The Tech Edvocate’s List of 99 Curriculum and Instruction Apps, Tools and Resources
Let’s face it. Teachers have an unbelievably tough job. They are expected to be educators, parents, mediators, nurses, judges; in addition to wearing 50 additional hats. Luckily, with the proliferation of edtech, there are a lot of apps that seek to make teachers jobs easier. We decided to create a list of 99 of the most amazing curriculum and instruction apps for teachers. This way we can help teachers find the best teaching apps on the market without them having to perform countless Google searches. Without further ado, here is our list.
- Toontastic– Gives students the means to create their own animated stories.
- Storia– An e-reader that was designed by Scholastic just for kids. Books are embedded with a full range of learning activities.
- Super Duper StoryMaker– Students can create their own narratives using a range of features.
- Handwriting Without Tears: Wet-Dry-Try– Allows students to practice writing numbers and letters on a virtual chalkboard.
- Toontastic– Gives students the means to create their own animated stories.
- Grammar Jammers– An addictive way for students to learn basic grammar skills.
- My Math Flash Cards– A fun and exciting way for students to learn basic math skills.
- Educreations– This neat app records student’s voice and writing.
- Sushi Monster– Teaches students basic math skills using a remediation approach.
- Storia– An e-reader that was designed by Scholastic just for kids. Books are embedded with a full range of learning activities.
- Tales2Go– An app that provides students with access to more than 2,000 titles.
- Super Duper StoryMaker– Students can create their own narratives using a range of features
- Everyday Mathematics Equivalent Fractions– Teachings students fractions using the card game Solitaires.
- Motion Math: Hungry Guppy– Students learn basic math by feeding a famished guppy with an insatiable appetite.
- eBackpack– Students and teachers can use this system to submit, review, and store digital assignments.
- Project Foundry– Complex management tool for project-based learning.
- Pathbrite– Students can make, manage, assess digital portfolios.
- Character Playbook– Website that helps kids build healthy relationships.
- Roadtrip Nation– Site that inspires kids to follow their dreams and work hard.
- Oh Noah!– Charismatic character makes second-language feel comfortable with the process of acquiring a second language.
- GoNoodle– This PE app adds classroom fun and builds brain power.
- ZisBoomBah– Exciting, common sense tips and tools for a nutritious, well-balanced diet.
- symbalooEDU – Provide your students with access to the best that the web has to offer.
- Rafter– Free course materials for students.
- Acceptly – Helps students navigate the college admission’s process.
- Spill – A support group comprised of students.
- Top Hat Monocle– Homework helper.
- Highlighter– Allows students to organize things that they have read.
- Grockit– A fun way to prepare students for college entrance exams.
- iStudiez Pro– iStudiez Pro is the best app for students which combines tracking schedule, homework and grades with a delightful user experience.”
- Evernote– The popular note taking and organizing computer program is now available as an app, as well.
- G Suite– The ability to collaborate on Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, and the rest have been very helpful for not only group projects, but also study groups.
- Happy Little Farmer– Helps students learn the life cycle of plants by allowing them to grow their own plants.
- Smithsonian’s National Zoo– This app allows students to participate in a virtual field trip to a zoo.
- Nearpod– Teachers can give lectures to student’s tablets and monitor their reactions and responses.
- Frog Dissection– Allows students to participate in a virtual dissection of a frog.
- Geography Drive USA– This app makes geography come alive, and students learn a lot of cool stuff along the way.
- Ansel and Clair: Paul Revere’s Ride– Students take part in a virtual recreation of Paul Revere’s midnight ride.
- Learn the World– Students take part in a global voyage, and along the way, they learn about various countries, capitals, cultures, etc.
- Disney American Presidents– Students can use this app to learn about all of the U.S. presidents.
- Let’s Create! Pottery– Create ceramics virtually and avoid the mess.
- Scholastic Classroom Ideas to Go!– Gives teachers access to a database of over 1,200 lesson ideas.
- Socrative– Amazing clicker-response
- Common Core Standards– Places all of the common core standards at your fingertips.
- Virtuoso Piano- Teaches students basic piano skills.
- AutismXpress– Assists autistic students with matching expressions with
- Evernote– Advanced note taking app.
- Animoto– Students can create amazing multimedia slideshows in minutes.
- Edmodo– Platform that facilitates communication between educational stakeholders.
