Top 10 Educational Apps

Andrew Sossaman, JD Peery, and Gerald Martin

Remind App. (https://www.remind.com/)

Rationale:• Incredibly simple. This app.

allows teachers to anonymously communicate with the entire class, individual students, or parents. Teachers can submit instant feedback on assignments and send out reminders about assignments.

Nearpod (https://www.nearpod.com/)

Rationale:• Nearpod has numerous

interactive features. For instance, teachers can create slideshows that are compatible with ppt., Google slides, and others. Teachers can also share pre-made lessons, quizzes, and videos with students' mobile devices. A great supplement to help “flip” your classroom.

FreshGrade (https://www.freshgrade.com/)

Rationale:• Allows teachers to quickly

and easily save student artifacts and then organize them into individual e-portfolios. This is a very handy way for teachers to track their students' progress.

Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/• Bite sized lessons• “Gamification” encourages competition. learn• Simple to operate• Available on most platforms.• Recently designed for classrooms.• Completely free!

TED Talks • Access every TED talk on your phone or tablet.• Sort by tags and themes.• Create playlists for the classroom.• Bookmark talks for future use.• Talks are great for kickstarting classroom

discussion.• Free!

https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-talks/ways-to-get-ted-talks

Class Dojo

• The class Dojo can be used for all grades• Can be used for classroom management and parental

communication• Allows the teacher to use positive feedback• Very easy to navigate!• Instructions are easy to follow

https://www.classdojo.com/

Timeline Eons

• Good for grades 3-12• Great for organizing notes in History in a creative way• Engages higher order thinking through creativity• Instructions are clear and easy to use• ZERO privacy issues

http://www.maani.us/app_timeline/timeline.html

JogNog https://www.jognog.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

• Good for grades K-12• Great for Informal and Formal Assessments• Provides instant feedback when you engage in

an assessment• One negative: higher order thinking skills are

not addressed.• Easy navigation and not privacy issues

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.or

g/downloads• Great for grades 7-12• Allows you to differentiate instruction• Allows you to give formal and informal assessments• One Negative: Lower level thinking skills• The navigation could be better but the app is easy

to use overall• No Privacy issues

AP Euro History Review App www.studybyapp.com

• Great for grades 9-12• Allows teachers to introduce lessons• Allows students to assess themselves• One negative: only addresses lower level

thinking skills• Instructions are simple and is very easy to use• No privacy issues