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1. BEST 10 APPS
Courtney Cox
Enoch Williams

2. 1. Google Earth Timelapse
● Use it to analyze growth of particular regions
● Students feedback is provided by in class discussion of what they are
looking at on this app
● History and learning about places and cities
● Google Earth app is easy to use for students and teachers
● Your location is collected and linked to your identity in this app
● Google maps is a great tool to explore the world from above with
satellite imagery, 3D terrain, and 3D buildings in cities around the world.
● Google maps is easy to use with the help of the search bar. Once you
find the location you are looking for there are options of other ways to
view that location
● History, Physical Science, Geography, Civics, Economics
● 4th grade and above
● Explore the world from your technology device
Why did it make the TOP 10?
Google Earth can be used by many
different subjects/topics

3. 2. Oregon Trail
● Core concepts of pioneer leaving and supply purchases
● Feedback in The Oregon Trail is provided by the students
while they are playing the game. The students and
teacher can engage in feedback regarding their budget,
their location progress, and hardships
● Educational computer game
● This app is easy to use once your understand the
concept of the game!
● Gameloft, provides the privacy policy
● Skills, in this game go with the curriculum in history.
● Learning about the Oregon Trail, money budgeting
(stocking the wagon), hardships (diseases and weather)
, etc.
● App gives great instructions on feedback
● History
● Age 12 and +
Why did it make the TOP 10?
This app is used on days where we have some downtime or catch-up on
work day, when their work is completed. The students really get into this
educational game, which leads to great conversation. It's also nice to have a
game that I played as a child, and for us to have that in common.

4. 3. YouTube
● Students and teacher feedback is provided after or before
watching the video and discussing the contents
● informative videos on related teaching content
● YouTube is very easily accessible and easy to use
● YouTube is part of Google and adheres to Google's privacy
policies and principles
● Youtube is a great source to reinforce a taught subject and to
learn more about a topic, subject, situation, etc…
● Youtube is easy to use and very accessible by the youngest
of students
● Wide range of academic areas
● Content for all ages
Why did it make the TOP 10?
YouTube is the 2nd most popular website in the world and
has millions of informational videos

5. 4. Canva
● It is used to design and create from the
classroom
● Feedback is provided by the creativity in the
assignment alone
● Easy to use and has tutorials on YouTube
● All content posted and made on canva is
private.
○ Personal designs can only been accessed by
logging into your account
● Yes, Canva is connected to my curriculum and
used weekly when designing and working on
projects for our school
● 5-12 grade
● Design from a blank Canva or a template
Why did it make the TOP 10?
I have used a lot of design apps and websites while designing in EAST. Canva in my opinion is
the easiest online graphic design tool that we use. Canva combines design, photo-editing, and
layout to help teachers and students create awesome finished products. My students love a
Canva assignment!

6. 5. Epic
● Kids subscription-based reading and learning
platform
● Feedback from students is done by assessment
and comprehension of the book or story
● Higher learning skills- reading and comprehension
● Contains a privacy policy
○ you are consenting to collection and use of your
information as outlined in privacy policy
● Epic, is used in our school for our elem reading
curriculum during school and we also found it very
useful during COVID quarantines
● This app is very easy to use.
○ The search bar does all the work when looking for a
book!
● Ages 4-12
● Digital reading platform
Why did it make the TOP 10?
I choose Epic after seeing my own children use it when the schools shut down for
Covid. Epic is an amazing resource that offers over 40,000 audiobooks, books, and
videos. If I was teaching elementary I would use this virtual library for developing my
student's fluency.

7. 6. Nearpod
● student engagement platform built to make teaching with technology easy
● Provides feedback in real time and assessment such as quizzes to assess
the students understands through multiple choice questions and receive
feedback instantly
● interactive tools for teachers
● This engagement platform is easy to use and can be imported in your google
slides and powerpoint
● The privacy policy was created to tell you the information Nearpod collects.
There privacy practice for students differ from their practices compared to
educators. With Nearpod you can control what your students see and get
feedback in real life
● The app is easy to follow and understand based on your (the teachers)
instruction and teaching.
● Classroom technology
● Kindergarten and above
● Nearpod is a student engagement platform built to make teaching with
Why did it make the TOP 10?
This app made my top 10 because of the teacher-student interaction. Nearpod
gives educators opportunities to provide immediate feedback and is a relatively
easy tool for teachers to monitor student progress on a subject/lesson.

8. 7. Google Slides
● Interactive tool for assignments and powerpoints This app is a
learning resource for students and teaching resource for teachers,
feedback can be provided by students during and after the lesson.
● Create presentations
● Easy to use online or offline
● This app needs permission to camera, microphone, and your photos
to use on any slides
● Google slides, is used by teachers and students create presentations
about an assigned subject/topic
● This app is easy to on Macs, tablets, PC,and mobile devices and
everything is saved as you type it out so you don’t have to worry
about losing your work.
● All subjects and topics from encores to core classes
● All school ages
● Create, edit, and collaborate on presentations
Why did it make the TOP 10?
This is a tool that educators use all the time. Google Slides allows educators
to create interactive presentations that help teach a lesson and engage their
students. What I love about Google Slides is that you can collaborate on slide
presentations in real-time.

9. 8. Quizlet
● great tool to study or review
● Quizlet can provide feedback by students interaction while playing games and doing study
cards together. Feedback can also happen after while going over the flashcards in class.
● Is a way to study, practice, and master a subject area
● This app is easy to use and the assessments provided by the app help the students know if
they master the topic
● The privacy of this app only collects information that allows you to log in, host your content,
and use the various study tools we have, It also allows us to learn about how you and other
use Quizlet to help create new activities and services
● This app helps our students confidently learn anything, no matter they're striving to achieve
● Quizlet has easy to use study sets, study modes, and in-class games that are very easy to
access
● language, science, math, social studies, etc..
● Ages 13 and above
● Quizlet is an easy way to study, practice, and master whatever subject your learning and
teaching.
Why did it make the TOP 10?
Quizlet is a tool that can be used through grade levels and across all
subjects to allow students to study individually or review in groups

10. 9. Quizizz
● Study tool outside of the classroom or engagement tool for the classroom
Feedback can be given the form of quizzes and group activities
● Higher learning skills are achieved by the quizzes and assignments on the
taught lesson and subjects
● Is easy to use and designed to help you participate in group activities.
● This data is collected in this app: diagnostics, identifiers, usage data, user
content Quizizz is designed for students to participate in group
activities and study on your own
● This app is easy for the students and educators to use and create quizzes,
assignments, and presentations
● Wide range of subjects
● 3rd grade and above
● Use the quizizz app to learn anything.
● You can study on your own or engage in group quizzes, assignments, and
presentations
Why did it make the TOP 10?
Quizizz gives immediate feedback to teachers
about how well students do in the review

11. 10. National Archives
● Engage in activities that will help you make sense of stories,
events, and ideas of the past using documents from the
holdings of the US National Archives
● Feedback with students would be after they find the provided
material per that assignment and having class interaction
and discussion
● Database
● Is a free public resource and can be assessed anywhere
● Government run app so very private
● This database can be searched for related information
regarding a specific subject that is being taught
● This app has an easy to assess toolbar that make searching
for data easy to use for students
● Civics, History
● Middle school and above
● You can search and retrieve electronic records on this app
Why did it make the TOP 10?
Students can have quick access to census records,
executive orders, images, primary sources, etc