Educational Apps Top 10

1. Top 10 Educational
Apps
Andrew Sossaman, JD Peery, and Gerald Martin

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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!

6. TEDTalks
• Access everyTED 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

7. 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/

8. 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

9. JogNog
https://www.jognog.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
• Good for grades K-12
• Great for Informal and FormalAssessments
• Provides instant feedback when you engage in an
assessment
• One negative: higher order thinking skills are not
addressed.
• Easy navigation and not privacy issues

10. Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/do
wnloads
• 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

11. 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