9 Crafty Educational Tools for Teachers and Students

Teachers are constantly looking for new ways to engage their students, and tech-savvy students want cool ways to impress their teachers and collaborate with their peers.

Education technology tools have come a long way. What used to take hours to do, can now be done in minutes. It doesn’t matter if you’re grading quizzes, building a curriculum, designing presentations, visualizing data, or trying to find games that make learning fun – there is an easy way to do it online for free.

Here are 9 awesome educational tools that benefit both teachers and students:

1) Google in Education

Want to save time and stay connected? The G Suite for Education offers free productivity tools for easy classroom collaboration. You have access to over ten core services, including Google Classroom, which allows you to create, share, and grade assignments with ease. Not only are these tools free, they also offer 24/7 support.

2) Socrative

Socrative is the classroom app for fun, effective classroom engagement. With Socrative you can create activities, quizzes, and reports. The app also provides you with the analytics you need to effectively drive learning and better the student experience. Socrative works on computers, laptops, tablets, and phones.

3) Kahoot!

Kahoot wants to make learning ‘awesome’ by bringing the intensity of video games and quiz shows to the classroom. With Kahoot you can create, play and share learning games for any subject, for all ages, for free. According to The New York Times, “Kahoot’s game like features and easy-to-use format have helped turn it into a classroom phenomenon.”

4) Infogram

Do you have data you want to incorporate into the classroom in a beautiful and compelling way? Infogram offers more than 35 different chart types featuring specially designed themes that make your data look great. You can create individual charts, maps, and infographics – that are perfect for lectures, presentations, and reports. 

5) Nearpod

Want to make lessons your students will love? Nearpod is a great way to create ready-to-teach interactive lessons for all K-12 grades and subjects. These lessons leverage research-based instructional best practices created by Nearpod’s expert educators and educational partners. Available instantly in your library, across all devices.

6) Edmodo

Edmodo is one of the easiest way for educators to connect and collaborate with students, parents, and each other. With intuitive features and unlimited storage, quickly create groups, assign homework, schedule quizzes, and manage progress. With everything on one platform, you get complete control over your digital classroom.

7) Prezi

Prezi is a one-of-a-kind presentation tool. We love Prezi because of its innovative approach to cloud-based presentation software. You can add any media file to your ‘prezi,’ access it across all platforms, and share it with anyone around the world instantly. Start from scratch or pick one of Prezi’s pre-designed templates.

8) Weebly

Weebly lets teachers build free class websites, and students can make their own sites too. With Weebly, you can create a classroom website or blog, manage your student’s accounts, accept homework assignments online, and keep parents up to date. Plus, their drag and drop website editor is super easy to use.

9) Funbrain

Funbrain is an online gaming portal that kids, teachers, librarians, and parents enthusiastically turn to for free educational games, online books, and comics. Created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, Funbrain offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy.

Charts and infographics bring data to life in the classroom. If you’d like to learn more about how Infogram can help you engage and educate your students with visual data, visit our education page and talk to sales about our special educational discount.