentation. Students must download the response app on their devices to join the discussion.
  • Omea Reader - Free and easy to use RSS reader, NNTP news reader, and web bookmark manager. It's fast, it aggregates, and it keeps you organized. Check out the additional features: lightning-fast desktop search, flexible information organizer, contextual access, and quick extensibility.
  • On This Day - website that allows you to search any date and see what historical events occurred, famous births/deaths, fun facts about that day, big news, and so much more. 
  • Online Chart Tool -resource that allows users to create various charts online for free. 
  • Online Math Learning - free online web resource that is intended to help with mathematics at most all levels. There are worksheets, test prep, games, etc. 
  • Online Photoshop Free - free photo editing tool completely online
  • Onyx - multifunction utility for MacOS to verify the startup disk and the structure of it’s system files and cleaning and system maintenance.
  • Oodlu - application that has games to assist with teaching and learning. 
  • Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) - an open source software to create live recordings and screencasts.
  • OpenCourseWare Consortium - is a free and open digital publication of high quality college and university level educational materials
  • Open Education Resources (OER) - a website I put together to train teachers in Lebanon and Jordan about OER.
  • OpenLearn - free courses, interactives, videos, and more
  • Open Library – internet archive library that offers access to almost any book.
  • OpenOffice - Apache OpenOffice is an office suite that is free and open source - similar to Microsoft Office
  • ​OpenShot - free, easy-to-use video editor
  • Open-Source R - R is open-source, free statistical analysis software.  R includes virtually every data manipulation, statistical model, and chart that the modern data scientist could ever need. You can easily find, download and use cutting-edge community-reviewed methods in statistics and predictive modeling from leading researchers in data science, free of charge.
  • Open Stax - website where users can access specific college textbooks. 
  • Opera - an internet browser with innovative features, speed, and security.
  • oPhysics - a collection of interactive physics simulations
  • OSMO - iPad software and hardware that lets you handle physical objects while it watches and guides you.
  • OS X Rootkit Hunter - a scanning tool to detect nasty tools on your Mac, including rootkits, backdoors, and local exploits.
  • Outland - the app for creating an atmosphere of space journey right in your classroom.
  • Overdrive - online resource that gives access to various books found in libraries across the country.
  • Owely - a convenient way to share your screenshot, part of the screen, or mark some comments.
  • Owlcation - a website created by educators and experts on topics related to education with a wide range of articles.
  • Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab - offers students free writing resources and instructional material.
  • Owl Teacher - teaching tips and resources for Elementary Educators

