App of the Week
A community for makers to share their Makey Makey inventions and remixes
Formats: Website based and accessible on any device
An interactive tool for exploring Earth’s ecosystems, climate, biodiversity, and human impacts
Formats: App for iOS and website based.
Fun online game that teaches kids coding using a real programming language
Formats: Website + mobile site for tablets only (no app, just go directly to the website using the chrome/safari app on the tablet).
Cahoots turns smartphones into a team intercom and emergency alert system
Formats: App for iOS and Android devices.
Ready is the open-ended software creator introducing students to computational thinking
Formats: Website and app for iOS devices
Engaging, adaptive practice for pre-K through 12th grade math and language arts
Formats: App for iOS and Android tablet devices
Online children’s encyclopedia Q-files.com helps teachers inject a "wow!" factor into lessons
Formats: Website based and accessible on any device
Helping students become global citizens through dialogue, empathy, and understanding
Formats: Generation Global’s online platform is accessible on any device including mobile phones, iPads, and Chromebooks
pivotEd supports teacher-led instruction and allows students to explore and share ideas
Formats: Website and app for iOS devices
An Animation App to Engage Your Students
Bringing the creative experience and learning to another level with Plotagon
Teacher-parent communication tool that helps students succeed, for free!
Formats: iOS, Android and web.
Comprehensive, interactive math e-books for 3rd and 4th Grade
Formats: Available on iPad, iPhone and Mac.
A Personalized Literacy Platform for Teaching Close Reading and Academic Writing Across Subjects
Formats: Web-based application
Online Learning Experiences for Technology Used in Engineering and Design
Formats: Website and web-based app
RefME generates citations by scanning book or journal barcodes and syncs them with RefME.com.
Formats: Website, app for iOS and Android
Ormi is an all-device, all-OS classroom teaching platform designed for BYOD and 1:1 learning environments.
Formats: Downloads to any device
OneNote adds new add-in’s again to their preeminent killer app for education
Formats: website login, iOS and android
Explain Everything is an interactive screencasting whiteboard promoting creativity, idea-sharing, collaboration, and knowledge-building
Formats: App for iOS, Windows, Android and Chromebook devices
PlanetHS is the extracurricular management platform that brings together all aspects of student-life activities
Formats: web- and mobile-based
MIDAS combines the utility of up to 13 siloed systems, including SIS, LMS, and CMS
Formats: Website based and accessible on any device
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