Teachers

A database of book titles and their Fountas and Pinnell levels.

This is an extensive search engine that allows you to enter a book title and locate the level.

FEE

A database of book titles that can be leveled for Guided Reading (Fountas and Pinnell), Lexile, DRA and Grade Level.

This is a large search engine that has many book titles and levels.

FREE

A simple book-making app for kids that allows them to create e-books and share them widely.

This is a very kid-friendly app, great for writers to make e-books, especially when the use of photographs and other images would be welcome. It also allows writers to narrate or read their own books.

FREE

Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL4okjOunhg

A simple writing app that teachers can use for note-taking, digital storage of images and other tools used in the classroom, as well as shared writing experiences with students.

This is a great app for teachers to create digital notebooks for data collection (e.g. observation notes, snapshots of student work) as well as tools such as exemplar texts. Also, this is a good tool for shared writing experiences because pictures can be easily imported and words added. Use it easily for small-group lessons or connect it to a smartboard to use with a larger group. These texts can then be emailed or printed so that children can read them again and again.

FREE

A constantly changing collection of current events and topic-based articles that allows you to search with key terms and browse categories.

Great for kids who love to read current events and read about issues in the world.

FREE for teachers and students with registration

Access to the New York Public Library e-book collection and link to other e-book sites.

If students have a New York Public Library card, they can access the e-book catalogue. Also good for access to vetted, free e-books.

FREE

A resource that allows for digital classroom chat, or “backchannel” conversation.

A wonderful resource that can encourage classroom discourse. Kids can respond to teachers, videos, and each other in an easy to use and controlled chat platform.

FREE

Create a robust online course to house resources and quizzes so you can distribute information to students, host multimedia, quizzes, or class activities online. Edmodo requires students to set up an account to join your class. Once they do, it works like a class-only version of Facebook.

This is a simple, intuitive way to get a class online sharing resources and co-creating content -- especially if you are just easing into digitizing your reading or writing workshop.

Free - Requires some time for setup.

A simple scanner that allows you to save any image as a PDF or JPG file.

| A great tool to use to save student writing and to easily share via email. Since you are able to save multiple pages as one PDF file, it is easy to save booklets.

FREE and an optional paid version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btu1ACLLa_A

This app allows teachers to create student-driven digital portfolios.

This is a great app to use to get started with digital portfolios. Create a folder for each student and import photos of student work, video clips and more. Students, other teachers and family members can gain access to individual students’ portfolios.

Free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlw-tUKvnNc

A resource that provides books, images, historic records and audiovisual materials to anyone with Internet access.

This is a great resource that has multiple filters in order to search times, places, collections from libraries. Resources are public domain, which means they can be used for presentations, websites and other shareable material.

FREE

A website that allows you to make a virtual bulletin board to share ideas, videos, links and documents.

Great for read aloud discussions, book clubs, research sharing and presentations.

Free trial and the option to upgrade to Padlet Backpack, which includes a suite of privacy and classroom settings.

A platform that allows teachers and students to easily design their own websites.

Great for class or student websites, digital portfolios and landing spots for published pieces.

FREE

A site that allows teachers and students to create and maintain blogs.

Great for class, group or individual blogs that can be used for book conversations, book clubs, class news and other virtual discussion and opinion sharing.

FREE trial. Low cost.

A site and app that allows the making of digital graphic organizers.

Great for presentations, book clubs, digital writing plans and writing about reading.

FREE

This iPad app is great for taking visual notes during your lesson demonstrations, student conferences or during professional development.

Universal Design for Learning suggests that writing is only one way to process information. There is great value in sketching.

Free with an option to pay for upgrades.

The official website of the Common Core State Standards.

Helpful for getting the official wording for the standards and appendices.

FREE

This a site that houses videos and allows you to view and upload.

Great for personal or school professional development. There are several videos of minilessons, conferences, small group work and other practices for you to view and consider.

FREE

An app that allows you to download youtube or vimeo videos to your computer for offline use and instruction.

Great if your classroom online access is spotty or certain sites are blocked. You can use this app at home and save videos to the cloud or a portable drive. Please note: this app has many advertisements.

FREE

This is a site that houses a searchable database of videos for teaching and instruction. Additionally, it offers videos that support lessons for viewing with children.

Great for access to helpful instructional videos, and sometimes offers access to videos that are inaccessible from other blocked sites.

FREE

A video housing site that has a variety of commercial and independently produced videos.

Great starting place for information on a topic, including tutorials on apps and programs. Also great for content to be used in instruction. Please note: it is only lightly filtered so it is important to pre-screen any content before showing it to children.

FREE