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  • Packages - create an installation package or distribution for Mac OS X.
  • Padlet - Padlet is a virtual wall that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily. ​
  • Paint.Net - Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing software for Windows.
  • Paletton.com - website that helps you find palettes for projects, or explore colors and hues and how they go together. There are even settings that allow you to see what it is like to be colorblind.
  • Panopto - software which allows teachers to record then post their lectures for students who were absent.
  • PaperRater - resource that proofreads papers online. 
  • Parable of the Polygons - Dynamic interactive helps classrooms explore topics of bias, diversity
  • ParentSquare - app which allows parents, teachers and administrators to collaborate.
  • Participate Learning - Participate Learning empowers teachers to improve student outcomes by helping them find and share free vetted educational resources to take advantage of the preponderance of broadband and internet-connected devices in their classrooms
  • Pathblazer - is a software program designed in order to customize learning plans for students.
  • Pathbrite - easy to use portfolio creator
  • Pattern Jam - allows you to design and create quilts online.
  • Pattern Shapes - a drag and drop digital version of the classic elementary school mainstay, pattern blocks.
  • PAwriter - a freeware genealogy program for MacOS X combining most features of the LDS Personal Ancestral File program (PAF) with additional features, such as web page generation and word processing files.
  • PBS Kids - this site allows for students to watch videos and play games all while learning.
  • PBS Learning Media - site that gives teachers access to thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games that are in accordance with standards.
  • PB Works - Site that allows students to create Wiki’s or websites. Allows teachers to host and share information both inside and outside the classroom.
  • PDF Creator - If you can print your document, you can convert it to PDF with this freeware application.
  • Pear Deck - create engaging interactive lessons that students can join and be apart of on their own devices.
  • Pebble go - interactive resource tool which allows pre K3rd grade students to learn about animals, science, and social studies.
  • PE Central - lessons, assessments, ideas, and more for P.E. teachers.
  • PE Shed - mission is to make physical education teaching simple, fun, and engaging. Website featuring lesson plans geared for all ages.
  • Peekaboo Kidz - YouTube channel with colorful animation, specifically designed for kids to explore educational videos and songs.
  • Peekazoo - app that helps students to identify social and physical cues.
  • Peergrade - free online platform to facilitate peer feedback sessions with students.
  • Pencil 2D - a free, easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations for Windows, Mac, or Linux.
  • Pen Pal Schools – students collaborate on online projects with other students from around the world
  • PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.
  • Phonics Genius - this app has over 6,000 unique words grouped by phonetic sounds to help teach your students phonemic awareness.
  • Photomath - camera calculator to help with solving math problems
  • Photopea.com - online image editor similar to Photoshop
  • Photoscape - free photo editing application.
  • PhotoSync - wirelessly transfer & backup your photos & videos on mobile devices.
  • Photovisi - easy to use photo collage maker
  • Physics - create SuperCard Player projects with text, graphics, and animations. Useful for teaching calculus-based general physics. Free for Mac OS X.
  • Physics Classroom - Solid simulations and practice problems boost understanding
  • Physics Games - this site offers many physics based games that students can use to experiment with physics.
  • Piano Booster - a free (Open Source) program that plays Standard Midi Files and allows you to change the speed of playback and transpose the music etc.
  • Picasa - helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. Free for Windows and Mac.
  • Picoscope Automotive - digital program that measures voltages in vehicles.
  • Pics4Learning - an image library of safe and copyright-friendly pictures that students and teachers can use for free.
  • Piktochart - create easy infographics, reports, presentations, etc. with this website
  • Pinterest - a social media site where you can pin images you find on the internet to your own Pinterest boards. A great search tool!
  • Pivot animator - free application that allows users to create stick figure and other animations and save them in an animated format.
  • Pixabay - stock image website that has free photos and videos that can be used for presentations and teaching.
  • Pixie - a tool that allows students to draw out story problems or ideas in order to receive visual help.
  • Pixlr Editor - free service which allows users to create new images as well as edit existing images.
  • Pixton - online comic book creator. Comics can be made using thousands of pre-made characters and templates.
  • Pl@ntNet - a tool to help to identify plants with pictures.
  • Planboard - online lesson plan tool allowing teachers to organize lesson plans.
  • Planet Earth HD – interactive book app for kids
  • Planets for Kids – Free Astronomy Network for Kids
  • Plants For A Future - plant database of 7000 types of plants and their uses, as well as current research.
  • PlayPosit - gives teachers the ability to create a more interactive experience of learning while using video technology.
  • Playworks - recess implementation program which helps promote physical activity and healthy living for all students.
  • Plex Media Server - Plex brings together all the media that matters to you. Enjoy Live TV & DVR, a growing catalog of great web shows, news, and podcasts. It's finally possible to enjoy all the media you love in a single app, on any device, no matter where you are.
  • Plickers - Print plicker answer cards from your printer.  Assess answers with your device's camera.
  • PLOS - (Public Library of Science) a nonprofit publisher, innovator, and advocacy organization
  • Pocket Points - app that helps teachers keep their students off their phones. Students earn points for being off phone in class.
  • PodBean – start a video blog
  • Podomatic -resource that allows users to create and share podcasts.
  • Poets.org -resource where users can find and share poems. 
  • Politifact - website that can check facts about politics to ensure their correctness. 
  • Poll Everywhere – free online polling. Teacher poses question, and students respond anonymously via text or on the web.
  • Pond 5 - public domain project intended to connect users to free audio, videos, images, and 3D models.
  • Popplet - Used as a mind-map, Popplet helps students think and learn visually. Students can capture facts, thoughts, and images and learn to create relationships between them.
  • Portrait HD - app used to look at a different portraits done in various ways.
  • Posterini - resource that allows uses to quickly design posters.
  • PosterMyWall - easily create amazing posters and flyers in minutes for free.
  • Powerpoint Presentation - user friendly tool that allows individuals to create presentations.
  • Powerschool - education technology platform which fuels operations, classroom, student growth, and family engagement.
  • PowerUp WHAT WORKS - PowerUp what works is a free online learning community designed to help your school use technology and evidence-based practices to improve teaching and learning. The video above comes from their YouTube channel.
  • PowToon - PowToon is Web-based animation software that allows you to quickly and easily create animated presentations with your students by manipulating pre-created objects, imported images, provided music and user created voice-overs.
  • Praat - is a carefully created software solution aimed at those who want to analyze, synthesize and manipulate speech. Moreover, with this tool you can generate high quality images which you can export and insert into scientific papers or personal studies.
  • Preschool Plan It - This site gives plenty preschool activities and themes that preschool teachers and search and use.
  • Prezi – easily create presentations
  • Primary Source Sets from the Library of Congress
  • Prodigy Math Game - it is a good tool for building fluency in math.
  • ​Professor Garfield - games, lessons, and resources for students to be creative.
  • ProjectLibre - a Java-based project management solution that gives Microsoft Project a run for its money. Offering a UI similar enough to ease the transition from Microsoft's market leader, ProjectLibre packs in calendars, resource tracking, task management, and cost-tracking tools. (open-source - free)
  • Project Online - project management software that has classroom templates, collaboration and scheduling tools, etc.
  • ProProfs - online quiz making software
  • Punctuation Guide - resource which aids users with punctuation.
  • Puppet Pals - create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time.
  • Purdue OWL – This site helps give students guidance and examples of proper formatting in writing, they have MLA, APA and even help with citations.
  • Python - software foundation used for programming. Could be used for coding.

Q

  • Quad Blogging - A website that connects student writers with a global audience.
  • Qualtrics - software used to create surveys. 
  • Quick and Dirty Tips - website and podcast network with a variety of information. They have an education tab with grammar, writing, science, and math tips.
  • Quickcast - Free screencast software for Mac computers. Extremely powerful, yet easy to use. Casts are limited to 3 or 5 minutes.
  • QuickNote - something of a hybrid tool which could be viewed as both a note taking application and an extension to the clipboard. Used as a note taker, the program can be used to quickly jot down ideas, take messages or write lists.
  • Quicksilver - a launcher utility app for Mac OS X which gives you the ability to perform common, every-day tasks rapidly and without thought.
  • Quizalize - a resource used to differentiate teaching by creating classroom teach games rather than tests. 
  • Quizbean - free quiz creator to quickly assess your students
  • Quizizz - find or create fun quizzes for your students.
  • Quizlet – learning tools and flashcards

