Online

Tools Annotated List Template

Name AND URL:
1. Discovery Educations Puzzle

Maker

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeduc
ation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.a
sp
2. Quizlet

https://quizlet.com/

3. Easy Test Maker

https://www.easytestmaker.com/

4. Rubi Star

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/inde

What is it?
This is a free resource. It is a resource
used to create crossword puzzles for
teachers for students to use. You do
not have to sign in or sign up.

Who would use it?

K-12 are able to use this, as
well as teachers as an aid for
students.

How would you use it?

This tool would be ideal to use when
discussing a new novel or a new subject in
high school English. It provides an
understanding of the vocabulary that the
students will gain knowledge of. This will be
used preceding a new lesson, as a gauge of
prior knowledge.
Quizlet is a very wonderful site, and it Primarily 6-12th grades. This I would use this in class when teaching a
is also available in app form for mobile requires a general
novel, or even for review on tests. I could
phones! Quizlet allows students self
knowledge and
create study guides to help the students, or
assessments, as well as allows various understanding of safe and
aid them in creating their own. I would show
ways to study online and create and
responsible internet use.
students in class the many options that they
share study sets among classmates.
Students may either enter in have while using this on their phones, tablets,
Quizlet has printable versions
their own information to
or laptops. This site even has a matching
available for study sets too. It has no
create a study set, search
game option to keep interest in students.
cost.
for one that has already
This is interchangeable in any lesson that may
been made, or share with
be taught; from grammar to vocabulary and
one another in class.
books.
Businessmen and women
may use this, or anyone who
receives a new job can use
this to learn new
terminology for their new
job.
Easy Test Maker is a free site that
Used by teachers or
I would use this for exams, quizzes and tests
allows for the creation and grading of administrators to test
for the students after a complete lesson. This
test. It provides various options for
teachers abilities.
makes grading efficient and simple for the
saving and exporting of tests, along
students. This I would use for high school
with immediate feedback on tests.
students simply because it is online and a
maturity level is required when taking a test
online. Previous checking would have to take
place by the teacher to ensure that answers
were not posted online illegally prior to
examination.
RubiStar is free, but does require you Teachers and students,
As a teacher, I would create rubrics for
to create an account to sign in. It
business professionals, and students to assess their own projects or
provides a site to create rubrics for
school administration may
assignments prior to turning them in. As a

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5. Readability Formulas

http://www.readabilityformulas.c
om/free-readability-formula-
tests.php
6. Purdue OWL

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/o
wl/

7. Survey Monkey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/
mp/take-a-
tour/?ut_source=header

8. Planboard

https://www.planboardapp.com/

9. Thinkwave

Http://www.thinkwave.com/

teachers and students.

use this.

teacher, I would use this while grading, using

the same rubric that I had given the students
to check their own work.
This is a tool to help students and
This would primarily be used I will have students use this in the process of
teachers assess the quality of writing
for teachers and students,
writing any writing assignments (college
by a student (or teacher). It is a free
by the students.
applications, essays, write-ups, etc) and it will
resource.
help the students understand the level of
writing and give them a sense of how and
where they are able to improve, if needed.
th
The OWL at Purdue gives guidelines
Students in 4 grade who
In my high school English class, I will direct
and help for anything involving writing are starting essays, all the
the students toward this site for any research
essays as well as grammar tools. It has way to high school and up.
papers or essays the curriculum requires
guidelines and help for correct
Business professionals who them to write. It is a good way for them to be
citations and formats for MLA and APA have forgotten how to
able to find help without me or another
writing. It is free to everyone.
properly write an essay may teacher being there for them. It helps them
also need this.
go out on their own to receive reliable
information on how to construct a well-
written and correct essay.
This is a survey tool. This website has a This would primarily be used I would use this as a tool to gauge how my
free trial as well we a basic version,
for students in higher
students are learning. This can also be used
however you can only have up to 10
education that have
to assess student knowledge and feedback
questions. Anything more than that
awareness of teachers and
can be redeemed in regards to a specific
requires a subscription starting at
various styles of instruction. lesson.
$25/a month.
Business professionals, as
well as administration and
everyday workers can use
this as well.
Planboard is a teacher planning
This would be primarily used As a teacher, I would use this to help keep
system that helps with lesson plans as by teachers and
organized when creating and implementing
well as keeping track of other daily
administrators within the
lesson plans. This is an app, so it eases the
teaching tasks. This requires a license school.
stress of the occasional forgetfulness by a
that must be paid either by the school
teacher.
or individual teacher.
Thinkwave is an online, cloud-based
This tool can be used by
As a high school English teacher, I will be
grading tool. It requires a subscription school administration,
preparing students for writing college
of $49 a year. It allows for
transfer and admissions
application essays. This tool can be used as
organization and private publication of counselors in colleges, as
an aid when explaining how the admission
report cards and transcripts.
well as teachers and
process works.
principals.

10. Evernote

https://evernote.com/

Evernote is a program that requires a

fee. It is a cloud system that allows
students and teachers a chance to
save their documents, .PDF files,
presentations, etc to a cloud in
which they can access on mobile
phone or desktop.

This can be used by

teachers, school
administration, parents, and
students.

I will allow students to take notes using this

program in class, and I will also share specific
lectures with them to be able to access them
at home, allowing for easier note taking.

Examples of answers for each column:

Name of Tool AND URL:
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/

What is it?
Wordle is a free online tool for
generating word clouds. You do not
have to sign on or sign up to use this
site.

Who would use it?

K-12, higher education, business,
industry, students, teachers,
parents, administrators, business
professionals, artists, etc.

How would you use it?

After students write about a topic, I
will have them enter the text into
Wordle. Once it creates the word
cloud, I will have them evaluate the
top three most frequently used
words displayed, and determine if
those are in fact, the main ideas of
the paper.