Technology Tools
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Categorized List of Technology Tools (Updated December 2020)
Categorized List of Technology Tools (Updated December 2020)
Categories on this page:
- AI Tools
- Annotation Tools
- Assessment Tools
- Audio Creation & Editing Tools
- Blogging Tools
- Book Creation Tools
- Bookmarking Tools
- Brainstorming Tools
- Chat Tools
- Classroom & Learning Management Tools
- Collaboration Tools
- Comics Creation Tools
- Concept Mapping Tools
- Curation Tools
- Dictionaries & Thesaurus Tools
- Data Analysis Tools
- Digital Storytelling Tools
- Flashcard Creation Tools
- Game & Puzzle Creation Tools
- Graphic Design Tools
- Images (Copyright-safe)
- Infographic Creation Tools
- Lesson Planning Tools
- Listening Tools
- Magazine Creation Tools
- Mapping Tools
- Multimedia Interactivity Tools
- Notetaking Tools
- Photo Editing Tools
- Plagiarism Checkers
- Presentation Tools
- Productivity Tools
- Project Management Tools
- Quizzing, Polling, & Surveying Tools
- Reading Tools
- Rubric Making Tools
- Scavenger Hunt Tools
- Screencasting & Streaming Tools
- Search Tools
- Social Media Tools
- Speaking Tools
- Speech-to-Text Tools
- Timeline Creation Tools
- Translation Tools
- Video Creation & Editing Tools
- Video Conferencing Tools
- VR Creation & Viewing Tools
- Website Creation Tools
- Whiteboard Tools
- Word Cloud Creation Tools
- Worksheet Creation Tools
- Writing Tools
AI Tools
- AI-driven tool that is like Nearpod + Kahoot + provides customized written feedback to students based on their written responses and pre-determined criteria set up by the teacher. You can also have it generate Google Slides for you.
Image Generation
Image Creator from Microsoft Bing
Adobe Firefly
Canva: Everything you need to teach engaging lessons (canva.com)
Image Creator from Microsoft Bing
Adobe Firefly
Canva: Everything you need to teach engaging lessons (canva.com)
Teaching and AI
MagicSchool.ai - AI for teachers - lesson planning and more!
Almanak.AI
Diffit for Teachers
Brisk Teaching - Free AI tool for Teachers
Curipod: Generate a ready-to-play lesson in seconds (curipod.com)
Gamma (Generate instant presentations)
Teach Anything (teach-anything.com)
Twee – Tweak your lessons with the power of AI
Conker for AI powered quizzes and more
Magic ToDo - GoblinTools
Eduaide
HeyGPT
MagicSchool.ai - AI for teachers - lesson planning and more!
Almanak.AI
Diffit for Teachers
Brisk Teaching - Free AI tool for Teachers
Curipod: Generate a ready-to-play lesson in seconds (curipod.com)
Gamma (Generate instant presentations)
Teach Anything (teach-anything.com)
Twee – Tweak your lessons with the power of AI
Conker for AI powered quizzes and more
Magic ToDo - GoblinTools
Eduaide
HeyGPT
Research and AI
Consensus - Evidence-Based Answers, Faster
ResearchBuddy
Perplexity
Scite.ai
Connected Papers
Research Rabbit
Litmaps
Elicit
Inciteful.xyz
Consensus - Evidence-Based Answers, Faster
ResearchBuddy
Perplexity
Scite.ai
Connected Papers
Research Rabbit
Litmaps
Elicit
Inciteful.xyz
Speaking and AI
- AI avatar video creation from text with instant translation
Writing and AI
Reverso
Beautiful.ai
QuillBot AI
Grammarly
Microsoft Editor
Paperpal
Grantable-for grant writing
Reverso
Beautiful.ai
QuillBot AI
Grammarly
Microsoft Editor
Paperpal
Grantable-for grant writing
- Summarize articles, PDFs, and YouTube videos with AI
- Integrated into all Microsoft products and allows interaction with ChatGPT, composition assistance, etc.
Annotation Tools
- Allows you to curate a "personal knowledge library" in English or Ukrainian and share it with friends for free. Also allows "in context" document annotations and commenting
- Excellent, free, online social bookmarking and annotation tool
- Annotate and share images
- Free personal collaborative annotation tools designed for students and classroom teachers (offers both free and paid plans)
- Allows collaborative annotation including voice and video comments, integrates with common K-12 LMS systems (e.g., Canvas, Google, Schoology, etc.)
- Allows collaborative online note-taking on screenshots and videos, teachers can add quizzes as well
- Allows teachers to upload course content and have students annotate it with comments, highlights, etc.
- Upload and annotate PDFs, comment directly on webpages, build a library of documents in the cloud (designed for students, educators, and administrators)
Assessment Tools
- Free tool for grading, reporting, and analyzing scores from student work
- Create quizzes, surveys, or tests and Google Forms will grade them for you
- Create formative assessments that integrate with Google Slides
- Create physical response cards that students hold up in response to multiple choice questions. Your cell phone scans and analyzes the data.
