NC3ADL Digital Tools Index

An AI-driven tool that provides real-time classroom insights and boosts student engagement.

An AI tool designed to provide feedback on student writing while encouraging revision and deeper thinking.

An AI-powered text simplification and differentiation tool for making content accessible to all learners.

An AI-powered visual collaboration platform for mapping ideas, planning projects, and managing workflows.

An AI-powered platform designed to assist teachers with lesson planning, grading, and content generation.

An AI-driven speaking coach that helps students and educators refine their communication skills.

AI-powered transcription software that converts speech into text in real-time.

A digital bulletin board that allows for interactive collaboration, brainstorming, and resource sharing.

A discussion-based learning platform with AI integration that promotes critical thinking through structured student conversations.

An AI-powered teacher assistant that supports lesson planning, activity generation, and student progress tracking.

A video-based AI coaching tool that helps educators improve classroom instruction through self-reflection.

A research prototype for interactive knowledge curation and AI-assisted writing.

ClassPad.net is an online calculator system that's designed for use by teachers and students in education.
This is not to be confused with the real-world gadget version, simply called ClassPad, which was released by Casio. This online version works in a very similar way, only without the need for the physical device.
What is Classpad.net and How do I use it?

With Classroomscreen, you've got all the classroom tools at your fingertips. Whether you need a timer or would like to show your instructions, Classroomscreen has a variety of features that support your class activities, stimulate engagement, and help your students get to work. You can use this tool face-to-face or digitally. It can even be used in an office on a wall monitor to share your schedule!

ClassTools.net is a website chock-full of awesome digital tools! From creating fake text message conversations, to scrolling instructions, this website has it all! See below for some of our favorite tools from this site.

ClassTools Favorite:
Create an annotated image with Hotspots at Classtools.net.
Upload your image.
Click to create hotspots.
Generate a link to share.
Embed in your website.

ClassTools Favorite:
Use the SMS Generator at Classtools.net to create an animated “chat” between two historical or fictional characters!

ClassTools Favorite:
The "Twister" template from Classtools.net allows you to create fictional "status updates" that can then be printed off for display purposes. Students could be asked
What are the most important people in this topic?
What was their most important moment within the topic?
What would their comment be about it?
What particular keywords would they use within their comment?
What hashtag could they maybe use at the end of the message?
What nickname did they have / could we invent to use as their username?

Create a jeopardy-style game board in minutes! Factile is the #1 Jeopardy-style game creator for education.

Easily turn a Google Sheet into more than a dozen interactive activities, for Free with Flippity.net! Click “Instructions” on the activity tile and follow the directions.
A few Flippity favorites are:
Board Games
Flashcards
“Flexcards” (Multimedia Flashcards)
Manipulatives
Timeline
Virtual Breakouts

Create full-screen messages for any occasion with Gzaas.

Hemingway Editor is an editing tool that helps users improve their writing. Writing is color-coded and labeled for readability, wordiness, tone, grammar, punctuation, and more.

Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. You can highlight, underline, and strikethrough text in PDF and other document formats. You can also add text boxes, shapes, and images. Kami works with Google Drive. With Kami, you can easily collaborate on documents in the classroom while avoiding the hassles of printing documents.

Create an authentic-looking newspaper clipping for free with Newspaper Snippet.

Create a "fake" newspaper with this Newspaper Generator.

Modify PDFs for free with PDFCandy! Every PDF tool you need is right here.

PhET Simulations are online simulations for science and math from the University of Colorado at Boulder. PhET provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations. As users interact with these tools, they get immediate feedback about the effect of the changes they made. This allows them to investigate cause-and-effect relationships and answer scientific questions through exploration of the simulation.

The Differentiator is a great lesson planning tool for creating objectives related to Bloom's Taxonomy.

An easy-to-use timeline creator! Make a timeline, tell a story with TimeToast! Discover the Future, Unearth the Past - Timetoast isn't just a timeline maker, it's your canvas for vibrant storytelling.

Wakelet is a versatile tool suitable for various purposes across different user groups.
Educators can use it to share lesson plans, create interactive study guides, manage classroom projects, and engage students with multimedia resources. Students can organize class notes, collaborate on group projects, and build portfolios showcasing their achievements. Individuals can curate personal interests, create digital portfolios, organize research, or share travel plans and creative projects. For businesses, Wakelet is ideal for curating marketing content, managing team projects, creating knowledge bases, and presenting case studies or product information in an organized and professional manner.

