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Inquiry-oriented lesson tool allowing students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate different online resources.

Teach your students vital information literacy skills with this website.

Scholastic MATH promotes students to use articles and other forms of media that are reliable and academically focused.

I've used Quip a tremendous amount over the past two years, not just for collaboration, but for communication as well. It's easy to communicate with classmates regarding assignments, as well as professors regarding questions or clarification of assignments. It's a great and versatile tool.

Turn your ideas into impactful social graphics, web stories and animated videos-in minutes. It's free, start now on the web or in the app store.

Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time. SurveyMonkey provides free online questionnaire and survey software to collaborate with students or colleagues.

BrainPop offers a variety of activities for students to work together in pairs or groups on any device. To implement critical thinking in a lesson, teachers can use games, concept mapping, videos, and quizzes. One of the many aspects of Brainpop is that it provides resources for any subject, grade, or skill level. The educator section for teachers offers activities and lesson plan ideas that align with Common Core, national, and state standards. For example, BrainPop provides a detailed lesson plan for the Quandary Game (https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/quandary-problem-solving/?bp-topic=critical-reasoning). During the various episodes of the game, students use their problem-solving skills to assess issues and find solutions for each challenge. Through critical thinking, students learn how to put themselves in another's shoes by viewing a situation from a character's point of view.

Pinterest allows you to create a category and collaborate with your social or PLN to pin photos, ideas, videos, visuals, and more. I have created a specific board for "Ad Tech Learning."

Make music online by recording vocals, guitars and more. Invite friends to collaborate. It's free and no download is required. Works on Mac, Windows, iPad, Android tablets and phones, Linux and ChromeBooks.

Fun and free educational games for kids in K-8. Featuring multiplayer learning games, math games, language arts games, and much more!

From your hobby to your career, your class notes to your final exam, your mood board to your runway show, padlets help you organize your life.

A great site for visual thinking, organizing, and generating ideas. A resourceful tool for student to student and teacher to student communication.

In the classroom and at home, students use Popplet for learning. 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.