Adobe Express for Education is everything students and teachers need to create graphics, photos, and videos. Free for K12 schools and districts.
YES
Anchor (Spotify for Podcasters)
Creation & Creativity
9-12
Medium
Anchor is a audio recording and editing platform that extends audio creation beyond the classroom. Anchor is a full fledged podcasting tool that allows teachers, classrooms and students to create, publish and distribute a podcast to Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify and many more. With a built in podcast episode builder that includes the ability to record, import audio files, add sound effects and transitions, a podcast can be created from start to finish with Anchor. Note that the web app for Anchor also syncs with the mobile version which allows students to begin creation on one device and continue their process on the web.
Apple Books
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Apple’s native eBook reader has the ability to become an audio book through either Speak Selection or Speak Screen. Once turned on in the Accessibility settings of the device, students can select words, sentences, or full pages to be read aloud.
Apple Classroom
Learning Management System
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Classroom equips teachers with the ability to connnect their apple device to student apple devices, creating a live connected environment in which teachers can guide instruction through a lesson, view student screens as they are working, and lock student devices into a desired app to focus their attention. Classroom assists teachers to work in partnership with students as they are using devices to motivate, engage, and elevate the teaching and learning experience.
Audible
Digital Content / Curriculum
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Download books and easily listen to them on the go. Either purchase one book or get a subscription - great for school libraries. Audible has one of the best selections of audio books.
Blooket
Assessment
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
A teacher/host picks a question set and a unique game mode. Then, we generate a code that players can use to join the game on their own devices. After the game starts, players will answer questions to help them win.
Book Creator
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
One of the best apps to create digital books, students and teachers can add text, record audio, draw pictures, and insert photos as well as videos to create multimedia books. Once created, books can be exported as videos, PDFs or ePubs to DropBox, Evernote, and Drive. It is also possible to combine books for collaborative projects.
YES
Book Widgets
Instruction
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Create your own interactive exercises and auto-graded assignments in minutes. Transform paper worksheets to interactive quizzes and assignments, rich with multimedia.
More into educational learning games? Choose from custom-made crossword riddles, bingo sheets, memory games, and much more.
YES
Brainpop
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Hosted animated videos and more for all ages.
BuzzMath
Digital Content / Curriculum
5-8
Medium
Through the BuzzMath web site, students practice their math proficiency. Students progress through content areas by completing a series of interactive problems. Each section includes a number of problems as well as resources and tools.
Camtasia Studio
Creation & Creativity
12+
Medium
Professional quality screencasting and video creation platform.
Canva
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Utilizing Canva, students can create images based off of a number of templates. The drag & drop interface allows students to place text as well as images, and they can either upload images from their computer or search from within the tool. Completed images can be shared via the Canva web site or downloaded. The Canva Design School (https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/) includes tutorials and lesson plans.
Canvas
Learning Management System
5-8, 9-12
Medium
The Canvas LMS allows students and teachers to participate in a blended or online course. Along with standard LMS features including file upload & access, a dedicated assignment tab, quizzes and discussion forums, teachers and students have the ability to use various iPad tools in conjunction with the LMS. Content that is created on iPad can be uploaded to Canvas through the Open In function and added to an assignment or discussion. Teaching modules can be created and released according to a course schedule. Staying on top of due dates within the course is simplified through a notifications button within the app that will alert students of upcoming discussion forums, assignments, and due dates.
ChatterPix Kids
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Draw a mouth on any photo, and ChatterPix can make it speak with your recorded voice. Imagine having students bring historical figures to life or create talking animated characters for stories. Completed videos can be saved to the camera, shared on social media, or published to YouTube.
ClassLink
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Single sign on & learning analytics platform.
Class Dojo
Learning Management System
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Easy
Serves as a link between home and school.
Clever
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Single sign on & learning analytics platform.
Co-Spaces
Augmented & Virtual Reality
12+
Medium
Co-Spaces allows students to create Augmented and Virtual reality experiences. It allows for student sharing and collaboration.
