App of the Week

Students Use Seismic Wave Data to Discover Layers of the Earth

  The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) has created an online version of its popular activity “Determining and Measuring Earth's Layered Interior” to challenge student...

Interactive book lists designed to help educators provide choices for all students

Each year, Renaissance releases a completely updated version of What Kids Are Reading (WKAR) to provide new insights on K–12 students’ reading habits. The 2022 version shows which print and ...

Online literacy for the next generation of preschool teachers and learners

  Providing high-quality preschool education has the potential to positively impact the long-term health, social-emotional skills, and academic achievement of all young learners. That’s why th...

Allows schools to seamlessly communicate on one platform with one sharing feature

With Safety iResponse, your school will be prepared to handle any crisis. Easy to use and packed with power, the platform will give everyone the information and tools they need to complete their...

Exploring the science of a coral reef and recreating a healthy ecosystem

The Smithsonian’s Secrets of the Sea invites students to explore coral reefs in an online 3D interactive and through other classroom-ready activities. Secrets of the Sea makes the effects of...

An animated series that shows struggling students the power of human connection

My Life is Worth Living™ is the first animated series that models the human connection shown to be protective against suicide and enhance mental health. The videos tell stories of relatable, d...

BL Connect is an online library of courses where educators can access practical, research-based professional learning

BL Connect provides educators across a district a curated library of research-backed content and self-directed courses that build awareness of student-centered teaching concepts and practices. L...

Ripple Effects provides customized, trauma-informed, digital preK-12 SEL programs

Ripple Effects, a leader in the social emotional learning (SEL) space, provides a digital suite of preK-12 equity-driven programs that empower students and staff to develop their full SEL capaci...

Reading Kingdom teaches students to read and write with comprehension at a 3rd grade level (Lexile 750)

  According to Dr. Bradley Peterson of USC, "Reading Kingdom has transformed the teaching of reading.” Reading Kingdom teaches students to read and write with comprehension at a 3rd grade leve...

StemWerkz: Learning science made easy through gameplay and problem-solving

STEMWerkz provides three modes for learning: Channel, Quests, and STEAMValley. Education Alliance Finland (EAF) stated, “the user can freely explore the content… and learning is highly interacti...

MentalUP provides scientific and gamified brain training and fitness exercises for K-12 children

  Being one of the leading brands in the EdTech industry, MentalUP is a Pedagogical Product certified, The Educate Awards winner education platform shaped by the collaborative study of academi...

eSuite is the all-in-one solution to help educators and students grow

eSuite is a comprehensive coaching and professional growth platform. Developed by engage2learn (e2L), eSuite helps K-12 public school districts efficiently manage the coaching processes system-w...

Cloud-based teaching, classroom management and online safety tools supporting in-person/remote learning

  classroom.cloud is a simple yet effective, cloud-based teaching, classroom management and online safety tool to help support teaching in classrooms and with remote learners – making it per...

The VEX Continuum is a series of educational robotics solutions for all

VEX Robotics is a leading provider of educational and competitive robotics products to schools, universities, and robotics teams from around the world.

Codelicious offers a customizable turnkey computer science curriculum for grades K-12

Codelicious offers a K-12 computer science curriculum aligned to state and national computer science standards. Differentiated by grade level and continuously updated to reflect changes in the f...

CatchOn is an analytics tool providing insight into the efficacy of EdTech

CatchOn is a learning analytics platform that allows districts to evaluate the ROI of their EdTech investments, track student engagement in meaningful ways that contribute to actual growth, and ...

Help teachers to teach and evaluate general music skills, without instruments

Big Ear Games is simplifying music learning and composition and helping teachers to teach and evaluate general music skills without a need for an instrument! They envision a world where music ...

Equitable Mathematics + engaging Technology = Empowered Students

Magma Math is a digital math platform leveraging handwriting recognition technology that allows students to show their work the same way they would with pencil and paper. The platform enables te...

Focus Skills are skills and standards that are prerequisites for future learning

  In June of 2020, Renaissance launched Focus Skills to support educators during the pandemic. Identified as key skills within Renaissance’s learning progressions—the path students take fr...

The Best App to Improve Student Well-being and SEL in K-12 Education

  When students feel better, they learn better. School Day asks students questions about their well-being, analyzes the data, and provides real-time insight. The service highlights what’s goin...


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