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OpusClip - OpusClip
Grades
6 to 11
tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), editing (97)
In the Classroom
Have students record a two- to three-minute book talk that introduces a book, describes its characters or topic, and recommends without revealing the ending. They can use OpusClip to create a short, captioned trailer that can be shared privately with classmates or displayed during independent-reading time. Have small groups record a science investigation or model, such as one that shows erosion, a chemical change, or a simple machine in action. They can use OpusClip to create a short highlight video, then add captions that identify the materials, steps, observations, and conclusion. Have students conduct a longer interview with a classmate, staff member, family member, or community guest connected to a unit of study.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Wordtune - AI21 Labs
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), grammar (142), summarizing (30), writing (310)
In the Classroom
Have students write a sentence from a draft, then use Wordtune to generate a few revision options. They can sort the suggestions into categories such as clearer, more detailed, more formal, or does not preserve my meaning, and explain which version they would choose and why. Have students revise an overly wordy paragraph from a teacher-created example. After making their own edits, they can use Wordtune's shortening or rewriting tools as a comparison, then identify which details should remain because they are essential to the main idea. During a writing unit, have students select two or three repetitive sentences from a draft. They can use Wordtune suggestions to explore stronger vocabulary or varied sentence structures, then revise only the parts where the changes improve clarity while preserving their voice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Quillbot - Learneo
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), citations (32), editing (97), grammar (142), proofreading (18), summarizing (30), writing (310)
In the Classroom
Give students a short teacher-written paragraph with repetitive wording or unclear sentences. In pairs, have students revise it first on their own, then use the paraphraser to compare possible revisions. During a writing workshop, have students use the grammar checker to identify possible errors in a selected section of their draft. During a writing workshop, have students use the grammar checker to identify possible errors in a selected section of their draft.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Gradescope - Turnitin
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), assessment (141), feedback (18), rubrics (40), Teacher Utilities (224)
In the Classroom
Use Gradescope to collect and grade short-answer responses, constructed responses, essays, lab explanations, or problem-solving work. Create a question-by-question rubric that applies consistently across student submissions, then add reusable comments or annotations to identify strengths and next steps. Students can view the published rubric and feedback to better understand how their work was evaluated. Create a short online assignment or upload a paper exit ticket after a lesson. Review results by question to identify skills that may need reteaching, such as citing evidence, solving multi-step problems, using vocabulary accurately, or explaining scientific thinking. Assignment statistics can help teachers spot class-wide trends and plan targeted small-group instruction. After students receive feedback on a writing assignment, math explanation, or project reflection, have them review the rubric and choose one or two areas to improve. Students can submit a revised version through a follow-up assignment and include a brief reflection explaining what they changed and why. This helps shift grading from a final score to part of the learning process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Song Maker - Google Creative Lab, Use All Five, and Yotam Mann
Grades
K to 12tag(s): creativity (93), digital storytelling (177), musical instruments (63), songs (52)
In the Classroom
When students are done creating their songs, use a virtual bulletin board such as Lino, reviewed here to share songs. Students can use Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here to record themselves singing their songs. Students can use Magic School, reviewed here to create lyrics to their song.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Character Relationship Map Template - Milanote
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): characterization (17), digital storytelling (177), stories and storytelling (80)
In the Classroom
Use this Character Relationship Map with any story, movie, TV show, or play. Have students use ScreenPal, reviewed here to explain their character map. Add all the character maps into Book Creator, reviewed here for students to view in a book related to a specific story, movie, TV show, or play.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chrome Music Lab - Google Labs
Grades
K to 12tag(s): coding (110), musical instruments (63), summer (53)
In the Classroom
Have students use Song Maker to compose a short melody that represents the mood or theme of a story, poem, or historical event studied in class. Students can explain how tempo, rhythm, and pitch connect to the topic. Challenge students to design background music or sound effects for a digital story, podcast, reader's theater, or coding project. Students can use Chrome Music Lab creations to enhance multimedia presentations and cross-curricular STEAM activities. Use the Rhythm and Beat experiments during math lessons to reinforce skills in fractions, patterns, sequencing, and counting. Students can create rhythmic patterns that demonstrate equivalent fractions or repeated sequences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PresenterMedia - Eclipse Digital Imaging
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (342), presentations (44)
In the Classroom
Have students choose a new vocabulary word and create one slide with a definition, synonym, or antonym, a visual, and a sentence that shows the word in context. They can use an animated graphic or video background sparingly to help communicate the word's meaning. Small groups can create a short slide deck that explains a scientific process, such as the water cycle, photosynthesis, erosion, or a food chain. Students use visuals and animations to show the sequence of steps, then add captions that explain each stage in clear, accurate language. After reading a novel or short story, have students create a book trailer or character profile using presentation templates, graphics, and background media. They can include key setting details, character traits, conflict, theme, and a recommendation without giving away the ending.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Piskel - Julian Descottes
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): animation (71), creating media (15), creativity (93), images (273)
In the Classroom
Students can use Piskel to create sprites and animated GIFs for characters from a book. Additionally, students can use Piskel to create sprites that can be imported to Scratch, reviewed here. Students can use ScreenPal, reviewed here to share with others how to create a sprite.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Krikey AI - Krikey Inc.