Wordclouds.com is a free online word cloud generator and tag cloud creator. Wordclouds.com works on your PC, Tablet or smartphone. Paste text, upload a document or open an URL to automatically generate a word- or tag cloud. Or enter individual words manually in the word list. Pick a shape, select colors and fonts and choose how to draw the words. Wordclouds.com can also generate clickable word clouds with links (image map). When you are satisfied with the result, save the image and share it online.

Gimkit is a game show for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy to win.

Kahoot is a formative assessment tool that can be used for team or individual game play.

Quizalize is a review game creation tool that is great for in-class or homework. Awesome for differentiation and tracking learning.

Quizizz is a quiz game creation tool that can be played in the classroom or assigned for homework. With AI power and tons of free features, this platform can’t be beat!

With Quizlet, study millions of study sets or create your own! Includes a class game option for a live game.

Brisk Teaching
Brisk Teaching (Chrome Extension & AI App) 🎓 – A Chrome extension and web app designed for teachers that uses AI to generate lesson materials, assessments, and feedback directly inside Google Apps.
Best for:
Instructors who need quick lesson plan generation, automated feedback, and AI-enhanced grading.
Educators who want to create quizzes, rubrics, and differentiated assignments with AI assistance.
Free Version: Basic AI-powered lesson generation, limited assessment tools, and integration with Google Classroom.
Premium Version: Advanced AI features, more customization options for lesson materials, and expanded assessment capabilities.

Clip.me
Clip.me 📸 – A screenshot and screen recording extension that allows users to capture, annotate, and share images or videos from their screen instantly. Supports cloud storage and quick sharing via links.
Best for: Instructors who need to capture and share screenshots for instructional materials, presentations, or tutorials. Also great for students taking visual notes or collaborating on assignments.
Free Version: Basic screenshot capture, annotations, and link sharing.
Premium Version: Additional storage, advanced editing tools, and high-resolution screen recording.

Diigo
Diigo is a powerful bookmarking and annotation tool that allows users to highlight web pages, add sticky notes, and organize resources into collections. Includes social features for sharing annotated content.
Best for: Instructors and students who need research organization, collaborative note-taking, and quick access to saved resources.
Free Version: Basic bookmarking, highlighting, and sticky notes with limited storage.
Premium Version: More storage, full-page annotations, text-to-speech, and image OCR (optical character recognition).

Edpuzzle
Edpuzzle lets instructors embed interactive questions and notes into YouTube videos. It is useful for self-paced video lessons and assessments as well as in-class engagement.

Google Keep
The Google Keep Extension saves highlighted text, images, and links directly to Google Keep for easy retrieval. It helps instructors jot down quick lesson ideas or bookmark articles for later use, and it also has location-based reminders available.

Just Read
The Just Read Extension is a customizable reader mode that removes ads, pop-ups, and distractions from web pages for a clean, focused reading experience. Unlike Mercury Reader, Just Read allows more customization, including changing fonts, colors, and removing specific elements.
Best for: Instructors reviewing articles, research papers, or web-based instructional materials without clutter. Also great for students who need a distraction-free reading experience.
Free Version: Basic reader mode with customization options.
Premium Version: Includes highlighting, annotation, saving & sharing features, and auto-scroll functionality for long readings.

Kami
Kami is a PDF and document annotation tool with real-time collaboration. Free version supports highlighting, underlining, and commenting—useful for grading and group work.

Knowt
Knowt Chrome Extension 🔄 – An AI-powered tool that automatically generates flashcards and quizzes from websites, PDFs, and Google Docs while browsing. Allows users to highlight text and instantly create study materials without switching between apps.
Best for: Instructors who want to help students turn course materials into interactive review tools and students who prefer on-the-go learning and active recall practice.
Free Version: Basic flashcard and quiz generation, note-saving, and integration with Google Docs.
Premium Version: Advanced AI-generated summaries, spaced repetition features, and unlimited storage for study sets.

Loom
Loom lets you record & share screen videos instantly! Loom is great for tutorials, lesson walkthroughs, or giving detailed assignment feedback.

Mote
A voice commenting and feedback extension that allows users to record and insert voice notes directly into Google Docs, Slides, Classroom, Gmail, and more. Saves time on typing and enhances accessibility for students.
Best for: Instructors who want to provide quick, personalized audio feedback on student work and students who prefer verbal explanations or need accessibility support.
Free Version: Up to 30 seconds per voice note, basic transcription, and integration with Google tools.
Premium Version: Unlimited voice recordings, advanced transcription, translation, and voice note embedding in more platforms.

OneTab
OneTab converts all open tabs into a single list, reducing memory usage and keeping research or lesson planning organized. Instructors can restore tabs when needed.

Print Friendly PDF
Converts web pages into clean, printable PDFs, removing ads and unnecessary elements. Ideal for archiving resources, printing handouts, or sharing cleaner articles with students.

