RESOURCES

IMPORTANT
WHAT NAME LINK DESCRIPTION / PURPOSE
INFO
Seems hard to make
Graphic Organizer
Acrobat Make digital graphic organizers changes without
Maker
signing in
Need account but
Mind map Bubbl htps://bubbl.us/ Digital spider web
free
htps://sites.google.com/view/cool-tools-
Can only be used on
for-schools/home/organising-
Mind Mapping Digital mindmaps chrome book /
tools/mindmapping-and-graphic-
tablet
organiser-tools
Interac�ve white
Jamboard (google) htps://jamboard.google.com/ Interac�ve white board for business
board
GRAPHIC ORGANISERS

Board / Mind
It’s an APP – not for
mapping / �melines Padlet htps://padlet.com/ Make boards, collect and share info
computers
/ etc
Create mindmaps ; group brainstorm
Mind map Mindmeister Chrome extension – search
; saves on google drive

Create mindmaps using drawing

Drawing tool Google draw Chrome extension
tools; creates shapes and diagrams

Flow chart creator Lucidchart diagrams Chrome extension Create flowcharts and mindmaps

Microso� Whiteboard

Smart Art On Microso� 365 Can create smart art Not so intui�ve
 Google Slides to Everything needs to
Helps turn any google slides into
Digital resources interac�ve Pear Deck (google) htps://www.peardeck.com/google-slides be in google slides
interac�ve classroom
classroom first
Photo sharing / Need account; but
Lino htp://en.linoit.com/ Create photo boards
photo board free?

Mobile website
Winksite htps://winksite.com/site/ Create mobile websites using phone Free?
creator

Annotated reading Social annota�on pla�orm; students

Notetaking and Research

Perusall htps://www.perusall.com/ Free

guide can respond to texts online?

Note taking tool ; Cita�on tool

Noodle Tools Cita�on tool htps://www.noodletools.com/ Needs subscrip�on
Good for researching

Provides mul�ple defini�ons from

One Look Dic�onary htps://onelook.com/ Free
various dic�onaries on same word

htps://guides.library.queensu.ca/educa�
Queens Educa�on Guide Database Free
on

A website that helps teach students Free but need an

Learn to code Code.org htps://code.org/educate/csf
of all ages code account

Lessons on digital htps://pinnguaq.com/learn/?audience_l Lesson plans for digital literacy,

PINNGUAQ Free
literacy earn%5B%5D=educators coding and computers

Scratch Coding htps://scratch.mit.edu/ Free coding website for kids Free

Coding

Puzzles and ac�vi�es for

Blockly Coding htps://blockly.games/ Free
computa�onal thinking

htps://resources.breakoutedu.com/learn Expensive $99 a

Breakout EDU Hands on learning
-breakout-edu year for a class
 Stanford History htps://inquirygroup.org/ Lessons in historical thinking and
Digital Inquiry Group Free
Educa�on Group digital literacy
Centre Canadien de htps://habilomedias.ca/ Resources, ac�vi�es, lessons, games,
Habilo medias /
litéra�es aux médias htps://mediasmarts.ca/media-literacy- videos and PowerPoints on media; Free
Media Smarts
numériques 101 Divided by subject / grade
htps://www.usherbrooke.ca/ssf/enseign
ement/evalua�on-des-
appren�ssages/passeurs- Links for more informa�on and Free
U Sherbrooke
integrite/ressources/developpement-de- websites on digital literacy French
Digital / Media Literacy / Digital Ci�zenship

la-litera�e-numerique

7-hour, 4 part program that teaches

Ctrl-F Civix htps://ctrl-f.ca/fr/ students how to fact check Free / Bilingual
Grades 7-12
htps://www.commonsense.org/educa�o Lesson plans for news and media
Common Sense Media n/news-media-literacy-resource-center Free
literacy from K-12
htps://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroo
m/lesson-plans/2016/12/lesson-plan- Several lessons on digital literacy.
PBS Lesson plans how-to-teach-your-students-about-fake- This one teaches students about fake Free
news news (50 mins)

