This document provides a summary of the top 10 educational apps for teachers and students. It briefly describes each app, including Remind for communication, Nearpod for interactive lessons, FreshGrade for tracking student work, Duolingo for language learning, TED Talks for sparking discussion, Class Dojo for classroom management, Timeline Eons for organizing history notes, JogNog for assessments, Khan Academy for differentiating instruction, and an AP Euro History review app. The rationale for each app emphasizes their ease of use and interactive features to engage students.

1. Top 10 Educational Apps
Andrew Sossaman, JD Peery, and
Gerald Martin

2. Remind App. (https://www.remind.com/)
Rationale:
• Incredibly simple. This
app. allows teachers to
anonymously
communicate with the
entire class, individual
students, or parents.
Teachers can submit
instant feedback on
assignments and send out
reminders about
assignments.

3. Nearpod (https://www.nearpod.com/)
Rationale:
• Nearpod has numerous
interactive features. For
instance, teachers can
create slideshows that are
compatible with ppt.,
Google slides, and others.
Teachers can also share pre-
made lessons, quizzes, and
videos with students'
mobile devices. A great
supplement to help “flip”
your classroom.

4. FreshGrade (https://www.freshgrade.com/)
Rationale:
• Allows teachers to
quickly and easily save
student artifacts and
then organize them into
individual e-portfolios.
This is a very handy way
for teachers to track
their students' progress.

5. Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/
• Bite sized lessons
• “Gamification” encourages competition. learn
• Simple to operate
• Available on most platforms.
• Recently designed for classrooms.
• Completely free!

6. TED Talks
• Access every TED talk on your phone or tablet.
• Sort by tags and themes.
• Create playlists for the classroom.
• Bookmark talks for future use.
• Talks are great for kickstarting classroom
discussion.
• Free!
https://www.ted.com/about/programs-

7. Class Dojo
• The class Dojo can be used for all grades
• Can be used for classroom management and
parental communication
• Allows the teacher to use positive feedback
• Very easy to navigate!
• Instructions are easy to follow
https://www.classdojo.com/

8. Timeline Eons
• Good for grades 3-12
• Great for organizing notes in History in a creative
way
• Engages higher order thinking through creativity
• Instructions are clear and easy to use
• ZERO privacy issues
http://www.maani.us/app_timeline/timeline.html

9. JogNog
https://www.jognog.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
• Good for grades K-12
• Great for Informal and Formal Assessments
• Provides instant feedback when you engage in
an assessment
• One negative: higher order thinking skills are
not addressed.
• Easy navigation and not privacy issues

10. Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/downloads
• Great for grades 7-12
• Allows you to differentiate instruction
• Allows you to give formal and informal
assessments
• One Negative: Lower level thinking skills
• The navigation could be better but the app is
easy to use overall
• No Privacy issues

11. AP Euro History Review App
www.studybyapp.com
• Great for grades 9-12
• Allows teachers to introduce lessons
• Allows students to assess themselves
• One negative: only addresses lower level
thinking skills
• Instructions are simple and is very easy to use
• No privacy issues