Code Academy
STEM / Coding
5-8, 9-12
Hard
Codeacademy offers online coding tutorials with easy-to-follow instructions, immediate feedback, and a tested curriculum take anyone from non-technical to “I can code.”
Code.org
STEM / Coding
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Code.org is great resource that works on all modern browsers and on any device. There are many tutorials for all age levels that teach with interactive challenges and real time feedback. This is a great way to differentiate learning for students working at different paces or teachers unfamiliar with coding themselves. There are even unplugged activities to teach coding with no devices needed.
Common Lit
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
CommonLit is a comprehensive literacy program with thousands of reading lessons, full-year ELA curriculum, benchmark assessments, and standards-based data for teachers.
CoSpaces EDU
Augmented & Virtual Reality
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Co-Spaces allows students to create Augmented and Virtual reality experiences. It allows for student sharing and collaboration.
Desmos
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Easy
The Desmos Graphing Calculator can be accessed from any web browser. A full math specific keyboard will appear when using Desmos, allowing students to graph equations on an X and Y axis. Multiple equations can be graphed at once, and with a free Desmos account, students can save, share and print their graphs.
DocHub
Productivity
9-12
Medium
Doc Hub allows you to upload any PDF, text document, or Microsoft Office file from Drive, the web, or your computer/Chromebook download folder. Once auploaded, students can highlight, draw, insert text boxes, and add sticky notes. These annotated PDFs can then be sent to Drive or even shared with a link to Classroom. Multiple people can read and annotate on the same document at the same time
Duolingo
Language Learning
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Learning a language
Edpuzzle
Instruction
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Create interactive video lessons
Edublogs
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Edublogs allows a teacher to setup and manage student blogs. Student accounts are created by the teacher, and students can quickly and easily login and post text, links, images, and video, as well as moderate comments, through the Edublogs app.
EduCreations
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
From the web site teachers and students can create multi-page screencasts with text, drawing, and photos. Completed projects are uploaded to an online Educreations account where they can be shared with a link or embed code. By logging into a class or teacher account before beginning a project, when students publish their work, it will instantly be available in that account online. Teachers can also create classes for more organization, and screencasts can be made public or private, and even make Q&A screencasts for discussions.
Epic!
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4
Easy
Digital Library for Students giving acces to thousands of books.
Evernote
Productivity
12+
Easy
Evernote, accessible from any device, has every feature possible to keep an organized and useful digital notebook including the ability to type, record audio, and add images. Using a Notebook structure for organization, each note can be tagged with key words and placed in specific notebooks for Easyrecall. Individual notes or entire notebooks can be shared with other users or by a published URL. Notes can also be created offline and will automatically sync with an Evernote account once an internet connection is established.
Explain Everything
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Though technically a screencasting app, students can create dynamic presentations that include text, images, audio, video, and PDF files. When presenting from Explain Everything, students could record their own audio and use the pointer or drawing tools to add emphasis. Completed presentations can be exported as videos, PDFs, or project files and shared via YouTube, Drive or Dropbox.
YES
Flip (Formerly Flipgrid)
Communication
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Flipgrid is a versatile and easy to use video discussion platform designed for education. Students can create short videos and reply to each other within a teacher moderated forum. The platform can also be used to connect with other students and experts from around the world through the #GridPals and Explorer Series.
Freeform
Collaboration
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Freeform helps users organize and visually lay out content on a flexible canvas, giving them the ability to see, share, and collaborate all in one place without worrying about layouts or page sizes.
Garageband
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
In addition to being able to record and edit audio, Garageband for iPad comes with a host of musical tools. The editing options are robust, and students can easily share projects either via email, sending them to SoundCloud, YouTube, Drive, or Evernote, or adding them to iMovie.
Tip: Be sure to turn off the metronome & make the length unlimited when creating podcasts.
Genially
Instruction
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Genially is the tool schools use to teach and learn through interactive learning materials.
