This is a Best 10 Apps Project by Harding University Students in 2023. Group 1: Linda Dye, Brahm Harris, Rebecca Hartmann, Angelica Ladd This is a group project that provides the best 10 apps for students to use in and out of the classroom to support curriculum based standards and higher learning thinking skills. They are found to be intuitive and provide important feedback to students and educators alike. Each have been voted on by our group and have earned the highest scores on all levels to make our top 10 list. This is a helpful tool for future and current teachers. Each time a child logs on to an educational app you want their time to be spent to the fullest of their ability. It is important to know where to spend their time and your money.

1. There is an App for That!
Top 10 Apps to check out if you are an educator
Group 1: Linda Dye, Brahm Harris, Rebecca Hartmann, Angelica Ladd

2. Teach Your Monster to Read

3. Monster to Read
Information
Hyperlink to the APP:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teach-
your-monster-to-read/id828392046
Specific uses in the classroom:
It uses games with cute and silly monster
avatars that they can personalize to get the
kids practicing sounds, letter naming, blends,
and reading sentences.
It provides feedback when they get
something correct or incorrect. If they have
trouble with a specific part of the game,
those sounds appear more frequently later
on, so they get more chances to practice.
Teachers can track student progress.
Hyperlink to the APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teach-your-monster-to-
read/id828392046
The app encourages higher learning thinking skills such as:
Critical Thinking, English Language Arts
Is it intuitive!
It is very intuitive. My kindergarteners love it and use it with ease, but the game doesn't
always explain exactly what needs to happen, so students may need teacher support at
times.
Privacy?
• Collection of the regulated data is optional
• The data collected from you is covered by a privacy notice under the relevant financial
services or data protection laws or regulations.
• The data is not shared or linked with unaffiliated third parties to market other products
and services to you.
The skills reinforced are connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes!
It gets kids practicing essential ELA skills including sounds, blends, segments, phonemes,
graphemes, and eventually sentences.
The app provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions!
It is easy to follow, but it doesn't always explain exactly what needs to happen, so students
may need some teacher support.

4. Prodigy Math
Hyperlink to the APP:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prodigy-math-game/id950795722
Specific uses in the classroom:
It has a diagnostic test to place the students in the correct grade,
embedded assessments, and automatic differentiation.
It gives teachers up to date information on the skills the student
has mastered and ones they are still working on.
As a teacher, you can customize their questions to supplement
class material. The game also uses adaptive learning and
differentiated instruction to adjust content.
The app encourages higher learning thinking skills such as:
Critical Thinking skills

5. Prodigy Math Information:
It is intuitive!
It is easy to use and can be adapted for differentiated instruction.
Privacy?
They only disclose information collected in limited circumstances. They do not disclose the personal information of Students to
third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.
The skills reinforced are connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes!
The Math Games feature more than 1,500 mathematical skills, aligned with curriculum standards for grades 1 to 8.
The app provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions!
I have had many students use it without difficulty, including my son who is special needs.

6. Epic-Kids’ Books &
Reading
Hyperlink to the APP:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epic-kids-books-reading/id719219382
The app encourages higher learning thinking skills such as:
Comprehension, critical thinking skills, and reading strategies
Specific uses in the classroom:
Teachers are able to set up free accounts for their students to read and be read to at school and access at home as well. You can
assign specific books to students based on their needs. You can also assign a collection of books to students that they can use for
research.
Epic has reading logs that the teacher can access to see what the child is interested in and how much time they are spending on
each book.
Epic provides instant "feedback" through the comprehension quizzes.

7. Epic-Kids’ Books &
Reading Information
The app encourages higher learning thinking skills such as:
Comprehension, critical thinking skills, and reading strategies
It is intuitive!
It is very use to know where to find what you are looking for with different tabs and buttons to click on. It also has an actual photo of the book on
the screen so they can choose what they want to read, even if they are not able to read the title.
Privacy?
Contact Info, Search History, Identifiers, and Usage Data may be collected and linked to your identity.
The skills reinforced are connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes!
Yes, students are able to read books on their specific reading level (if they know it) and also have books read to them. You can differentiate
learning by assigning books on their level.
The app provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions!
It is very use to know where to find what you are looking for with different tabs and buttons to click on. It also has an actual photo of the book on
the screen so they can choose what they want to read, even if they are not able to read the title.

8. Moby Max

9. Moby Max
● Website: https://www.mobymax.com/
● This app has interactive classroom engagement
for all students. It integrates the building block of
relationship skills/cooperation, creating teams,
class rewards, and interactive class lessons.
● Moby Max’s curriculum teaches students how to
be better problem solvers, critical thinkers, ad
creative minds. Moby Max has thousands of
cognitive skill manipulatives. This app has
students think and discover, rather than just being
told what to do.
● Privacy: Only the most basic personal information,
such as grade level and name, are entered. They
never share or sell personal informationl.

