Thread by @JenRoberts1

As the new school year begins for many, I thought it might be helpful to share a thread of my favorite online resources for #teachers that are not Google Workspace tools. I don't work for any of these BTW.

I really like to see what my students are thinking, so I am excited to dig into the visible thinking routine protocols from Project Zero. @ProjectZeroHGSE pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routi…

I need to remember to use it more because there is so much potential in @Classroomscreen with so many handy tools at your fingertips. classroomscreen.com/app/screen

The folks at Hyperdocs.co have done a brilliant job creating both a frameowrk for digital learning and a place where teachers can share resources. Check out their Teachers Give Teachers portal. hyperdocs.co @TsGiveTs

I know there are lots of online quiz tools, and we all have our favorites, but if you haven't tried Quizizz yet it is worth your time to search a topic and see what is there. quizizz.com @quizizz

I also love @Socrative for one really great feature. My students can submit a quick short answer and I can send all those submissions back out to them to vote on. We pick our own mentor texts that way. socrative.com I blogged about it here: litandtech.com/2014/08/how-i-…

All of our students need to work on their listening skills, so I love the way Listenwise creates lessons from public radio content. There is so much to choose from. listenwise.com @listenwiselearn

My students did some of their best work this past year when creating in teams and submitting their discussions via @MicrosoftFlip. I wish I had done partner projects with this sooner. info.flip.com

This year I'll app smash Flip with @AdobeExpress because students can collaborate there too, and iterate on their designs with the new multipage feature. express.adobe.com

If you need ideas about what you can do with students in @AdobeExpress take a look at the Adobe Education Exchange. Lesson plans ready to go, some of them are probably an upgrade to something you already do. edex.adobe.com

When I create a great image for my classroom and want to print it larger, I can pay to have it printed by a service, or go to Rasterbater. I upload my image and it creates a multipage PDF ready to print and tape together. They turn out pretty well too. rasterbator.net

There are many sites with slide templates, but I always start at @SlidesManiaSM and I almost always find what I need there. slidesmania.com

Image sites can be tricky in the classroom, so I trust @PhotosforClass to give my students images that are safe to use. And, when they download the pic to use in a project, it adds the attribution at the bottom automatically. photosforclass.com

Add more art to your instruction with Google Arts and Culture @googlearts. They also have imagery related to over 600 historical events and nearly 9K historical figures. artsandculture.google.com

At the end of the period, if we have a few extra minutes, my students like to play Quick Draw and see if the AI can identify their drawing. It's fun because it talks to them about their drawing. quickdraw.withgoogle.com

I am so grateful for the educational resources provided by @NYTimesLearning. My favorite is their page of mentor texts nytimes.com/column/learnin… but I also really appreciate their photo caption discussion nytimes.com/column/learnin…

To make sure I am creating the best possible instruction for my students it helps to reference the UDL guidelines. These are also handy for citing anytime I have to explain the rationale for my lesson design. udlguidelines.cast.org

I'm not a fan of PDFs, but when I do need to work wih them I like remembering that PDF candy exists. They have tools to edit, split, merge, convert and more. pdfcandy.com

I'll probably end up adding to this list, and I encourage you to add your favorites and why you like them too. I write about my best ideas for teaching at litandtech.com and I archive my classroom charts at classroomcharts.blogspot.com