Digital Tools
Framapad
Framapad is an online collaborative text editor. The contributions of each user are indicated by a color code, appear on the screen in real time and are recorded as they are typed. Framapad is a tool in the Document Collaboration category of a tech stack.Price: Free
AnswerGarden
AnswerGarden is a simple yet powerful feedback tool. It can be used in educational settings to gather student input or in workplaces for creative brainstorming sessions. You can also embed it in websites or blogs, or share it on social media as a poll or guestbook. AnswerGarden is ideal for classrooms, conferences, corporate use, creative…
Padlet
Padlet turns your screen into a digital blank canvas where you can add almost anything — from videos and photos to text and documents. It’s an interactive platform that updates instantly as others contribute. Perfect for collaborative projects, Padlet brings ideas to life in a dynamic way. Price: Free, Paid (Business, Education)
Google Drive
Google Drive is a cloud storage service developed by Google that allows users to store, share, and synchronize files across devices. It integrates with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, enabling real-time collaboration on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Users can access their files from a wide variety of platforms, including both desktop and mobile devices. Price:…
Miro
Miro is a digital whiteboard tool designed for collaboration, enabling teams to brainstorm, design, and communicate ideas. It offers a wide range of pre-built templates and allows for real-time updates. Miro is commonly used in virtual workshops and creative brainstorming sessions for remote teams.Price: Free, Paid (Starter/Business/Enterprise)
Jamboard
Jamboard is an interactive digital whiteboard created by Google, designed to work seamlessly with Google Workspace. It’s great for collecting and organizing ideas during brainstorming sessions. Jamboard allows you to organize thoughts visually by dragging and dropping items, connecting ideas, and working collaboratively across multiple frames.Price: Free, Paid
Microsoft Whiteboard
Microsoft Whiteboard, available through Microsoft 365, is a versatile digital canvas that supports real-time collaboration. It offers infinite space to sketch, write, or organize ideas, whether through touch, pen, or keyboard. Integrated with Microsoft Teams, it allows users to share the whiteboard with all participants in a meeting simultaneously. Price: Free
ClassroomScreen
ClassroomScreen is an all-in-one digital tool designed for classroom environments. It provides features such as timers, instructions display, and engagement tools to help organize lessons and activities. Additionally, ClassroomScreen can be used as a digital whiteboard, making it easy to share ideas or notes with students.Price: Free, Paid (Pro/School Pro)
OpenBoard
OpenBoard is a cross-platform, open-source teaching tool designed for interactive whiteboards, primarily targeting schools and universities. It works seamlessly with interactive whiteboards or in setups with dual screens, like pen-tablet displays paired with projectors. OpenBoard is simple, effective, and focuses on enhancing teaching without getting in the way.Price: Free
Mural
Mural is a digital workspace that enhances team collaboration through visual tools, allowing everyone to contribute equally, especially for distributed teams. It’s particularly useful during workshops and user interviews to ensure active participation from all members. Mural has proven to be a powerful tool for brainstorming and creative teamwork, especially during remote work and in…
Coggle
Coggle is an online platform designed for creating and sharing mind maps, which help visualize ideas, brainstorm, and track connections between concepts. Coggle makes it easy to start from a central idea and expand by branching out, visually organizing complex information. With features for formatting and positioning elements, it’s a useful tool for note-taking, collaboration,…
Google Keep
Google Keep is a simple and efficient tool for capturing notes, lists, and images on the go, allowing you to organize and share them with others. You can record voice memos, which Keep automatically transcribes, and use its optical character recognition to extract text from images. Available on both web and mobile, Google Keep lets…
Doodly
Doodly is a whiteboard animation software that allows anyone, regardless of technical skills, to create professional-looking whiteboard videos quickly. With its intuitive interface, users can produce realistic whiteboard animations within minutes, making it a popular tool for video content creation.Price: Paid (Monthly, Annually)
Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a popular tool for creating interactive quizzes and fun learning activities. Teachers can create multiple-choice tests and instantly run them in classrooms, with real-time score updates displayed for added competition. Kahoot! is perfect for both individual and group competitions, making learning more engaging and enjoyable.Price: Free, Paid (Monthly Subscription)
Actionbound
Actionbound is an app for playing digitally interactive scavenger hunts to lead the learner on a path of discovery. We call these multimedia based hunts ‘Bounds’. Actionbound makes learning fun and exciting with GPS locations, directions, maps, pictures, videos, quizzes, quests, tournaments, QR codes and more.Price: Free, Paid (Annual Subscription)
Quizizz
Quizizz is a comprehensive learning platform that brings fun and engagement to classrooms through interactive lessons, quizzes, and assessments. Teachers can create tailored lessons, assign homework, and conduct real-time formative assessments to keep students engaged across all grade levels.Price: Free, Paid (Standard, Premier)
Google Forms