R

  • Randomeister - application that randomly selects students to either be called on during class discussion or grouped together for group work.
  • Rapid Typing - With Rapid Typing 5 you have complete control over the content of what the student is typing, and can even get statistical data for each student.
  • Raz-kids -website that helps students with reading. 
  • Read&write - a resource that is compatible with google chrome which reads out loud portions of any text selected by the user.
  • Reading AZ - online reading product that delivers resources and tools to accommodate all reading levels. They deliver a great variety of books.
  • Reading Comprehension Prep – app that improves reading comprehension
  • Reading Rockets - reading resources, books, topics, help for struggling readers, and more
  • ReadTheory is a K-12 online reading comprehension program that present assessments to students at a "just right" level.
  • ReadWorks - a nonprofit library of curated nonfiction and literary articles
  • readwritethink - ReadWriteThink's mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.
  • RealWorldMath.org - a collection of free math activities that work with Google Earth.
  • RealPlayer - the ultimate media and video player free for Windows. Download web videos and watch anywhere without streaming.
  • ReCap - an app that uses video to gather evidence of student thinking and learning.
  • Recuva - a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer.
  • Redbooth - an easy-to-use online project management software for creating high-performing teams. (commercial)
  • Redmine - Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform (open-source)
  • Reference* - website with many accessible and informative articles to help readers find the information they need across a wide range of disciplines.
  • Reflex Math - math fact fluency practice
  • Remind - Remind is a free multi-device platform that allows you to message groups or individuals. (5C)
  • Remote Mouse - Turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless touchpad and keyboard now!
  • Responsive Classroom - an evidence based approach that focuses on fostering a positive community, engaging academics, effective management, and developmentally responsive teaching.
  • Reverso Context - get relevant translation in context with real-life example of words and expressions used in the language.
  • RhymeZone - find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more!
  • Room Recess - This website is a wonderful resource for elementary aged students. It allows them to practice their skills in several different subjects.
  • Roomsketcher - allows users to create floor plans and home design online.
  • Roundme - virtual tours app that could help aid teachers to give their students an in class field trip experience.
  • Roxio Photo Show - resource that enables users to combine pictures, videos, and music into a video. 
  • R Statistical Software - an open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing. This is a great source to use for analyzing and reporting student scores.
  • RStudio - open source and enterprise-ready professional software for data science
  • Rubistar - online rubric creator
  • Russian.typeit.org - online Russian keyboard which allows users to easily type Russian without a Russian keyboard. 
  • The Right Question Institute makes it possible for all people to learn to ask better questions and participate more effectively in key decisions.