htps://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroo
PBS Lesson plans m/lesson-plans/2021/12/decoding- Decoding bias Free
media-bias-lesson-plan
chrome-
extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefin
Les Plans Le Monde en Marche dmkaj/htps://www.lesplan.com/sites/de News literacy ac�vity / handout Free
fault/files/imce/News_Literacy-
Collec�on.pdf

htps://www.readwritethink.org/classroo Different lessons for different topics

Media and digital
Read. Write. Think
Literacy
Math in the News
m-resources/lesson-plans/hoax-hoax- and ages. This one is hoax or no Free
strategies-online?tab=4 hoax.
htps://www.educa�onworld.com/a_curr
/mathchat/mathchat021.shtml Lessons Free
 htps://guides.library.queensu.ca/is- Lessons and resources on media
Queens U Ed program media-literacy/lesson-plans Free
literacy

htps://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.c Set of challenges that teach them

Interland Google Free
om/en_us/interland/ ci�zenship and online safety

Project Zero Harvard htps://pz.harvard.edu/search/resources Resources and graphic organisers Free

Allows students to scan responses

Teaching tools

Plickers htps://get.plickers.com/ that students hold up on a a sheet of Free

paper
Lets teachers create paper answer
Grade Cam htps://gradecam.com/features/ sheets that can be scanned by a Free
device

Lesson plans to teach computa�onal

CS Unplugged htps://www.csunplugged.org/en/topics/ Free
thinking without tech

htps://www.fairdealingdecisiontool.ca/D
Fair Dealings Copyright guide Free
Copyright / Free Stock photos/videos

ecisionTool/

htps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mai
Wikimedia Free legal copyright materials Free
n_Page

Free – but limit of 2

Story Board That htps://www.storyboardthat.com/photos Legal copyright photos
per month

Pikwizard htps://pikwizard.com/ Free Stock photos Free

Pexels htps://www.pexels.com/ Stock photos and videos Free

Unsplash htps://unsplash.com/ Free photos Free

Pics 4 Learning htps://www.pics4learning.com/ Free photos Free

 New Old Stock htps://nos.twnsnd.co/ Free archived photos Free

Videvo htps://www.videvo.net/ Free stock video and audio Free

htps://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-
Ben sound Royalty free music Free
music

htps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht
YouTube Video Library Free music for content creators Free
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Not sure what you
Por�olios

Evernote htps://evernote.com/?var=c Organise everything in one place can really get for
free
Not sure what you
Weebly htps://www.weebly.com/ca Website creator can really get for
free
Video edi�ng so�ware for teachers Limits to free
Edi�ng We Video htps://www.wevideo.com/
and students version
Need to check with
Edi�ng Adobe Spark
adobe access
Anima�on and drawing App – possibly only
Anima�on Doink htp://www.doink.com/
Green screen APPle
htps://clipchamp.com/en/unsupported- Crea�ng and edi�ng video clips ; Not supported on all
Edi�ng and crea�ng Clip champ
browser/ trimming, etc. browsers
Video

Screen recorder for Microso� and

Loom Screen recorder htps://www.loom.com/ mac. Allows you to make videos Free
sharing your screen
Not free ~$2 a
Screen pal htps://screenpal.com/ Create and share videos
month
Powtoon htps://www.powtoon.com/ Create videos Not free

Pikto chart htps://piktochart.com/ Create videos $40 a year

Audio

Podcast creator Anchor htps://podcasters.spo�fy.com/ So�ware for crea�ng podcasts

 Audio so�ware Audacity htps://www.audacityteam.org/ Mul�-track audio editor Free?

htps://www.spreaker.com/podcast-
Audio recorder Speaker App to download audio Needs an app
recording-so�ware