10. ● This app has interactive classroom engagement, which helps teachers identify
students who may need additional support to get back on track.
● Star Reading gives comprehensive reading assessments that will give the teacher
the information needed to ensure the students reach high levels of literacy.
● For student’s privacy; the collection of the regulated data is optional and occurs
only in cases that are not apart of the app’s primary function.
● Student skills are reinforced through K-12 comprehensive assessments that
provide all the insights needed to guide literacy growth for emergent readers,
struggling readers, and high achievers.

12. ● Website: https://www.ixl.com
● IXL is an easy online learning that covers K-12
learning curriculum. IXL’s platform is built on four
pillars: a Real- Time Diagnostic, comprehensive
curriculum, personalized guidance, and
actionable analytics.
● IXL skills are interwoven to help students build a
deep understanding of how concepts connect
across disciplines. This approach, prepares
students for problem solving in real world
contexts.
● IXL supports the Student Privacy Pledge to
safeguard student privacy. IXL Learning, is a
member of the Student Data Privacy Consortium.
● Skills are reinforced and have been noted to help
solidify what students are learning and
understanding, which allows the student to
achieve better on district and state assessments.

14. ● Website: https://kahoot.it/
● You can use Kahoot as a bellringer or class
starter to get students engaged at the
beginning of class.
● Teachers can use Kahoot before introducing a
new concept as a form of pre-assessment to
see how much students know about the new
content. It can also be used throughout a
lesson to measure student engagement and
understanding.
● Kahoot is committed to protect the privacy and
security of their users and being transparent
about how they process information about you.
● There are infinitely many playful learning
activities as well as many different and unique
activities that will reinforce student learning.

15. Reading IQ
Digital Books For Kids 2-12
Age of Learning, Inc.

16. Specific Uses in the Classroom:
Reading IQ features thousands of books for children to
choose from. Teachers can monitor and chart progress
while students get feedback through the dashboard and
quizzes. Children work through grade appropriate
activities for reading and comprehension.
Hyperlink: ReadingIQ on the App Store (apple.com)

17. The app encourages higher learning
skills such as:
Creative Thinking/
English Language Arts.
The app is intuitive and easy to use.
Students may need a little help in the beginning.
Privacy considerations: This app collects a lot of information.
Everything from personal information, credit card and payment
information, to location and grade. The app reserves the right to
share information with third parties at their discretion.

18. Splash Learn Math Games for 2nd
Grade Kids
Hyperlink to App:
Math Games For 2nd Grade Kids on the
App Store (apple.com)

19. Specific uses in the classroom: Students get instant
feedback through rewards. The dashboard also provides
feedback on progress students are given the correct
answer and reasoning for missed questions.

20. Splash learn encourages higher learning skills such as:
Creative Thinking/ Critical Thinking / English and Math
This app is interactive and fun with its many bright characters and games. It is
intuitive and easy to use.
Privacy Considerations: The app follows privacy laws and does not automatically
collect information. Children must have parental consent or the teacher’s
information is used at provided the teacher gives consent. Third party marketers
are not allowed to market to children through the app. The company follows a
privacy policy that they only share information with their affiliates. Children cannot
download their information.

21. BrainPOP

22. BrainPOP information
Website: https://www.brainpop.com/
Specific use in the classroom; It is an animated movie app that helps kids understand their world. It encourages self
directed learning in a voice that provides humor and the kids can relate to.
Does it provide student feedback? How? Teachers can send feedback on open-ended work, such as Make a Movie
and Make a Map.
What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage? This app is designed to support the
development of a broad range of transferable skills such as, critical, creative, computational thinking.

23. BrainPOP 2nd Page
What kind of privacy does it offer?It uses industry standard protocol to ensure that student data is encrypted and
transmitted securely from end to end and at rest.
Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standard? Standard outcome? Yes, I believe
BrainPOP is a very fun app to make my students enjoy learning and doing their work instead of dragging it.
Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.? This app is very user friendly.

24. Khan Academy

25. Khan Academy
Website: https://www.khanacademy.org/
Specific use for the classroom? It is used to identify strengths and learning opportunities in students' skill
sets. Then assign specific skills to a small group of students, and allow them to work individually and as a
group to strengthen their weaknesses
Does it provide student feedback? How? Yes it does the whole point of the app is to provide feedback for
kids so they can increase their scores.

26. Khan Academy
What kind of higher learning skills does this website encourage? Khan academy helps with every major
subject and helps with test preparation which includes tests like the ACT and SAT. THe app focuses on
subject skill mastery.
What kind of privacy does it offer? It doesn’t specifically say but they say they create a safe and secure
online environment
.Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standard? Yes it is by review this is the best app
for kids through the ages k-12. This app has it all to help my students from helping with test prep to teaching
regular assignments.