S

  • Sam Houston State University Library - Database to find books, articles, etc. 
  • San Diego Zoo Live Cams - Live video feed of many different animals at the San Diego Zoo.
  • Sandboxie - uses isolation technology to separate programs from your underlying operating system preventing unwanted changes from happening to your personal data, programs and applications that rest safely on your hard drive.
  • Scholarpedia - peer-reviewed encyclopedia open for others to search and learn. 
  • Scholastic - this website is a great place to find educational books, articles, and videos as well as daily starters for students.
  • Scholastic Bookflix - resource where students can have books read to them. In addition, there is a great variety of subjects of books. 
  • Schoology - learning management system
  • Science Buddies - hands on science resources for home and school
  • Science Journal - a tool for doing science with your Android smartphone. You can use the sensors in your phone or connect to external sensors to conduct experiments on the world around you. Organize your ideas into projects, make predictions, take notes and collect data in multiple trials, then annotate and explore your results. It's the lab notebook you always have with you.
  • Science Kids - fun science experiments, cool facts, online games, free activities, ideas, lesson plans, photos, quizzes, videos, and science fair projects for kids.
  • Sciencing - website that collaborates other websites for step-by-step articles, up-to-date news content, and science project ideas.
  • SciLab - Scilab is widely used in high schools and universities to help model mathematical or scientific data. Scilab can be used as a tool for teaching and learning mathematics.
  • SciShow Kids - YouTube channel that explores all the curious topics that make us ask ‘why’.
  • Scoop.it! - Free digital tool intended to aid in curating and sharing digital information.
  • Scratch - students can program their own interactive stories, games, and animations through using Scratch.
  • Screen Time - app that limits/regulates students’ screen time by setting a timer on their devices.
  • Scribble - a pen that lets you point to any color around you, and it will match and draw in that color.
  • Scribble Maps – online map creator
  • Scribus - Free, open source desktop publishing program for Mac/Win.
  • SeaMonkey - an alternative browser developed to be an all-in-one internet application suite.
  • Second Step - online resource implemented in classrooms which helps with emotion management, situational awareness, and academic achievement.
  • Seesaw - Student driven digital portfolios and simple parent communication. For iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, Chromebooks and Computers with Chrome or Firefox
  • Send.firefox.com - let’s you send files up to 2.5 GB for free.
  • Sequel Pro - fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.
  • Sesame Street YouTube Channel - features episodes and shorts from a variety of years and topics
  • Seterra Map Quiz - website which has geography quizzes which allows users to map capitals, states, countries, etc.
  • Shakespeare in Bits - iPad app - Romeo & Juliet - in full multi-media magnificence from the comfort of your iPad. Other Shakespeare plays are also available in the App Store.
  • ShareMyLesson - free website that gives educators access to lesson plans and activities
  • Sharepod - Transfer music & playlists from iPhone, iPod, or iPad to iTunes on Mac or Windows.
  • Sheppard Software - website full of educational content and games for students
  • Shmoop - website that has summaries to books as well as an essay lab which helps users write essays.
  • Shodor -An online resource for computational science education as well as mathematics. 
  • Showbie - application which allows teachers to keep all classroom organized. In addition, students can join and view class material. 
  • ShowMe - With this iPad app teachers can demonstrate math problems or text annotation by writing on their screen and recording their voice. These video creations are saved to a link and can be viewed on any web browser.
  • Shutterfly - easily create photo books for any occasion or project.
  • Sight Words - help teach your students sight words, phonemic awareness, and counting with flashcards and lesson plans on this site.
  • Signing Savvy - A dictionary for American Sign Language to help grow your ASL vocabulary.
  • SimpleMind Lite - an application that allows users to create mind maps. 
  • SketchBoard - creative team sketching and diagramming on online whiteboard
  • Sketchpad 5.1 - a drawing website with many different tools and options for users.
  • SketchUp - an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D for applications such as architectural, interior design, civil and mechanical engineering, lm, and video game design.  
  • Skyenimals - animal website for kids with facts, games, links, activities, and more
  • Skype - Skype is part of Microsoft. You can make video and audio calls, exchange chat messages and do much more using Skype's software on your computer, or mobile devices.
  • Slack - a set of tools for communication and collaboration.
  • Slacker Radio - an online music streaming service where listeners can access the service on the web and through mobile apps on multiple smartphones. It allows users to create and share customized music stations based on one of their programmed stations or by starting with music similar to an artist or song.
  • SlideDog - an presentation building program that allows users to combine and include information from a variety of mediums including Prezi, Powerpoint, Google Slides, PDF files, Videos and Movie Clips, Word and Excel Documents, Images, and Navigable Webpages.
  • Slideshare - resource which allows users to upload presentations that can be shared with anyone.
  • Smallpdf - resource which allows users to convert any file to a pdf file.
  • Smart Board - allows teachers to teach material in a handson, creative, and fun way. Smart boards are intended to enhance learning through the use of technology.
  • Smart Classroom Management (blog) - blog that includes strategies and tips on how to achieve optimal classroom management.
  • Smart Converter - fastest, easiest to use video converter on the App store. Free for Mac.
  • Smart Gardener - online vegetable garden planner
  • Smart Skies - Math learning by using a simulation for being an air flight controller - basic algebra
  • SmartDraw - easy and powerful flowchart, floor plan, and diagram maker
  • Smarthistory - videos and essays of the study of art and cultural heritage.
  • Smarttech.com - resource who creates technology for smart boards and has other software that helps enhance education.
  • Smithsonian Kids - fun links, videos, games, and more for kids from the world’s largest museum.
  • Smithsonian Learning Lab - free online resource that has a large collection of credible educational resources.
  • Smore - simple online newsletter creator, free.
  • Smule - singing app available on apple and android devices.
  • Snag Films - free online database filled with movies and TV shows.
  • Snagit (formally known as Jing) - a computer service that lets you capture basic video, animation, and still images, and share them on the web.
  • Snap! - a programming language for both kids and adults. Also known as BYOB (Build Your Own Blocks).
  • SNES9x - a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. It basically allows you to play most games designed for the SNES and Super Famicom Nintendo game systems on your PC; which includes some real gems that were only ever released in Japan.
  • Snipping Tool - free downloaded tool used to crop and manipulate images.
  • Snopes - fact checking website to ensure users have the correct information. 
  • Sock Puppets - app that allows teachers and students to tell their own sock puppet stories which could help students develop literacy skills.
  • Socrative - app for classroom engagement. Create student quizzes and receive instant results.