Google Forms is a free tool from Google that allows users to create forms, surveys, and quizzes with ease. It also enables collaborative editing and sharing with others, making it a great tool for gathering feedback or conducting assessments in educational settings. Teachers can use Google Forms to evaluate students’ understanding and pre-existing knowledge at…
Typeform
Typeform is a web-based platform designed to make data collection easy and conversational. Without any coding knowledge, users can create everything from surveys to fully functional apps. Its interactive design makes the information-gathering process more engaging and user-friendly.Price: Paid (Basic, Plus, Business)
Mentimeter
Mentimeter is a dynamic presentation tool that enables real-time interaction between presenters and their audience. It’s easy for educators to sign up with email or social accounts and begin creating interactive presentations. The platform supports live polls, quizzes, and other audience engagement features.Price: Free, Paid (Custom)
LearningApps
LearningApps.org is a free online platform that allows educators to create a wide variety of online learning activities: matching, fill-in-the-blanks, word grids (word search) and crosswords, maps, voting, ordering, to name just a few (for more information, see the chart with all available apps at the end of this article). The platform has templates for…
Cards of Feelings and Needs
These cards are tools for helping individuals express emotions and needs more clearly, which can be utilized in various contexts like home, group settings, and professional coaching or therapy. They help people communicate more effectively by identifying and voicing their feelings and needs.Price: Free
Slido
Slido simplifies interactive meetings by enabling participants to engage through live polls, Q&A sessions, quizzes, and word clouds. Whether you’re meeting in person, online, or in a hybrid format, Slido makes it easy to connect and involve everyone.Price: Free, Paid (Engage, Professional, Enterprise)
Vocaroo
Vocaroo is a simple online tool for recording, sharing, and downloading voice messages. It’s often used in educational settings for podcasting, digital storytelling, feedback, or broadcasting. Recordings can be sent, downloaded, or accessed through QR codes.Price: Free
Canva
Canva is an online design platform that enables users to create high-quality visuals such as posters, presentations, flyers, resumes, and more. With an easy-to-use interface, students and professionals alike can design creative projects to visually represent their ideas.Price: Free, Paid (Monthly/Annually)
Kapwing
Kapwing is a collaborative video creation platform that streamlines the process for teams. It offers AI tools, templates, and project management features to speed up video production and allows for in-line feedback and automated tasks, making it easier for teams to create and edit videos.Price: Free, Paid (Monthly)
LosslessCut
LosslessCut is a versatile video editing tool suitable for both professionals and casual users. It allows you to cut and edit videos without any loss in quality, making it an ideal choice for creating high-quality content quickly and efficiently. This software supports a wide range of audio and video formats, and it’s completely free.Price: Free
Audacity
Audacity is a powerful and free audio editing software available across various platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Its intuitive interface and advanced features have made it a popular choice for both professionals and hobbyists who want to record, edit, and produce audio content.Price: Free
Storyboard That
A storyboard is a graphic representation of how your video will unfold, shot by shot. It’s made up of a number of squares with illustrations or pictures representing each shot, with notes about what’s going on in the scene and what’s being said in the script during that shot.Price: Free, Monthly, Annual
Prezi
Prezi is a multimedia presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs. Instead of slides, Prezi makes use of one large canvas that allows for panning and zooming to various parts of the canvas to emphasize the ideas presented there.Price: Free, Monthly, Annual
Office Suite
Office suites offer a comprehensive collection of software tools designed for streamlining workflows, improving collaboration, and enhancing productivity. By bundling essential applications like word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation tools, these suites reduce the need for multiple software licenses and prevent compatibility issues between different programs.Price: Annual
Blush
Blush.design is a web-based platform that allows users to create and customize illustrations using collections from artists around the world. It offers a fun and intuitive experience for designing unique visuals, perfect for use in presentations, social media, or any creative project.Price: Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly
Coverr
Coverr is a valuable resource for anyone needing high-quality stock video footage, regardless of their budget or skill level. Whether you’re a web designer, content creator, or marketer, Coverr offers free and paid options for using its vast library of stock videos to enhance your projects.Price: Free, Paid
Lumen5
Lumen5 is a user-friendly video creation software designed for marketers, publishers, and brands to effortlessly create video content. It requires no technical expertise and allows users to quickly turn written content into engaging videos.Price: Monthly, Yearly
Wakelet
Wakelet is a tool that helps educators and students gather, organize, and share multimedia content such as videos, images, and links. It allows users to curate content in a personal and engaging way, making it a useful tool for research projects, student portfolios, and storytelling.Price: Free
QR Code Monkey
