Customised Technology

Having a few tools up your sleeve that let you make something useful or set something up to use in your classroom with very little effort & fuss makes learning tech integration a much more rewarding experience.  The Internet is also getting better at this by the day.
The best thing about this is that you're no longer limited to the amount of software you can have installed on your computer.

Shared Digital Pinup Board

Padlet allows you to set up a board online that can be as private or as open as you like.  It's also easy to switch editing access off and on if you want to run class contributions to a time limit.  It'll take text, images, and links.  Really nice way to brainstorm & gather ideas quickly.

Easy Graphic Design Studio

Borders & clipart as we know them in Word & Publisher simply do not exist in the contemporary graphic design we see everywhere outside of the classroom.
Canva is a brilliant simple solution.  Copyright free image search, beautiful templates, classy contemporary fonts, and an extensive library of shapes & elements to help you make classroom resources that look like they have a design budget.
There's also the Canva Design School blog - practical, bite-sized lessons on how to set up, organise & lay out your own designs.

Today's Always Up-to-Date Atlas

Google has recently made their pro version of Google Earth free (it used to be $400!).  It allows you to  mark up, bookmark, and annotate a perpetually updated globe that works from solar system scale all the way down to building-level maps.