20 Awesome Digital Tools and Resources to Reduce Teacher Workload
Does it take you about 2-hours to prepare one lesson? Have you ever felt like you’ve wasted a lot of your time, that you even question yourself as a teacher? I know, I’ve been there too!
Aside from the 5 No Prep Game-Based Online Learning Tools To Make Your Classes Fun and Exciting, here are some more digital tools and teacher resources that you can use to simplify your lesson planning, help you ease your workload, as well as keep your students engaged.
Disclaimer: This blog is not sponsored by any of the websites below. These are personally used by me and my fellow teachers. Hope this helps!
1. A to Z Teacher Stuff – create or find downloadable teaching materials and printable worksheets.
2. Bingo Baker – find and customize ready-made bingo cards, or create your own.
3. Brain Pop – games and other resources that contain animated content covering various subjects such as English, science, math, health, arts, and music.
4. Edmodo – send messages, share class materials, and make learning accessible anywhere.
5. Educandy – create interactive learning games and students can play on their own device.
6. Games4esl – you can find free ready-made PPT Games and blank Templates.
7. Games to Learn English – various games that students can use to practice learning English in a fun way.
8. Glogster – create your own multimedia poster.
9. Gimkit – create an interactive digital quiz-style game.
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11. iSL Collective – find free downloadable teaching materials, PowerPoints, and printable worksheets.
12. Jamboard – digital whiteboard that allows for remote or in-person collaboration on a shared space.
13. Mentimeter – create interactive presentations and students can connect to the presentation where they can answer questions.
14. Nearpod – create interactive lessons, interactive videos, gamification, and activities — all in a single platform.
15. Padlet – cloud-based collaborative virtual bulletin boards to help you organize.
16. Puzz Grid – find or create grid puzzles inspired by the connecting wall round of the BBC show, Only Connect.
17. Quizlet – create interactive and shareable flashcards, quizzes, and games.
18. Quiz Whizzer – create custom quizzes and engage your students with real-time, classroom quiz racing.
19. Socrative – create formative assessments through quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets, and space races.
20. Wizer.me – create worksheets that automatically grade themselves.