QRCode Monkey is a free online tool for creating customizable QR codes with high resolution and various design options. It allows users to generate QR codes that will work indefinitely, without limits on the number of scans. The platform offers design features that allow users to change the colors and shapes of the QR code…
OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage service, providing users with 5 GB of free storage and easy integration with Windows 11. OneDrive allows users to store and sync files across multiple devices and share them with others, making collaboration simple and accessible.Price: Free, Monthly paid
Dropbox
Dropbox is one of the oldest and most widely used cloud storage services, providing a reliable platform for storing and sharing files. Dropbox syncs files across multiple devices, ensuring easy access and backup for your important documents, photos, and videos.Price: Free
WeTransfer
WeTransfer is a simple file-sharing service that allows users to send large files up to 2GB for free. Upload the files, enter your email and the recipient’s email, and WeTransfer will send a download link to the recipient. Larger file transfers are available with the paid Pro and Premium options.Price: Free, Paid (Pro, Premium)
Google Classroom
Google Classroom is an educational tool that helps teachers create, manage, and distribute assignments without using paper. Teachers can add videos, Google Forms surveys, and other resources directly to assignments, give real-time feedback, and engage students in discussions through the class stream.Price: Free
Microsoft Office365
Microsoft 365 is a cloud-based productivity platform that includes essential apps like Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive. A subscription gives access to the latest versions of these apps and the ability to install them on multiple devices.Price: Monthly, Yearly
Moodle
Moodle is a flexible learning platform designed for educators, administrators, and learners to create personalized online learning environments. It can be hosted on a user’s server or supported by Moodle Partners, offering a secure and robust platform for managing learning activities.Price: Free
Udemy
Udemy is an online learning platform offering a vast library of over 100,000 courses across various subjects. Expert educators prepare courses for students to gain new skills or deepen their expertise. Udemy also allows instructors to create and sell their courses on the platform.Price: Free
Cram
Cram.com, formerly known as Flashcard Exchange, is an online platform for creating, studying, and sharing flashcards. With over 68 million flashcards created by users, it is a popular tool for students and educators to review and memorize information.Price: Free
Duolingo
Duolingo is the world’s most popular language-learning app, making education accessible and fun for everyone. The app uses game-like lessons and interactive exercises to help users learn new languages efficiently.Price: Free, Monthly paid
TED Talks
TED Talks are public-speaking presentations from thought leaders, covering a wide range of topics. The talks, originally from the main TED events or its satellite events worldwide, are known for spreading powerful and innovative ideas.Price: Free
Baamboozle
Baamboozle is an easy-to-use tool for creating and playing educational games. No registration is required to play, and users can choose from thousands of pre-made games or create their own. It’s ideal for team-based classroom activities.Price: Free
Skribble
Skribbl is a free online multiplayer drawing and guessing game, similar to Pictionary. Each round, one player draws a word while others guess it to earn points. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.Price: Free
Facebook is a social networking platform where users can create free profiles to connect with friends, colleagues, or people around the world. Users can share photos, videos, articles, and thoughts with a wide audience or a select group of friends.Price: Free
WhatsApp is a messaging app that allows users to send texts, photos, videos, and files, as well as make voice and video calls. Its user-friendly interface and free service make it one of the most popular communication tools globally.Price: Free
Instagram is a free photo and video sharing app available on iOS, Android, and the web. Users can upload and share their posts with followers, view content from others, and interact through comments and likes, making it a widely used platform for social interaction.Price: Free
Zoom
Zoom is a popular video conferencing platform used on desktops and mobile devices for virtual meetings, webinars, and live chats. Its widespread adoption surged during the COVID-19 crisis, connecting millions of people globally.Price: Free
WEBEX
WebEx is a versatile video/audio conferencing tool that enables users to hold real-time meetings from anywhere, provided there is internet access. It can be accessed via both desktop and mobile apps.Price: Free
Teams
Microsoft Teams is an organizational messaging app designed for real-time collaboration. It supports communication through chats, meetings, file sharing, and app integration, making it a comprehensive workspace for teams.Price: Free
Google Meets
Google Meet provides secure, high-quality video meetings and calls accessible from any device. It allows users to easily set up or schedule meetings for family, friends, or business purposes.Price: Free/Monthly subscription
Butter
Butter is a tool specifically designed for collaborative sessions, including workshops, training, and webinars. It aims to create highly interactive and engaging environments for productive meetings.Price: Free
Gather.town
Gather Town adds a unique virtual room feature to web conferencing, where users can move around and interact with others based on their locations in the virtual space, simulating real-life interactions.Price: Free, subscription for bigger teams
Skype
