This document lists and briefly describes 15 tools for personalized learning. The tools include: Edutopia for videos of teaching practices; PhET for STEM content; Google Sites for curating open resources; Kindle for recommending content at readers' levels; Discovery Education for assessments and resources aligned to standards; Newsela for lexiled nonfiction content; tools for digital storytelling; options for project based learning; ClassDojo for tracking behavior; Khan Academy for personalized math practice; Mindset Kit for growth mindset; Screencast tools for creating multimedia presentations; and Spatial Temporal for STEM games. The document concludes that content can be easily shared across platforms.

1. Top 15 Tools for
Personalized Learning
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3.  High quality videos of inspiring & exemplary teaching
practices
 Ties to CCSS, tips for watching and discussions,
reflection questions, supporting materials

4.  High quality STEM content (text, videos, images,
quizzes, interactivity)
 Teachers can innovate through rapid customization

5.  Google product that curates open source materials
 Teachers can remix for specific groups of students –
review vs. challenge

6.  Recommends content to readers at their levels
 Spoken-word audio, sentence highlighting, embedded
videos, forecasts reading growth

7.  Millions of CCSS-aligned assessments, lessons, videos,
resources
 Can create entire courses or preview those created by
other teachers

8.  Nonfiction resources customized by lexile levels
(readability levels)
 CCSS aligned, no advertising, free basic version

9. Digital Storytelling
 Great way to share knowledge while reinforcing writing,
research, technology, presentations
 Check out Google presentations, Emaze, Prezi, Haiku
Deck, Projeqt, Voki, Glogster, Animoto, VoiceThread,
Storybird, ToonDoo

10. Project Based Learning
 Personalized, highly effective, voice & choice
 Research, document, reflect, convey learning

11.  Focuses on behavior and collects data with behavior-
tracking analytics
 Parents can get feedback on behavior and engagement

12.  Check out the Learning Dashboard for a personalized
approach
 Assesses student responses and refocuses toward skills
to be mastered and new skills to be learned

13.  Free from Amazon.com, math focused for 1st
-12th
graders
(practice or enrichment)
 Multi-response options like SBAC
 Hints available to reduce frustration

14.  Promotes growth mindset
 Engage in virtual communities with online videos and
toolkits

15. Screencasting
 Digital video & audio recordings to personalize student
work
 Create information-rich multimedia presentations
 Engaging and natural assessments
 Check out Screencastomatic, EduCreations, ShowMe,
Explain Everything, ScreenChomp, Doceri

16.  Created by MIND Research with a focus on spatial
temporal reasoning (math based)
 Visually rich and language independent
 Game approach, work at own pace

17.  High quality STEM content (text, videos, images,
quizzes, interactivity)
 Teachers can innovate through rapid customization

18. Connecting the Dots
 We live in the “mashable” age
 Uploads to one platform can migrate to
others