  • Softschools.com - free online resource database classified by grade level and subjects.
  • Solar System Scope - online model and virtual tour of the solar system
  • Solar Walk - 3D solar system model app. Also check out Solar Walk 2, a journey through time and space.
  • Solid Edge – teaches students 3D design and engineering process
  • Songbird - Personalize music content and share your own photos with artists and other fans.
  • Songfacts - Songfacts is a searchable database of song information where you can find out the stories behind the songs, get the lyrics, and watch the videos.
  • Songs for Teaching - collection of different songs for all different subjects to help promote learning. 
  • Sophos Home - Sophos Home for Mac antivirus protects every Mac (and PC) in your home from malware, viruses, ransomware, and inappropriate websites.
  • Sound bible - resource that has a variety of free sound effects.
  • Sound Cloud - audio platform that allows users to upload and share audio such as music and podcasts. 
  • Soundation Studio – create music on the web
  • Soundflower - Soundflower is an open source kernel extension free for MacOS, designed to create a virtual audio output device that can also act as an input.
  • Soundtrap – make music online
  • Soup Toys - Souptoys is a computer game for Windows that is based in physics. If you want a toy, just drag it out and onto your desktop. You can play with your toys on your regular Windows screen, or add a custom background.
  • SpanishDict - A more accurate Spanish translator, and a way to learn to speak Spanish.
  • Sparknotes -resources with several study guides available for free. 
  • Speak & Translate - app that translates voice and text for free.
  • Speak&translate - free voice and text translator.
  • Speccy - Speccy is the place to start if you need to know what’s inside your PC. See a quick summary, or dive deeper into every aspect of your PCs hardware so you can make informed upgrade and purchasing decisions.
  • Speechnotes - resource that allows users to speak and then the program will type what they say. 
  • Splash Math - a complete K-5 Math learning program
  • Splashtop - app with the ability for teachers to teach a class remotely anywhere just using an ipad or cell phone.
  • Splendid City - a Team Sport Scheduler or Sports Scheduling System useful for people who organize team sport or game events. It can manage sport schedules of any size and complexity.
  • Sports Reference - website that has many statistics pertaining to all sports, could be used in mathematics or history.
  • Spotify - app that includes a great variety of music and podcasts.
  • SqoolTube Videos - educational videos on a variety of subjects sorted by subject or topic, with easy search options. For PreK - 12
  • ST Math - game-based visual math instruction software.
  • StageAgent - website that provides resources for theater artists.
  • Stanford History Education Group - resource with teaching tools and lessons for history teachers. 
  • Star Tracker – stargazing and sky map app
  • Star Walk 2 - this app not only allows you to stargaze, but also teaches you about planets, comets, satellites, and more. For a paid version without ads, click here.
  • Star Walk for Kids - Cartoon-style interface and friendly voice of the narrator effortlessly guide you through the night sky.
  • Starfall - a website dedicated to giving you resources for preschool subjects.
  • Stat Trek - Teach yourself statistics
  • Stellarium - is a free open source planetarium for your computer
  • Stemfinity - for science, technology, engineering and more including grants to apply for as well as resources to help teach and learn these subjects.
  • Stock Market Game - An online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students grades 4-12 in the world of economics, investing and personal finance and that has prepared 15 million students for financially independent futures.​
  • Stop Bullying - online resource that emphasizes the shutting down of bullying in our schools.
  • Stories on Stix - application that helps students with writing. 
  • Stormboard - a platform that makes it easy to collaborate and brainstorm with other people.
  • Story Creator - easy story book maker for kids.
  • Story Jumper - allows students to create and publish their own illustrated stories.
  • Story Maker - app that allows users to upload videos and photos using whatever audio that is desired.
  • Story Place Preschool Library - this site is an activity library for preschool aged kids to learn and explore. Sidenote: this site is in English and Spanish.
  • Storybird - Storybird is a unique language arts tool. We use illustrations to inspire students to write stories: picture books for K-5, longform chapter books for Grades 5-9, and poetry for everything in-between.
  • StoryboardThat - free digital storyboard creator
  • StoryKit - Create an electronic storybook for free with the StoryKit app for IOS.
  • Storyline Online - children’s books read by famous actors and actresses
  • Storyo - an amazing visual storyteller app for documenting unforgettable moments.
  • Strava - resource that allows users to track exercise, applicable for physical education.
  • Study.com - online platform that makes education affordable, effective, and engaging with short video lessons
  • StudyBlue - allows teachers and students to organize and share notes, flashcards, study guides,and more.Click here for the page specifically for Educators.
  • StudyJams - math and science study helps, videos, songs, games, and more
  • Submittable - software that organizes applications, contests, music, and more.
  • Suessville - Games, activities, fun for kids - all related to Dr. Suess
  • SuiteDash - is a web-based project management tool. 30-day free trial with no credit card required. (commercial)
  • Sumatra - Sumatra PDF is a free PDF, eBook (ePub, Mobi), XPS, DjVu, CHM, Comic Book (CBZ and CBR) reader for Windows. Sumatra PDF is powerful, small, portable and starts up very fast. Simplicity of the user interface has a high priority.
  • Sumdog - engaging adaptive learning for Math and Language Arts
  • Super Maths World - interactive HD resources for classroom smart boards
  • Super Simple Resource Center - on this site you will find resources made free and simple for you as teachers to use in your classroom.
  • Super Teacher Worksheets - website filled with online educational supplemental resources..
  • SuperTracker - a great resource for easily tracking food, fitness, and overall health. Check out also these nutrition lesson plans for high school students.
  • Survey Monkey - great tool to gather information from students as well as analyze the information gathered.
  • Sutori – view and create timeline-like presentations
  • Sway - resource that has a variety of different templates. 
  • Sweet Home 3D - free interior design application that helps draw house plans, arrange furniture, and more.
  • Sweet Search - a search engine for students.
  • SWIS - The SWIS Suite is a reliable, confidential, web-based information system to collect, summarize, and use student behavior data for decision making. ​
  • Switch Zoo - website with many species of animals, features facts, games, music, a reference section, lesson plans, poetry, stories, and artwork
  • SWIVL - a robot that allows your tablet or smartphone to record you as you move around
  • SyncMate - Synchronizing data between Mac & other devices has never been easier — SyncMate makes sure changes done to your data are copied back and forth without fail. This app is your single solution for multiple devices
  • Screencast-O-Matic - Screencast-O-Matic is a great choice for teachers creating flipped videos on a laptop or desktop computer. This software is downloaded to your device and allows you to capture and record whatever is happening on your computer screen. Teachers turning PowerPoint presentations into flipped videos will love how easy it is to use.