Windows Audio
Audio recorder App App Needs app
recorder

Avatar maker htps://avatarmaker.com/ Make avatars

Avatar

Emoji maker htps://www.bitmoji.com/ Makes emojis Needs app

Wordle htps://www.wordle.net/ Make word clouds

Word cloud

Word it out htps://worditout.com/ Make word clouds

Create word clouds, discussions and Free version is

Men�meter htps://www.men�meter.com/
quizzes limited

Venngage htps://venngage.com/ Make infographics Free is very limited

Infographic

Easel.ly htps://www.easel.ly/proaccount Graphic designer No free version

htps://www.canva.com/create/infograph
Canva Infographic creator
ics/
Marvel HQ htps://www.marvelhq.com/ Make comics with Marvel characters App, not website

Pic Monkey htps://www.picmonkey.com/ Image edi�ng No free version

Photos

Paint Net htps://www.getpaint.net/index.html Image edi�ng included in windows

Slides

Slideshare htps://www.slideshare.net/explore Create powerpoints

 Screen shot and screen video
Audio over slides Nimbus Chrome extension
recorder
Share videos between students and Microso� product ;
Video sharing Flip Grid htps://info.flip.com/en-us.html
teachers in a safe place free
Screencast Screen pal htps://screenpal.com/home Create and share info through videos Free?
Sharing

Screen cast Screen cas�fy htps://www.screencas�fy.com/ Create and share info through videos Free has limits

An�-chea�ng Blocks students from using other

(specifically during Honor Shield htps://www.chegg.com/honorshield websites while wri�ng exams so they Only free for Faculty
online exams) can’t cheat
CITATIONS

Cita�ons (Harvard,
Cite this for me htps://www.citethisforme.com/ Cita�on guide ; will write cita�ons
APA, MLA)
APA Cita�on Cita�on machine htps://www.cita�onmachine.net/apa APA guide ; will write cita�ons
Oregon School Cita�on guide (MLA and APA) ; will
Cita�on maker htps://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources
Library Info not write them

Promote importance of libraries in PSA Day Conference

BC Teacher Librarian Associa�on htps://bctla.ca/
schools and in educa�on in October

htps://bctla.ca/professional-
Resources for French Teacher
French Teacher Librarians development/bc�-resources-for-french-
Librarians
and-tls/
BCTLA

Surrey Chapter htps://surreychapterbctla.weebly.com/ Link on website to join - $20 a year

htps://surreyschools.ca/page/259/library
Surrey LLC info
-learning-commons
 htps://www.surreyschools.ca/page/1340
Surrey TL job descrip�on
6/teacher-librarian

Surrey Schools Teacher Librarian

Surrey TL Handbook Need to be signed in
Handbook (sharepoint.com)

Standard prac�ces for LCs in Canada

What is a TL?

Canadian School Libraries htps://llsop.canadianschoollibraries.ca/ ; have newsleters with most recent

info

Interna�onal Associa�on of School Interna�onal associa�on for

htps://iasl-online.org/
Librarianship librarians

htps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/edu
Framework for early childhood
Early learning Framework ca�on-training/early-
educators
learning/teach/early-learning-framework

htps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/edu
Ministry

List of cross-curricular resources,

ca�on-training/k-12/teach/resources-for-
Cross-Curricular resources par�cularly in topics around social
teachers/curriculum/cross-curricular-
jus�ce and historical injus�ces
resources

htps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/edu
Ministry guidelines on inclusive
Orders around inclusive educa�on ca�on-training/k-12/teach/resources-for-
educa�on
teachers/inclusive-educa�on
Socials

htps://www.openschool.bc.ca/bamboos
Bamboo Shoots Chinese Canadian experiences
hoots/
 htps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/edu
ca�on-training/k-12/teach/resources-for-
Human Rights in Asia-Pacific teachers/curriculum/cross-curricular- Hist 12 resources
resources/human-rights-in-the-asia-
pacific

Home -- KnowBC - the leading source of BC informa�on database with

Know BC BC informa�on (oclc.org) encyclopedias and other resources Surrey One
specific to the province