- Create quizzes, surveys, or tests using an institutional account
- Create professional-looking rubrics quickly and easily
- Create AI-enhanced sets of flashcards, practice tests, etc.
- Create quizzes and tests for students
- Select from an existing list of projects, the tool generates a rubric for you, and then you can customize it
- Create quizzes and surveys easily
- Make forms, surveys, and quizzes
- Create bell-ringers, exit tickets, and social-emotional learning checks for free
Audio Creation & Editing Tools
- Choose a language and a voice, type your text, and it will read the text in the voice you selected. It also allows you to edit speech rate and voice shaping. Sadly, it will be discontinued as of June 30, 2024.
- Record and layer vocal tracks for free
- Create speech-to-text, respond to student work with recorded comments or emojis, translate into multiple languages using AI
- Share audio or music files
- Simple recording tool that allows learners to save files as .mp3s.
Avatar Makers
- Design and customize your own avatar
Blogging Tools
- Electronic portfolio tool for students
- Website building tool
Book Creation Tools
- Create one library with up to 40 books and unlimited students for free
- Create digital catalogs and flipbooks from PDFs
- Convert PDFs into sophisticated, interactive digital books and magazines)
- Create books from templates and share the digital versions for free (paid plans and printing also available)
- Create interactive, digital books and magazines from documents, PDFs, presentations, or other files, then embed animations, logos, narrations, page transitions, and videos.
- Create books based on collections of artwork contributed by various artists ($)
Bookmarking Tools
- Save links and categorize, label and take notes on them. Also allows bitcoin trading
- Bookmark scientific publications
- Open source browser extension allows you to save bookmarks and tab sets to the cloud and access them from anywhere
- Excellent, free, online social bookmarking and annotation tool that lets you search, save, and share online bookmarks from anywhere in the world
- Annotation tools designed for students and classroom teachers (offers both free and paid plans)
- Save bookmarks and create categorized collections of them (only 3 collections for free)
- "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research."
Brainstorming Tools
- Type a question, determine character length of responses allowed, students submit responses, and the tool displays them as a word cloud
- Digital walls and voting boards (free trial)
- Collaborative boards that allow images, audio, and video commenting
- Collaborative concept mapping that allows users to insert images, text, and videos with a very simple, easy-to-use interface (great for elementary) [Only 1 for free]
- Excellent, collaborative brainstorming software that allows students to add arguments using images and text, to share pros/cons, and to vote on ideas
Chat Tools (for live, backchannel chat during class or conferences)
- Backchannel chat tool that allows up to 10 users for free
Classroom & Learning Management Tools
- Online curriculum that allows parents and teachers to personalize learning
Collaboration Tools
Comic Creation Tools
Concept Mapping Tools
Curation Tools
- Allows you to curate a "personal knowledge library" and share it with friends for free. Also allows "in context" document annotations and commenting
- Excellent, free, online social bookmarking and annotation tool
- Allows you to create collections of RSS feeds
- Create visual, categorized collections of bookmarks
- Upload and annotate PDFs, comment directly on webpages, build a library of documents in the cloud (designed for students, educators, and administrators)
- Create playlists of interviews, music, podcasts, etc.
- "Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research."
Dictionaries & Thesaurus Tools
- A dictionary that offers conjugations, definitions in context, grammar checking, and translation features in Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish
- Provides dictionaries in many different languages with context and access to forums for difficult translations
Data Analysis Tools
Digital Storytelling Tools
- Create videos from images/PowerPoint slides
- Create videos from templates
- Turn photos into artwork with AI
Emoji Manipulation Tools
Emoji Kitchen - Mash-up emojis
Flashcard Creation Tools
Game & Puzzle Creation Tools
Graphic Design Tools (see also Photo Editing Tools
Images (Copyright-safe)
Infographic Creation Tools
Lesson Planning Tools
(Planboard)
Listening Tools
- Ad-free, customizable radio
Magazine Creation Tools
- Create digital catalogs and flipbooks from PDFs
- Create sophisticated, interactive PDFs (like digital magazines)
- Create interactive, digital books and magazines from documents, PDFs, presentations, or other files, then embed animations, logos, narrations, page transitions, and videos.
Mapping Tools
Multimedia Interactivity Tools
Notetaking Tools
Photo Editing Tools
Plagiarism Checkers
Presentation Tools
Productivity Tools
Project Management Tools
Quizzing, Polling, & Surveying Tools
Reading Tools
Rubric Making Tools
Scavenger Hunt Tools
Scheduling Tools
Screencasting & Streaming Tool
Search Tools
Social Media Tools
Speaking Tools
Speech-to-Text Tools
Summary Tools
Timeline Creation Tools
Translation Tools
- A dictionary that offers conjugations, definitions in context, grammar checking, and translation features in Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish