The document provides summaries of 10 popular educational apps for kids: Khan Academy Kids, Kodable, TED, BrainPOP Jr., Duolingo, Kahoot, DragonBox, Apple Books, ClassTag, and Starfall. Each summary highlights key features of the app such as how it provides feedback to students, encourages skills like coding and critical thinking, aligns with educational standards, and protects student privacy and data.

1. Top 10 Educational
Applications

2. Khan Academy Kids
https://www.khanacademy.org/khan-for-educators/khan-kids-page
This math app can be used in a rotational model. Students can be broken into groups based on ability. The
students rotate through different stations: one practicing problems on Khan Academy, one with direct instruction
from the teacher and one with more practice on worksheets
● Offers basic progress feedback that Teachers can use to
help target problem areas for individual students or the whole
class.
● Simple directions and no advertising interruptions
● Designed the app registration process to minimize the
collection and use of personally identifiable information.
● Aligned with Common Core standards
● Developed in collaboration with education experts at Stanford
University

3. Kodable
● Kodable provides feedback via engaging animations that show
correct/incorrect assessment of the childrens’ activities. It even
provides a report for overall progress tracking.
● Easy to navigate with images and simple language
● Builds skills that young children can continue to build upon that could
eventually lead to a career in computer science.
https://www.kodable.com/
Kodable engages children in game based activities that introduces them to the
world of coding. It takes the children with several games that teaches them
various skills, such as computer language, logic, and critical thinking, that are the
basic building blocks in computer science and programming.

4. TED
This app can be used by ages 10+ for research and background knowledge for reading and
writing assignments. Content needs to be filtered by the teacher to make sure it's appropriate.
● The app doesn’t collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable
parental consent.
● Good tool for the standard, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.2 - students need to
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ted.android

5. BrainPOP Jr.
https://jr.brainpop.com/
BrainPOP jr. is a great way to introduce a new topic or concept and get kids engaged. You can pause
the movies and engage kids when a new vocabulary word is introduced, paraphrase what just
happened, or make a prediction. This is a great app for science and social studies.
● Offers feedback on quizzes, and allows the teachers to add feedback
● Encourages higher-order thinking, improves cognitive and literacy skills, and encourages
students to think critically and creatively
● User friendly design utilizes fun animated characters to help guide the student through the
activities
● Education products include individual accounts that enable schools and parents to keep track of
individual student learning and maintain control over their student data.
● Aligns with Common Core math and English standards

6. Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com/
Duolingo is an excellent foreign language learning application that is fun, engaging, and
visually appealing. It provides courses in several of languages for primary English speakers,
as well as, English language learning for ESL students.
● Duolingo can be a great tool for a student in a foreign language class or an ESL
student learning or refining their English skills
● Colorful images and easy to follow course structure
● Does not collect data on children younger than 13 and only limited data above that age
for continued application improvement
● Shows an overall progress percentage that could be shared with teachers, potentially a
great extra credit activity to that can reinforce learned content

7. Kahoot
This app creates flashcards, fun quizzes and quiz games. It provides student feedback
with flashcards which they can flip over to see if they got the answer correct.This allows
students to review materials in a fun, engaging way.
● Teachers can quickly create quizzes which is a helpful tool for teachers.
● Privacy rules state that the app does not knowingly seek or collect personal
information from users under the age of 13.
● This is a top app rated by 2019 Common Sense Education, The TechEd Awards
Cool Tool 2020, and Mom's Choice Award.
https://kahoot.com/home/mobile-app/

8. DragonBox
https://dragonbox.com/
Each math game engages students through exploration, reflection, and application. Can be used daily
with iPad. Students can play a game, and then come together as a class to reflect and write down the
rules they have learned in that “chapter.” Then, take an equation from the game and solve it on paper.
● DragonBox uses a star system as feedback. Using a star point system, the app encourages
students to think about the problem and to solve it in as few steps as possible.
● Easy to navigate for all ages
● does not share personal information
● Aligns with Common Core standards
● Easy to follow instructions for both student and parents

9. Apple Books
https://www.apple.com/apple-books/
Apple Books is a great application for reading or English language classes, among other
classes. It allows students to have all of their books in a single digital space with great tools
for easy notating, highlighting, and even text to speech.
● Apple Books not only saves space for a child, it can assist a new reader decode with
text to speech capability.
● Apple is known for its intuitive design and Apple Books is no different
● A great tool to continually engage children in reading, with millions of books to choose
from
● Many schools are giving children iPads which have Apple Books pre-installed making it
an easy choice for digital book software

10. ClassTag
This is a free Parent/Teacher communication
app. It provides communication between
parents and teachers including calendars,
messages, photos, and more
● It is FERPA certified.
● Parent/Teacher communication is
connected to positive student outcomes.
● Communicating with ELL parents can be
challenging. ClassTag removes the
language barrier and automatically
translates in over 60+ languages.
Communication App That Works
https://home.classtag.com

11. Starfall
https://www.starfall.com/
Starfall’s intuitive learning environment encourages children to explore letters and sounds, word
recognition, reading comprehension and fluency. Developed under the guidance of professional
educators, our phonics-based learn-to-read activities encourage free exploration and play within
a sequentially organized framework.
● Provides feedback to students during activities
● Encourages higher order thinking by having students infer, paraphrase, create alternate
endings etc.
● The intuitive learning environment encourages children to explore letters and sounds, word
recognition, reading comprehension and fluency.
● Does not collect personal information
● Aligned with common core standards