Canva – use your teacher email. So many ready-made resources like slides and engaging games.
ClassDojo – great for parent communication. One platform where everything lives for all parent communication between you and home.
ClassroomScreen – a fully usable online teaching dashboard with core widgets like timers, text boxes, drawing tools, random name picker, traffic light, work symbols, and more.
Headspace for Educators – thousands of ready-made classroom mental health and mediation resources.
Mote – leave voice feedback directly in Google Docs instead of having to type it out.
National Geographic – a ton of resources from videos of experts all the way to map design. This is amazing for teaching geography.
Obe.com – type in whatever you want to learn or attach a file and it will create an entire learning experience catered to your level where you can create worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, podcasts, songs, deep dives and diagrams on demand. A lot of the diagrams are interactive so you can share them digitally with your students or you can print them off. It’s $40 per month but free for educations if you email teachers@oboe.com.
PhET – all sorts of Science experiment simulations
Playspent.org – it runs kids through simulation where they need to survive on $1000 a month. make real‑life decisions about housing, food, childcare, transportation, and emergencies while trying to stretch a very limited budget. Every choice shows how quickly financial strain builds for people living paycheck to paycheck.