YES
Gimkit
Assessment
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
A gameshow for the classroom
Google Calendar
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Teachers and students can use Google Calendars as a digital planner. Because Google Calendars can be shared and published, teachers could use this as a way to communicate key dates to students. Students might use their own calendars to track assignments, projects, and events.
YES
Google Classroom
Learning Management System
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Google Classroom is available to any teacher with a Google Apps for Education account. Teachers can use this tool to create and collect assignments, streamlining many workflow hassles normally associated with Google Drive. It is also possible to have discussions, post assignments to students' calendars, and provide grades and feedback. Students can access content via the iPad app and also turn in content created in any app on iPad.
YES
Google Docs
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
With the Google Docs app, students can create and edit word processing documents. Recent updates have included more advanced formatting features as well as the ability to insert images and tables. Teachers and students can share and collaborate on these documents either synchronously or asynchronously. These docs can also be accessed from within the Drive app for additional sharing options.
YES
Google Drawing
Creation & Creativity
K-4
Easy
Part of the Google Suite of tools, Drawings allows teachers and students to create and collaborate on images. Create images from a blank canvas or import pictures from Drive, the web, or the built-in Research Tools. Because Drawings is part of Drive, students can collaborate either synchronously or asynchronously on images and share completed projects with a link or embed code, in Google Classroom. They can also download them to be utilized in other programs.
YES
Google Drive
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Google Drive creates a collaborative environment for students and teachers to share, access, and edit files. Within Google Drive, it is possible to collaborate both synchronously and asynchronously not only on Documents, Sheets, and Slides, but also drawings and other third-party applications such as WeVideo for video editing. It is also possible to share files and folders with non Google account holders either via a link or by embedding on a web site or blog.
YES
Google Forms
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Teachers can create Google Forms from within Google Drive and then share them via a link, by embedding them on a class web site, through Google Classroom, or through email. Forms can include multiple choice, open response, and a number of other question types, as well as images and video. Students can take these either synchronously or asynchronously.
YES
Google Keep
Productivity
12+
Medium
With Google Keep, students can stay organized with notes, to-do lists, and reminders based on time as well as location. Within the app, notes can include pictures as well as audio recording, and can be shared with collaborators. All notes in Keep sync across all devices, so this can be a great planning tool for teachers and students.
YES
Google Meet
Communication
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Easy
Google video conferencing
YES
Google Scholar
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
YES
Google Slides
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Part of Google Drive, Google Slides allows teachers and students to create and share presentations both synchronously and aysnchronously. Much like PowerPoint and Keynote, Slides begins by choosing a template. In addition to text, it is possible to include images as well as YouTube or Google Drive videos. Completed presentations can be downloaded as PowerPoint or PDF files, shared, and even embedded on web sites.
YES
Google Translate
Language Learning
5-8, 9-12
Easy
From the Google Translate web site, students could receive both text as well as audio translations, helping with both listening comprehension as well as vocabulary. Students can also “star” translations that they use regularly or found helpful for future reference. It is also possible to translate complete documents or web pages. The Google Translate Chrome Extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-translate/aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb?hl=en) lets students click on words for instant translation.
YES
Grammarly
Productivity
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Easy
With comprehensive feedback on spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, and writing style, Grammarly is more than just a proofreader.
Formative
Assessment
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Formative is a comprehensive platform that gives you the teaching tools to engage, instruct, and assess in a wide variety of formats. For example, trasform a PDF into an auto-graded quiz, add a YouTube video with time-stamped questions, and unleash student creativity with audio and video responses.
YES
Headspace
Productivity
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Medium
Headspace is everyday mindfulness and meditation
iMovie
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Similar to the full iMovie on a Mac, the app lets you combine and edit videos as well as photos. It includes both the option to create trailers with pre-created templates as well as full projects. Editing features include splitting/trimming clips, adding voice-overs, and picture-in-picture video. Completed projects export to YouTube, Vimeo or can be saved to the camera roll.
iXL
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
IXL is a popular adaptive learning platform that includes a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics for educators
Jamboard
Collaboration
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Google's collaboration whiteboard platform that allows multiple users to collaborate in a blank canvas type of environment. From the web, collaborators can draw and add sticky text notes to the board. Multiple pages can be added to a Jamboard session, users can be added directly or can be given an code and the final product can be exported as an image or PDF.
