PS III Professional Development

ABCya provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Our activities are designed by parents and educators, who understand that children learn better if they are having fun. Games are categorized by grade and subject, and cover topics such as multiplication, parts of speech, typing, pattern recognition, and more. We even have games that are just plain fun (and safe) to play! With so much variety, there is sure to be something for kids at all learning levels and styles.

Join educators and learners across 180 countries as they experience the magic of student voice. When learners reflect upon, discuss and showcase what they are learning, making, reading, solving, experiencing, playing … it’s always better together!

Google for Education is a service from Google that provides independently customizable versions of several Google products using a domain name provided by the customer. It features several Web applications with similar functionality to traditional office suites, including Gmail, Hangouts, Google Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Groups, News, Play, Sites, and Vault.

IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive curriculum for junior kindergarten to grade 12, individualized guidance and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner.

Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines persistent workplace chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration.

Powtoon is the world’s leading, most user-friendly and most intuitive animation software. With Powtoon, anyone - even if you don’t know a pixel from a proxy server - can create engaging, animated videos with a professional look and feel.

Our curriculum-aligned math content is designed by trained, certified educators -- because high-quality educational content ensures a high-quality learning experience.

Seesaw is the best platform for empowering students to demonstrate and share their learning. Students use powerful tools in the Seesaw app to create, reflect and demonstrate learning. When students share their learning in their Seesaw portfolio, teachers and families gain valuable insights into what their students know and can better support their development throughout the school year. Teachers tell us that students who use Seesaw feel empowered, motivated and proud, and that they are engaged in more meaningful ways.

Vyond is the easiest way to create professional animated videos. Built for professionals of all skill levels in all industries. No video experience required.

Freerice is an ad-supported, free-to-play website and mobile application that allows players to donate rice to families in need by playing a multiple-choice quiz game.

Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

For voice recordings that you can send to all your students with feedback personal or in general.

Using maps for teaching is a great way to increase engagement with kids in your classroom especially for subjects such as Geography. It also allows students to visualize and understand the world around them.

Classroom helps students and teachers organize assignments, boost collaboration, and foster better communication. You can design assignments that students submit directly. You can even design multiple-choice quizzes

Create a YouTube Channel. Use the unlisted privacy setting for security. This means only people who have the URL can access the video!

Helpful for reinforcing topics.

Can help organize thoughts and structure group work.

Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions.

Can help make your PowerPoints much more engaging for the students.

Helps you create videos, lectures, and newsletters that are fun to watch or read.

Time management app.

Time management app.