The document provides summaries of 10 educational apps: ABCYA, IXL, Scratch Jr., Noggin, Kahoot!, Explain Everything, Edulastic, Blooket, Quizizz, and Google Forms. Each app summary includes 2-3 sentences describing the app's purpose, features, and how it can be used for educational purposes.

1. TOP
10
EDUCATIONAL APPS
Nakia Woods, Hunter Inett & Jordan Roberts
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2. ABCYA
The app has resources
that provide activities and
materials to help students
build foundational reading
skills, which may include
phonics, phonemic
awareness, fluency, and
comprehension.

3. ABCYA
It has a range of texts, including informational texts and literature, to expose students to different types of reading materials
and genres.
The app has activities that support students in developing their writing skills.
It is aligned with Common Core Standards.
The app is user-friendly for young learners. It is easy to navigate and directions are simple for students to follow.
The app is visually appealing and will keep students engaged with its vibrant colors and graphics.
The games provide instant feedback,students will be prompted if they get the answer correct.
The app has a privacy policy and does not require any information from users,teachers or parents. The app can be used free of
charge (subscriptions are offered with fees).

4. IXL
The app has resources that
provide activities and
materials to help students
build foundational reading
skills, which may include
phonics, phonemic awareness,
fluency, and comprehension.

5. IXL
It has a range of texts, including informational texts and literature, to expose students to different types of reading materials and genres.
The app has activities that support students in developing their writing skills.
It is aligned with Common Core Standards.
The app is user-friendly for young learners. It is easy to navigate and directions are simple for students to follow.
The app is visually appealing and will keep students engaged with its vibrant colors and graphics.
The games provide instant feedback,students will be prompted if they get the answer correct.
The app has a privacy policy and does not require any information from users,teachers or parents. The app can be used free of charge (subscriptions are
offered with fees).
The app has a free trial period and after that a membership must be purchased.
Students must be 13 or older to set up an account. If younger, the account has to be established by a parent/guardian.

6. Scratch Jr.
The app teaches students
to code to introduce them
to problem-solving and
computational thinking at an
early age.

7. Scratch Jr.
ScratchJr is a visual programming language designed for kids aged 5-7, making it a great starting point for
coding education. It allows children to create interactive stories and games by snapping together code blocks
that represent programming commands.
It has a step-by-step interface guide for young learners that helps them create their own scripts, characters,
and art design.
The app is visually appealing and will keep students engaged with its vibrant colors and graphics.
The app has a privacy policy and at times information will be required. However, an explanation as to why that
particular information is needed will be provided.

8. Noggin
The app has resources
that provide activities
and materials to help
students build
foundational reading
skills, which may include
phonics, phonemic
awareness, fluency, and
comprehension.

9. Noggin
It has a range of texts, including informational texts and literature, to expose students to different types of reading materials and genres.
The app has activities that support students in developing their writing skills.
It is aligned with Common Core Standards.
The app is user-friendly for young learners. It is easy to navigate and directions are simple for students to follow.
The app is visually appealing and will keep students engaged with its vibrant colors and graphics.
It features:Preschool Learning Games: Noggin provides a variety of educational games designed to help young children develop essential skills such as early
literacy, math, and problem-solving in an enjoyable and interactive way.Full Episodes:
The app offers full episodes of children's TV shows and educational content.
Noggin includes digital books that can help children develop their reading skills

10. Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a Norwegian online
game-based learning
platform. It has learning
games, also known as
"kahoots", which are
user-generated
multiple-choice quizzes that
can be accessed via a web
browser or the Kahoot! app.

11. Kahoot!
Provides already made multiple-choice games, which can be edited. Allows teachers to create new ones. Teachers can assign to individual students a review or quiz over
a topic or can use the Kahoot as a review game.
Students are given immediate feedback after answering the question. It also allows teachers to see how the students answered each question.
Kahoot does not use higher learning thinking skills; it only presents the information in multiple-choice format.
Kahoot is easy to access and use. Students join by entering the code provided by the teacher
Very private; emails are only collected to create passwords for the students
Kahoot can be created to match curriculum standards
Very easy instructions for students and teachers.
Since Kahoots are created by the teacher they can be deemed as authentic.
Differentiation could be provided by providing less than 4 options.
Students are highly motivated to use Kahoots. It serves as a great review tool. With the bright colors, images and music, the student is easily engaged.