YES
Kahn Academy
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Online short educational videos that serve as lectures on over 5,000 different topics.
Kahoot!
Assessment
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Kahoot!, a web-based tool, allows teachers to ask consecutive, quiz-show type questions using a game-based, engaging format. Students respond by joining a game through a unique number provided by the teacher. Beyond just pushing out questions, Kahoot! uses sounds and timers to make the game high energy. It also allows teachers to share their quizzes, so you can search the library to find examples that might be perfect for your class.
Kami
Productivity
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Easy
Kami is an online document annotation and markup tool. You can highlight, underline, and strikethrough text in PDF and other document formats. You can also add text boxes, shapes, and images. Kami works with Google Drive and Google Classroom. With Kami, you can easily collaborate on documents in the classroom while avoiding the hassles of printing documents.
Keynote
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Keynote is Apple's presentation app. Presentations can be shared via link with customizable sharing settings to allow collaboration. Users must be signed into iCloud and set document storage to save to iCloud. Settings-Keynote-Document Storage-iCloud
Kodable
STEM / Coding
K-4
Easy
Designed for young children (K-2), this app helps students to grasp the concepts of coding through play. As students navigate a ball down a path by giving it simple directions, they begin to solve logic problems associated with coding.
Loom
Creation & Creativity
12+
Easy
Popular screencasting and video messaging platform.
Math Learning Center
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4
Easy
The Math Learning Center provides a series of free Chrome Apps based on the visual models featured in Bridges in Mathematics K-5. Each one provides students with a different manipulative. Not only do these apps provide students with hands-on opportunities, but they could be combined with screencasting apps for students to explain their thinking.
Mentimeter
Collaboration
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Mentimeter is a web based collaborative tool that allows teachers to push activities to students. Through collaborative responses, word clouds can be created. Teachers can also create formative assessments such as polls or short answer responses.
Microsoft Forms
Productivity
9-12
Medium
With Microsoft Forms, teachers can create forms or quizzes from their Office365 account and then share them via a link, by embedding them on a class web site, or via email. Forms and quizzes can include multiple choice, open response, and a number of other question types, as well as images and video. Students can take these either synchronously or asynchronously from any device.
Microsoft OneNote
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
OneNote, Microsoft's note taking tool, can also serve as a word processor. Not only can students type, but they can also add pictures and tables as well as collaborate. It does require either an Office 365 or free Microsoft Online account, and then syncs notes automatically across all devices. There are apps for both Mac and Windows.
Microsoft Teams
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Microsoft Teams, the hub for team collaboration in Microsoft 365
Microsoft Translator
Language Learning
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Speak or type in your language to communicate with other participants in a conversation. Other participants will see your messages in their own language.
Microsoft Word
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
With the Word app, teachers and students have access to a host of tools for creating and editing documents including the ability to insert links and images, track changes, and commenting tools. When used with an Office 365 or free Microsoft Online account, all documents can be saved to OneDrive used collaboratively much like Google Docs
Minecraft Education
STEM / Coding
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Minecraft Education is a game-based platform that inspires creative, inclusive learning through play. Explore blocky worlds that unlock new ways to take on any subject or challenge.
MIT App Inventor 2
STEM / Coding
9-12
Medium
This app allows students to drag and drop to make thier own Android apps for their devices. Students can also download an emulator to program on a computer and test their creation before pushing it out to a device. It does require a Google Account and could require a Google Apps for Education administrator to grant access for students.
Moodle
Learning Management System
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Moodle is a Learning Platform or course management system (CMS) - a free Open Source software package designed to help educators create effective online experiences.
