Episodes

The Olympics are here — and our middle schoolers are ALL IN. 🥇 In this episode, we’re sharing two free, student-friendly websites that make it easy to connect the Olympic Games (and Paralympics!) to every content area. From r...

This week on the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , we’re tackling indoor recess and cold-weather creativity with two easy, no-friction tools. Tools Featured BoMoMo – Abstract art through motion and color Sketchpad (Sketch.io)...

This week on the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , we’re taking a fresh look at National Geographic Kids and all the updates that make it an even better classroom resource. We talk about: Using Nat Geo Kids for bell ringers a...

We're kicking off 2026 with two coding resources inspired by winter-break. This week, we feature Coddy.tech , a goal-based coding platform where students can choose a language (Python, JavaScript, HTML, and more) and a skill ...

In Episode 224, Shanna highlights Google Vids , a video creation tool inside Google Workspace that makes it easy for students and teachers to create polished videos quickly. Students can convert existing Google Slides into vi...

In Episode 223 of the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , Shanna shares HelloKids.com , a free site full of creative classroom-friendly activities—step-by-step drawing guides, crafts, origami, masks, online coloring pages, and ...

In Episode 222 of the Tech Tools for Teachers Podcast , Shanna revisits Ducksters , a kid-friendly research site that’s perfect for elementary and middle school learners. She shares how Ducksters supports history, biography, ...

In Episode 221, Shanna spotlights two free science gems you can use across grade levels. Science News Explores offers up-to-date articles with audio, Power Words vocabulary, explainers, experiments, comics, and STEM career sp...

In Episode 220, Shanna shares two of her favorite civics education resources: iCivics.org , which offers free lessons, games, and simulations about government, and the Center for Civic Education , which provides state-specifi...

In Episode 219, we explore fun and free tools to help students practice and understand measurement. Try RulerGame.net for ruler and temperature games, Mr. Nussbaum Measurement Games for hands-on math challenges, and Marble Ru...

In Episode 218, we highlight two great poetry resources for teachers. Explore ShelSilverstein.com for videos, activities, and lesson ideas tied to Silverstein’s classic books, and Poetry4Kids.com for funny poems, a rhyming di...

In Episode 217, we dive into Pixar in a Box , a free collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy that blends storytelling, math, computer science, and design. Explore educator guides, standards-aligned lessons, and interacti...

In Episode 216, we highlight two fun content review sites that also support charitable causes. Students can practice math, vocabulary, science, and more with BeanBeanBean while donating to U.S. food banks, or try Free Rice , ...

In Episode 215, we dig into Khanmigo , Khan Academy’s free AI toolkit for teachers. Generate lesson hooks, chunk texts, build quizzes, write newsletters (with translation), create Blooket sets, review class snapshots, and ada...

In Episode 214, we explore Hide & Seek World, a fun, interactive geography tool. Students use context clues and detailed visuals to identify global locations, boosting their observation skills, map knowledge, and problem-solv...

Episode 213 introduces fun and mindful brain break tools perfect for end-of-year restlessness. Discover Pixel Thoughts for quick mindfulness, Patatap for interactive creativity, and Thisissand for calming digital sand art. Pi...

In Episode 212, we're diving into Digipuzzle.net, a fantastic platform featuring educational games and puzzles for elementary and middle school students. Discover the huge variety of engaging activities perfect for learning r...

In Episode 211, we dive into Science News Explores, a comprehensive resource packed with student-friendly science articles, engaging experiments, and STEM career connections. We also briefly touch on Technovation, a fantastic...

Episode 210 features Google Arts & Culture's Talking Tours, a captivating virtual platform perfect for exploring global destinations. Learn how to use these interactive tours to enrich research projects, spark curiosity, and ...

Episode 209 is here, and we're exploring Mission US, a dynamic platform where students interactively experience significant moments from American history. Discover how flexible, vocabulary-rich, and deeply engaging these miss...

In this episode, we're boosting classroom energy with the game-based platforms Baamboozle and Blooket! Discover how Baamboozle's teacher-created games can be easily integrated into any content area for both whole-class and in...

This week on Tech Tools for Teachers podcast (Episode 207), we're shining the spotlight on SchoolAI.com, a helpful AI platform that's quickly becoming a new favorite at all grade levels! It's also a helpful tool to save you s...

Hey Everyone! On this week's Tech Tools for Teachers podcast (Episode 206), we chat about a helpful, timesaving tool, Gamma.app! This AI-powered platform helps you create stunning visual content in minutes, not hours. Whethe...

In today's episode, we're exploring an amazing (and free!) math resource that's helpful for students, teachers, and families engage with math! The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Kids' Zone is full of interact...