Knowledge Tools

ABCYa! is a website that has an array of educational games and activities for pre-k to 5th grade students. It was created for teachers by Alan Tortolani, a teacher who was trying to find quality educational online games for his students. ABCYa! has h…

AllSides is a knowledge-centered tool that aims to expose media bias in news articles on trending topics (e.g., in 2022, trending topics included COVID-19, 2022 Elections, Economy and Jobs, and Russia-Ukraine Confli…

Code.org is a computer science-driven educational tool, centered around teaching students of all ages how to code. Through a multitude of online lesson videos with people like Bill Gates and Steph Curry along with multiple plug-and-play coding spaces…

Coggle is an online mind mapping tool that can be utilized in any grade level or subject. Users have the creative freedom to work individually, or with others, to make visually appealing and well-organized mind maps. This can be done with the variety…

Coursera is recognized as one of the largest providers of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses).  It has established partnerships with 140 universities in offering more than 1,500 courses across a range of subjects: engineering, medicine, computer…

DataBasic.io is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners to explore different sets of data. It is a project from the Engagement Lab at Emerson College and the MIT Center for Civic Media.  DataBasic features multiple tools to help you und…

Docs Teach is an educational website created by the National Archives education division to promote learning with and about the Archive's collection of documents (including text, videos, and photographs). It is a knowledge-centered website that …

Duolingo is a knowledge-centered tool that will help teachers, their students, or just about anybody, learn another language. This tool offers an effective, easy, and free way to practice another language. Duolingo is catered to learners of all abili…

ELLLO is an online collection of free listening, reading, and vocabulary practices for English language learning. You do not need an account to access the resources.…

GoNoodle is a website where educators can use videos and other activities to get kids moving. It is a knowledge-centered tool that allows kids to set routines, explore holiday events, and engage in different activities. It also has many differen…

Google Arts and Culture is a curated vault of great artworks from more than 2,000 museums and archives. It has 360-degree panoramas of historic landmarks, 3D models, augmented reality tools that let you virtually try on historical headgear or walk th…

Google Trends is an online data exploration tool that features real time search data from Google. Users can explore people’s search interests and find additional data like the most relevant articles, interest over time, interest by region, tren…

iCivics is a free educational website that provides educators with lesson plans, resources, and interactive games centered around the topics of the structure and functions of the U.S. government and the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens. i…

Khan Academy is an educational organization that creates short educational videos for a variety of topics. Khan Academy also has educational materials, including practice problems and exercises, that enhance learning with these videos. Khan Acad…

The Northwestern University Knight Lab features a collection of projects that “help make information meaningful and promote quality journalism, storytelling and content on the internet” (Knight Lab, 2020, para. 1). Currently (in 2020), th…

LabXchange is an online science classroom where students and educators can communicate about a variety of topics through discussion forums as well as the direct messaging feature. Primarily designed for higher education students (users must be 13 yea…

The Library of Congress Labs is a website by the United States Library of Congress, which has the purpose of taking the contents of the Library of Congress and making them available and easy to navigate on the Internet. Its “experiments” …

MANGAHIGH.com is a game-based learning site in which students play math games as a fun way to learn new concepts and apply knowledge. Games cover certain learning topics and are sorted by ability and grade level. They are designed to adapt in difficu…

Microsoft Immersive Reader is an interactive reading comprehension and learning tool. This tool makes text more accessible to learners of all ages and abilities. Using Microsoft Immersive Reader, you can have text read aloud at different speeds and b…

MindMeister is an online collaborative, knowledge-based mind mapping tool that students can use to understand and make connections between concepts, ideas, and information. Mind maps help users collect ideas and facts based on a given topic. Mindmeis…

MindMup is an online mind mapping service that integrates with Google Drive. It redefines mind mapping by allowing users to create mind maps online, “store them in the cloud and access from anywhere, collaborate and share mindmaps with col…

Minecraft Education Edition is a version of the popular world-building block-placing video game: Minecraft. The Education Edition offers a variety of academically-focused learning plans, ranging from fractions to fairytales, to inspire student-center…

Newsela is an instructional content tool that allows teachers to find articles with appropriate reading levels for their students. Newsela articles also feature questions and writing prompts that align with common core standards. If you want to bring…

PhET simulations are interactive simulations of science and math concepts created by the University of Colorado Boulder.  Students are able to run these simulations, manipulating different aspects of a construct to understand science and mathema…

Prodigy is an assessment- and knowledge-centered tool that provides an enjoyable way for students to learn and practice math. Prodigy is beneficial for teachers because it allows them to see their students' areas of strength and struggles in one orga…

StudyStack is an online tool to help you and your students memorize information through playful activities such as flashcards and games. You can use pre-existing games or create your own “stack” of activities where you can design flashcar…

The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a collaborative web-based learning platform that features videos, audio files, texts, and historical artifacts from the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, 9 research centers, and zoo. Created by the Smithsonian Center for…

Tiki-Toki is web-based software for creating interactive timelines that can be shared on the Internet. Tiki-Toki can be used in any browser and the basic account is free to sign up, which allows you to create one fully-functional timeline. Tiki-Toki …

Timeline is an digital tool from readwritethink that allows users to create their own timeline with relative ease. It allows students to demonstrate what they have learned by designing a multimodal timeline. …

TinkerCAD is a web-based 3D modeling program that is intuitive enough for elementary school students and advanced enough for college students. TinkerCAD can be used to create 3D models to send to 3D printers or to showcase in a virtual gallery. …

Wakelet is a digital curation tool that allows users to collect and organize multimodal content, including websites, articles, videos, Twitter threads, text, and images. Wakelet is a great tool for students to collaboratively organize research projec…

What’s Up With Culture is a free online tutorial primarily for study abroad students.  It is meant to orient learners to key concepts of intercultural communication and adjustment.…

Wolfram|Alpha is an online tool that strives to make all knowledge computable and accessible (About Wolfram, 2020). This tool can provide the answer to numerous questions, such as “how many calories are in a potato?” and “how many p…

YouTube Playlist is a free tool that allows you to collect and organize videos around specific topics or interests. You can create playlists with any videos on Youtube, including your own. This is a great way to organize your own videos (e.g.,&n…