PLS / Digital Learning Tools Students (2024)

Amplify Reading is an adaptive, digital reading program that leverages the power of compelling storytelling to engage students in reading instruction and practice. Whether students are just learning to read or mastering close reading, Amplify Reading takes students on a personalized journey to practice and learn the skills they need.

→ Visit the Amplify Readingpage.

BrainPop is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.
→ Visit the BrainPop Resourcepage.

Discovery Education Experience provides engaging high-quality content, ready-to-use digital lessons, creative collaboration tools, and practical professional learning resources to give educators everything they need to facilitate instruction and create a lasting educational impact in any learning environment.

→ Visit the Discovery Resource page.

DreamBox's research-based, adaptive learning meets each student's needs by continually assessing thousands of data points throughout each lesson, not just accuracy of answers, but how students solve problems. Through this technology in both English and Spanish, we are able prescribe rigorous, standards-aligned math lessons for each student that integrates with your existing curriculum.

→ Visit the DreamBox Resourcepage.

Edpuzzle helps you use videos as part of your lesson. Add questions and audio notes, and prevent skipping to hold your class accountable as they learn at their own pace. Easy-to-use analytics tell you if a student watched the video, and their responses to the questions you embedded.

→ Visit the Edpuzzle Resourcepage.

IXL is an award-winning platform that makes personalized, adaptive learning a reality for all students. With standards- and textbook-aligned curriculum, Real-Time Diagnostic, Actionable Analytics, and more, IXL is a resource to help students accelerate progress and excel.

→ Visit the IXL Resource page.

Kami provide users with the essential tools to create an engaging and collaborative learning environment. Kami tools boost students’ creativity by allowing them to draw freely and annotate with a selection of colors, shapes and text sizes. Students can easily complete tasks and save files with Kami’s Schoology integration.Teachers can markup, discuss and provide feedback using Kami’s text, audio, and video annotation tool.

→ Visit the Kami Resourcepage.

Virtual labs and interactive simulations to replace or supplant hands-on experiments.

→ Visit the Labster Resourcepage.

Nearpod is an instructional platform that merges formative assessment and dynamic media for collaborative learning experiences.

With Nearpod, teachers can:

• Find or create interactive lessons in minutes: Upload and tech-enhance existing materials or customize over 7,500 pre-made, standards-aligned lessons for all K-12 subjects.
  
• Assign self-paced lessons that students access anytime, anywhere: Students complete assignments independently while you gain insights into students’ understanding with post-session reports.
• Synchronize learning during live instruction: Easily synchronize and control live lessons across all student devices. Seamlessly use your favorite web conferencing platform for distance learning settings
  

Newsela is a cross-curricular literacy tool that provides current and relevant nonfiction texts with instructional tools that make learning accessible and engaging for all students.

→ Visit the Newsela Resourcepage.

Reading Horizons teaches phonics in an explicit, systematic, and multi-sensory fashion. As students build these foundational skills, Reading Horizons layers in activities that promote pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension development. Because the reading curriculum provides a thorough explanation of the rules and structure of the English language, English Learner students are empowered with strategies that dramatically decrease their reading, spelling, and pronunciation errors.

Reading Horizons accelerates learning through individualized instruction and practice. Every lesson, chapter, and comprehension exercise—in both the software and direct instruction materials—has built-in assessment components that allow teachers to easily monitor student progress every step of the way. If students demonstrate proficiency in a skill, they move faster. If they struggle, they slow down to get the instruction and practice they need.

→ Visit the Reading Horizons Resourcepage

Renaissance creates assessment and practice solutions that put learning analytics to work for educators, saving hours of prep time while making truly personalized learning possible. Renaissance Star Reading and Star Math assessments assist teachers in determining the learning needs of students in literacy and math and provide standards-aligned targeted lessons that address those learning needs.

→ Visit the Renaissancepage.

Rosetta Stone engages learners by developing language skills through a predefined sequence using sounds, images, and text to help students absorb meaning intuitively. English Learners will access this application to continue their path to English proficiency, while Dual Language Education students will continue to increase their proficiency in the target language (Arabic, Armenian, French, Korean, Mandarin or Spanish)

→ Visit the Rosetta Stone Resourcepage.

Seesaw is a platform for student engagement. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate. Students “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links. It’s simple to get student work in one place and share with families, and nothing is shared without teacher approval.→ Visit the Seasaw Resourcepage.

Shmoop's teaching method centers on the belief that students can love learning, and humor can be the catalyst of enagagement. College readiness prep, AP and other test prep curriculum, and study guides balance a teen-friendly approachable style with academically rigorous materials.

→ Visit the Shmoop Resourcepage.

Soundtrap is a web-based podcast and music studio that provides all the tools for students to create their own podcasts and/or music. Soundtrap is committed to empowering student voice and creativity with this dynamic platform that was designed to meet the needs of students and educators.

→ Visit the Soundtrap Resourcepage.

ST Math is a PreK-8 visual instructional program that leverages the brain's innate spatial-temporal reasoning ability to solve mathematical problems. ST Math's unique, patented approach provides students with more equitable access to deep conceptual learning.

→ Visit the ST Math Resourcepage.

Zearn Math is a personalized K-5 curriculum delivered in a rotational model. Zearn Math is designed so that each day students work through engaging digital content at their own pace and targeted lessons with their teachers and peers. Zearn Math enables individualized learning with comprehensive and aligned curricular materials: Independent Digital Lessons, Small Group Lessons, Whole Group Materials, and Assessments.

→ Visit the Zearn Resourcepage.