The document provides a list of top 10 apps for use in K-12 classrooms according to their ability to boost learning, ease of use, and applicability. It summarizes several apps, including Class Dojo for behavior rewards, Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard, Kahoot for quizzes, Learn World Geography for geography lessons, Buzz Math for middle school math practice, Monkey in the Middle for grade-level math games, Duolingo for English language learning, Speak English Like an American for idiom practice, and Busuu for its writing exercises and feedback from native English speakers. Criteria and resources for each app are also included.

1. There’s an APP for That!
Lawrence Foss - Rebecca Yoon - Jenny Schuth
Grade 4-8: Math Grades 4-8: English
Language Arts and Social
Studies
(No grade; for adults)
English as a Second
Language class

2. We’ve compiled a list of our Top 10 Apps according to their applicability
in the classroom, their ability to boost student learning and growth, and
their ease of use.
Link to criteria for the apps we chose.

3. One basic assumption: we want apps to be
free to students, but we are okay with apps
that cost teachers to use or to even access a
central web capability that tracks students’
progress.
A valuable lesson:
Differentiation within apps is normally only
available for apps that we buy. While the
apps themselves may not be tailorable,
teachers can use the app results to adjust
their lesson emphasis for each student.

4. General
Classroom Use
Click on the logo to visit
the APP website to learn
more!
These APPs are useable in any classroom
K-12

5. Class Dojo
● A New Classroom Culture
with web postings for
parents and students to
enjoy!
● Parent Involvement
● Reward Good Behavior!
● Aids in Transition Periods
● Students are motivated to
have fun and create their
own monster character
● Receive good and bad points
for specific behaviors
● Find trends in student
behaviors
● Don’t forget to send out
weekly student updates to
parents
Click on the Logo to go to the APP website to Learn More
Watch this Video!

6. Explain
Everything
• Interactive Wipe Board
• Helpful for studying
• Help parents understand
what you’re teaching
• Students can see your
thinking as they listen
• Can go back later
and review if they
are still confused
• Much more interactive
than a normal
presentation with voice-
over options
• Kids will enjoy your
presentations with
vibrant options!
Click on the Logo to go to the APP website to Learn More

7. Kahoot
• Study tool for classroom
level studies
• Class/Student surveys
• Create your own lessons
• Use already created quizzes
• Students will love this
social activity in class!
Click on the Logo to go to the APP website to Learn More
Watch this Video!

8. Social Studies
Don’t forget to click on
the logo to visit the APP
website for more
information!

9. Learn World
Geography
• Eye opener for grades
1-12!
• Options for many other
postgraduate programs
as well
• Teacher or Student?
• Learn and study
Geography
• Simple and easy to use
Click on the Logo to go to the APP website to Learn More

10. Middle School
Mathematics
Students in middle school
are most easily engaged
with games or lessons that
include avatar/lively
icons to encourage and/or
instruct. Engaging the
students and keeping them
engaged is a high
priority.
Applying is the highest
order of thinking
utilized, normally.

11. • At $5 /student, it is a worthwhile purchase
• Smartboard compatible!
• Focuses on Middle School CC Aligned material
w/variety of quizzes and infinite retries
• Teachers receive progress reports that can be
used to tailor/differentiate student lessons
• Website includes motivational icon/avatar that
will encourage the student as they develop and
give immediate feedback
• Setting up the classroom with student app
devices is the most technically difficult part;
actual assignments are intuitive, authentic
with reasons for real world math problems, and
encourage the application of knowledge
• Reason in top ten: The app is strictly a
classroom subscription app but ties together
positive aspects for all rubric requirements
Buzz Math
Click on the picture to go to the APP website to Learn More

12. • This app at $1.99 is a solid low cost option
• Reinforces number operations & is intuitive!
• Students can enjoy practice with basic
add/subtract/divide/multiply of number tables
• Feedback is instantaneous through progress in
levels of space missions
• Students are motivated with this very active
space mission app
• The most difficult part is buying the cheap app
and installing for students to play
• Teachers- note the app does not mix-match
number table operations to help differentiate
• Supports CC standards, and building spaceships
requires some analysis thinking
• Recommended this app because kids love the
space rocket theme + bell work is hard to find
Mathmateer
Click on the picture to go to the APP website to Learn More