T

  • Tadpoles - app or website for early child care that keeps track of numbers and needs, and helps you stay connected with parents.
  • Taiga.io - Open Source, full featured project management platform for startups and agile developers & designers
  • Tasty -resource that has many recipes available for users. 
  • TeacherKit - app that allows teachers to take attendance, create seating charts, enter grades, and track behavior.
  • TeacherLINK - Teacher resource website for the Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center at USU
  • Teacher Pal - app that allows teachers to take anecdotal notes as well as track behavior, take attendance, etc.
  • Teacher Planet - resource for teachers that has thousands of lesson plans, templates, worksheets, etc.
  • Teachers Connect - app where teachers have built a community in order to ask and answer questions and support one another.
  • Teachers Pay Teachers - an online community where millions of educators share lesson plans and ideas,  as well buy and sell original educational resources.
  • TeacherTube - a video website, similar to YouTube, for teachers
  • TeacherVision - lesson plans, teaching strategies, teacher blog, and more
  • Teaching Channel - online community for teachers which have videos and resources pertaining to teaching.
  • TeachingHistory.org - help and tools focussed on history to help teachers.
  • Teaching Tolerance - site that includes different classroom resources including topics that can be hard to talk about including religion, bullying, etc.
  • Teach Starter - resource that has lots of free lesson plans, podcasts, ideas, etc. 
  • Teach thought - website that has tools and resources for teachers including professional development.
  • TeamViewer - remote desktop tool.
  • Teamwork - Project management software (commercial)
  • Tech4Learning - collection of software and tools that engage students in creating and sharing. Some tools include Pixie, Frames, Share, and more.
  • TEDEd Clubs - Have your students their own local TED talks.
  • TEDEd - Join hundreds of thousands of other teachers creating interactive online lessons around TED talks or YouTube Videos.
  • TED - Ideas Worth Spreading
  • Telephone - Telephone allows you to make phone calls over the Internet or your company’s network.If your phone line supports SIP protocol, you can use it on your Mac instead of a physical phone anywhere you have a decent network connection. Free for Mac.
  • Tell About This - IOS app that provides students with visual prompts and voice to encourage them to share their thoughts about a variety of topics through video.
  • Tellagami - A free app that allows you to create animated characters, record your voice, then watch your creations speak with your voice. There is also a paid version called Tellagami Edu that includes more features for classrooms.
  • Tended - Design your garden, track your activities and harvests, and much more
  • Tes Teach - (formally blendspace) Tes Teach will pull up Youtube videos that relate to the topic you’re looking to teach and you can incorporate those videos with your own content.
  • TeraCopy - TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed. It verifies files were copied correctly with a checksum.
  • Terragen - a powerful solution for building, rendering, and animating realistic natural environments. Create entire worlds from your imagination, or import real world terrain data sets and use Terragen to create the most realistic visualizations possible.
  • The American Heritage Dictionary - resource where users can find the definition of a word and well as a knowledge of where the word comes from 
  • The American Revolutionary War - Resource that has a great overview of The American Revolutionary War and all the elements that compose it. 
  • The Answer Pad - tool that allows teachers to create and display questions live during class as well as allows students to take tests and get immediate results.
  • The Art of Education - website which includes resources intended to help art educators teach their students
  • The Blog Starter - website that has tips and tricks regarding how to help users start blogs. 
  • Theatre on a Shoestring - this website is a collection of resources that will help you get started putting on a theatre production on a budget.
  • The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - free online resource filled with primary sources for students and teachers to access.
  • The Moth - online storytelling resource and community.
  • TheSage - a comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus that provides a number of useful, and in some cases unusual, search tools. Free for Windows.
  • The Techie Teacher - teacher blog full of teaching ideas and resources
  • The Unarchiver - The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. A great way to open .RAR files on Mac for free.
  • The War of 1812 - resource that has interactive battle maps and information about the battles fought in the war of 1812. 
  • Thingiverse - website dedicated to the sharing of user created digital design files.
  • Thinglink - the leading platform for creating interactive images and videos for web, social, advertising, and educational channels.
  • Thinkwave - free online gradebook as well as cloud based management software. 
  • Thrift Books - website that sales discounted books.
  • Thunderbird -  Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform email, news and instant messaging client. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox. It supports POP (storing email locally on your hard drive so that it can be accessed without an internet connection), and IMAP.
  • TightVNC - a free remote control software package. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer. Free for Windows and Linux.
  • Tika Tok - A digital classroom publishing studio for students to write and illustrate their own digital and printed books.
  • Tilt Brush by Google - Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3d space with virtual reality
  • Timeline – easily create a timeline of related events.
  • Timemaps - free interactive history atlas. Great for showing changing country borders throughout history.
  • Timetoast - create simple timelines
  • Tincta - Tincta is an elegant one-window text editor free for Mac. It is intuitive to use for  personal tasks like writing blog posts or emails. But it also has all functionality you need for professional web designing and programming.
  • TinEye - upload images to find out where the image appears online and cite the source.
  • Tinkercad - an entirely free web-based beginner's CAD program.
  • TinkerTool - TinkerTool is a free application that gives you access to additional preference settings Apple has built into Mac OS X. This allows to activate hidden features in the operating system and in some of the applications delivered with the system.
  • TinyURL - shortens a long URL into a smaller one.
  • Toontastic – 3D storytelling app
  • Topmarks - educational resources and games
  • Tour Creator - Google’s VR tour creation tool - it’s free!
  • Toy Theater - educational games for kids, with math, reading, art, music, and puzzle categories
  • Trash It! - a little application force-empties your Trash. It also supports Drag and Drop. Especially useful if you have files or folders in the Trash stuck in the trash, need to delete locked files/folders, or want to delete large amounts of files/folders very quickly. Free for Mac.
  • Trello - Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process
  • TryEngineering - Lots of engineering simulations and games
  • Tunnelblick - a free, open source graphic user interface for OpenVPN® on macOS. It provides easy control of OpenVPN client and/or server connections.
  • Turtle Diary - games, videos, quizzes, lesson plans, crafts, and more for grades K-5.
  • Tux of Math Command - Tux, of Math Command, AKA TuxMath, lets kids hone their arithmetic skills while they defend penguins from incoming comets, or offers them a chance to explore the asteroid belt with only their factoring abilities to bring them through safely!
  • Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12
  • Tvokids -- much like PBSKids, but with different shows and different educational games. From Ontario public television.
  • Tweet Deck - The most powerful Twitter tool for real-time tracking, organizing, and engagement. Reach your audiences and discover the best of Twitter.
  • Twiddla – real-time online collaboration tool
  • Twine - open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories
  • Twisted Wave – an online audio editor
  • Twitter - social network where users can post information and connect categories of information through hashtags.
  • TyperShark - turn learning to type into a fun interactive game.
  • Typing.com - Free keyboarding tutorial and practice website.
  • Typing Club – offers free lessons for students to learn, practice, and improve their keyboarding skills
  • Typist - a typing tutor free for Mac.

