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Almost all of the resources listed offer an amount or a duration of free services. There are paid resources in this blog. The presence of these resources on this blog does not mean that CESD has provided licensing for said resources. Choices regarding technology resources are made at the school level, just as decisions regarding textbooks are handled there.
Google Meet Etiquette for Students
Knowing what the expectations are in an online classroom isn't always easy. We are all familiar with the face-to-face classroom, but what are kids supposed to do in an online classroom? We offer...
June 2020 – Celebration of Learning
Grade 2 website, built by Miss Sookram, BGSThe 2019-2020 school year changed the moment Premier Jason Kenney suspended classes on the 15th of March. From that point on, teachers were thrust into the...
Free Images – Royalty-free photos and images
Another site with thousands of royalty-free images that you can use for anything in your classroom without the worry of violating copyright law is Free Images. As with the other royalty-free...
Burst – Royalty-free photos and images
In this blog, we have previously referenced the image editor that Shopify offers for free. Today, we are looking at the bank of royalty-free images they provide through their image bank called...
Unsplash – Royalty-free photos and images
Another source of royalty-free images that is available for free use is unsplash. They boast a large library of high-resolution images that are free for use in anything you create.
Pexels – Royalty-free photos and images
Another site for royalty-free (copyright free) images is pexels. There is no subscription needed to acquire images that you can use in worksheet creation, website development and other classroom...
Pixabay – Royalty-free photos and images
As educators, it is important that we model good digital citizenship to our students. One of the ways we do this is by using images that are free from copyright. Pixabay is an excellent site filled...
Mental Health Resource by Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media, a leader in vetting internet resources for young people has a mental health segment in their vast collection of resources. Amongst the topics covered are kids and screen time,...
Wide Open School
Common Sense Media, a leader in quality internet information for young people has launched a service to assist during the Covid-19 quarantine. Wide Open School has a lengthy list of activities and...
Fizzy’s Lunch Lab
Another PBS offering is Fizzy's Lunch Lab. This website uses videos, music, games and characters to teach young learners about healthy eating. There are even recipes on the site. Students do not log...
Arthur Family Health
Created by PBS, Arthur Family Health uses the familiar children's books to teach health-related content to young learners. The site offers games, videos and resources designed to keep families safe...
Explain Everything
Explain Everything is an online interactive whiteboard for remote collaboration. According to their website "Teach, present, sketchnote, create videos, and work together, all in Explain Everything –...
AWW – A Web Whiteboard
AWW - A Web Whiteboard is a website that offers a touch-friendly drawing and annotation tool. Their free service includes a basic whiteboard, board sharing, and basic chat. You have the ability to...
Dyson’s 44 Engineering Challenges
Dyson, yes, Dyson who manufactures vacuums, has put together 44 engineering challenges for young people to undertake during this time of quarantine. Designers from the James Dyson Foundation have...
Kids Health
Kids Health is a website with tons of free content regarding health. It covers topics that range from staying safe to illnesses and injuries to puberty and growing up. There are resources for...
Web Whiteboard
Web Whiteboard is a free (for 21 days), online utility that allows participants in an online meeting (Google Meet, for instance) to have access to a whiteboard where collaboration can take place....
French Teacher Canada
French Teacher Canada is a YouTube channel that offers many supportive videos for Canadian French Teachers.
CODE – Drama & Dance
The council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE) offers a great number of free resources to drama and dance teachers. They continually review their resources to keep them pedagogically...
Theatrefolk
Theatrefolk offers a large number of teaching resources for drama teachers. As the site does not offer student sign-up, there are no concerns regarding their privacy policy. According to their...
Drama Notebook
Drama Notebook hails itself as the world's best site for Drama teachers. They have a small selection of straight-up free resources.They do offer a free trial on their library of resources to support...
Drama Activities
Drama activities provide excellent opportunities for young children to engage in storytelling, social interaction and practice communication skills. Arts on the Move has a lovely list of activities...
Flat for Google
Flat is an excellent music notation editor that works directly with GSuite. You install it from the Chrome store into your Chrome account and you will have a sheet music editor that allows for...
Organic Chemistry Practice Problems
Though the site is not very visually appealing, it contains a relatively large database of practice questions for Organic Chemistry.
Molview – Chemistry Modelling
MolView is an open-source, intuitive web-application to make chemistry and biology. This application consists of two main parts, a structural formula editor and a 3D model viewer. User can employ 2D...
Noteflight Learn
Noteflight is a robust application for music teachers. They do offer a free trial, but in order to access this, you must contact the company. Their product prices in at approximately $7 per student,...
Gamestar Mechanic
Gamestar Mechanic is an online application to allow people to build a digital game. It also teaches students how to build a game in their application through the playing of a game. The exclusive...
Curious George STEM
Using a well-known character from a series of children's books, PBS has created a fantastic set of lessons to spark curiosity in young learners. The lessons in Curious George STEM include measuring,...
Physics Calculators
Omni Calculator offers a host of calculators for all types of calculations, but their selection of physics calculators is particularly impressive.
Interactive Chemistry Review Activities
Science Geek has a large file of Chemistry Review activities, and they are converting them to html5 (which means Chromebook compatible). Many of their interactive resources are already Chromeboook...
Interactive Periodic Table
This advanced periodic table includes health and safety information.
Chem Ed Exchange
Chem Ed Exchange is a site for - you guessed it - chemistry and science teachers! They have a great deal of free content in addition to their paid content.
Biology Q&A
Based on theory of knowledge and brain science, Biology Q&As was specifically designed, written and organized to make learning biology easier. More than 1800 bite-sized Q&As, covering all of...
Middle School Science Quizzes
Education Quizzes offers a wide range of quizzes on a variety of topics. It is American in its content, but science crosses all borders. This tool should be used as a supplemental tool and for...
Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life offers vast amounts of information about all forms of life on earth. They offer biodiversity cards, data searches, trait-based models and a host of other information to...
Nasa Science – Space Place
Launched in 1998, NASA Space Place's mission is to inspire and enrich upper-elementary-aged kids' learning of space and Earth science online through fun games, hands-on activities, informative...
Help Teaching
Help teaching is a website to assist with test and quiz creation along with worksheets. With a free login, teachers have access to all the questions in their database, but your documents will be...
Wolfram Demonstrations
Wolfram Demonstrations offers over 12,000 demonstrations and simulations for everything from advanced science and physics to K-2 science to arts and architecture. There is something for every...
Wolfram Alpha Problem Generator
Practice makes perfect with the Wolfram Alpha Problem Generator. They have a huge database of problem types for you to springboard off. Additionally, their partner site, Wolfram Demonstrations...
School Yourself
School Yourself is a mathematics website based on doing math, not on watching an instructor do math. Their unique interactive lessons cover math subjects ranging from algebra, geometry, and...
Math Planet
Math Planet is a resource for Div 4 teachers and their students. The educational material is focused on US math, but has support for algebra, geometry, SAT and ACT examinations. Math Planet is...
Visnos Mathematical Demonstrations
Visnos is a nifty site with many interactive tools for teaching and learning math. It tackles everything from basic addition and subtraction to fractals to the Sieve of Eratosthenes.