Student Toolkit

Supplemental Resources

A curated collection of extra digital tools, creative apps, reference utilities, and classroom links to support your learning as and when directed by your teacher.

๐Ÿงฐ 16 Resources๐Ÿ“ 4 Categoriesโญ Teacher Directed & Independent

๐Ÿ”Research & Fact Checking

Safe search tools, encyclopedias, and reference sites to help you find accurate information for inquiries and class research.

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๐Ÿ”ŽSafe Search

Kiddle Visual Search

Safe, kid-friendly web and image search engine powered by Google editors with big thumbnails and large fonts.

๐Ÿ“šEncyclopedia

Britannica Kids

Trusted encyclopedia articles, multimedia, and homework help specifically written for primary school students.

๐Ÿฆ–Visual Guide

DK findout!

Interactive visual encyclopedia covering animals, history, space, nature, and computer science.

๐Ÿ“–Dictionary

Word Central Dictionary

Merriam-Webster student dictionary, thesaurus, and daily vocabulary word features.

๐ŸŽจCreative & Media Sandboxes

Fun digital creativity tools for drawing, audio creation, visual design, and multimedia experiments.

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โœ๏ธAI Experiment

Quick, Draw! by Google

Test machine learning: draw an object in 20 seconds while a neural network tries to guess what you're drawing.

๐ŸŽตAudio Lab

Chrome Music Lab

Explore hands-on experiments with sound waves, chords, rhythm, spectrograms, and song making in the browser.

๐Ÿช„Smart Draw

AutoDraw

Fast web drawing tool that pairs machine learning with artist drawings to turn rough doodles into crisp clip art.

๐Ÿ“Design Suite

Canva for Education

Design presentation slides, posters, book covers, comics, and infographics with collaborative templates.

๐Ÿ’ปCoding, Logic & Puzzles

Additional programming environments, puzzle sandboxes, and interactive computational thinking challenges.

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๐Ÿ‘พCoding

Hour of Code Activities

Hundreds of one-hour coding adventures featuring Minecraft, Star Wars, Dance Party, and AI.

๐ŸงฉLogic Puzzles

Blockly Games

A series of progressive educational games teaching computer programming concepts step-by-step.

๐ŸฑSandbox

Scratch Online Studio

Create and share interactive stories, games, and animations using block programming.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธOnline Safety

Interland (Be Internet Awesome)

Google's digital citizenship game teaching cybersecurity, passwords, kindness, and phishing defense.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธClassroom Utilities & Helpers

Useful timers, spinners, whiteboards, and quick utilities for classroom activities.

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โฑ๏ธTimer

Online Stopwatch & Timers

Fullscreen countdown timers, classroom clocks, and lap stopwatches for timed group tasks.

๐ŸŽกRandomizer

Wheel of Names

Random picker wheel for choosing turns, classroom teams, speaking order, or challenge topics.

โŒจ๏ธTyping

Typing.com Practice

Touch typing lessons, speed tests, and keyboarding games to build fast, accurate typing habits.

๐Ÿ“‹Whiteboard

Whiteboard.fi

Instant digital mini-whiteboard tool to sketch answers and share live work with your teacher.

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Teacher Tip & Quick Access

Direct your students directly to this page or share specific category links during lessons. Educators can easily add new websites, tools, sandboxes, and student utilities to this section through theKeystatic Admin Panel without editing any code.

Install App for Classroom

One-click fullscreen learning for Chromebooks, iPads & PCs

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Distraction-FreeFullscreen window without browser tabs or search clutter.
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1-Tap LaunchPin directly to the Chromebook shelf, iPad dock, or Windows taskbar.
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Classroom SpeedInstant cached loads for lessons and simulators even on school Wi-Fi.
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Safe & Ad-Free100% free, private, and no app store logins or passwords needed.
  1. 1
    Click the Install button

    In your browser, look at the right end of the top web address bar for the ๐Ÿ’ป Install or โค“ icon.

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    Confirm "Install"

    A popup will ask if you want to install "Ed Tech Hub". Click Install.

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    Pin to your Shelf

    Right-click (or two-finger tap) the app icon in your Chromebook bottom shelf and select "Pin"!