Nearpod
Instruction
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Nearpod gives teachers the ability to take existing presentations and transform them to interactive lessons to engage and interact with every student in their classroom. Students connect to the teachers session with a join code using their device. Nearpod can be used for free with restrictions. Subscription prices are available on the website. With Nearpod, teachers can not only ask basic polling questions but also push out slides, web sites, quizzes and even a drawing for students to respond in writing. Teachers can login with either a Google, Microsoft, or Nearpod account. Students join activities with a unique code. Paid-for upgrades include additional storage and features.
NextWaveSTEM
STEM / Coding
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
K-12 STEM Programs in Robotics, AI, Drones, 3D Technology, & More
Newsela
Digital Content / Curriculum
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Easy
Make instruction more engaging with thousands of real-world texts that feature diverse perspectives, and new content added daily. Get visibility into usage and student performance with built-in activities and reporting. Differentiate instruction easily with texts published at 5 reading levels and built-in scaffolds. Keep your lessons fresh and relevant, with new texts added daily and plenty of opportunities for student-led learning. Search and explore content by subject-specific standard and provide opportunities for in-context skills practice
YES
No Red Ink
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
NoRedInk simplifies the process of building strong writers and critical thinkers. Our free online writing curriculum facilitates effective instruction by helping teachers engage students through modeling, scaffolding, practice, and feedback.
Notability
Productivity
5-8
Medium
This digital notebook app includes full word processing capabilities in addition to the ability to annotate a PDF document. Students can write by hand, type, and insert images. The new audio-syncing feature is invaluable for scaffolding note taking skills. Notes can be organized within the app by divider and subject, backed up to a number of cloud storage solutions, as well as exported as PDFs, RTFs, or Notes files to nearly every cloud storage service including Dropbox, Google Drive, Box and WebDADV. New features make exporting to iTunes possible.
Notes (Apple)
Productivity
9-12
Easy
The Notes app is easy to use and students can include text, images, and handwriten notes as well as organize their notes into folders. Students can mark up pdfs and images as well. When logged in with an iCloud account, notes sync across Apple devices.
Numbers
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Numbers is Apple's spreadsheet app. Files can be shared via link with customizable sharing settings to allow collaboration. Users must be signed into iCloud and set document storage to save to iCloud. iPad- Settings-Numbers-Document Storage-iCloud
Numerics Calculator & Converter
Productivity
12+
Easy
This Chrome App provides students with a calculator that they can open on their Chromebook. It keeps a history of calculations, includes a currency calculator, and can complete algebraic functions.
OneDrive
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
With either a free Microsoft Online account or an Office 365 account, students and teachers can collaborate synchronously and asynchronously on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote files through the OneDrive app. Additionally, OneDrive can be used for sharing with almost any file type. Students and teachers can create and share folders in order to turn in work, share resources for projects, and collaborate on any file placed in those folders. Note: students and teachers need the individual Microsoft apps to be able to edit any of the files.
OneNote
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
OneNote, Microsoft's note taking app, allows students to type notes, annotate PDFs, record audio, insert images, and attach files. Students can organize into notebooks, sections, pages, and subpages. Their notes can be searched as well as shared with other Microsoft users or via a public link. OneNote backs up to OneDrive, and notebooks can be accessed from any device.
Openshot
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
OpenShot is an award-winning free and open-source video editor for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
OverDrive
Digital Content / Curriculum
5-8, 9-12
Medium
With a valid library card, students and teachers can download eBooks and audio books from the library for a limited time. Much like physical library books, these titles are borrowed and then returned. At the end of the lending period, they simply disappear from the app. Both eBooks and audio books are “read” through the Overdrive app and cannot be transferred to another app for annotation purposes.
Padlet
Collaboration
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Padlet is a web based collaborative tool that integrates well on Chromebooks. Padlet walls can be created by a teacher or student, customized with a specific URL, and then distributed to students or group members through a link. By double clicking on the wall, sticky notes with text, links, or images pulled from Drive, Downloads, or the Camera, can be added to the wall. This is a great way to share and publish work as well as engage in discussion or debate.