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): animation (71), artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44), social and emotional learning (205), text to speech (24)
In the Classroom
Incorporate SEL and communication activities by asking students to create animated public service announcements about empathy, bullying prevention, digital citizenship, or teamwork. Use the platform for multimedia project-based learning by allowing students to create animated book trailers, persuasive commercials, or classroom presentations that integrate writing, speaking, creativity, and digital media production. Use Krikey AI for world language practice by having students create short animated conversations in another language using text-to-speech and character dialogue tools.Edge Features:
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Power BI - Microsoft
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), charts and graphs (183), data (211), Project Based Learning (29), spreadsheets (23)
In the Classroom
Create classroom data walls or progress dashboards that help students monitor reading growth, assessment scores, attendance, or personal learning goals throughout the school year. Use the platform during media literacy or research projects to teach students how data visualizations influence communication, helping them critically and accurately evaluate graphs, infographics, and digital reports. Have students analyze real-world datasets in math, science, or social studies classes by creating interactive dashboards that display trends, comparisons, and predictions using charts and graphs.Edge Features:
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Pitch - Pitch Software
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44), slides (39)
In the Classroom
Have students design a presentation that follows a story's setting, combining maps, images, and descriptions of key locations. They can explain how each setting influences the plot or characters, connecting geography to literature. Ask students to identify a theme in a text and create a presentation using images, brief text, and possibly embedded videos to explain how the theme develops throughout the story, and then create a slide deck analyzing a character from a class novel. Each slide can focus on traits, motivations, key events, and text evidence, helping reinforce characterization skills.Edge Features:
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MiriCanvas - MIRI D.I.H.
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), posters (46), presentations (44), social media (64), worksheets (70)
In the Classroom
Students can design a presentation to explain a concept, theme, or research topic, using templates and images to support their understanding and communication skills. Use MiriCanvas to create digital book covers or character profiles that include visuals and descriptive text to demonstrate comprehension of a novel or story. Students can create visually engaging posters or infographics to summarize a story, topic, or unit, helping them organize key ideas and present information clearly.Edge Features:
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Google Data Studio - Google
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), charts and graphs (183), data (211), spreadsheets (23)
In the Classroom
Create collaborative social studies or science inquiry projects in which groups gather research data and design dashboards to explain topics such as weather patterns, population growth, or environmental changes. Teachers can build classroom management or assessment dashboards that display formative assessment trends, attendance, participation, or benchmark growth to guide small-group instruction and enrichment activities. Use Google Data Studio during math lessons to help students interpret real-world data. Students can compare statistics, analyze class averages, or track progress on fluency and goal-setting activities through visual reports.Edge Features:
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Alayna AI - Alayna
Grades
K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), differentiation (100), feedback (18), Teacher Utilities (224)
In the Classroom
Create multiple versions of a passage or assignment at different reading levels. Assign to small groups, then bring students together to compare understanding and discuss how the content changes across levels. Input a sample student paragraph and generate feedback. As a class, analyze the suggestions and revise the writing together. Then have students apply the same process to their own work. Quickly generate exit tickets or short quizzes aligned to the day's objective. Use them for formative assessment or turn them into a quick team-based review game to reinforce learning.Edge Features:
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MeiGen - MeiGen
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), creativity (93), graphic design (53), images (273)
In the Classroom
Use MeiGen in your lessons on creating AI images effectively, and include images in presentations and reports. For example, find and save images of passports with built-in 3D dioramas, and share the prompts with students to use when creating images for reports on countries, or select images with four frames with different poses for students to use as a back-to-school activity to share their interests when getting to know new classmates. Have students create multimedia presentations that include images using Canva for Education.Edge Features:
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Overleaf - Overleaf
Grades
K to 12tag(s): collaboration (137), editing (97), presentations (44)
In the Classroom
Use Overleaf to support a range of K-12 classroom tasks where clear formatting, structure, and collaboration matter. Create and share assignment or note templates that students can open and edit as their own copies, helping standardize formatting and save setup time. Students can work individually or with one partner to draft reports, lab write-ups, or math-heavy documents, using the live preview to check their work as they go. Because everything runs in a browser, it works well alongside tools like Google Docs for drafting ideas first, then moving polished content into Overleaf for final formatting, or Google Sheets to track project links and submissions for simple organization.Edge Features:
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VEED - VEED
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), editing (97)
In the Classroom
Students can create short video summaries of a story or informational text, adding captions and visuals to highlight key ideas and practice summarizing skills. Students can design a digital storytelling project where they narrate an original story or personal narrative, using video clips, images, and voiceovers to bring their writing to life. Students can record and reflect on their learning by creating video journals that explain what they learned, the challenges they faced, and their goals for improvement.Edge Features:
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descript - Descript
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (342), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44)
In the Classroom
In small groups, students can produce a news-style video report on a social studies or science topic, using collaboration features to assign roles such as writer, speaker, and editor. Ask students to revise their writing by recording themselves reading it aloud, then using the transcript feature to identify errors, improve sentence fluency, and strengthen word choice. Descript is a useful tool for creating instructional or how-to videos that explain concepts students have learned, such as grammar skills or reading strategies, helping reinforce understanding while teaching others.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Free Explainer Video Maker - Canva
Grades
K to 12tag(s): animation (71), collaboration (137), digital storytelling (177), presentations (44), Project Based Learning (29)
In the Classroom
Have students create short videos explaining a concept they've learned (such as a math strategy, a scientific process, or a historical event). Ask students to choose a vocabulary word or key concept and create a short animated explanation. Use Canva's Explainer Video Maker to design a short video to raise awareness about a social issue, community topic, or school initiative.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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