<p>We explore the Top 5 Tech Tools to Try Out in Your Classroom with Amber Youngman, High School English Teacher and School Site Technology Coach. Amber shares her five current favorite tools including:</p>
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<li>Flipgrid: <a href="https://flipgrid.com/">https://flipgrid.com/</a> - student voice in video and audio - listen @4min55sec mark</li>
<li>Padlet: <a href="https://padlet.com/">https://padlet.com/</a> online collaborative board - listen @14min38sec mark</li>
<li>Classcraft: <a href="https://www.classcraft.com/">https://www.classcraft.com/</a> - behavioral management tool - listen @27min38sec mark</li>
<li>Kialo EDU: <a href="https://www.kialo-edu.com/login">https://www.kialo-edu.com/login</a> - discourse and discussion tool - listen @35min45sec mark</li>
<li>Canva: <a href="https://www.canva.com/">https://www.canva.com/</a> - design and desktop publishing tool for teachers - listen @42min mark</li>
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<p>Follow Amber on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/TeachingandTea">https://twitter.com/TeachingandTea</a> and Matthew at <a href="https://twitter.com/mattedtechcoach">https://twitter.com/mattedtechcoach</a></p>
<p> Additional resources on the Top 5 Tech Tools:</p>
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<li>Flipgrid: <a href="http://blog.flipgrid.com/docs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">How to use Flipgrid in your Subject Area</a></li>
<li>Padlet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/102ajRlZ0bDby07MhC79NdxyTSMLHXuT-bZNJ4fpsYHw/edit?pli=1#slide=id.i102" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">32 Interesting Ways to Use Padlet</a></li>
<li>Classcraft: <a href="https://help.classcraft.com/hc/en-us/sections/203917257-Getting-Started" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Getting started with Classcraft</a></li>
<li>Kialo EDU: <a href="https://support.kialo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001409265-Getting-Started-With-Kialo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Getting started with Kialo</a></li>
<li>Canva: <a href="https://www.canva.com/learn/a-step-by-step-guide-to-designing-from-scratch/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Step-by-step guide to designing from scratch</a></li>
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