Imagine Robotify
Imagine Robotify is a browser-based robotics simulator that teaches students in grades 3–8 how to code in a fun, engaging, and playful way. With no downloads or installation required, it is both affordable and accessible. It utilizes a three-part foundational framework, learn, create, and compete, where students interact with unique 3D environments and a fleet of virtual robots. It offers over 100 hours of curriculum and 1,000+ challenges, teaching foundational programming concepts like loops, variables, and functions. Students apply their knowledge through project-based learning, building and sharing coding projects. It introduces game-based learning, allowing students to participate in competitions that reinforce their coding skills. Imagine Robotify supports both block-based coding (Blockly) and Python, catering to various skill levels.
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Newsela
Bring context and relevance to any ELA curriculum. When it comes to teaching literacy, content matters. Engage students with topics they care about, while building the background knowledge and vocabulary they need to become active, engaged readers. Student engagement and standards-based ELA instruction don’t have to be at odds. Create engaging ELA lessons with a constant stream of real-world, leveled, standards-aligned content. Fuel students' curiosity with over 10,000 texts across 20+ genres that go deep on any subject. It’s all real-world content, so students practice accessing the complex texts complex texts they’ll find inside and outside the classroom. Every text comes with a quiz that's aligned to ELA standards for informational reading or literature, so teachers can focus on each student's individual skill development.
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Tynker
Tynker powers the creativity of over 60 million kids and serves thousands of schools and educators worldwide. Our interactive story-based learning allows kids to learn the basics with easy block-based coding challenges before seamlessly transitioning to real-world text-based languages like JavaScript and Python. With 60+ award-winning courses, there’s a learning path for every kid, no matter their age or level. We have over 4,100 learning modules, backed by hundreds of built-in tutorials and hands-on projects. Coding is quickly becoming an essential skill, one that will prepare your kids to succeed in an increasingly digital world. Tynker offers a range of options to learn coding, your children can learn to code with our self-paced, immersive game-like courses, and then advance to learning real-world Python and JavaScript. Join over 100,000 schools that use Tynker to engage students with coding and connect with other educators who love to code!
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Lumio
Lumio is a web-based learning platform that offers more ways to effortlessly make learning fun and engaging on student devices.
Whether educators have PDFs, Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Notebook files, Lumio effortlessly transforms them into dynamic, engaging learning experiences on any device. Take students on an interactive journey filled with activities, games, group workspaces, formative assessments, and more, all from a single place.
Lumio is specifically designed to improve student outcomes – it’s not just fun, it works!
For schools and districts looking for instructional consistency and more efficient workflows, Lumio’s Spark plan offers a library to house approved curriculum content, integration with LMS platforms, and the ability for teachers to collaborate on content for increased productivity with minimal effort.
Note: Lumio was formerly known as SMART Learning Suite Online (SLSO)
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