Read Aloud
The Read Aloud Chrome Extension uses text-to-speech (TTS) to read aloud web pages, PDFs, and Google Docs. It supports multiple voices and speeds, helping with accessibility and comprehension.
Best for: Instructors or students who prefer listening to content, need accessibility support, or want to review materials while multitasking.
Free Version: Basic TTS functionality with adjustable speeds.
Premium Version: Adds high-quality voices, multilingual support, and offline reading.

Rememberry
Rememberry is a language learning and vocabulary builder extension that translates words and phrases on any webpage and automatically adds them to a personalized flashcard system for review using spaced repetition.
Best for: Instructors and students learning new languages, building vocabulary, or needing quick translations while reading online.
Free Version: Basic translations, flashcard creation, and spaced repetition learning.
Premium Version: More advanced translations, additional languages, offline flashcards, and customizable review settings.

Tango
Tango automatically creates step-by-step guides as you perform tasks in your browser. Perfect for creating tutorials for faculty or students without extra effort.

Trancy
Trancy is a language learning and subtitle extension that provides dual subtitles, AI-generated transcripts, and instant translations for YouTube, Netflix, and other video platforms. Includes interactive vocabulary building and AI-assisted listening practice.
Best for:
Instructors and students learning new languages through immersion, with real-time translations, and subtitles.
Language learners who want AI-generated transcripts, pronunciation help, and vocabulary tracking.
Free Version: Basic dual subtitles, instant translations, and AI-generated transcripts for supported videos.
Premium Version: Enhanced subtitle customization, unlimited AI-generated transcripts, offline mode, and advanced listening practice tools.

Turn Off the Lights
Turn Off the Lights is a browser extension that dims the background of web pages and videos, creating a theater-like experience that reduces eye strain and distractions. Works on YouTube, Vimeo, and other video platforms.
Best for: Instructors and students who watch or present videos in class, reducing background clutter, and improving focus. Also helpful for night-time reading or those sensitive to bright screens.
Free Version: Full functionality, including auto-dimming, custom opacity, and night mode.
Premium Version: Additional customization options, scheduling features, and voice control integration.

Wakelet
Easily save web pages, articles, videos, and images directly to your Wakelet collections with one click. Ideal for organizing research, lesson plans, or instructional resources in a visually appealing, shareable format.
Best for: Instructors collecting and curating resources for lessons, sharing curated content with students, and organizing PD materials.
Free Version: Unlimited collections, collaboration with others, and direct saving from the web.
Premium Features: Wakelet is completely free! No premium tier required.

Workona
Workona is a tab and workspace organizer that helps users manage multiple projects, research sessions, and workflows by grouping tabs into custom workspaces. Allows easy switching between projects without losing progress.
Best for: Instructors and students juggling multiple research projects, lesson plans, or online coursework, keeping related tabs organized and reducing clutter.
Free Version: Up to 5 workspaces, unlimited tab management, and session saving.
Premium Version: Unlimited workspaces, automatic cloud backups, and advanced collaboration features.

Docs to Slides
A Chrome extension to send the text from a Google Doc™ to a Google Slides™.

GenType
Create one-of-a-kind, AI-generated alphabets from any idea with GenType.

Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture is an online platform that provides access to cultural artifacts, art, and history from around the world. The platform uses technology to help preserve and share cultural treasures. Users can view, create, and share online collections! With AR and VR representations of art, famous sites, and museums from all over the world, the possibilities are amazing.

Google Keep
Google Keep is a Chrome app and mobile app that allows for quick note-taking. Notes can be color-coded and exported to Google Docs!

Google Labs
Google Labs is the home for Google’s AI Experiments.

Google Ngram
Examine the history and evolution of vocabulary and terminology in literature and recorded documents over time with Google Ngram.
Check out this short resource on Getting Started with Google Ngram from the University of Pennsylvania.

Google Trends
Google Trends allows you to see the topics people are—or aren’t—following, practically in real time. This tool will allow you to analyze statistics regarding Google search trends.
Want to see the “tv screen grid” of Google Trends in real-time? Click here! One piece of advice--be careful with topics. Some are for older audiences!!!)

Google Trusted Tester Form
Interested in becoming a Google Trusted Tester? Fill out this form for a chance at selection!

Hot Trends
Curious as to what people are searching for on Google RIGHT NOW? Take a look at this! (Click the grid in the upper righthand corner to see the Hot Trends “TV screen.”)
(One piece of advice--be careful with topics. Some are for older audiences!!!)