Skype is one of the oldest platforms for free video and voice calls, instant messaging, and file sharing. It allows users to communicate across mobile devices, computers, and tablets.Price: Free
Telegram
Telegram is an instant messaging platform that lets users send messages, media, and documents without sharing their phone numbers, ensuring privacy while communicating.Price: Free
Snapchat
Snapchat is a mobile app known for sending and receiving “self-destructing” photos and videos, known as “snaps.” Users can capture and share moments that disappear after viewing.Price: Free
Tiktok
TikTok is a social media platform for creating and sharing short videos, popular among young users for expressing creativity through music, comedy, and lip-syncing.Price: Free
FutureMe
FutureMe allows users to write and schedule letters to themselves or others for delivery at a future date. It’s popular for reflection, motivation, and personal goal setting.Price: Free
TeamSpeak
TeamSpeak is a voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) platform designed for real-time audio communication between users, often used for online gaming or professional meetings.Price: Free
Discord
Discord is a free communication app supporting voice, video, and text chat, popular among gamers and online communities for creating virtual meeting spaces.Price: Free, monthly, annual
Medium
Medium is an online publishing platform where users can read and write long-form articles on a wide variety of topics, making it an open space for knowledge sharing.Price: Free
Slack
Slack is a business messaging platform that connects people and information within organizations, facilitating team collaboration through real-time communication and file sharing.Price: Free, monthly
Trello
Trello is a project management tool that uses visual boards, lists, and cards to organize tasks and track team progress in real-time. It’s ideal for managing projects efficiently.Price: Free, annual
Evernote
Evernote is a note-taking and organizational tool, allowing users to create digital notes, sync them across devices, and organize them into notebooks for easy access.Price: Free, monthly
Todoist
Todoist is a task management app that allows users to organize tasks and projects, streamline workflows, and manage personal or team productivity effectively.Price: Free, Pro, Business
Asana
Asana helps teams stay organized by visualizing project progress through boards, task lists, and sprints, integrating various tools to ensure successful project completion.Price: Basic, Premium, Business
AdminProject
AdminProject is a cloud-based project management platform providing tools to manage tasks and teams remotely, making it ideal for distributed teams and online collaboration.Price: Free, Standard, Business, Premium
Walls.io
Walls.io is a social wall platform that allows users to collect and curate content from various social media platforms or direct user submissions, displaying them in a customizable feed.Price: Paid subscription, monthly
SpotMe
SpotMe is an event platform designed to create engaging hybrid, virtual, or in-person events. It provides tools for personalization, branding, and in-depth data insights for event management.Price: –
Q! App
Q! App helps assess the quality of international youth projects by providing a co-creation space with 16 logical project management questions, ideal for youth project planning.Price: Free
Microsoft To Do
Microsoft To Do is a task management app that helps users organize their day-to-day tasks by creating to-do lists, setting reminders, and keeping notes for personal or professional use.Price: Free
Tableau
A data visualization tool that helps transform data into actionable insights through interactive charts and dash boards.
Microsoft Power Platform
The Microsoft Power Platform is a suite of low-code tools designed to help you build apps, automate workflows, analyze data, and create websites.
Stormboard
A digital workspace for brainstorming and collaboration, where you can create sticky notes, organize ideas, and vote on the best ones.
Lucidchart
Lucidchart is a web-based diagramming tool that allows users to create flowcharts, org charts, and other visual representations of processes and systems. It supports real-time collaboration and integrates with various other tools.
Prezi
Prezi is a presentation software that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring your ideas to life. It’s a great tool for creating engaging and dynamic presentations
Adobe Spark
Adobe Spark is a suite of design tools that allows users to create graphics, web pages, and video stories. It’s designed to be user-friendly and accessible, even for those without design experience. Price: Free plan available; Paid plans start at $9.99 per month.
Survicate
Survicate is a feedback management tool that allows you to collect feedback across multiple channels, including mobile, email, web, and in-app. It offers a variety of survey templates and analytics to help you understand customer sentiment. Price: Free plan available; Paid plans start at $59 per month.
A social networking platform that allows users to connect with friends and family, share updates, photos, and videos, and join communities of interest.
A photo and video sharing app where users can post content, follow others, and explore visual stories through features like Stories and Reels.
Twitter (X)
A microblogging platform where users can post short updates, follow others, and engage in conversations through tweets.
TikTok
A short-form video platform where users can create and share videos set to music, participate in challenges, and discover trending content.
Snapchat
A multimedia messaging app that allows users to send photos and videos that disappear after being viewed, and create Stories that last for 24 hours.
A professional networking platform where users can connect with colleagues, share professional updates, and search for job opportunities.
