Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps.

You might also be interested in checking out all my edtech resources.

Here are this week’s choices:

Short Answer is an interactive way for students to learn writing. Here’s a video about it:

JourneyMaker is from The Art Institute of Chicago. It lets you create your own “journey” through the museum. I’m adding it to The Best Ways For Students To Create Their Own Online Art Collections.

The Rijks Museum lets you do something similar.

Mini Dicto is a kid (and ELL) friendly dictionary. I’m adding it to The Best Reference Websites For English Language Learners.

Random Letter Generator could be useful to very beginning readers. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The Alphabet.

This one’s not just good.
It’s “add to bookmarks bar and never let it go” good.

Our most-clicked resources. One doc. All subjects.

You’re gonna wanna save this one. 📎 https://t.co/NpzPwJjkDz pic.twitter.com/B6C9SvKMxb

— Quizizz (@quizizz) April 25, 2025

I consider The Free Press to be a generally useless right-wing rag, and am wary of anything they say, but this development is interesting:

A Chinese tutoring giant just bought Epic—the reading app used in 94% of U.S. elementary schools. It holds data on 75 million kids, writes Frannie Block. Why isn’t anyone paying attention? https://t.co/rJ7YgjUsID

— The Free Press (@TheFP) September 9, 2025