APPS FOR the classroom!
Bellow are apps that can be easily integrated and incorporated within your classroom. Apps can provide use for teaching, learning, studying, submitting of assignments, and assessment organization.
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quizletMaster your classes with the leading education app! Create your own flashcards or choose from millions created by other users on thousands of subjects. Great for standardized test prep!
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Evernote ScannableScannable moves paper forward. Scan contracts, receipts, business cards, and any paper that comes your way. Save or share documents instantly and move on.
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DAQRIThe DAQRI app is the entrance to a vibrant world of 4D experiences, incorporating augmented reality, knowledge-transfer, visualization, and storytelling. To use this app,, aim your device at a 4D-enabled image or object and watch it come to life.
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NEWS-o-maticThis app gives younger readers a fantastic way to keep up with-and better understand-current events in the world around them. Presented like a daily newspaper, the app offers five stories a day at a level kids can easily comprehend, accompanied by video clips, maps, interesting facts, and other handy information.
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PeriscopePeriscope offers live broadcasts with a twist -the the ability to replay them at any time. Every video comes to life with a league of integrated social features: while watching streams, you'll also see people join, leave hearts, comment in real time, and more.
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Teacher's pickThis app gives you the ability to randomly and uniquely choose students without having to rely on memory, cups, or craft sticks. Just add your class names and the students in each class. Teacher's pick also keeps track of who is active, inactive (already chosen), or absent.
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tellagamiA mobile app that lets you create and share a quick animated video called a Gami. A Gami can be an exciting tweet or status update. It can be a fun way to tell a story. It can be a thank you message or a vacation postcard. The possibilities are endless.
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POPPLETPopplet is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas. With Popplet, you can quick jot down your ideas and sort them visually. This app is great for school and learning in the classroom and at home. Students use Popplet to think and learn visually.
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credlyCredly is the universal way to recognize, share, and celebrate achievement in any setting. Use Credly to give credit, digitize credentials, or issue digital badges. Share and display badges you earn for any of your achievements when and where it matters: in person, on your social networks,or on your curated Credly.com profile.
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kids flashcardsKids Flashcard + is a flashcard maker app for younger students. The benefit of this app is that you can record your voice, add pictures, and add videos for flashcards. This makes learning more enjoyable for kids of young age.
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RemindRemind is a free communication app that helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents. Send quick, simple messages to any device, to your entire class or individual subscribers. Keep contact information private—for everyone. Save time by sending one-way Announcements or starting two-way Chats.
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EduclipperIf you like Pinterest (Yes, it is addicting.), you will love EduClipper. Based on the same premise, but designed for teachers and students (free, with no ads and an easy to navigate interface) EduClipper allows you to create a Pinterest style peg board and share the sites with your students and parents!
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Assessment Apps
ExitTicketExitTicket is a next generation student response system designed to accelerate student achievement in and out of the classroom. Students get immediate real time feedback to questions, polls, practice question sets, quizzes, and exams. This app also tracks progress over time.
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KahootKahoot is the perfect tool to create discussions, quizzes or surveys related to specific topics either for an assessment or for feedback. Game-based pedagogy makes it more engaging and easy to use. The users not only answer the questions but they can also interact back by asking questions.
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PlickersPlickers lets you poll your class for free, without the need for student devices. Just give each student a card (a paper clicker), and use your iPhone/iPad to scan them to do instant checks-for-understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls. Best of all, your data is automatically saved, student-by-student, at pluckers.com
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SOCRATIVEEngage, assess, and personalize your class with Socrative! Educators can initiate formative assessments through quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets, and space races all with their app. Socrative will instantly grades, aggregate and provide visuals of results to help you identify opportunities for further instruction.
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