Mobile Apps
Creativity
Edublogs
Edublogs is a free application in which students, teachers, and administrations can create content, messages, and blogs easily. The application allows its users to create content with different designs - as well as include videos, images, links, etc. Through this application, students can become more creative in their learning and in how they express and demonstrate their understanding of the material.
https://edublogs.org/
BrainPOP
BrainPOP is a free interactive tool that allows users to create animated and educational content that directly relates to the material in the class. This specific tool helps students and teachers be more creative and bring excitement to the lessons. Through the platform, animated videos, educational games, interactive quizzes, and online activities can all be completed.
https://www.brainpop.com/
Kahoot
Kahoot is a free tool that can be utilized by teachers, students, and others to create content that directly relates to the material being covered in the class. Users can create and administer quizzes, discussions, surveys, polls, etc., all through this platform. This application is a game based platform that is played in real time with the class. Students can utilize a variety of platforms to connect to this mobile application - phone, tablet, laptop.
https://kahoot.com/b/
News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic is a free application in which its users can create a daily newspaper for their class. This provides the class with a fun and engaging way to present the material. Through this application, students can become innovative and express their learning through a newspaper (real-world) setting.
https://www.newsomatic.org/
Organizing
Edmodo
Edmodo is a free platform in which students, teachers, and administrations can utilize to communicate and organize their files and assignments. Edmodo can be utilized for a variety of tools - communication, polling, assignments, quizzes, etc. This allows the teachers to simply post assignments - thus limiting paper clutter with their students. It also makes it easier for the teacher to stay connected with their students and other teachers. This tool also allows parents to be interactive with the teachers and students.
https://www.edmodo.com/
Nearpod
Nearpod is an application that is best utilized by teachers and administrations to keep and create their lesson plans, assessments, content, and other critical parts of the course materials. Nearpod allows its users to create digital lesson plans and then directly store or share the material with the class. It also allows educators to track their students achievement. Teachers can add videos, images, links, quizzes, and assignments through the application - and store them in files through the application.
https://nearpod.com/
Evernote
Evernote is an application that was designed to specifically help with the organization for teachers and administrators. Through this application, teachers can create lesson plans and deliver the plans directly to their students in a digital format. Through Evernote, teachers can add notes, images, videos, links, memos, lists, audio, etc., to the lesson plan - thus making it more interactive. The application also allows teachers to store the files in folders and easily search the material to quickly find what is needed.
https://evernote.com/
Google Keep
Google Keep is a free application that offers its users the ability to create and store notes, memos, and other files. This application also offers its users specific designs and ideas on how to best store their files - color coded, by phrase, labels or categories, etc. This application also allows its users to quickly record their notes and store them. Through the application, users can share their notes with others - thus allowing for collaboration between users.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep&hl=en_US
Trello
Trello is a free application that allows its users to build, organize, and share projects that have been created. This application offers its users a variety of creation tools for its users. Once the organization tool has been selected, the user can then add the information to the application. This application allows its users to store, and file, the information through color coding, words, tags, deadlines, etc. This allows its users to quickly search and find a specific file that they may need.
https://trello.com/en
Writing
Spelling Magic
Spelling Magic is an application that focuses on the students development of their vocabulary. The application focuses on the spelling of words and is sorted by categories - thus making the finding of activities quick and easy for teachers and students.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spelling-magic-3/id446294881?mt=8
Sentence Master Pro
Sentence Master Pro is a language application that allows its users to improve their language skill and ability. The application focuses on building complete sentences and the specific grammar that is utilized in the sentence. The application allows its users to play games to form sentences, as well allows its users to play other interactive games to learn sentence structure and comprehension.
https://www.educationalappstore.com/app/sentence-master-pro
Grammarly
Grammarly is a free application that helps its users spot common grammatical errors in their writing. This application offers its users a variety of synonyms that can be used for words and offers a variety of other helpful tools to build the perfect sentence. Grammarly essentially serves as a review of sentence structure, vocabulary, and spelling.
