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Are you looking for word attack apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Word Boom – Like Scrabble, Word Boom is a word creation game with a twist. Players are given seven letters and asked to create as many words as possible before the bomb goes off, signaling the end of the play. Power-ups and boomers are also in play, giving two or three times the normal amount of points or speeding up the bomb timer, respectively. This app can be used to support creative thinking, vocabulary study, or as a fun indoor recess activity.

Word Hippo – Word Hippo is a one-stop website for all your word needs. It includes a dictionary, thesaurus, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes, example sentences, translations into over 80 languages, the ability to find words of different lengths based on specific letters or blends, the ability to find words in different forms (plural, past tense, present tense, etc.), and the ability to hear pronunciations. Word Hippo is particularly useful for ELL students, during writing or literacy classes, or while playing a Scrabble-type game.

Vocabulary.com – A combination dictionary and adaptive learning game, Vocabulary.com, will help students master new words. The website doesn’t use flashcards or rote memorization. Instead, it exposes students to a variety of questions and activities to help them understand the meaning of the word. Vocabulary.com has over 500 ready-to-learn vocabulary lists for things like the SAT or TOEFL, or a user can enter their own list of words to master. Teachers can also automatically create a learning activity based on the text they will be teaching in class by simply pasting the text onto the Vocabulary.com website.

Word Joust K-5 & Word Joust 6-8 – A fun medieval game to improve vocabulary development, Word Joust comes in two levels: grades K-5 and grades 6-8. The basics of the game remain the same, regardless of whether the parents or teacher purchase the K-5 or 6-8 app. The difference is in the words that students will study. The words selected for study in each app represent a summary of words encountered by students in the selected grades in American schools. Words are taken from textbooks, popular fiction and nonfiction, and works of literature. Each app includes five vocabulary games to unscramble words, match words to definitions, search for words, and more: Scramble, Troll Trickery, Labyrinth of Letters, Cohorts of Soldiers, and Hangman.

Word Sort by Grammaropolis – Using the popular Grammaropolis characters, Word Sort by Grammaropolis helps students understand and categorize the various parts of speech. There is a section for each part of speech explaining the definition and usage. Students play through three levels: level one includes nouns, adjectives, and linking verbs; level two covers pronouns, prepositions, and interjections, and level three contains adverbs, conjectures, and action verbs. A high score page is also included so students can track their progress

Mr. Word– Mr. Word is a fun and challenging word game with lots of possibilities. If you choose the one-player mode, you can choose a difficulty level (easy, medium, or hard) and compete against the computer (Mr. Word himself). You will choose words that you would use in real life and try to trip up Mr. Word. The longer he takes, the better you are doing. If you are feeling extra competitive, you can choose the two-player mode and play with friends. This is a great way to get your brain moving and learn new vocabulary.

Word Wizard for Kids – For children aged 4-10, Word Wizard for Kids includes a talking moveable alphabet and three spelling activities. The moveable alphabet allows children to experiment with phonics and word building. It includes four font sizes, uppercase and lowercase letters, natural-sounding pronunciation (three American voices, one British voice, and one Australian voice are included), and spell-check. Word Practice, Scrambled Letters, and Spelling Quizzes are the three included spelling activities. Word Practice says and displays the word to spell and asks the child to use the moveable alphabet to spell it. Scrambled Letters says the word and displays the letters needed to build it, then asks the child to unscramble the letters. Spelling Quizzes is a standard spelling test. The app comes with 184-word lists and allows teachers and parents to create their own.

Wordful – With 580 levels to test students’ vocabulary and spelling, Wordful offers tons of challenging and fun word puzzles. The main gameplay involves hunting for words in random combinations of letters to find as many as possible. Wifi is not needed to access the game and play. There are also daily exercises to keep students’ brains alert.

SAT Word Slam– SAT Word Slam educates teenagers on vocabulary by taking advantage of teenage humor and pop culture references. It uses “teach me” and “test me” tabs to allow students to master definitions, examine their knowledge, and monitor their progress.

Word Wagon – Based on Common Core State Standards, Word Wagon teaches letters, phonics, and spelling. With over 100 words and 4 levels of learning, children cover letter names, letter sounds, and spelling of 4-6 letter words. Children collect fun animated stickers for each word learned, which can be kept in a virtual sticker book. There are also interactive surprises for children to discover, such as playing hide and seek or drawing pictures with the characters. Word Wagon has won the Parent’s Gold Choice Award and the Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award.

Visual Thesaurus – The Visual Thesaurus is a dictionary and thesaurus that creates color-coded interactive word maps. It lets users find the precise word they are looking for, develop a better vocabulary through exposure to new but related words, master word usage by accessing definitions and example sentences, and learn to pronounce words correctly through listening to correct pronunciation recordings. The Visual Thesaurus also includes 39,000 proper nouns such as historical figures, phrases, and trademarks.

Mystery Word Town– Children try to catch the outlaws of Mystery Word Town and retrieve the stolen gold using their spelling abilities. This app uses intelligent gameplay to engage the user. The Huevos Rancheros Gang made away with gold and is hiding among the charming inhabitants of Word Town.; your job is to help the good sheriff who is a friendly, curious little ghost, capture the bandits and recover the stolen gold. The app blends fun and humor to help students master otherwise tedious academic lessons.

Endless Reader Sight Words– This app from the Originator group is designed to teach your child to read from an early age. The app introduces children to sight words (i.e., words that are commonly used in English literature and texts). Recognizing sight words is important for developing consistent flow while reading because some of these words have unusual spellings that could easily confuse young readers.

Are you looking for whiteboard apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

AMVONET Suite – This an interactive educational network and platform that provides e-learning management, authoring, and collaboration tools. Services include live classrooms, shared whiteboards and desktops, recordings, and sharing content. This platform is useful for elementary and higher learning institutions, corporate businesses, healthcare providers, and others.

SMART Board – SMART Boards are interactive, internet capable whiteboards. They offer a hands-on way to engage students in lessons across all subjects. SMART Boards are research backed and claim to elevate learning outcomes through encouraging students to connect, by reaching every learner at their current academic level, and by making learning personal through student-centered learning. Lessons on the SMART Board easily sync across other classroom devices to assist with group work, collaboration, and formative assessment. There are also professional development opportunities for teachers, a global community of SMART Board users for support, and a resource library.

Air Sketch– With Air Sketch, your iPad becomes a wireless whiteboard! Air Sketch allows you to project PDF and PowerPoint documents onto a computer using the local network. This application can be used for the boardroom, classroom, and all types of presentations. Your iPad can be used to project onto projectors without using wired connections. Experiment with built-in color schemes to produce visually appealing work.

Board Cam Pro– Turn your iOS device into a whiteboard or a documentary camera. Focus the camera on an object or use media files from your phone for your presentation while recording videos. Your audience sees what you do on your device, so you can make it function as your whiteboard. It is a useful tool for recording tutorials and DIY videos.

Class Teacher Learning System – Provides several K-12 education products, including virtual schools, interactive whiteboard teaching, assessments, and digital science lab. Tools include the curriculum library, Classpad, and ClassKonnect. It allows teachers to annotate and share their screens with students; it provides access to a vast library for both students and teachers. It is available on all platforms, including mobile, tablets, and web.

Educreations– Educreations is a whiteboard app that can be used to record a teacher’s voice and handwriting to produce a video for review purposes. It is useful for students with learning difficulties, who, after going through the topic one-on-one with the teacher, need to do further review on their own for full comprehension. Teachers can also make tutorial videos and share them with their class in real time. They can also monitor student development by asking for student opinions. 

Explee– This app allows you to create animations to be incorporated into your presentation. Hold your audience spellbound with the quality of your presentation while maintaining conciseness. The app has a whiteboard feature that allows you to explain difficult and complex concepts in detail. Using their library of over 6,000 animation effects, you can breathe life into any still image, drawing, or presentation. Take advantage of visual and audio learning to bolster audience understanding and retention.   

iClicker– The aim of the app, iClicker, is to come up with an intuitive and reliable response solution that deals with formative assessment and pedagogy. This app has been embraced by over a thousand higher educational institutions in North America and is used by more than two million students. However, its use goes beyond higher education alone as its classroom response solutions works well with any kind of interactive whiteboard and any software application.

Interactive Sites for Education– Select an interesting, interactive, and educational game and simulation for ELA, math, social studies, holidays, brainteasers, music, art, and science with Interactive Sites for Education. This app can be used at home for individual learning or in the computer lab or with your interactive whiteboard for a group of students. Many of the activities are flash-based and, as such, will not work on iPads unless you are running an app that let’s Flash play on iPads.

IPEVO Whiteboard–  With IPEVO Whiteboard, you can easily draw and annotate directly on live camera images from your iPad or a blank whiteboard or images in your photo library. These live images can also be highlighted to point out important text or areas of interest. This allows for a portable interactive whiteboard when the iPad is connected to a projector.

LearnCube – This is a virtual classroom built for teaching and tutoring online. It helps to eliminate the distance barrier between teachers and students by bringing them together in a virtual classroom. It uses an online interactive whiteboard for teaching; users can draw, annotate, type, and switch to multiple boards while on the platform. The software makes use of high-quality audio and video encoders and compression algorithms for its virtual classes. Since all the content is web-based, there is no need for downloading and learning to use the software. LearnCube also provides the option for users to personalize the classroom.

Livecls – Livecls is an e-learning and teaching platform that can be customized to connect instructors and students while providing LMS solutions such as live classrooms and authoring tools. This platform provides tools that allow users to create and take online tests and courses as well as live classes. This app also provides a virtual classroom for lesson presentation, whiteboard interaction, and effective communication between instructors and students.

NoteBookCast– This online tool provides whiteboard services for team members and friends. It works on an Internet browser, allowing multiple people to interact in real time. Write and draw on the whiteboard using a pen-compatible device (some types of PC, tablet, or mouse). You can compose texts, insert media files, and draw shapes on the background of the whiteboard. You can also point at items on the board using the laser pointer; each participant has a different color pointer color assigned to them. The contents of the online whiteboard can be saved as an image file on your local storage.

Padlet– Padlet is an excellent tool to use when students work together in the classroom. It acts as an online whiteboard for aggregation of ideas, images, videos, and other articles. It has a problem-based learning system that allows students to post research questions and work toward the answer through their combined work.

Realtime Board – Realtime Board is an online whiteboard for visual team collaboration used by project managers, content creators, designers, app and web developers, marketers, consultants, strategists, creative agencies, and design thinkers all over the world to develop their ideas and projects. The app’s collaborating tools include real-time collaborative editing, comments, text chat, voice and video chat, screen sharing, and daily notifications. It also includes whiteboard tools such as sticky notes, freehand drawing, shapes, links, texts, and presentation mode.

SyncSpace – SyncSpace is a virtual, zoomable whiteboard for instant collaboration at any time. Allowing simultaneous sketching by multiple collaborators connected via the internet, SyncSpace is great for group work, brainstorming, and note-taking in any class. The unlimited zoomability (both zooming in and zooming out) lets students zoom in to add tiny details or zoom out to add greater context to their sketches and notes. All SyncSpace files can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, saved to your device’s photo library or emailed as PDFs.

Web Whiteboard– An easy-to-use online tool that lets you write and draw interactively with other people. It does not have any packages to install or learn; you create your content on your online whiteboard and share the link for other people to join in. Creating profiles and passwords is completely optional.

Are you looking for voice recognition apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

ClaroPDF Pro – This is an iOS app that lets you make notes and highlights on your PDF files. PDF files can be read back to you in human-like voices. You can also listen to PDF files in the background while you work on another app (useful for proofreading).

ClaroSpeak – This is a text-to-speech app that allows for high-quality output. It can be used to proofread texts using the voice feature. The integration feature also allows direct text-to-speech conversion from platforms such as Mail, Google Drive, or Dropbox.

Naming Therapy– This app helps people with aphasia and children with special needs to practice important naming and description skills. It was designed for both personal and professional uses by speech-language pathologists. The app contains beautiful images, real voice, and full personalization features with more than 700 words. You can also practice naming with over 400 photographs accompanied by clues. You can customize the tests by adding your photos and hints and assigning appropriate scores. The app keeps a record of which clue led you to choose the correct answer; reports are generated and sent to you via email.

Rainbow Sentences– Students learn better with color-coding, which is why Rainbow Sentences was developed on this concept. Students can improve their grammatical construction of sentences with the aid of color cues. In this app, every part that makes up a sentence is color-coded, enabling students to quickly recognize and understand the building blocks of basic sentence structures. Every part of speech from nouns, pronouns, verbs, and prepositions is covered in this educational app. For better cognition and comprehension, students can record sentences in their voice on the app.

SparkleFish – Similar in style to MadLibs, SparkleFish allows students to record their own voice supplying various parts of speech (noun, adjective, verb), which are used by the app to create hilarious stories. The app comes with six free stories, and additional packs of stories are available for purchase. All recordings can be saved for later listening and even shared with others. SparkleFish makes a useful addition to literacy classes and can be used by speech and language pathologists and occupational therapists.

SpeakingPal English Tutor – Using speech recognition and with each session lasting less than two minutes, SpeakingPal English Tutor is a quick and easy way to review English skills. The app includes interactive video dialogues where the user’s response impacts the video events. While the user roleplays a character, feedback is given based on their word choice and sentence structure. For each answer required by the app, the user can hear a native speaker and compare their responses. A progress page is provided to make it easy to see improvements. Scores and progress can also be shared with friends.

Are you looking for vocabulary apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

ABC Food– Let your children experience the exciting culinary world using their senses of sight, sound, and touch with the award-winning ABC Food app. The app presents numerous photos, videos, and interactive games to teach children to chop, slice, and cook food items. It also expands your child’s vocabulary with about 70+ new words. It comes with a simple, easy-to-use interface. 

ABC Go– Let your children experience the exciting world of vehicles (trucks, cars, trains, etc.) using their senses of sight, sound, and touch with the ABC Go app. Expand your child’s vocabulary with 60+ new words. The app presents numerous photos, videos, and interactive games to teach children to identify different vehicles. It also comes with a simple, easy-to-use interface.  

Advanced Word Formation– This app teaches word-building skills tested on exams such as the Cambridge First and Advanced or TOEFL levels. It consists of eight classes with three sections: Notes, Word Builder, and Practice. As you work your way through the app, you will become familiar with words and affixes that you need to be able to manipulate on advanced exams, expanding your vocabulary at the same time as you develop your exam skills.

Birdbrain Science Digital Textbooks– This app works like an online science textbook written for multiple reading levels. The comprehensive text ensures that every student in the class understands what is being taught. Automatic feedback shows teachers and guardians the amount of progress made and how much work still needs to be done. Teachers can tailor their classes following the Common Core Standards. The text focuses on vocabulary building and assimilation.

Bluster!– A matching game that builds vocabulary in school-age children and anyone else willing to give it a spin. Match rhyming words, affixes, synonyms, and others. The multi-touch screen feature allows for multiple players either in the team mode or versus mode where you face off with your friends. There is endless fun to be had playing this game while learning over 800 new words. 

Braineos– Learning is not tedious using the Braineos platform. There are many flashcards to choose from within the community, and you can create new ones. Memorize them using the fun games available. Use Braineos to enhance your vocabulary, study for that upcoming exam, or help you remember dates and facts for a quiz.

Clever Deck Flashcards– Learn vocabulary in any major language using the “tinder app” for education. Swipe right on topics you remember, and revision classes will be scheduled for you on those you don’t remember while you receive new cards to learn every day. Decks of cards were developed employing the help of teachers and top language coaches, and they include carefully selected original audio, sentence applications, and transliterations.

First Sight Words Professional– The First Sight Words Professional is designed to help your child attain reading fluency. This app has more than 300 of the most common words in the English language; it focuses on the essential vocabulary your children will need throughout their lives. It also includes a list of about 100 common nouns as well as five levels of vocabulary to take your child from pre-kindergarten to third grade.

Flashcard Stash– The Flashcard Stash is a new kind of flashcard that is built on top of a dictionary, which enables you to look up the flashcard words and save them. For instance, you can click on highlighted words for a quick definition or click on functions in the top right of every vocabulary flashcard such as synonyms, audio, and sentences. The AR Flashcards make learning fun and more entertaining for toddlers and preschoolers. With about 26 beautifully rendered Animals to help your toddler learn the alphabet, learning is fun with AR Flashcards.

Flocabulary– As the name sounds, Flocabulary is a fun vocabulary program mostly meant for kids in elementary school classrooms. It comes with a combination of hip-hop style songs and printable activities and worksheets for teachers to use. Children learn new words, and the games are used to reinforce what they’ve learned.

Gus on the Go English– With Gus on the Go English, learning the English language is fun! Your child can learn simple vocabulary concepts with interactive visual and auditory lessons on shapes, colors, numbers, and so on. The review at the end of each lesson unlocks an interesting vocabulary game that supports what your child has learned.

Letter Muncher– Letter Muncher is a tool to help children learn, practice, and master a multitude of vocabulary words. It teaches by syllable or sound, and it has options to play audio clips to help learn the pronunciation of new words. Information is given in a fun game in which you feed a monster new words, and he happily gobbles them up while teaching you what they are.

Math Vocab 3– Math Vocab 3 is the third and final app in the trilogy of Math Vocab apps. It is for third graders and will provide more challenging math vocabulary. With a fun learning environment and the combination of word recognition, context, and learning, children will no longer be in the dark about math vocabulary.

Memrise– Filled with free courses in language, vocabulary, history, science, and many other subjects, Memrise aids members in education, practice, and studying. It is available in various languages and uses bits of knowledge and humor to educate and bring unique topics to life. Memrise will answer all your questions and help you learn new information, and you can even compete against friends for some friendly competition.

MindSnacks SAT Vocab– MindSnacks apps are typically language-based, but now they are focusing on building your SAT Vocabulary abilities. There are nine great games to teach you all the SAT, PSAT, and GRE vocab words you need to know. The SAT can be stressful, but passing it is crucial for entrance into college. This app has 25 lessons, the first one free. The app teaches the words along with their meaning, context, spelling, synonyms, and antonyms.

Mr. Word– Mr. Word is a fun and challenging word game with lots of possibilities. If you choose the one-player mode, you can choose a difficulty level (easy, medium, or hard) and compete against the computer (Mr. Word himself). You will choose words that you would use in real life and try to trip up Mr. Word. The longer he takes, the better you are doing. If you are feeling extra competitive, you can choose the two-player mode and play with friends. This is a great way to get your brain moving and learn new vocabulary.

Play Sight Words– This sight words app includes three games designed for Preschool and kindergarten students. Play Sight Words offers an immersive learning experience for children new to sight words. It also improves vocabulary and memory. It has three mini games that teach and reinforce learning.

Quizlet Live– Quizlet Live is a fun, engaging game designed to bring fresh energy into the classroom. The objective of the game is for students to work together to find the term that matches the definition. It emphasizes the need for students to contribute and communicate with each other to win. The app is a vocabulary-building app, and it divides students into small teams in which they work together using the quizlet study set and try to get the answer before the other groups.

SAT Vocab – Mindsnacks– This is a vocabulary constructing app that uses games to help students successfully scale through the SATs. It uses lessons, quests, antonyms, and lots more to prepare students for their SAT exams.

SAT Word Slam– SAT Word Slam educates teenagers on vocabulary by taking advantage of teenage humor and pop culture references. It uses “teach me” and “test me” tabs to allow students to master definitions, examine their knowledge, and monitor their progress.

Shake-a-Phrase: Fun with Words and Sentences– This exciting language learning app provides creative writing prompts, vocabulary, and parts of speech practice. It provides a blend of education and entertainment in class or on-the-go. It has over 2,000 words and definitions in five interactive themes for children aged eight and above. This app provides a new random sentence every time you shake your device, giving you more words to learn. Test your abilities with adjectives, verbs, nouns, prepositions, and conjunctions.

Sono Flex – A vocabulary app that turns symbols into speech, Sono Flex allows nonverbal persons to access and use language. Flexibility is key when using symbol-to-speech technology, and Sono Flex provides this critical component by allowing symbols to be individually or situationally tailored. The app comes with over 50 pre-made context packages for various situations and themes. Sono Flex is useful for speech and language pathologists, special education teachers, family, and caregivers.

Special Words – Special Words is a speech and language development app that is adaptable to individual student’s abilities and needs. This app was specifically created for children and adults with learning disabilities and/or those with autism. There are five areas of targeted development covered by the app: communication and language skills, sight-word vocabulary, listening and speaking skills, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor skills. Teachers and parents can import text, photos, music, and record messages to personalize the app and target student’s specific interests. Adjustable animation speeds are also included to accommodate different abilities and concentration levels.

