The document provides summaries of 10 educational apps for students: 1) Khan Academy - Free app covering all subjects from pre-K to college with interactive exercises and ability to track progress. 2) AzTech - Game-based app bundle focusing on Latin American history that is typically low-cost per student and offers bilingual capabilities. 3) Newsela Student - Free app providing current events articles at various reading levels with comprehension quizzes and activities. 4) SimpleMind - Free mind mapping app to organize thoughts and ideas that can be used for writing, drafting, and note-taking. 5) Seesaw Learning - Free app allowing students to engage through educational videos and drawings while teachers provide feedback

1. Top 10 Educational Apps
Virginia Woods, Tori Clark, Gabrielle Lamp
EDT 6200

2. Khan Academy
● Free, no in-app purchases
● Pre-K through college, kid friendly, parents can create account to
help/track student work
● All subjects including arts and humanities, life skills, test prep,
economics
● Download lessons, works offline
● Interactive exercises with goal of working toward mastery
● Enroll in a class - teachers can sign videos/exercises and track progress
● Standards-aligned
● Connect app with online (switch from from, tablet, and school given
computer)
● Doodle pad on screen for showing work (encourages working things by
hand/drawing) without need for scratch paper
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/khan-academy/id469863705

3. AzTech (3 app bundle)
● AzTech: The Story Begins, Meet the Mayas, & Empiric Empire
● Grades: 5-8, does not collect personal info of students/children
● Price: “Typically costs less than $3.50 per student, at $1,750 per year
for all games for all students. We do offer volume discounts for large
districts.”
● “Unique and innovative bilingual capabilities, players can play the game
in English or make it a bilingual (English/Spanish) experience with the
ability to change the language – audio, video and text – on any page.”
● Game-based exercises built into game rather than remote drills while
integrating Latin American history for cultural engagement
● Corresponding teacher resource page with aligned standards, lesson
supplements, and activities
● Includes pre-test and powerpoints that go with each game lesson
● Teachers can track student progress
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aztech-the-story-begins/id1236490262

4. Newela Student
● Free app
● Teachers can purchase classroom subscription for amplified use and
progress tracking of students
● Daily updated current event articles
● All articles offered at 5 reading levels
● Vocabulary in context
● Comprehension quizzes and activities available with the articles,
annotation, written response
● Aligns specifically with state standards
● Offers multiple perspectives for news
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/newsela-student/id966371321

5. SimpleMind- Mind Mapping
● Free (and ad-free!), or purchase a premium one time cost of $9.99
● Organize thoughts and ideas, map out plans/essay outlines, combine
different maps, add images
● Built in support with google drive
● Save as PDF or print
● Great way to add technology to the writing/drafting process or for note
taking in a creative format
● Uses cookies, does not store personal information
● Easy use and simple tech interface, designed for these purposes
● Connects to Bloom’s Taxonomy of analyzing and creating, could be
incorporated into CCSS of editing/drafting/revising
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simplemind-mind-mapping/id305727658

6. Seesaw Learning:
● This is a free app.
● Seesaw can be used by students as a tool for engagement through
educational videos, audio, drawing and work sharing. Teachers can use it
to create and share lesson plans, monitor student success and find
learning activities for the classroom. Furthermore, families can use it to
communicate with teachers and view and comment on their child’s work.
● Age: K-12th grade
● Teachers and parents are able to leave feedback for students.
● This app promotes autonomous learning.
● Seesaw is easy to use! All instructions are simple.
● Students are able to keep track of their own progress and present it to a
wider audience this connects to the AR art state standards.
● Seesaw does not store student information.
Seesaw Learning on the App Store

7. Create and Think
● Create and Think is free and appropriate for Kinder-12th graders.
● This app provides art activities for students. Teachers can select the art
areas they want to teach and students can use this in the classroom to
practice their art skills.
● Each activity offers a set of steps to make using them as simple as
possible. It provides student feedback in that students and teachers can
log their favorite activities and come back to try it again later.
● This app supports autonomous learning and DOK level 4 in that students can
decide what activity they prefer to practice based on their interests and
areas of growth. This app promotes creativity and aligns with AR fine art
state standards.
● Create and Think is easy to use, instructions are provided and tutorials
are given.
● This app only collects contact information.
Create&Think on the App Store

8. Artsonia
● Artsonia is free and appropriate for students grades Kinder-12th.
● Artsonia allows students to keep a digital portfolio of their artwork.
Students and teachers can upload artworks to Artsonia and can enter their
work into contests from this app.
● This app provides student feedback through comments made by teachers and
invited family members.
● Artsonia supports DOK level 4 because students can measure growth by
viewing progress with their online portfolio.
● Artsonia allows students to present their artwork which aligns with the AR
fine art state standards.
● Artsonia holds the iKeepSafe FERPA Certification signifying its Website,
Platform, and Apps have been reviewed and approved for having policies and
practices that are compliant with the federal mandates for FERPA.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/artsonia/id1499403452

9. PBS Kids
● Free cost to students, educators and parents.
● Designed more for use by younger children, thinktv is for all grades.
● Does not provide feedback or tracking student path.
● Available on multiple devices.
● https://pbskids.org/privacy/
● ThinkTV and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos,
interactives, lesson plans, and more for teachers like you.
https://pbskids.org/
https://thinktv.pbslearningmedia.org/ (ThinkTV and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and
more for teachers like you. For all grades)

10. iXL Learning
● Provides real time diagnostics and accurately assess student ability and
knowledge. Level insights with personalized plans for each learner.
● Available for kindergarten up to highschool students.
● IXL Science helps students build lasting critical thinking abilities. With
IXL, they'll analyze data, build new vocabulary, and deepen their
understanding of the world around them.
● Can purchase subscriptions for small families or for a district.
● https://www.ixl.com/privacypolicy
● Select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, state standards, or
standardized test. Also follows Arkansas frameworks for each subject.
● Provides user guides to set up classrooms for students, objectives, skills
and assessments.
IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish

11. ● Students can refine science skills, as well as reading and math.
Focus on fun ways to reinforce fun methods of learning.
● Focuses on core standards and incorporates interactive games or
lessons based off of that.
● Very child friendly can be used as a free software with restrictions
or can purchase a subscription or school subscription.
● The Platform does not require Children to provide their name,
address, or other contact information in order to play games.
● The Platform does collect personal information from parents,
teachers, and other adults.
● Unless you purchase an ad-free subscription, we have advertisements
on the Platform, which are served by third-party companies. However, these
ads are not targeted to a specific user.
● Provides lessons presented as games, and printables. Divides
activity levels by grade and subject. Mainly for students k-6
ABCya! • Learning Games and Apps for Kids
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