Edulastic is a free online assessment platform that provides teachers a customizable and time-saving solution for assigning tests, quizzes, or worksheets to their students. It also has auto-grading and instant data, along with incorporating audio files, videos, and images into your tests. Note: This can be used with grades K-12.

PlayPosit is an interactive video platform that allows the teacher to take videos from different sources and edit them. As teachers add pauses (questions) at regular intervals, it keeps the students actively engaged. Students can also rewind to find the answers.

Students read a short passage and determine the author’s purpose. They compete against the game or a partner.

Autodraw is a new Artificial Intelligence program from the Google Labs. All you have to do is select the Autodraw tool and begin doodling a shape. The program will guess what you are drawing and you can then select what you were trying to draw and you will have a nice drawing instead of the doodle.

It is a Backchannel Chat platform for classroom teachers and students. Students can immediately start powerful conversations. Participants can learn from each other and share their insights, improving participation and deepening learning.

Students will learn to engage appropriately in a collaborative online setting and while using social media. The activities in this task card are going to focus on Netsmartz an online site to teach students netiquette.

Tony Sarg was a puppeteer and marionette master who invented the first, larger than life, helium balloons for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenges include: (1) Dash/Sphero: Develop a Macy’s Day Parade route using tape on the ground with a partner. Then, switch routes with another group and program the robot of your choice to navigate the parade route using code. (2) Ozobot: Develop a synchronized dance routine for both Ozobots for the stage of the Macy’s day parade using https://ozoblockly.com/editor (3) Create a moveable puppet that will be featured in the Macy’s Day Parade.

A document is included in the resources folder that lists the complete standards-alignment for this book activity.

Students play a little game to catch germs. Then they sort them into like groups. Then they complete the building of a bar graph.

In this activity, students will solve a subtraction problem with Base 10 blocks and post their work to SeeSaw. The Number Pieces App allows students to manipulate base 10 blocks electronically to show their understanding of counting concepts.

Students will learn how to use some basic functions of Google Sheets by using information from Major League Baseball’s official site, mlb.com. Any web browser may be used to access this information.

Students will learn the names and functions of the parts of a basic browser window, the nomenclature, and actions.

Young keyboarders with their small hands have limited skills when it comes to keyboarding. It is important that they learn how to use a mouse as many of the educational games they play will require mousing skills. There are many games available to students to learn how to use a mouse.

This activity describes basic troubleshooting steps students can take when working with a computer or other device.

Quizlet allows students to study using tools and games. There are thousands of study sets already created or teachers and students can create their own. When students find a study set, they can choose from different study mode buttons (flashcards, learn, write, spell, test, match, gravity). They can also choose to play live against other students.

Innovator Eric Curts has coded this marvelous Google Sheets template to create a fantastic game of Battleship. It may be used to introduce students to useful tech skills such as how to share, use of revision history, locate specific cells and enter data.

Any cause worth fighting for will usually come at a cost. In the fight to gain independence from England, many patriots lost their lives. In this comparison of some battles fought in the Revolutionary War, learn how the outcomes affected the quest for independence.

In this lesson students will watch a video about polite Internet behavior (netiquette). They will engage in a class discussion about proper online behavior.

Selfies are everywhere and kids love to take them. But when is it ok to post or text them? What kinds of comments are appropriate? Students will become aware of the issues of privacy for theirselves and others, when posting photos and comments online.

The true, inspiring story of Beauty, the bald eagle, who was shot, rescued, and received a 3D-printed prosthetic beak. The resource includes a lesson plan/book card, a design challenge, and copy of a design thinking journal that provide guidance on using the book to inspire students' curiosity for design thinking. Maker Challenges: (1) Use paper and pencil to design a prosthetic body part for a human or animal. Then use tinkercad.com to create a prototype. Finally, use a 3D printer to print the prosthetic. (2) Have students research animals who use prosthetics. Then, improve the design in Tinkercad and 3D Print.

A document is included in the resources folder that lists the complete standards-alignment for this book activity.

Interland is an online game created by Google, that provides learning about digital citizenship through gaming. Internauts are characters in the game. Students practice the skills that they need to be confident online explorers.