Teachers

January 28, 2019

With over 300 million users, Duolingo is the world’s most popular app for learning foreign languages. And with it’s short, fun, cleverly challenging grammar and vocabulary lessons, it’s easy to see why! Duolingo gamifies foreign language instruction; it turns what was once a long, tedious challenge into a series of short, fun game-like activities. Cute […]

January 28, 2019

The first few minutes of class can make or break your lesson, and a hook is key to ensuring that your lesson starts off right. A great hook piques student interest in the topic of your lesson and cultivates their curiosity. However, finding an engaging and relevant lesson hook can be difficult and time-consuming. First, […]

January 21, 2019

tYping. Wait, Typing. It’s one of the most important, fundamental skills to succeed in the 21st century. But it’s not a skill people pick up naturally; learning to type takes time and practice! That’s why Clever is excited to announce a new app partnership with Typing.com. Typing.com makes learning to type easy and fun. Its […]

January 14, 2019

Common Sense Education supports K–12 schools with free, high-quality, and research-based resources for teaching in the digital age. Students need digital citizenship skills to participate fully in their communities and make smart choices online and in life. The Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum, now with all new lessons for grades 3–8 and more to come, […]

January 14, 2019

Quill.org is a non-profit organization that produces free online writing and grammar activities for students. Quill is not designed to replace teachers, but rather to allow teachers to meet students where they are in terms of skill level. Not to mention, it saves teachers from countless hours otherwise spent on creating and grading grammar worksheets. […]

January 14, 2019

If you’ve ever used digital manipulatives, you know how convenient they can be. And now the world’s best digital manipulatives (Brainingcamp) are even easier to use, with instant access from Clever. Manipulatives make abstract math visual and concrete. Digital versions let teachers demonstrate on a projector or interactive whiteboard for everyone to see. They give […]

January 8, 2019

Clever is excited to announce a partnership with XtraMath, the online application that helps students improve their fluency with basic addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. Traditionally this has been taught with worksheets that require substantial time for preparation and grading, and still leave many students behind. Many of the computer-based programs disappoint teachers due to […]

January 7, 2019

Classtime— new in Clever Library— is a digital teacher’s assistant with lessons and materials designed to motivate and engage students. As a web-based platform Classtime works on any device, and its real-time feedback lets teachers monitor participation and progress of each individual student. Classtime has a large collection of fun collaborative challenges. Each challenge begins when […]

December 18, 2018

This winter break, we encourage you to relax and spend some time binge-watching Netflix before heading back to second semester (and also make sure to make human contact with your friends and family). Here are our suggestions for what to watch, and the corresponding apps you can get for free in the Clever Library while […]

November 28, 2018

It’s everyone’s favorite time of year – no, not the holidays (ok, we love that, too). I’m talking about Hour of Code, the global movement that introduces students of all ages to computer programming. It takes place this year from Dec. 3 – 7 during Computer Science Week. Clever has partnered with six great coding […]