The new laminated reference guide Co-Teaching and Technology: Enhancing Communication and Collaboration by Marilyn Friend and Brian Friedlander recommends free and low-cost technology tools that co-teachers can use to improve collaboration, co-planning, differentiation, data collection, instruction, student engagement and more. Readers of the guide will find explanations of the programs and applications listed below, along with suggestions for how to use the tools in co-taught classrooms. The following are quick-access links to the tools referenced in the guide, which is available for purchase at http://www.nprinc.com/co-teaching-and-technology/.
Cloud Computing Tools:
- Google Apps for Education : www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/
- Google Drive: www.google.com/drive/
- Google Docs: www.google.com/docs/about/
- Google Calendar: www.google.com/calendar
- Google Sheets: www.google.com/sheets/about/
- Google Forms: www.google.com/forms/about/
- Google Slides: www.google.com/slides/about/
- Google Classroom https://classroom.google.com
Planning Tools:
- Planbook: Planbook.com
- Trello: Trello.com
- Voxer: www.voxer.com
Data Collection Tools:
- Flubaroo: www.flubaroo.com
- Plickers: www.plickers.com
- Kahoot: getkahoot.com
- Socrative: www.socrative.com
Tools for Instruction:
- Reading
- Newsela: www.newsela.com
- Tween Tribune: tweentribune.com
- Reading for Students with Print Disabilities
- Bookshare: www.bookshare.org
- Learning Ally: www.learningally.org
- American Printing House for the Blind: www.aph.org
- Text-to-Speech Chrome Extensions
- Engagement
- Padlet: padlet.com
- TodaysMeet: todaysmeet.com
- Notetaking
- Livescribe Echo Smartpen: www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/echo
- Wacom Bamboo Slate: www.wacom.com
- Equil Smartpen 2: www.myequil.com/smartpen2/
- Whitelines Link Notebook: whitelines.se/link
- RocketBook Wave: getrocketbook.com
- Screencasting
- Scaffolding videos
- Graphic Organizers
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