12. Explain Everything
Explain Everything Whiteboard is
a feature-rich digital whiteboard
app for tablets and web
browsers. Draw, write, add
images and video, annotate and
animate content. Share your
whiteboard presentation either
on-site or at a distance.
Collaborate in real time. Record
and narrate as you work to
create video for sharing.

13. Explain Everything
This is a virtual whiteboard that students and the teacher can use in the classroom
Students and teachers can receive immediate feedback since both the teacher and students can see the work being done on the whiteboard
It promotes higher thinking skills since it would be used mostly for problem solving or brainstorming
It is easy to use and access. The only catch is that you need an IPad or touch screen computer and stylus
The app does not collect information on students and everything that is done is only visible to teacher and students
It can be used for any standard that you might be covering in your class
Very easy instructions for teachers and students to follow
It does provide authenticity since the teacher will decide exactly what the whiteboard will be used for in the classroom
It does not really provide much differentiation since it is a whiteboard for showing work or writing ideas.
Teachers love it since it gives them an online way of showing how to work problems, etc. Students like it since it is interactive and they can get feedback
immediately

14. Edulastic
Edulastic is a web-based
platform designed to help
teachers assess and monitor
students as they work toward
mastery of standards. It has
more than 80,000 built-in,
standards-aligned questions
and 10,000 assessments.

15. Edulastic
Provides some pre-made quizzes and test questions as well as allowing you to create your own
Students are given immediate feedback from the lessons created as well as teachers getting feedback
Edulastic does allow for higher thinking skills since the teacher generates the questions and lessons
Edulastic is easy to use and access
Edulastic does not share personal information and academic info is only visible to the student and teacher
Edulastic has question banks linked to each state's standards as well as allowing the teacher to create standards based questions
Very easy instructions for teachers and students to follow
Since lessons can be created by the teacher and some are linked to state standards, it does provide authenticity
It does provide the ability to differentiate for students since you can control how the questions are set up and what information is asked
Students like Edulastic because it works very well Google Classroom and Canvas and provides an easy to follow path for instruction

16. Blooket
Blooket is an exciting
new take on the modern
classroom review game.
It aims to match action
with education to create
the ultimate learning
experience!

17. Blooket
Interactive and engaging for students
Teachers can create and customize quizzes, flashcards and review games
It is in a format that kids enjoy and race to “hack” each other
Keeps students engaged
Allows teachers to track and identify areas of need
No high level thinking skills needed
Must be over 13 to create an account without parental consent

18. Quizezz
Quizizz is a Learning
platform that offers
multiple tools to make a
classroom fun,
interactive and engaging.

19. Quizezz
Provides already made multiple-choice quizzes, which can be edited. Allows teachers to create new ones. Teachers can assign to individual students a
review or quiz over a topic.
Student are given immediate feedback from the quizzes that they take; teachers get immediate feedback as well
Quizizz does allow for higher thinking skills since the teacher is able to create the questions
Quizizz is easy to set up and easy to use
Quizizz does not ask for personal information and does not share any info collected
Quizizz can be used to create quizzes that match the curriculum being taught and any standards being taught
Very easy instructions for students and teachers to follow
It does provide authenticity since the teacher can create quizzes that are relevant to the subject being taught
You can differentiate on Quizizz by limiting the number of choices, creating different quizzes for students who need them, etc.
Student are motivated to use Quizizz since it can help prepare them for tests, quizzes or be used as a formative assessment tool

20. Google Forms
Google Forms is a survey
administration software
included as part of the
free, web-based Google
Docs Editors suite offered
by Google. The service also
includes Google Docs,
Google Sheets, Google
Slides, Google Drawings,
Google Sites, and Google
Keep

21. Google Forms
Used to test, quiz, and ask students questions in the classroom or at home
It provides instant feedback to the teacher & can provide instant feedback to the students if the teacher has the settings set that way
It provides whatever higher learning thinking skill that the teacher wants to ask
Very easy to use; the students just click on the form & go to work
No personal info is shared & the teacher is the only to see the answers
Since the teacher is guiding the questions it is easily aligned to standards
It is easy to use for the students and teacher
It is authentic since the teacher can choose what questions are asked
The questions can be geared towards any level learner
Most students like Google Forms since they usually get instant feedback on how they did