Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using for lesson planning:
Organize/Create lesson plans
- Alma–create standards-based lessons and gradebook, with analytics
- BlendSpace–blend a variety of digital materials into one canvas for students
- CK-12 — and differentiate for student learning styles
- Educreations
- Explain Everything–screencasting, interactive whiteboard
- GoConQR–create and manage planners
- Kiddom
- LearnZillion
- Nearpod–access lessons from mobile device or desktop
- PearDeck
- Planbook–simple lesson planning that can be shared, expanded with attached files; yearly fee
- Show Me
- Standards Planner–drag-drop resources to customized schedule (free or fee)
- Sutori
- TEDEd–-create lesson plans using TED talks and/or YouTube
- TES–create digital lesson plans quickly
Get Lesson Plans
- 110 lesson plans by topic, tool, and grade
- AKC–animal-themed lesson plans for grades 6-8
- CyArk–geography-based lesson plans
- Free lesson plans on many topics
- Google Education—lesson plans, more
- Hello Ruby–lesson plans on technology
- Inexpensive lesson plans on popular topics
- TEDEd--great for flipped classrooms
- World Wildlife Federation activities
For updates to list or more, check the Ask a Tech Teacher resource pages for ‘Lesson Planning’.
What’s your favorite place to get help on lesson planning? Share it in the comments below.
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.