U

  • U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – history, podcast, survivors, interviews, and more about the Holocaust.
  • UCAR Web Weather for Kids - learn about different types of weather including, clouds, tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms, and more.
  • UCET - the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology
  • UEN - Utah Education Network
  • UJam - the website allows students to record compositions of their own
  • UKnowKids - uKnowKids Makes Parenting Easier, and Keeps Kids Safe Online and on the Mobile Phone. Created by parents to help parents, uKnowKids is protecting kids in more than 50 countries around the world.
  • Ultimate Camp Resource - resource which includes camp art projects, songs, games, etc. that can be used in the classroom.
  • Underlined - free website with book recommendations, and also a writing community.
  • University of North Carolina Writing Center - resources under the tips and tools tab that give information on methods in writing.
  • Unsplash - beautiful free to use photos
  • upstagereview.org - resource for theatre education teachers. Includes lesson plans, warmups, links, etc.
  • US History Scene - Website full of articles, videos, and timelines that tell the history of our country. You can browse by topics or centuries
  • USGS Water Science School - pictures, data, manipulatives, maps, and more all about water.
  • Utah Compose - Utah Compose is a web-based writing program designed to help students in grades 3-12 in Utah improve writing through practice, immediate feedback, and guided instructional support.
  • Utah Futures - Career exploration for students
  • Utah Geological Society - Website with resources about Utah’s geology and fossils.
  • Utah Habitats, Plants, and Animals - resources on Utah’s varied habitats and ecosystems.
  • Utah History to Go - all the tools and lesson plans you need to teach Utah History
  • Utah’s Biomes - This site will help you describe and identify the common plants and animals found in Utah's biomes.
  • Utah’s Online Library - free online library resource available to all Utah educators.
  • UtellStory - a multimedia storytelling and sharing community.Tell stories with audio, image, video, and words.

V

  • Veyon - a free resource which allows teachers to monitor students’ laptop screens in class.
  • Vertex 42 - online guide with a variety of excel resources including templates and tips. 
  • Vibration Meter -  a free app that acts as a seismograph and measure the strength of vibrations and quakes.
  • VicoVR - An innovative full-body 3D virtual reality gaming system that is highly compatible.
  • Victorian Web - Literature, history and culture from the Victorian Age
  • Video Speed Controller - Chrome extension that allows you speed up, slow down, advance and rewind any HTML5 video with quick shortcuts
  • Video Star - app to make music videos with lots of built-in features
  • ViennaRSS - Vienna is an RSS/Atom reader for Mac OS X, packed with powerful features that help you make sense of the flood of information that is distributed via these formats today.
  • Vimeo - create and edit videos. Used by many brands and communities, there is a free basic option.
  • Virtual Middle School Library - articles, tools, other resources for middle school students, teachers, and parents
  • Virtual Piano – play the piano online​
  • Virtual CloneDrive - a free tool that creates up to 15 virtual CD and DVD drives in Windows. You can copy your CDs and DVDs to your hard drive as ISO disc images and run them normally with Virtual CloneDrive.
  • Virtual DJ - VirtualDJ is a DJ software free for PC and MAC. It is used by DJs to replace their turntables and CD players, and use digital music instead of vinyl and CDs. It also lets you scratch your songs, set and recall cues, and all the other regular features DJs expect to find to be able to mix.
  • Visme - create beautiful interactive presentations, infographics, and reports
  • Vocabulary Spelling City - learn spelling and vocabulary words through games using any word list. There is also an IOS app.
  • Vocaroo - voice recording service
  • VoiceThread - media player with highly interactive space. Looks and feels like a slideshow, but students can communicate and collaborate during and through the presentation.
  • Voki - create speaking characters for education
  • Volumize - free app that uses photos to model surface area and volume of real-life objects to estimate the volume.
  • Vooks - Website of books made into movies, some with the words and animations. Teachers get one year free.
  • VOX Music Player - an audio player for Mac & iPhone that stores and plays all your music regardless of the files' format or size.
  • Voxer - Voxer is like a social network walkie-talkie, a push-to-talk application. 
  • VUWER -  an application designed to remotely track your MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro (or any other Apple computer) in the event that it is lost or stolen.

