Instructional Tools & Technology Problems
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View allFirst year elementary art teacher needs tablet-based art apps that encourage creativity and experimentation rather than passive coloring, due to budget cuts limiting paper and material usage.
A first-year middle school art teacher assigned to teach ELA reading intervention without training or curriculum, struggling to help students who are far below grade level and unsure about assessment
Teacher with dyslexia struggles when forced to rely on board writing as primary teaching method, leading to illegible handwriting, letter swaps, student disengagement, and supervisor criticism.
A third grade teacher using HMH Into Reading struggles to align the spiraling curriculum with standards-based grading, which requires teaching and assessing one skill at a time.
Teachers are using AI to generate lesson plans and resources, leading to poor quality, confusing materials, and demotivation among support staff and students.
Teacher needs a way to teach elementary students about simple electric circuits without physical components like batteries, bulbs, and wires.
Instructional Tools & Technology Problems(page 2 of 2)
PhonicsPath
A 4th/5th grade teacher at a low-income school has 24 of 30 students reading far below grade level and no provided reading intervention, needing an affordable, phonics-focused program to implement herself.
Bilingual Audio Story Converter
Teacher needs a tool to accurately translate English text into Spanish and provide audio so an ESL student who cannot read in either language can listen to the story.
ArtSpark Studio
First year elementary art teacher needs tablet-based art apps that encourage creativity and experimentation rather than passive coloring, due to budget cuts limiting paper and material usage.
DailyDose Display Studio
Teacher needs an AI tool to generate daily display visuals with images, historical birthdays, memes, and jokes for student engagement.
WriteRight
A teacher is frustrated that students with scribe/dictation accommodations for writing difficulties do not receive adequate instruction to improve their handwriting and written expression, leading to a lack of skill development.
SlideSync Pro
Teacher needs a free or affordable alternative to Nearpod that can push Google Slides to student devices slide-by-slide.
ClassReader
A kindergarten teacher needs an app or website to display leveled readers (e.g., Level A) on a smartboard for whole-class reading.
SeeThrough
College students struggle to understand abstract concepts from text-heavy explanations, equations, and long videos, lacking interactive visual explanations that show what's happening.
ReadHub for Classrooms
Teacher lacks a good way to present digital articles to students that mimics the textbook experience with color images and annotation capabilities.
SlideCraft AI
A teacher with 6 preps needs a tool that actually reduces work by helping create Google Slides more easily, but existing tools still require too much manual input, making them no better than doing it manually.
MemorizeSmart: Pattern-Based Practice
Elementary teachers face pressure to avoid rote memorization tools like math flash cards and spelling tests, but believe memorization is essential for freeing up mental space for higher-order tasks.
ClassBoard Hub
Teacher wants an alternative to ClassroomScreen because they lost access to many websites after moving to a DOE school.
TeachBoard Pro
Remote math teacher needs a drawing tablet for more effective virtual whiteboard instruction.
PrepEngage
An educator is unsure how to effectively use limited lecture time, torn between traditional lectures and flipped classroom models, and concerned about low student engagement with pre-class online content.
TouchTeach Board
A teacher needs whiteboard software that works smoothly with a TouchView interactive display, as the built-in tool is clunky and previous tools (document cameras, slideshows) don't meet their needs for writing on the board.
TypeFree Classroom
A teacher needs a free typing instruction app for Chromebooks that does not collect student personal information, suitable for grades K-12.
MusicLab for Kids
A music teacher needs a free Android app that helps youngsters create music, similar to Cubase but for mobile devices.
DialogueForge
Online reading group facilitator needs creative pedagogical methods that are serious and discussion-oriented for adult participants exploring heavy historical/political themes.
ClassroomCompendium
Kindergarten teacher needs free educational websites for daily Chromebook time because district removed iReady learning paths without replacement.