SpellingCity – SpellingCity is an app for vocabulary building, phonics instruction, and spelling practice. With over 40 games and activities, students are guided through customizable word lists to increase vocabulary or keep up with the weekly spelling words. Designed to be used independently, SpellingCity provides instant feedback for students and downloadable reports for teachers and parents. Boasting a 21.5% reading comprehension increase for native English speakers, SpellingCity is research proven and effective. With their focus on reading, hearing, speaking, writing, breaking down, and playing with words, students learn new words across all the language domains and have fun while doing it.

Visual Thesaurus – The Visual Thesaurus is a dictionary and thesaurus that creates color-coded interactive word maps. It lets users find the precise word they are looking for, develop a better vocabulary through exposure to new but related words, master word usage by accessing definitions and example sentences, and learn to pronounce words correctly through listening to correct pronunciation recordings. The Visual Thesaurus also includes 39,000 proper nouns such as historical figures, phrases, and trademarks.

Vocab Ahead – Vocab Ahead is available as a website or an app. It is designed to help students in middle school and up to develop their vocabulary using vocabulary videos and flashcards. Each vocabulary word is linked to a picture and a specific definition. Vocab Ahead also has specific categories for SAT words, GRE words, and more.

Vocabulary.com – A combination dictionary and adaptive learning game, Vocabulary.com, will help students master new words. The website doesn’t use flashcards or rote memorization. Instead, it exposes students to a variety of questions and activities to help them understand the meaning of the word. Vocabulary.com has over 500 ready-to-learn vocabulary lists for things like the SAT or TOEFL, or a user can enter their own list of words to master. Teachers can also automatically create a learning activity based on the text they will be teaching in class by simply pasting the text onto the Vocabulary.com website.

Word Boom – Like Scrabble, Word Boom is a word creation game with a twist. Players are given seven letters and asked to create as many words as possible before the bomb goes off, signaling the end of the play. Power-ups and boomers are also in play, giving two or three times the normal amount of points or speeding up the bomb timer, respectively. This app can be used to support creative thinking, vocabulary study, or as a fun indoor recess activity.

Word Joust K-5 & Word Joust 6-8 – A fun medieval game to improve vocabulary development, Word Joust comes in two levels: grades K-5 and grades 6-8. The basics of the game remain the same, regardless of whether the parents or teacher purchase the K-5 or 6-8 app. The difference is in the words that students will study. The words selected for study in each app represent a summary of words encountered by students in the selected grades in American schools. Words are taken from textbooks, popular fiction and nonfiction, and works of literature. Each app includes five vocabulary games to unscramble words, match words to definitions, search for words, and more: Scramble, Troll Trickery, Labyrinth of Letters, Cohorts of Soldiers, and Hangman.

Wordful – With 580 levels to test students’ vocabulary and spelling, Wordful offers tons of challenging and fun word puzzles. The main gameplay involves hunting for words in random combinations of letters to find as many as possible. Wifi is not needed to access the game and play. There are also daily exercises to keep students’ brains alert.

Are you looking for virtual learning apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Aristotl Interactive– This is an online classroom and content creation tool that lets you teach lectures in science, technology, engineering, and math using standard 3-D modeling technology. The Aristotl Learning Platform is an advanced yet easy to use tool that allows virtual learning over multiple dimensional platforms.

Connect VLE  – The virtual learning system helps students to keep tabs with lessons, connect scales to any size school, reward students, set homework, manage behavior, analyze student data, and synchronize Google groups with SIMS. The system also updates parents on children’s reports by sending out weekly emails.

EduStruct– This platform creates a virtual learning structure for elementary and higher learning institutions. The platform provides a social networking service for schools to create and manage their content to be globally relevant.

iTeach.world – This is a cloud-based LMS, which helps schools with content creation, course management, and collaboration. This software provides a virtual learning environment best suited for live online, personalized, mixed courses with up to eight learners. It is useful for traditional, online, and blended classroom settings. It helps to deliver classes anywhere, anytime from your Internet-enabled device, and it provides an unlimited data storage service.

MSAS LMS – This cloud-hosted learning management system provides custom solutions for businesses and organizations. MSAS LMS meets the needs of organizations in the ever-evolving Internet age. It is quite like a virtual learning environment.

The Student Campus – This is a cloud-based virtual learning environment and learning management tool for the administration and documentation of online courses, e-learning programs, and training content. It works for corporate training and B2B programs. Features include certification, tracking, and reporting of training programs. It is suitable for academic and corporate businesses that want to centralize their course materials on the cloud.

www.edgenuity.com – This system brings learning experiences to the classroom using cutting-edge digital tools and research-backed instructional strategies. It supports educators and students. The system has options for virtual learning and credit recovery for students who have fallen behind in their grades. It provides comprehensive data; which administrators can use to make decisions about classroom instruction and curriculum.