W

  • w3schools.com - learn html, javascript, server side database programming, website building, and XML for free.
  • Wall Street Survivor - learn how to buy and sell stock on a fake stock market by playing the sites Stock Market Game.
  • Wartgames.com - for kids and teachers; thousands of free games, activities, essays, reports, powerpoints, and more on a variety of subjects.
  • WatchKnowLearn.org - an online domain for educators to store, categorize, and rate educational videos. Free for all teachers.
  • Watch2gether - resource that allows users to watch and talk about videos online.
  • Waterford - Nonprofit research center focused on utilizing technology to personalize math, reading, and science curriculum for early learners.
  • Waterford Upstart - free online kindergarten readiness program for preschool aged students.
  • WattPad - free online community for readers and writers
  • We are teachers - free resource for teachers that includes classroom ideas, free printables, career advice, etc.
  • WeatherBug – free weather app that tracks current weather anywhere in the world,  Doppler radar, hurricanes, traffic conditions, and more
  • Weather for Kids - website with information on many types of weather patterns, made for kids
  • Weather Underground - online and mobile resource that allows users to find current information on current weather as well as global weather patterns.
  • Weather Wiz Kids - a website especially for children to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. Also provides tools to help explain different types of weather to children.
  • Webex - resource which allows users to collaborate through video conferencing, messaging, meeting, etc. 
  • Web Resizer - free, simple photo editing resource.
  • Web Weather for Kids - This is a website that has all kinds of resources about weather and activities one could use in the classroom to show these.
  • Weebly - easily create your own free websites
  • Welcome to the Future - YouTube Channel that features new startups in technology
  • WeLearnedIt - the social learning platform that allows teachers to create and share dynamic assignments, leave meaningful feedback on student work, and allows learners to capture and track their academic growth and achievement over time.
  • We Teach FACS - Family and Consumer Sciences lessons, resources, and more
  • WeVideo - online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view, and share your movies.
  • What the Font? - Have a photo that includes type? This tool let’s you identify the font!
  • Wheel decide - free web-based platform with where users can customize the wheel and then spin the wheel. Can be used in the classroom setting.
  • Whooo’s Reading - an online tool that encourages students to pick up the ability to think critically through reading.
  • WikiHow - online resource which includes directions on how to do a variety of tasks.
  • Wikipedia - a huge online encyclopedia - built socially
  • Wildscreen Arkive - Explore the Largest World Encyclopaedia Online
  • Windows Movie Maker - powerful software for creating and editing videos.
  • Windows Snipping Tool - desktop application for Windows computers used to trim down screenshots that have been taken.
  • Wings 3D - Wings 3D is an advanced subdivision modeler that is powerful, free, and easy to use.Wings 3D offers a wide range of modeling tools, a customizable interface, support for lights and materials, and a built-in Auto UV mapping facility. There is no support in Wings for animation
  • WinRAR - a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.
  • WinSCP - WinSCP is a popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows. Moreover, WinSCP is a powerful multi-functional tool that will improve your productivity.
  • WinX Youtube Downloader - free mp4 video downloader.
  • Wistia - video editing website, includes marketing software, video seis, and educational content
  • Wix -  easily create your own free websites
  • Wixie - online authoring, publishing, and creativity platform for students
  • Wizer.me - resource that allows users to create free interactive worksheets that students can access online. 
  • Wolf Quest - is a 3D wildlife simulation video game about gray wolves and the ecology of Yellowstone National Park.
  • Wolfram. | Alpha - an engine for computing answers and providing knowledge. It works by using its vast store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis, and generate reports.
  • Wonderopolis - a fun website that offers hundreds of interesting facts and helps make students wonder
  • Wonster Words - Kids first put together words through interactive spelling puzzles, ABC hide-and-seek, and other engaging letter based mini-games.
  • Worditout - free online tool that teachers and students could use to enhance creativity for how they present information. Essentially, the tool puts texts into word clouds. 
  • WorldClouds - free online word cloud generator. Insert words, pick a shape, and edit it how you would like
  • Wordle.net - create word clouds.
  • Wordplay Shakespeare - WordPlay™ Shakespeare eBooks lets you see the performance and read the text on the same page. Add in a built in dictionary, a modern translation, word search, and social media (see below), and suddenly, reading Shakespeare becomes more intuitive, more fun, and far more enjoyable.
  • WordPress - WordPress.com allows you to build any kind of site you want - business site, blog, portfolio, the sky's the limit!
  • Words Myth - online dictionary resource that allows users to create quizzes and puzzles.
  • Workflowy - an organization website that helps you break big ideas into manageable pieces, then focus on one piece at a time
  • World Digital Library Historical Timeline -- an interactive timeline with documents, vidoes, and photos of significant events in history.
  • World Digital Library History Map - an interactive world map with documents, videos, and photos of significant events in history.
  • World Factbook - The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world.​
  • World Geography Games - play these fun games to help learn about the world in a fun and memorable way.
  • World Wide Telescope - The WorldWide Telescope is a Web visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.
  • World’s Worst Pet vocabulary app that aligns with common core and exposes students to over 1000 Tier 2 words at 6 different levels.
  • Writer - great app for writing books, stories, poems, reports, novels, and more. The Writer app allows you to quickly create color-coded notes and stories, make recordings, and take photos.
  • Write the World - online community for students and teachers where users can publish and participate in a world wide writing community. 
  • Writing Prompts - daily writing prompts and other writing prompt ideas
  • Wunderlist - Wunderlist is a cloud-based task management application. It allows users to manage their tasks from a smartphone, tablet, computer and smartwatch. Wunderlist is free; additional collaboration features are available in a paid version known as Wunderlist Pro.

X

  • xACT - xACT stands for X Audio Compression Toolkit, an application that encodes and decodes FLAC, SHN, Monkey's Audio, TTA, Wavpack, and Apple Lossless files.
  • X Lossless Decoder - X Lossless Decoder(XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding.
  • XMind - open source, free mind-mapping software
  • XP Math – math games that align with common core standards
  • Xtra Math - program that helps students practice accuracy and speed doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Y

  • Yahoo - search engine
  • YoungZine - Youngzine is a one-of-a-kind Web site where children can learn about current news and events shaping their world -- in a simple, engaging and interactive manner.
  • Youhere - application which allows students to check into class using their smartphone.
  • Youth Voices - A social network for student writing
  • YouTube Education - YouTube filtered to just educational content
  • YouTube - The ultimate video collection.  You can post your videos there too!
  • YoWindow - works like your window,very simple: it displays weather conditions over a nice and peaceful landscape. So you can watch the weather looking at the landscape.

Z​

  • Zearn - lesson plans and and online math teaching software.
  • Zoom – video conferencing
  • Zotero - free, user friendly resource that helps aids users in collecting, citing, and share research.
  • ZSpace - The Virtual Reality Learning Experience
  • Zydeco - a system integrating mobile device and cloud and technologies for middle school science inquiry
  • ZME Science -an online source of science news and features, covering research and developments from all scientific fields