Histoire de la Colombie-Britannique --
Encyclopedia of BC (with French sec�on) KnowBC - the leading source of BC French ar�cles on BC History Surrey One
informa�on (oclc.org)

2 Spirits htps://www.2spirits.com/ 2 Spirit people

FNESC htps://www.fnesc.ca/ Lessons on First Peoples

ABED

htps://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum/i
ndigenous-educa�on- Overview on connec�on between
Indigenous knowledge and perspec�ves
resources/indigenous-knowledge-and- indigenous perspec�ves and courses
perspec�ves-k-12-curriculum

9000 Years of History – Siwal Si'wes

Siwal Si’wes Digital Library Lessons on Stó:lo culture and history Surrey One
Digital Library (swswlibrary.com)
SOGI

htps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/era
SOGI BC Ministry SOGI policies
se/sogi
Coding

BC Coding resources connected to

BC Coding htps://codebc.ca/resource/
curriculum
 ENV Eco Kids Ecokids.ca Link not working

Inclusion BC htps://inclusionbc.org/resources/ Resources for inclusion in BC

Inclusion

Inclusion Canada htps://inclusiveeduca�on.ca/ Resources for inclusion in Canada

Mindfulness and
wellness

htps://www.sd23ltd.com/digital- Website with theory and ideas for

Digital Wellness
wellness digital wellness
BCTF

BCTF classroom resources htps://www.bc�.ca/classroom-resources Classroom resources offered by BCTF

School Library Journal htps://www.slj.com/? Academic Journal Not free

Journals

htps://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca Academic Journal for librarians in

Canadian School Libraries Free
/ Canada

htps://journals.library.ualberta.ca/slw/in Peer Reviewed and academic

School Libraries Worldwide Need account
dex.php/slw/user/register journals for librarians worldwide
 Peer reviewed and academic
School Library Research htps://www.ala.org/aasl/pubs/slr Free?
research

Kiss the Book htps://kissthebook.blogspot.com/ Reviews for library books – all levels

Prac�cal ideas for elementary

Library Learners htps://librarylearners.com/blog/
libraries

Review of children’s books through

Watch. Connect. Read htp://mrschureads.blogspot.com/
trailers

Librarian Influences Podcast htps://laurasheneman.libsyn.com/ Podcast

Blogs

Reviews and prac�cal library ideas

Try Curiosity htp://trycuriosity.blogspot.com/
for high school

Making the library the centre of the

Trapped librarian htps://trappedlibrarian.org/blog/
school - elementary

Book reviews for middle school and

Teen librarian toolbox htps://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/
other resources

htps://www.instagram.com/asianli�orkid
Asian Lit for kids – Instagram Book sugges�ons for Asian books
s/
 htp://www.pearltrees.com/jlagarde/stud Resources on student agency in the
Pearl Trees
ent-agency-in-the-library/id24428760 library – self-checkouts

Librarian Girl Librariangirl.net Blog – ar�cle on student agency

School Library workshop Slworkshop.net

Forest of Reading htps://forestofreading.com/ Canadian book reviews for teachers

Book wrangler htps://thebookwrangler.com/ Elementary book reviews

Book reviews

Canadian Children’s book centre Bookcentre.ca Canadian kids’ books

New video twice weekly – videos

Bibliovideo htps://www.youtube.com/bibliovideo
about kids’ books

A French book review website that

Mis�krak htps://mis�krak.ca/ includes characters of Caribbean or
African descent

A French review website that

promotes diversity and includes an
Kaléidoscope htps://kaleidoscope.quebec/
Excel spread sheet of their en�re
collec�on
 Non-profit to diversify the books
We Need Diverse Books htps://diversebooks.org/
being published

