Online Tools
EVERFI
EVERFI provides students of all ages the critical skills that work and life demand.
- EVERFI’s digital lessons are used by more than two million K-12 students, and thanks to our sponsors, are always available to school districts and educators at no-cost.
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100+ Interactive, Game-Based Lessons
Geek Pack
Kick the Coronavirus Blues in the Backside and Join the FREE 3-Week ‘GeekPack Create & Code Camp‘ starting Monday, April 6th & runs for 3 weeks.
- WEEK #1: 5-Day Scratch Challenge
- WEEK #2: 5-Day Coding Challenge
- WEEK #3: 5-Day WordPress Challenge
StoryboardThat
StoryboardThat provide simple and clever visual tools for people of all ages around the world, focusing on the Four C’s (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration) in order to help improve the world’s thinking capabilities and potential.
Deck Toys
- Creating lessons on Deck.Toys is fun for you too!
- Build complete lessons within minutes with your existing teaching content such as study sets, PPT or Google Slides.
EdConnect
EdConnect is a video messaging tool that brings the classroom environment online, increasing student engagement and retention.
- Online Education – Engage with online students through video announcements, orientations, mini-lessons, discussions, student presentations, flipped learning, and feedback.
Edmodo
Teachers, students, and parents can use Edmodo to communicate and continue education—always for free—even when in-person learning isn’t possible.
Coursera
Coursera’s mission is to transform lives through learning. To help minimize the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on students, the Coursera community is launching a global effort to assist universities and colleges to deliver courseware online.
Cisco Webex
Sign up for FREE:
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Webex for School Teachers: Teaching virtually
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Webex for Students: Join class wherever you are
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Webex for Parents: Maintain your child’s education
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Webex for Faculty: Keep your class moving forward
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Webex for College Students: Join classes virtually
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Education IT Admins: Setting up for successful remote education
Microsoft Office
In March 2020, a free 6-month Office 365 E1 Trial, including Microsoft Teams, is now available.
- To get an E1 Trial license, contact your Microsoft account representative.
- They’ll get you a promo code that you can use to sign up for the E1 Trial.
Loom
Loom’s responsibility to help during the coronavirus includes cutting prices and removing limits through July 1, 2020, Loom will:
- Remove the recording limit on our free plan — what was 25 is now unlimited
- Cut the price of Loom Pro in half — what was $10/month is now $5/month
- Extend all trials of Loom Pro from 14 to 30 days
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Extended the pro version for a month
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Free for education
Eduflow
Learning often happens in classrooms but it doesn’t have to. Use Eduflow to facilitate learning experiences no matter the context.
FlipGrid
Flipgrid is 100% free for all educators, learners, and families. Engage and empower every voice in your classroom or at home by recording and sharing short, awesome videos…together!
Edu-Together
- Due to the current Coronavirus related school closures, Edu-Together is offering several resources for teachers, students, and parents.
- All programs are being offered at reduced rates.
Zoom
This site is here to help you most effectively use Zoom as we all navigate the coronavirus pandemic.
- Educating Over Zoom – teachers, administrators, and students can successfully spin up virtual classrooms, participate in online classes, and use Zoom for distance education.
- Hosting Virtual Events – moving your in-person events to virtual ones.
Adobe
Special programs and measures offered by Adobe.
- Students now have free, personal in-home access to Adobe Creative Cloud in place of their schools’ in-classroom licenses through May 31, 2020.
- Web-based PDF services on Adobe.com free through May 31, 2020.
G Suites
Extending Hangouts Meet premium features to all G Suite customers through July 1, 2020. All G Suite customers can use Hangouts Meet today for easy-to-join video calls, but we’ll soon enable free access to more advanced features, including:
- Larger meetings for up to 250 participants per call
- Live streaming for up to 100K viewers within domain
- Record meetings to Google Drive