- Sono Flex– Assists students who are nonverbal or have communication issues. Helps them to express themselves and their emotions.
- Dragon Dictation– Powerful voice recognition platform that can help students with a range of special needs.
- Signed Stories– This app tells animated stories in ASL (American Sign Language).
- TeacherKit– Think of this app as a personal assistant and organizer for teachers.
- Too Noisy Pro– Helps students to monitor their own noise level.
- Super Duper Data Tracker– Helps teachers to manage students’ academic and behavioral progress.
- Let’s Create! Pottery– Create ceramics virtually and avoid the mess.
- Nearpod– Teachers can give lectures to student’s tablets and monitor their reactions and responses.
- Scholastic Classroom Ideas to Go!– Gives teachers access to a database of over 1,200 lesson ideas.
- Socrative– Amazing clicker-response system.
- Common Core Standards– Places all of the common core standards at your fingertips
- Evernote– Advanced note taking app.
- Animoto– Students can create amazing multimedia slideshows in minutes.
- TeacherKit– Think of this app as a personal assistant and organizer for teachers.
- Too Noisy Pro– Helps students to monitor their own noise level.
- Super Duper Data Tracker– Helps teachers to manage students’ academic and behavioral progress.
- ClassDojo– A comprehensive classroom management tool.
- GlobalScholar – A comprehensive teaching, learning, classroom management, and school management app.
- Explee– Create slick, engaging whiteboard animations with this amazing Web-based tool.
- Teaching Channel– Digital PD for discussion and reflection.
- Classcraft– Teachers can monitor behavior and motivate students with this well-conceived collaborative game.
- Parable of the Polygons– This tool helps kids explore the topics of bias, diversity, etc.
- LessonCast – Design educational experiences that inspire teachers and students alike.
- Enzi – Can help solve educational funding inequality.
- Socrative – Engage your classroom with this assessment product.
- Edmodo – Social learning network for educators.
- Inigral – Social media network for higher education.
- eSpark– Assists schools in using ipads to boost student achievement.
- ePals – Links classrooms from around the globe.
- Vittana – Microloans for educational use.
- Funding4Learning – Crowdfunding for the area of education.
- Do-Be – A site that inspires creative teaching.
- Stack the Countries – Whether you’re teaching an eight year old, or a twenty-eight year old about the countries of the world, this is the no.1 geography app.
- Evernote– Instead of ten messy notepads (which you might misplace), you have it all in place and can easily share information with others, add images, drawings, recordings, graphs…you name it.
- Periodic Table– The periodic table comes alive with the Periodic Table app from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Homer– If you’re teaching a child to read this is the app of all apps and comes with the awards to prove it.
- Studious– If you aren’t a fan of your regular calendar, Studious is the perfect app for you to keep track of homework and exams, letting you know when it’s time to start studying!
- CamScanner– Simply by taking a photo of the page you need, this app will convert it to a searchable file you can edit. Perfect if you need a scanner on the go.
- DuoLingo– If you want to make learning a new language more fun in the classroom, or you want to learn a language yourself, this app is one of your best options.
- iTunes U– iTunes U offers the world’s largest database of free education from Universities, museums and cultural institutions.
- Dropbox– If you want to sync and store your files on different devices and in the cloud (or a combination of the two) Dropbox will help you make it happen.
- Shakespeare Pro– Shakespeare is essential reading, but it’s not always easy to teach, nor read.
- Brainscape Pro– This app allows you to search 1 million topics to get quizzed on using flashcards.
- GradeProof– Ever struggled with over using certain words when writing? Or maybe messing up the grammar?
- Tinybop Collection 4– From apps that let you explore the human body, to apps that let you understand the workings of machines, this bundle of ten apps by Tinybop is an amazing asset if you want to teach the little ones about the world we live in.
- Explain Everything Classic– An interactive whiteboard that allows you to explain, well, everything! Animate, add images, use a laser point, add diagrams and equations…you name it!
- Knowji Vocab– Knowji offers a plethora of different vocabulary apps to help students with everything from basic vocabulary to preparing for tests like TOEFL, SAT®, GRE®, ACT® and ASVAB exams.
- Visual Thesaurus– See words branch out into cool, layered language maps.
- com– Intelligent, well-designed site that helps students learn new words.
- EasyBib– This app works as a citation generator for bibliographies, using 50 different source types and more than 7,000 citation styles.
Did we miss anything?