htps://enseignerliteraturejeunesse.com Book lists in French organised by

Enseigner Litérature Jeunesse Free
/ grade

htps://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/
Other

ejroc/services/culturally-responsive- Determine if something is culturally

Culturally responsive score card Free
curriculum-scorecards sensi�ve

htps://www.sketchup.com/plans-and-
pricing?utm_source=google&utm_mediu
m=paid_search&utm_campaign=SU_Bran
d_Search_Brand%20Top%20Terms%20Ex
Render 3d sketches – for planning
Stetchup act_NORAM&gclid=CjwKCAjw- Not free
library space
KipBhBtEiwAWjgwrPE�-i-h-
V378NWRIsz4FU6cUhwzid920EBglC8nkE6
EvWxwzVRPxoConEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=a
w.ds#for-professional

htps://surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/re
SETA Resources and ac�vi�es for ELA Free
sources/curriculum/

htps://bctela.ca/publica�ons/english-
ELA Resources

BCTELA Resources and ac�vi�es for ELA Free

prac�ce/

htps://guides.library.ubc.ca/c.php?g=677
UBC resource guide Resources and ac�vi�es for ELA Free
238&p=4772609

htps://mistermckillop.wordpress.com/fo
Surrey Teacher blog Resources and ac�vi�es for ELA Free
r-teachers/
 Resources and ac�vi�es for ELA and
Read. Write. Think. htps://www.readwritethink.org/ Socials (primary sources), specifically Free
on literacy

Force 4 PE Ac�vi�es and info in French Surrey One

PE

Needs an account.
AI generated lesson plans and
Curipod Curipod.com Free version is
slideshows
limited

Needs an account.
AI generated ac�vi�es, lessons and
Eduaide.ai Eduaide.Ai: Instruc�on by Design Free version is
assessments
limited.

Free version is
Ques�on Well Ques�onWell | AI ques�on generator Helps create AI generated ques�ons
mul�ple choice only
AI

Yippity | AI Ques�on Generator: Instant 3 free AI quiz

Yippity.io Mul�ple Choice, True/False, Fill-in-the- Create quizzes genera�ons a
Blank Ques�ons & More! month

AI generated discussion ques�ons

Parlay Genie Parlay Genie (parlayideas.com) Free
and prompts

Limited free op�ons

Taboo AI Taboo AI | Pricing (taboo-ai.vercel.app) Make Taboo game

Open-ended mul�ple choice, true or

Twee – Tweak your lessons with the false ques�ons for YouTube videos or Free for now in beta
Twee
power of AI pasted text, write summaries of phase
YouTube videos, etc.
 Tech Demonstra�on is
Class VR htps://www.classvr.com/ VR head sets for classrooms
Thinking free

Highlights research on thinking

Cri�cal

htps://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-
Project Zero (Harvard) rou�nes used to support student Free
rou�nes#CoreThinkingRou�nes
thinking

Lesson plans using primary sources

Smithsonian htps://learninglab.si.edu/ Free
and museum collec�ons

C3 htps://c3teachers.org/inquiries/ SS inquiries and lesson plans Free

Inquiry

Think Tank Library (book) by Ratzer and

Inquiry for 6-12
Jaeger

Informa�on Fluency Con�nuum NY Ed htps://slsa-nys.libguides.com/ifc/home Teaching inquiry skills from k-12 Free

htps://nycdoe.libguides.com/skills/skillsh
Lesson plans on Inquiry skills Lessons and handouts Free
ome
Elementary School

Needs signup; Free

inquiry websites

Access to thousands of
Epic htps://www.getepic.com/educators version is limited to
ebooks/collec�ons
7-3

Wonderopolis htps://wonderopolis.org/ Encourages inquiry and ques�oning Free

Virtual Virtual author visits or pre-recorded
author Joyful learning htps://kids.joyfullearning.net/ talks; curated digital resources by Free
theme

• Unplugged by Steve Antony K-2

• Couch Potato – Jory John
• Subrey Bright in the Games We play –
Jenifer Casa-Todd and Leigh Cassell
Picture Books on Digital literacy
• Chicken Clicking – Jeanne Willis
• But It’s just a game – Julia Cook