Adopted School Learning Platforms
Teams‘ Meet Now. IST’s preferred platform for grades 4-12, Teams offers video or audio-only conferencing with the option to record, share desktops and take notes collaboratively. Recorded meetings automatically save to the Team channel making it easy for students and teachers to view later. Teachers can set up multiple posts in a channel and assign individual students to posts to form groups. Students may also create their own discussions. Teachers may join, leave and rejoin groups without disrupting the discussion. Meet Now automatically switches to the participant speaking and mutes microphones when joining a meeting. Visit Site
Assessment Platforms
Teaching Resources
FlipGrid. A free online tool that supports short asynchronous video discussions on topics assigned by the teacher. Teachers assign a topic, set a time limit, and share the link with students. Teachers decide if students have the option to re-record responses. Easy to use and fully integrates with Teams. Visit Site
NearPod – NearPod lessons allow the teacher to construct a series of slides that include text, audio and video. Students respond to each question as they move through the sequence of slides. Visit Site
NowComment. NowComment is a free group collaboration app for the discussion and annotation of online documents. Its many unique features include a user interface that encourages rich, in-depth conversations by showing threaded comments “in context” with the original document. Group members start or join conversations on whatever passages they find interesting and important, intellectually engaging in ways not possible in face-to-face class discussion. Visit Site
IST Database and Resource Subscriptions
The IST library subscribes to a wide range of databases and online resources for elementary and secondary teachers and students. For access, please visit the library’s website and LibGuides site. Contact your school librarian for a link to the LibGuide site and login information.
Additional Tools & Resources
These links have been shared by teachers.
Calendy – A free scheduling tool that syncs with Outlook. Allows students to schedule an appointment with teaching using a link. Students only see teachers’ available times and can schedule an appointment themselves. The teacher receives an email notification and the appointment is added to the teacher’s calendar. App also syncs with other email accounts, like Gmail. Visit Site
Canva. A graphic design platform that allows users to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, and other visual content. It is available on the web and mobile and integrates millions of images, fonts, templates, and illustrations. Visit Site
Edji. Online collaborative annotation tool. Teachers can upload texts and have students annotate text independently or in groups. Visit Site
EduPuzzle. An easy-to-use video platform allowing teachers to engage every student through videos. Visit Site
Flipsnack. Flipsnack is a digital publishing tool that can be used to easily publish captivating online magazines, transforming PDFs into an online page flip experience. Visit Site
Learning A-Z. Free virtual literacy resources for elementary. Visit Site.
Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages! Visit Site
Teleprompter for iPhone and iPad. Teleprompter for Video makes it easy to create professional-looking videos on your iPhone or iPad. It’s perfect for anyone wanting to record a vlog, practice a speech or give a business communication. The app helps actors film self-tape auditions, religious leaders give sermons, job seekers create video resumes and much more. Visit Site