GoGuardian helps teachers limit distractions in a digital classroom. Teachers can remotely monitor student work to ensure the proper use of technology in school. Teachers can also chat directly with students to help guide their progress.
Socrative allows teachers to assess students in class through interactive quizzes. Teachers can choose to ask multiple choice, true/false, or short answer questions. The data is easily accessible to teachers which helps to quickly assess student learning.
Provides reliable centralized access to US government data from such sources as the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Labor. Provides numbers as well as infographics that put data into a more easily digestible form. This is a good jumping off point to begin research, and also shows examples of proper source formatting for students to model and follow up on in their own research.
Noodletools in a great program that helps students to organize their research and synthesize their thoughts. Noodletools is a good way to help kids practice the proper method of citing sources. It additionally provides opportunities for collaboration and group work.
Nearpod allows teachers to use create lessons to share with students (or even other teachers). It allows for teachers to help assess knowledge through check ins and mini quizzes within lessons. This type of communication is important because it provides teachers with a gauge on students that may not be possible in a traditional classroom setting. Lessons can be shared via an access codes which allows for students to access a lesson from anywhere their device allows them.