Pages
Productivity
12+
Medium
Pages offers a robust word processing experience on iPad. Choose from dozens of templates, customize text, and insert images directly into the document. Advanced features include Track Changes, inserting footnotes/endnotes, and commenting. When complete, the document can be saved as a Pages, Word, PDF, or ePub file, and then can be exported from via email or opened in cloud storage apps such as Drive and Dropbox. It can also sync with iCloud for Easyediting and collaboration across devices.
PearDeck
Instruction
An interactive presentation and lesson delivery tool that can be used via the web or as an add-on or integration with a variety of other programs. Students join teachers' Pear Deck sessions with codes and then use their devices to follow along with the teacher's slideshow on a classroom screen.
PhET Interactive Simulations
STEM / Coding
9-12
Medium
PhET Android app offers math and science simulations ideal for secondary school classrooms.
Pixton Comic Maker
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
With Pixton, students tell digital stories with comics from any web browser. They can create characters, give them expression, move them into a pose, and use text bubbles in order to tell a story. Pixton also includes project banks scaffold the process, or students can start from scratch or remix comics made by classmates. Published comics can be uploaded to a Pixton gallery where students can then comment on each others comics, adding a collaborative component. The Basic "fun" version of Pixton is free. There is a paid-for option for schools.
PostReality
Augmented & Virtual Reality
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Hard
Post Reality is a platform for creating and viewing presentations in Augmented Reality (AR). Using their desktop browser studio, you can create your own interactive presentations with images, videos, audio, and 3D models. Our mobile app then brings your AR presentations to life, allowing viewers to interact with digital elements and communicate with other viewers.
PowerPoint
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
It is now possible for teachers and students to create and edit PowerPoint presentations from Android devices. Add text, images, tables and transitions to create presentations. Completed projects can be saved to OneDrive and opened seamlessly on other devices. If used with an OfficeOnline or Office 365 account, it is even possible to collaborate on PowerPoint presentations.
Prezi
Creation & Creativity
9-12
Medium
Prezi creates fluid and dynamic presentations that allow students to "zoom" in and out of key concepts. Through the app, students can create, edit and present Prezis as well as update and edit existing ones created on a computer within their Prezi account.
Prodigy
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8
Easy
Engaging math game that includes embedded assessments with real-time reporting of student progress.
PuppetPals HD
Creation & Creativity
K-4
Easy
Students can easily create their own unique digital puppet shows to tell a story. Use the pre-designed puppet packs or insert your own characters and backgrounds. The app records audio narration and all motions with the puppets to create a video. Completed shows can be saved to iPad or exported to the Camera.
Quicktime Player
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Hard
Quicktime Player on a Mac is built in and allows for Movie recording, Audio Recording, and Screen Capturing. (Go to File > New Recording.) However, these are all separate functions and to bring them all together. Students must use start them all simultaneously then merge them in iMovie.
Quizizz
Assessment
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Hard
Motivate every student to mastery with easy-to-customize content combined with tools for inclusive assessment, instruction, and practice.
Quizlet
Assessment
5-8, 9-12
Easy
The Quizlet Chrome app lets students create new flashcard sets, study from existing sets, and search for flashcard sets. Teachers can create groups within Quizlet that students can join and then automatically see any new flashcard sets added to the group. Using ther Google accounts, students can access their study materials from any device and play a number of games to support learning.
Readworks
Digital Content / Curriculum
Reflector2
Productivity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
While not an Chrome app, Reflector allows a Chromebook to be mirrored to a Mac or Windows computer. Using the Cast Extension, when a computer on the same wireless network is running Reflector, the Chromebook image can be wirelessly mirrored to the screen and then projected via an LCD projector in a classroom. This solution technically does not allow a Chromebook to control a computer, but it allows a teacher to be mobile in a classroom and have any device projected for the entire class. Learn more (http://help.airsquirrels.com/support/solutions/articles/1000174245-how-do-i-cast-my-android-5-device-screen-)
Remind
Communication
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Medium
Remind Hub for Organizations & School Districts. Improve Communication & Student Outcomes. Consolidate Communication for Your Organization in 1 Place w/ Two-Way Messaging.
