Spring 2026 EdTech Tool Roundup

@LisaBerghoff

At home, spring cleaning means taking everything out of a closet, evaluating the need for it, and then making a decision. Most of the time, I find I have things I did not even know about. Or, I am often reminded of what I do have and realize that I don't need new things, I just need to make better use of what I've got. This is the time of year when it's good to take an inventory of what you have. Here is a quick roundup of the edtech tools that we have premium licenses for along with a very short description.  To learn more, you can search the blog for previous posts or reach out to me directly. It might be time to dust off some old favorites and bring them back before the school year ends. Many of these have new updated features that I hope you will check out. These are in alphabetical order.

1. Canva: This is the Swiss Army Knife of design tools. Great for presentations, infographics, video, logos, and more. 

2. Diffit: This is an incredible tool for teachers. Create content, lessons, and activities using Diffit's AI powered platform. No need to know how to prompt. Start with what you already have or start from scratch. Easily convert reading levels, translate, and more. 

3. Edpuzzle: Easily embed questions into videos to make them interactive and more engaging. There is a live feature to do in class or assign as homework. 

4.  Gimkit: Popular game-based platform. Great for review. Live games that are very engaging and fun but also has the ability to assign outside of class. 

5. Goose Chase: Scavenger hunt style activity. Students use a free mobile app and you set it up on a computer. Students solve "missions" through pictures and text. You get to see their submissions and leaderboard. 

6. Hapara: Help students stay on task by locking browsers or only allowing specific sites to be reached. Can also see open tabs and help students by closing them. 

7. Padlet: Digital bulletin board that has many options, features, and templates for how to use. Perfect for review, digital gallery walk, student interaction. Supports audio, video, drawing, and more. Has many AI powered features. 

8. Pear Deck: Make your slides interactive. In-person or assign for outside of class. Many new features! Can also auto-grade for you. 

9. Read&Write: Perfect for any student who could use some support. Has text to speech, screen mask, highlighter, vocabulary sheet maker, and more. 

10. Respondus Lockdown Browser: Within Schoology assessments. Locks students out of websites or you can determine which sites are allowed. 

11. Schoology: The main hub for all materials. This is where students should be going for everything including due dates, copies of materials, assessments, and more. 

12. Screencastify: Records what is on your screen, your webcam, or both. Can also create lessons and have students submit videos. Build in questions, translate the closed captions, and more. There is also a library of video content already created that you can use. 

13. Turnitin: Checks for plagiarism and provides another platform for students to turn in work.