Backwards Edtech Flow Chart: Start With Student Task To Find The Tool!

Students’ Guiding Tech Tool

Created by: Katie Siemer (@Katie_M_Ritter) Web version: talktechwithme.com/resources/selecting-the-right-edtech-tool Color Key: Yes or No
Task Question Suggestions
This chart was designed with PCs, Macs and Chromebooks in Mind. While some of these tools have iPad and Android apps, there are many additional options that
would work for tablets that are not included. This chart is best viewed on the web due to the size.
What do you want students to do?

Learn & Collect Group Concepts/ Give Peer Show Identify Research/ Self- Assess Assistance
Display Condense a Collaborate Explain a Connect w/ Publish Their Work/ Q&A/
Interact & Items Together & Feedback Evidence Major Curate & Reflect Accessing
Data/ Thought/ in a Group Concept Others Create Something/ Review
w/ Analyze Determine Themes Information & Material
Graphs Main Idea Outside of the Raise Awareness
Content Data Relationships Resources
Classroom

Blog Is this for

Canva face to face, Blog
Coding in class Create a website (Weebly
Tagul Blog sessions?
Is this for a quick Create a website (Weebly or or Google Sites)
Tagxedo Classroom Bridges
class activity or a Google Sites) Google Docs
Awesome Tables Email
Wordle larger project? Google Drive Google Forms & Autocrat
Blendspace Canva Infographics Google Drive
Go!Animate Seesaw
EdPuzzle Create a Graph Google Hangouts
Excel Charts Infogr.am
Google Slides Q&A Creatly Skype
Google Slides Issuu
Hyperdoc Google Drawings Twitter
Google Spreadsheets Piktochart
Nearpod Online Discussion Wiki
Infogr.am Pixton
Office Mix Summarize This Chrome Bookmarks
Piktochart Larger PhotoPeach
Pear Deck Twitter Google Docs Explore
PowerPoint Project Powtoon
Playposit Do you want Do they need Google Keep
Prezi
ThingLink students to to do this Google Scholar
Screencast-o-matic
Tour Builder have multiple verbally?
Slideshare Diigo
YouTube Annotation copies of their Evernote
Smore
YouTube Playlists work? Kiddle
Storify
VoiceThread KidRex
Google Drive Storybird
Google Hangouts ThingLink OneNote
Quick Google Sites Tour Builder Safe Search Kids
Activity Yes No YouTube Storify
Office 365
Bubbl.us Skype Super Simple Highlighter
Creatly Wiki Symbaloo
Google Drawings Yes No
Intel's Seeing Reason Tool Canva Infographics
Lucidchart Intel's Showing Evidence Tool
Popplet Piktochart AwwApp Whiteboard
Timetoast Explain Everything
Google Drive Blog
Create a Video Discussion Board
Is this a Google Hangouts
survey? Create a website (Weebly or Google Forms Quiz w/ Feedback
Linoit
Google Sites) TodaysMeet
Padlet
Discussion Board Twitter chat w/ unique class
Pinterest
Explain Everything #hashtag
Popplet
Go!Animate Quizlet
Yes No Office 365
Jing Image Quizizz Homework Game BeeLine Reader
Yes No Skype Audacity
Stoodle Whiteboard Audio Recording in Journal Google Dictionary
Do you want it High Contrast
Schoology Pixton
available without Mercury Reader
Create a Podcast Powtoon interrupting class
Explain Everything Seesaw Open Dyslexic
time?
Office Mix Stupeflix Search by Image
Google Forms Is this a
Recap Select and Speak
Survey Monkey group effort? Blog
Screencast-o-matic ZoomWheel
Word- Track Google Docs Comments
and Review UJam
Google Forms & Autocrat
Vocaroo
Kaizena
Yes No VoiceThread Yes No
Wiki

Discussion Board
TodaysMeet Google Forms Quiz w/ Feedback
Awesome Tables Twitter chat w/ unique class Jeopardy Labs
Google Forms Awesome Tables Kahoot
#hashtag
Google Spreadsheets Excel Poll Everywhere
Google Spreadsheets Quizlet
Wiki Quizlet Live
Library Databases Quizizz Homework Game
Hyperlinks to Sites (Computer programs not hyperlinked) Give Peer Feedback Explain a Concept
Google Docs Audacity
Learn & Interact w/ Content Kaizena Audio Recording in ​Schoology DB​ or ​Assignment
Blendspace Wiki Blog
EdPuzzle Word-review and track changes Create a Podcast
Google Slides Q&A Create a Video
Hyperdoc Show Evidence Create a website (​Weebly​ or ​Google sites​)
Nearpod Canva Infographics Discussion Board
Office Mix Intel's Showing Evidence Tool Explain Everything
Pear Deck Piktochart Go!Animate
Playposit Jing Image
ThingLink Identify Major Themes and Key People Journal
Tour Builder Tagul Office Mix
YouTube Annotation Tagxedo Pixton
YouTube Playlists Wordle Powtoon
VoiceThread Recap
Condense a Thought/Pull Out Main Ideas Screencast-o-matic
Collect and Analyze Data Google Drawings Seesaw
Awesome Tables Creatly Stupeflix
Excel Online Discussion UJam
Google Forms Summarize This Vocaroo
Google Spreadsheets Twitter VoiceThread
Library Databases
Survey Monkey Collaborate in a Group Publish Their Work/ Create Something/ Raise Awareness
Wiki AwwApp Whiteboard Blog
Explain Everything Canva
Display Data or Graphs Google Drive Coding
Awesome Tables Google Hangouts Create a website (​Weebly​ or ​Google Sites​)
Canva Infographics Google Sites Google Drive
Create a Graph Linoit Go!Animate
Excel Charts Padlet Infogr.am
Google Slides Pinterest Issuu
Google Spreadsheets Popplet Piktochart
Infogr.am Office 365 Pixton
Piktochart Skype PhotoPeach
PowerPoint Stoodle Whiteboard Powtoon
Wiki Prezi
Group Concepts/Items Together & Determine Relationships Screencast-o-matic
Bubbl.us Connect with Others Outside of the Classroom Slideshare
Creatly Blog Smore
Google Drawings Classroom Bridges Storybird
Intel's Seeing Reason Tool Email ThingLink
Lucidchart Google Drive YouTube
Popplet Google Hangouts
Timetoast Skype
Twitter
Wiki
Q&A/Review
Google Forms Quiz w/ Feedback
Jeopardy Labs
Poll Everywhere
Discussion Board
Kahoot
TodaysMeet
Twitter chat w/ unique class #hashtag
Quizlet
Quizlet Live
Quizizz Homework Game

Research and Curate Information and Resources

Chrome Bookmarks
Google Docs Explore
Google Keep
Google Scholar
Diigo
Evernote
Kiddle
KidRex
OneNote
Safe Search Kids
Storify
Super Simple Highlighter
Symbaloo

Self-Assess and Reflect

Blog
Create a website (​Weebly​ or ​Google Sites​)
Google Docs
Google Forms & Autocrat
Seesaw

Assistance Accessing Material

BeeLine Reader
Google Dictionary
High Contrast
Mercury Reader
Open Dyslexic
Search by Image
Select and Speak
ZoomWheel