Schoology
Learning Management System
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Schoology has a number of helpful features for classroom use. Discussions can be threaded, allowing students to respond to each other's comments, not just the original discussion post, and they can be shared between courses, allowing students from different sections to engage in dialogue. Using the "open in" feature, students can easily upload content created in a number of apps to submit to teacher created assignments. From the app, teachers can assess assignments and provide feedback. Schoology also connects to Google Drive for Easysharing and content distribution.
Scratch 3.0
STEM / Coding
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Created by MIT researchers to teach coding, this web based script writing application allows students to drag and drop simple commands to learn the basic programming principles and then share them with the world. Scratch also has a "remixing" feature which allows students to learn from each other by seeing inside shared projects and taking the code to make it work for their needs.
Scratch Jr
STEM / Coding
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Created by MIT researchers to teach coding, this app allows students to drag and drop simple commands to learn basic programming principles and then share them with the world. Scratch also has a "remixing" feature which allows students to learn from each other by seeing inside shared projects and taking the code to make it work for their needs.
Screencastify
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
The Screencastify Chrome Extension allows teachers and students to create videos of everything occuring on their screens. These screencasts can occur on top of Google Docs, web pages, or any other app being displayed. A great feature of Screencastify is the ability to also embed a web cam recording like a video in video recording. Completed screencasts save directly to Drive or can be posted to YouTube.
Seesaw
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Seesaw is a versatile learning journal tool that enables students to easily create learning artifacts though image, video, audio and text. Students can then share with their teacher and family through the intuitive Seesaw platform. Teachers and families can also provide students with meaningful feedback through the platform's text and audio comment features.
Showbie
Communication
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Hybrid learning platform for managing classroom workflow and personalized feedback for students of all learning abilities, on any device.
ShowMe
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
An extremely easy to use screencasting app, ShowMe has a very clean interface that offers little distraction for a younger user. Once created, screencasts are uploaded to the ShowMe website where they can easily be shared with a link or embed code. While this app does not include as many functions as other screencasting apps, the ease of use is perfect for the elementary or middle school classroom. With younger students, log student iPads into a class or teacher ShowMe account so that student creations will be published directly to that account at ShowMe.com.
Socrative
Assessment
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Socrative is a student response system that allows a teacher to quickly assess student understanding through quizzes, single question polls, and group activities. Students can respond directly from iPad either through the Socrative Student app or by going to https://b.socrative.com/login/student/ and logging in as a student. Teachers can use the teacher app or login through the web as a teacher. Working on a “room” system, students enter a teacher's room number and then begin to take either a teacher-paced or student-paced assessment as pushed out by the teacher. Once an activity is complete, Socrative provides a spreadsheet of responses that can be emailed, downloaded, or shared via Drive. These can be either anonymous responses or linked directly to students.
SoundTrap
Creation & Creativity
9-12
Medium
From the SoundTrap web site, students can create and mix audio tracks. Not only can they record their own audio to practice their language skills, but they can also write their own music using loops and virtual instruments. SoundTrap audio files can also be shared and used collaboratively. Teachers could share audio clips and have students respond orally, creating a virtual language lab. Completed audio files can be shared via a private link or to SoundCloud.
StoryBird
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
With Storybird, students select artwork to illustrate their own creative writing stories from any browser. Completed stories can be saved, shared with a link, and made private or public. The commenting feature is a great way for peer review and feedback. Teachers can set up class accounts to manage students login information. The assignment feature also lets teachers provide students with guidance, include multi-media to explain or inspire, guide their illustration choices in order to focus the writing process, and set due-dates.
Chegg is a flashcard creation and sharing app for students to create and share material in the form of learning cards on all types of subjects.