https://www.grammarly.com/
750 Words
750 Words is a free application in which its users can complete specific writing assignments and lessons on a daily basis. The application specifically challenges its users to complete these daily activities - thus making it easier for the users to stay committed and truly learn. This application offers its users points when they complete an activity - thus giving the users instant gratification and helps build confidence.
https://750words.com/
Reading
Learn with Homer
Learn with Homer is a free application that is specifically built for elementary students. Users can utilize this application to work through sets of lessons that introduce basic reading skills through games. This application also allows its users to take built in breaks to pause their learning and have an outlet as a break. The application has built in lessons that require and build critical thinking skills through specific lessons - mostly through voice recordings, music, and other interactive lessons.
https://learnwithhomer.com/
Learn to Read
Learn to Read is a free application that focuses on teaching its users how to read. Through sentences, mini-books, books, and other resources, the user will focus on sounding out words, letters, and vowels. The application utilizes music, videos, readings, and repetition to allow its users to build on their skills. There is also games built into the application to allow the user to become engaged in the material.
https://www.hookedonphonics.com/
Kindle
Kindle is an application that offers a variety of textbooks through a mobile setting. Users simply buy and download the books immediately and begin reading. The application allows its users to search for books, as well as create a library of the books they have purchased. This makes the user able to search for specific books easily and quickly. This application also allows users to carry thousands of books in their pocket or bag.
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs is a program that helps students learn how to read. Through the application, students will learn through interactive games, guided lessons, and engaging activities. With a library that carries thousands of books, students have a plethora of options to utilize to further their reading comprehension and ability.
https://readingeggs.com/
Language
HelloTalk
HelloTalk is a free language application that allows users to communicate with millions of other individuals in a specific language. Users can interact with native speakers and message and connect with them through a chat - video, audio, or text. Users can also turn these social interactions into a learning process through the built-in games and lessons that the application provides.
https://www.hellotalk.com/?lang=en
Memrise
Memrise is a language application that focuses on a fun and interactive vocabulary practice. Users can pick from a variety of languages on the application and practice their vocabulary words through a variety of games.
https://www.memrise.com/
Babbel
Babbel is a free language application that allows its users to pick from a variety of different languages to learn. Through the platform, users complete lessons that focus around images, videos, and other assessments to learn the new language. Through each lesson, users get a step-by-step instruction on vocabular, sentence structure, and a variety of other tools to learn the language. The application also forces its users to complete dialogues to build conversation skills in the language.
https://www.babbel.com/
Duolingo
Duolingo is a free application that allows its users to pick from a variety of different languages to learn. Duolingo offers its users the chance to start as beginner, intermediate, and expert to practice and learn their new language. This application breaks down the learning through lessons that focus on specific parts of learning a new language. It also brings in audio, multiple choice, videos, and images into the learning.
https://www.duolingo.com/
Assessing/Calculating
PhotoMath
PhotoMath is an application that allows its users to utilize a mobile device to take a snapshot of the mathematics question and quickly show the steps on how to complete the question. This specific application allows for its users to get help on a mathematics question they may be stuck on when they are not in the classroom. Through this application, the students have a free and mobile teacher that can explain any complex mathematics question.
https://photomath.net/en/
Quizlet
Quizlet is a free application in which teachers can discover content for their classes through already created information. This can save educators time in finding information for their courses. However, this application also allows teachers to have their students play games, complete quizzes, and complete other study games to review the material. This application allows teachers to track their student achievement - as well as make the assessment portion of the course more interactive.
https://quizlet.com/
Socrative Student
This tool offers a very interactive platform and environment that allows teachers to gauge and understand the comprehension of their students. Teachers can ask questions, collect polls and data, and conduct real time assessments to allow students to demonstrate their understanding of the material. This specific tool helps teachers calculate and gauge their student's abilities.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/socrative-student/id477618130?mt=8
