Library » Teachers

Teachers

AASL Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning Logo on blue burst background
 
AI Tools
  1. Canva - Creates and personalizes infographics, posters, videos and more. The district has a subscription to Canva that you can access via ClassLink using your district email address.
  2. ChatPDF - Extracts information from large PDF files for quick answers.
  3. Curipod - Creates slides along with polls, word clouds, drawings, and open questions.
  4. Grammarly - Proofreads, checks for plagiarism, and formats citations.
  5. Jungle - Auto-generates flashcards from any YouTube video, webpage, or PDF.
  6. Khanmigo - Khan Academy's AI-powered tutor and teacher-assistant.
  7. LessonPlans.ai - Instantly generates lesson plans along with activities and resources.
  8. Magic School - AI assistant for educators, designed to simplify teaching tasks.
  9. MusicLM - Generates unique songs based on ideas or descriptions.
  10. NOLEJ - Creates interactive videos and assessments.
  11. Photomath - Provides step-by-step explanations for math problems, including story problems.
  12. QuestionWell - Generates and almost endless supply of questions.
  13. Stable Diffusion - Turns text into photo-realistic images and art.
  14. Winston - Checks if a piece of writing was done by a student or AI.
Databases
  1. ERIC
  2. Professional Development Collection
  3. Teacher Reference Center
Open Education Resources (OERs) 
  1. BASE
  2. CORE
  3. DPLA
  4. DOAJ
  5. eScholarship
  6. Europeana
  7. Google Books
  8. Google Scholar
  9. Hathi Trust
  10. Internet Archive
  11. JSTOR (Free Tier)
  12. OAIster
  13. Open Access | SPARC
  14. Open Research Library
  15. Project Gutenberg
  16. ResearchGate
Videos
Resource for Teaching with Videos
  1. Journeys in Film
Videos for Education
  1. BBC Bitesize
  2. Google Talks
  3. Hippocampus
  4. Illinois Public Media | PBS
  5. Internet Archive | Moving Image Archive
  6. Khan Academy
  7. MIT
  8. PBS Learning Media Illinois
  9. SchoolTube
  10. TeacherTube
  11. TEDEd
  12. TED Talks
  13. Top Documentary Films
  14. WatchDocumentaries.com
  15. WatchKnowLearn.org