13. • Free, FREE, FREE with apps for each grade level
• The app is not flexible; it has set games with
set math operations to solve, so no central
assignment creation other than selecting
quizzes. No differentiation other than the
teacher’s interaction
• Feedback is instantaneous while they apply math
skills to solve math problems to help a little
chimp travel from place to place
• Students love this animal game that is very
much like popular arcade games!
• Supports CC standards by grade level though
teachers have to do the work of marrying games
to standards for lessons.
• Recommended this app because it supports each
middle school grade level with a separate app
Monkey in the Middle -
top math pick!
Click on the picture to go to the APP website to Learn More

14. English as a Second Language
Applying and Analysis, to
make comparisons between
the student’s first
language and English, are
the higher order thinking
skills used most commonly.

15. Duolingo
• A free application that is VERY intuitive -
great for free time work!
• The app is semi-flexible; it has set levels
with fixed problem sets
• The app helps a teacher differentiate
instruction in the classroom by telling the
student the areas where they need to focus and
web page reporting can help
• Students receive immediate feedback through
progress in the game to the next level, and
summaries at the end of a game session tell the
students about their weaknesses
• Difficulty of use varies since you can either
use the app as a standalone tool (easy) or make
it less private and post scores (technical)
• Very authentic because it uses normal
conversations in the skill level instruction
Click on the Logo to go to the APP website to Learn More
Watch this Video!

16. Speak English Like an American
• Five English idiom lessons for free and twenty more
for $10
• The app is not flexible, with set English idioms
recorded for conversation practice by the student
• Recommend this for advanced ESL students only
• There are a lot of common idioms that students can
learn through this app. Listening to dialogues helps
one's listening skills.
• Speech recording/playback is included
• Students receive immediate feedback for each
recorded idiom that they attempt to master
• User friendliness: intuitive within the lesson
• Instructions: easy to follow
• Very authentic because it uses normal idioms in the
skill level instruction
• Advanced learners will be motivated to use
Click on the logo to go to the APP website to Learn More

17. Learn English - Speak
English (Busuu)
• You can use flashcards for free and writing
exercises for free and is private if purchased
• The app is very intuitive when using the flashcards
and writing exercises, and quizzes provide immediate
feedback
• Higher learning skill is to learn English and Apply
knowledge to object recognition, writing & quizzes
• Instructions: very easy
• Very authentic because the student can use
corrections from native speakers to practice writing
• Recommend this app because the most effective method
to teach ESL is to activate what the student already
knows and app provides college level equivalent
instruction if purchased
• Students will be motivated to use this app because
it practices vocabulary, grammar, audio dialogues,
language games and provides interactive tests
Click on the logo to go to the APP website to Learn More

18. Resources
Class Dojo. (2016). A web application for student and parent involvement [Mobile
application software]. Retrieved from https://www.classdojo.com/
Explain Everything. (2016). Interactive whiteboard and presentation app [Mobile
application software]. Retrieved from https://explaineverything.com/app/
Kahoot!. (2016). Interactive lesson and quiz app creation [Mobile application
software]. Retrieved from
https://getkahoot.com/?utm_name=controller_app&utm_source=web_app&utm_medium=link
Learn World Geography. (2016). Uses latest in cognitive techniques to teach world
geography, by Brainscape [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from
https://explaineverything.com/app/

19. Resources
Buzzmath. (2016). A classroom subscription based web application [Mobile
application software]. Retrieved from https://www.buzzmath.com/ipad
Mathmateer. (2013). A math table operations web application [Mobile
application software]. Retrieved from
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathmateer/id393989284?mt=8
Monkey in the Middle. (2013). A grade level based math practice web application
[Mobile application software]. Retrieved from
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/middle-school-math-6th-grade/id648551920?mt=8

20. Resources Continued
Duolingo. (2016). A free web application for learning languages [Mobile
application software]. Retrieved from https://www.duolingo.com/mobile
Speak English Like an American. (2016). An English idiom learning tool application
[Mobile application software]. Retrieved from
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.languagesuccesspress.speakenglishlikeanamerican
Busuu. (2016). An English language learning web application [Mobile
application software]. Retrieved from
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.busuu.android.en&hl=en