Sway
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Microsoft's web based presentation tool offers teachers and students a different way to think about and organize presentations. Sway requires a free Microsoft Online account, or an Office 365 account, and then allows teachers and students to combine text, images, videos, and links as well as Word, PDF, or PowerPoint files to create presentations. Students can present by either scrolling or flipping through "cards." Completed Sways can be shared via a link.
Swift Playgrounds
STEM / Coding
5-8
Medium
Swift Playgrounds is for students learning to code with Swift, Apple’s programming language for building apps.
Ted-Ed
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
TED-Ed celebrates the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Discover hundreds of animated lessons, create customized lessons, and share your big ideas.
ThingLink
Creation & Creativity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Use ThingLink to create interactive images. Upload an image from Drive, or insert one via URL, to act as a background image and then layer on touchable hotspots to pop up text, videos, and links to web content. Can be used for storytelling by create images with sound, explaining what's in a picture with notes and narration, documenting the world around you, sending instructions for how things work, or tell an engagin story of what you've just learned.
Trello
Productivity
12+
Medium
Trello is a collaborative task management tool that organizes projects into "Boards." Organize Ideas or tasks as "cards" that can be placed under columns such as To Do, Doing, and Done. Cards can have comments, checklists, categories, attachments from Google Drive or OneDrive, and due dates as well as be assigned to board members. With Trello's flexibility, students and teachers can track the progress of a collaborative project, and all information is backed up to the cloud. Trello can be accessed via any web browsers or the iPad/iPhone app.
Tynker
STEM / Coding
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Tynker is the world's leading K-12 creative coding platform, enabling students of all ages to learn to code at home, school, and on the go
Typing Club
Instruction
5-8, 9-12
Easy
Learn how to type with Typing Club!
Voice Memos
Productivity
9-12
Easy
Voice Memos is an iOS app that makes it easy to record, edit and share a voice message. You can trim or replace part of a recording and also share it to Google Drive.
Voice Recorder Pro
Creation & Creativity
9-12
Easy
With the Voice Recorder Pro app, students and teachers can record unlimited lengths of audio and then export those files to Drive, Dropbox, or a number of other cloud storage platforms. Recordings can also be exported in multiple audio formats for compatability with other audio editing or publishing apps. Note:
VoiceThread
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
Ed.VoiceThread is an online environment for students to practice their communications skills online, yet in a controlled, accountable, and transparent setting.
Wakelet
Productivity
5-8, 9-12
Medium
Save, organize and share content from across the web with Wakelet. Save articles, videos, images, Tweets and more.
WeVideo
Creation & Creativity
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Medium
WeVideo is a Chrome App that allows students to create and edit videos. They can import image and video content from Drive and then trim clips, add captions, and record voice overs. Students can collaboratively edit within WeVideo, and projects can save to Drive as well as publish to either YouTube or Vimeo. Note that the cost for WeVideo is dependent on the number of seats licenses purchased. There is a free version available for trail in the WeVideo education portal.
WordPress
Creation & Creativity
5-8
Medium
From the WordPress Chrome app, it is possible to start a new blog or post to either a wordpress.com blog or a self-hosted WordPress blog. In addition to adding posts and pages, comments can be moderated and full stats viewed. Installing the app lets students post directly from a quick button on the New Tab page.
Wordwall
Instruction
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Medium
Need a fresh teaching resource that fits your class and teaching style? Create a customized pack of interactive and printable activities in just one minute.
YouTube Studio
Creation & Creativity
9-12
Medium
With YouTube Studio, students can edit video that have been uploaded to their YouTube channel, trim those clips, add music from a library of tracks, and finally edit the clips with special tools and effects.
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Zearn
Digital Content / Curriculum
K-4, 5-8, 9-12
Easy
Helps student explore concepts, discover meaning, and make sense of math.
Zoom
Communication
5-8, 9-12, 12+
Easy
Modernize workflows with Zoom's trusted collaboration tools: including video meetings, team chat, VoIP phone, webinars, whiteboard, contact center.