Illuminate
Illuminate by Google is an experimental technology that uses AI to adapt web content to your learning preferences. After you provide a URL, Illuminate will attempt to generate an audio dialogue with two AI-generated voices discussing the key points of the content. Please be aware that Illuminate may not be able to process all web content, including paywalled material, sites that opt-out of AI indexing, and content flagged by our safety filters.

Inside a Genius Mind
Dive into Leonardo Da Vinci’s personal notebooks - his codices - exploring themes across time and subject matter with the help of machine learning. Try out “Inside a Genius Mind”!

Learn About
An easier way to “Learn About” new topics at your own pace using conversational AI and Google’s Learn About!

MusicFX DJ
MusicFX DJ is a generative AI tool that allows users to create music in real-time by inputting text prompts, mixing musical concepts, and steering the flow of a continuous stream of music. It's an AI-powered "jam session" where you are the conductor, allowing anyone to explore and create unique musical soundscapes.

Music LM Workshop
Describing a musical idea and hearing it come to life! Music LM Workshop is a new experimental AI tool that can turn text descriptions into music.

NotebookLM
NotebookLM from Google is an AI-powered collaborator that helps you do your best thinking. After uploading your documents, NotebookLM becomes an instant expert in those sources so you can read, take notes, and collaborate with it to refine and organize your ideas.

Paint with Music
Use Paint with Music to turn your paint brush into musical instruments and compose on sensorial canvases!

Say What You See
Learn and practice the art of Image Prompting with these quick games and challenges from Say What You See.

Talking Tours
An AI audio experiment touring cultural landmarks in Street View on Google Arts & Culture.

TextFX
With TextFX, you can enter a word and generate creative language possibilities. For rappers, writers, wordsmiths, and everyone in between.

Whisk
Use Whisk, a Google Experiment, to create a narrative with AI using images as prompts instead of text.

Word Synth
Word Synth is a fun way to play with speech and music!

Self-titled, "a minimalist feedback tool," Answer Garden doesn't collect student identifiers, but it allows students to enter short responses to prompts and watch as answers "grow" in size with repetition. Use it for real time audience participation, online brainstorming and classroom feedback.

Commonlit allows you to assign and grade within the platform. The CommonLit Digital Library contains thousands of free, supplemental texts, lessons, and quizzes in both English and Spanish. It’s fantastic for text analysis and comparison, and it’s free!

Decktoys is awesome! Use it to create digital “breakouts” and/or learning paths for students to follow. Build complete lessons within minutes with your existing teaching content such as study sets, PPT or Google Slides. It takes some time to set up, but the result is so cool! The AI-integration is fantastic!

Desmos is specifically dedicated to math engagement and real-world mathematics applications. Develop critical thinking along with math skills!

Engagement you can see, results you can measure. Empower students to take an active role in their learning with interactive video lessons that spark creativity and curiosity. Edpuzzle is the best way to make videos into lessons and learning assessments. You can add quiz questions, voiceover, and audio notes to any video! Now with AI-power!

Figjam is a collaborative online whiteboard to brainstorm and collaborate, all in one place.

Formative is a fantastic assessment platform that allows students to draw images, insert images, label pictures, and so much more! Formative enables you to transform a PDF or Google Doc into an auto-graded quiz without retyping the questions! Check it out. Now with AI-integration and a partnership with Newsela!

Geogebra is a free mathematics application for geometry, graphing, and more! GeoGebra is more than a set of free tools to do math. It’s a platform to connect enthusiastic teachers and students and offer them a new way to explore and learn about math.

Insert Learning keeps students engaged and active learners with interactive questions, discussions, videos, live annotations, and a collection of tools you can embed in lessons.

Knowt is the number one AI-powered alternative to Quizlet! It uses machine learning to automatically turn your notes into review quizzes. It’s super easy to bring over your existing Quizlets to Knowt and start studying them completely free in seconds. You can go through unlimited rounds of our free learn mode, matching game, spaced repetition or practice test mode. Plus, if you want, you can also create your own flashcards or have AI make Flashcards from your lecture videos, pdfs, notes, and more! If that's not for you, you can find millions of free flashcards made by other students at your fingertips. There’s a lot of great free study tools and resources to take advantage on Knowt that make it a great free quizlet alternative.

Newsela is a comprehension platform with premium features available. It pulls content from popular sites such as History.com and Smithsonian for learners at all levels. Put knowledge and relevant, real-world content at the center of skills practice to make literacy outcomes a reality for every learner.

Socrative helps you effortlessly assess and engage your students while visualizing learning progress in real-time with instant results. Consistent and user-friendly.

Choose Wizer to create and assign “smart worksheets!” Add video, audio, images and a variety of question types, all wrapped in a beautiful, engaging, & easy to use app.