Resources for Teachers

Technology Professional Development presentations by Jenn Donais, Amesbury Middle School teacher, shared on Google.

Kathy Schrock is the queen of all things tech. She's been doing it longer and better than most. Her presentations are practical in nature and provide background, tips, tricks, and ideas for the use of educational technology in support of classroom instruction.

Alice Keeler- Teacher Tech
Author of several really useful tech guides, and publisher of several Google tutorials and guides.

Free Technology for Teachers by Richard Byrne
The purpose of this website is to share information about free resources that teachers can use in their classrooms.

Control-Alt- Achieve by Eric Curts
Educational technology resources, ideas, help guides, training videos, and news, with a focus on Google Apps for Education.

Updated: Free Resources for School During COVID-19 Outbreak
In response to the number of states, districts and schools that are shuttering schools to students over the next several weeks in response to fears about the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), education technology companies have stepped forward to help educators reach students in virtual ways.

Audible – an Amazon Company
Free audio titles (while schools are closed) across eight different languages.

Educreations
If you are not a huge fan of videos of yourself, this is a great tool to use voice overs. As visuals, you can write and draw on the "whiteboard" as you talk. It records both the voice and the writing.

Infogram
A platform that allows teachers and students to create online posters, timelines, maps, slides, reports, and more. The final products are interactive with gifs, diagrams, and almost anything you can think of. It is a great way for students to show their knowledge, and perhaps a substitute for in class projects/posters. It offers a free version that is more than enough! infogram.com

Google Art and Culture
Google Arts & Culture has some really awesome virtual tours available right now. Students can walk through museums, city centers, and get up-close 360 views of works of art.

Free Online Books:

Google Books
Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. Find the perfect book for your purposes and discover new ones that interest you.

Novels77.com
Read novels online, free novels online.


Open Library
Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.