Apps & Website We Love

Must have apps and websites to support diverse learners & promote creativity, collaboration and critical thinking.

Digital & Media Literacy

We live in a media-saturated world. Help kids navigate it with these tips and tools.

Literate

When it comes to apps for reading and writing, I like simple ones that make life easier for kids and teachers.
Epic Books
Why I love it:
  • Great collection of high-quality commercially available books that have been digitized
  • Easy to create and manage classroom accounts
  • Read to Me, audiobooks and informational videos
Natural Reader
Why I love it:
  • Choice of many different reading voices for text to speech
  • Snap a photo of any text and have it read to you
  • enter a URL and have websites read to you
Sora,  by Overdrive
Why I love it:
  • designed with kids in mind, it makes signing e- and audiobooks out of the library a breeze
Storybird

Why I love it:
  • Supports creative writing with beautiful ready-to-use artwork
  • Lots of examples to help students along the way
  • Students can comment and review other's work
Google Docs
Why I love:
  • Auto save is key for students with ADHD & EF difficulties
  • Voice typing is built right in. Simply click Tools -> Voice Typing
Mindomo

Why I love it:
  • Easy to use mindmapping
  • Templates for essays, story maps, presentations and more
  • Flips to a writing outline at the touch of a button
ReadWrite by TextHelp

Why I love it:
  • Easy access to a variety of assistive technology tools incl. simplifying text on a page, text reader, screen mask, vocabulary list creator & more
  • Full suite of tools is free for educators
Audible

Why I love it:
  • Huge selection of high-quality audiobooks read by professionals
  • No worries about copyright
  • A wide variety of plans makes it easy to get new books

Numerate

Support mathematical thinking and problem solving.
Picture
Why I love it: Didax offers an amazing array of virtual manipulatives.

Curious & creative

Perfect for those looking to learn new things and share their work in creative ways.

Kind & Collaborative

Enable kids to work together constructively.