Google Classroom is a free web-based platform that integrates G Suite for Education accounts with Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Calendar. It allows teachers to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate with students, and stay organized. Teachers can see who has or hasn't completed work and provide real-time feedback and grades.

1. Google Classroom
Classroom is a free web-based platform that
integrates your G Suite for Education account
with all your G Suite services, including Google
Docs, Gmail, and Google Calendar. Classroom
saves time and paper, and makes it easy to
create classes, distribute assignments,
communicate, and stay organized.Teachers can
quickly see who has or hasn't completed the
work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and
grades right in Classroom.

2. Google Classroom
Grade Level: 7-12
Civics: All Standards
Google Classroom can fit any standard that the teacher wishes it to, because the teacher has so much say in what the
students are seeing and having to do. I can add assignments, message students, and allow parents to see the progress of
their students in almost real time. No matter the challenge or class, Google Classroom works, and works well.
Top Ten Rationale:
● Free
● Links to all google apps
● Great transparency
● Gives teacher autonomy
● Easy to use and student friendly

3. You can’t go wrong with TED.
The organization’s official app houses
hundreds of inspiring and intriguing
TED Talks, featuring fascinating
lectures from industry and subject
matter experts spanning a wide swath
of categorical topics. Many of them are
perfectly suited for sparking classroom
discussions and online debates, while
others can serve as inspiration for
educators creating new lesson plans or
lectures.

4. TED
Grade Level: 7-12
ART I
P.6.VAI.1
Describe appropriate venues for the presentation of artistic work, based on the meaning to be conveyed
(e.g., museums, professional galleries, online venues, alternative venues)
Students in a small town can not experience ART lectures like students in bigger cities. I use this site in my class to allow the students the
experience of seeing artists talk about their work. The experience of ART outside of a classroom and off of the canvas is an invaluable experience.
This is the link to my favorite TED about ART:
https://www.ted.com/playlists/343/street_art?utm_source=tedcomshare&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tedspread
Students are amazed when they see that ART and ART expression can make a peaceful art project with simple pictures. ART can change people’s
lives!
This app is very easy to use and is flexible for most any age.
Top Ten Rationale:
❏ Can be used in any Discipline
❏ Easily manipulated by most any grade level
❏ Promotes critical thinking
❏ Meets Common Core Standards
❏ Offers flexibility and variation in each subject
❏ It is FREE

5. Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based classroom
response system and educational
platform that leaves your students
begging for more. With a refreshingly
new take on introducing a subject
and formative assessment - through
quizzing, collaboration and
presentation of content - Kahoot!
initiates peer-led discussions, with
students left on the edge of their
seats.

6. Kahoot!
Grade Level: 7-12
Civics: All Standards
A personal favorite app of mine to use in the classroom, Kahoot! Can make any lesson or unit fun and competitive for your
students. Not only do you have the ability to put in any set of questions that you wish, but you instantly have access to
millions of other games created by teachers around the world. All of this is completely free, and a great way to check for
understanding.
Top Ten Rationale:
● Fun and inclusive
● Access to other works
● Completely free
● Can check for understanding
● Instant feedback

7. Quizlet provides free study
tools for students,
teachers, and learners of
all ages that can be used
in and out of the
classroom, on your own or
with friends, and on the go
with our iOS and Android
apps.

8. Quizlet
Grade Level: 7-12
ART I
CR.3.VAI.5
Define a body of work
(e.g., compositions, artistic maturation, personal visual voice, influences of visual cultures, personal influences, personal environments, personal
experiences, underlying visual idea, content, theme, series)
Students in ART I need to be able to recognize the work and influences of various artist. Being able to design a quiz based on pictures, influences and
environments of an artist is helpful for the student as well as the teacher. The student can design the quiz or th teacher can design the quiz, either way
the quiz can be shared with as many individuals as you want.
For example: a student/teacher could place a picture of a piece of artwork and then add facts about the artist...who, what, when,where, why, how etc…..
Flash cards could be made, spelling tests could be created, games for groups could be created, statistics and results are reported in a graph format.
Top Ten Rationale:
❏ Can be used in any Discipline
❏ Easily manipulated by most any grade level
❏ Allows students to review while creating
❏ Meets Common Core Standards
❏ Promotes Collaboration
❏ Self Designing
❏ It is FREE

9. Edmodo
Edmodo is an online networking application for
teachers and students. Think Facebook, but in a
safe and controlled environment appropriate for
school. Edmodo is primarily a tool for
within-class communication, but it also provides
several ways for teachers to connect with other
teachers. Each edmodo class group is managed
and controlled by the teacher Students can only
communicate to the whole class or to the
teacher – private messages between students
are not possible.

10. Edmodo
Grade Level: 7-12
Civics: CPI.1.C.4 Analyze the purpose, organization, authority, and function of each of the three branches of government at
the federal and state levels.
Edmodo takes all the usefulness and ease of communication of Facebook, and takes out all of the risk of using it as well.
Say my students had to have a class-wide discussion on the app about the Legislative branch. Not only could I have
complete control over the language and know how to discussion is going, but parents can also do the same. There are no
private messages, and no other topics other than educational ones that the teacher sets up.
Ton Ten Rationale:
● Minimal risk
● Parent inclusive
● Means of communication
● Teacher controlled

11. Combine still photos and video
footage to make creative slide
shows in minutes. The app includes
easy-to-use templates and a large
library of free music. Educators are
given access to unlimited videos,
which can be exported to e-mails,
blogs, and more.

12. Animoto
Grade Level: 7-12
ART I
P.6.VAIII.1
Choose an appropriate venue for the presentation of artistic work, based on the meaning to be conveyed
(e.g., museums, professional galleries, online venues, alternative venues)
Students in ART I will be able to use animoto to present their body of work as a graphical display.
Top Ten Rationale:
❏ Can be used in any Discipline
❏ Moderate manipulation level
❏ Allows students to review while creating
❏ Meets Common Core Standards
❏ Allows individual creativity
❏ Self Designing
❏ It is FREE

13. StudyBlue
StudyBlue is a collaborative learning ecosystem
that empowers more than 13 million people to
master any subject. Students can connect with
others who are on a similar learning journey
through a shared library of more than 350+
million pieces of user-generated content.
StudyBlue brings together the wisdom of the
crowd, making it easier to master anything from
Art to Civics.

14. StudyBlue
Grade Level: 9-12
Civics: CPI.1.C.2 Construct explanations comparing and contrasting the ideologies of various governments and ways they
have changed over time using multiple sources (e.g., anarchy, oligarchy, monarchy, theocracy, autocracy, direct
democracy, representative democracy)
StudyBlue is very similar to Quizlet. Not only can you create your own quizzes and flashcards, but you can search for flash
cards that are the same subject as yours. If my students needed to study for a quiz about the different types of
governments, they can create flashcards on here. However, unlike Quizlet, there are many features that you cannot have
access to unless you pay. Despite this, StudyBlue can still be a great tool for any high school student.
Top Ten Rationale:
● Easy interface
● Great organizer
● Excellent study tool

15. BrainPop is a group of educational
websites with over 1,000 short
animated movies for students in
grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17),
together with quizzes and related
materials, covering the subjects of
science, social studies, English,
mathematics, engineering and
technology, health, and arts and
music.

16. BrainPop
Grade Level: K-12
ART I
CN.11.VAIV.4
Defend relationships between art and environments
(e.g. conservation, recycling, emerging environmental issues)
BrainPop is a great store house for many uses in the classroom. Students and teachers can chose any discipline
and gain access to multitudes of resources for learning. Brain Pop has many videos that relate to community
service and integration of art.
Top Ten Rationale:
❏ Can be used in many Disciplines
❏ Easy to manipulate for all ages
❏ Allows students to review
❏ Meets Common Core Standards
❏ Allows individual and group creativity
❏ It has options of free and paid extensions

17. Classtree
Classtree is a secure, and private
communication channel which manages
e-signature, consents, real-time reporting, event
reminders and photo sharing. No more missed
permission slips and consent forms. Send a
unique class code to parents or invite them by
uploading a list. Pull your consent forms from
Dropbox and send to parents to sign. Send a
unique link to a group to sign on the
webConsents. Add an optional question to your
consent form

18. Classtree
Grade level: K-12
Civics: PRL.6.C.1 Investigate various methods for creating federal, state, and local laws
As students get older, they tend to go on less field-trips. One reason for that is the pain that comes with informing parents,
gathering consent forms, and keeping the trip organized. Classtree allows parents to have al consent forms sent online, and
gives the teacher an easy way to know what parents did and did not sign off.
Top Ten Rationale:
● Organization
● Great for field trips
● Easy way to inform parents

19. ClassDojo is a behaviour
management tool for the classroom.
Each student has a profile –
complete with their own avatar – to
which teachers can assign positive
and negative points (or 'dojos')
throughout the lesson.

20. Classdojo
Grade Level: K-12
ART I
This tool is a great way to organize your class. It is a bit elementary in appearance but can work as
effectively in secondary classrooms.
Top Ten Rationale:
❏ Is an organizational tool for teachers
❏ Easy to use and download
❏ Teachers can collaborate
❏ Meets Common Core Standards
❏ Has free and paid extensions