Are you looking for video instruction apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Howcast– Howcast provides you with effective and engaging “how to” information from wherever you are and whenever you need to know it. The app was introduced in February 2008 and has become the authoritative source for instructional video content. With Howcast, you’ll get help knowing all you need to know on “How To’s” through the thousands of short, high-quality and useful videos to choose from.

Kaltura Video App for Canvas– Take teaching to a new level with interactive video tools incorporated into your Canvas environment with the Kaltura Video App for Canvas. The Kaltura app enables you to upload, view, share, and publish videos directly from your LMS. This saves your time and money and provides a more interactive and engaging learning experience for students.

PlayPosit– PlayPosit allows you to create interactive videos for your flipped classroom. It has revolutionary features that let instructors assess learning in real time and increase student participation. The admin dashboard helps to monitor success stats and provides content-specific, personalized professional development. Responsive videos fast-track learning by enhancing memory, making classes flow better and more efficiently.

SpeakingPal English Tutor – Using speech recognition and with each session lasting less than two minutes, SpeakingPal English Tutor is a quick and easy way to review English skills. The app includes interactive video dialogues where the user’s response impacts the video events. While the user roleplays a character, feedback is given based on their word choice and sentence structure. For each answer required by the app, the user can hear a native speaker and compare their responses. A progress page is provided to make it easy to see improvements. Scores and progress can also be shared with friends.

TappnEd – This software allows educators to create and sell interactive video courses. This learning video platform enables learners to watch videos and be tested anytime “in-video,” on any device, without being drawn away from the video content. TappnEd supports smartphones, tablets, and laptop touch screens.

Thinkific – This is a comprehensive e-learning platform that empowers experts and teachers to create and deliver courses on their own sites quickly. Thinkific provides interactive videos that allow you to track student engagement and comprehension. Thinkific gives you the ability to turn what would be standard courses into engaging learning experiences.

Are you looking for video creation apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

SchoolTube– SchoolTube provides access to the best school videos, which students use to advance in school, and educators use it to boost students’ classroom experience. Students and educators create videos on this platform, almost everything from Anime to Zoology. Students on this platform can create videos on projects and assignments and share them with their classmates and educators alike.

Easy Stop Motion Studio – Introduction to Animation –This app exposes children to animation at an early age. It starts with a video tutorial (without audio or text) that lets children get to work immediately. They can record their voice and add it to the video as voice-overs. Text direction and orientation can be adjusted for children whose native language is not English.

Curious About Me – This is an interactive app that features George, a curious monkey, as he leads children on a journey to create their art. It has two options: “Curious About Me with Curious George” or “A Day at the Zoo with Curious George.” With these stories, children are given verbal directions to take pictures and record audio and videos of themselves, their family, friends, and pets.

Loom – Loom is a screencasting tool, which can be used to record content from Google Chrome. It can be used to record video, audio, browser windows, or the entire screen. Once installed, users get access to all its features. Any recorded content can be shared via a link, and it can be saved to your account for later use.

LumieLabs – is Britannica’s K-12 digital storytelling and video-creation platform that shapes a new future for classroom learning. LumieLabs combines curriculum-relevant, project-based video lessons with millions of royalty-free, rights-cleared, fair-use multimedia clips and thousands of audio clips from best-in-class producers and artists for professional-quality content creation. It is the only video product on the market specifically designed to meet K-12 learning objectives, allowing students to become media-savvy creators. LumieLabs allows students to create stories, share them, and engage with their peers’ videos in a safe, controlled environment.

Clips – This is a video creation and editing app designed exclusively for iOS devices. Videos and pictures can be taken in the app, and the app also allows users to import photos and videos from their gallery for editing. It is quite simple to use and navigate. Edited videos can be shared on social media and YouTube, or they can be downloaded.

FilmoraGo– FilmoraGo is a compelling video editor app, which doesn’t place a time limit in your clip or stamp a watermark. The app also helps you to make videos with music and effects that can be shared easily on different social media networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube.

Animoto – Animoto can be used to create video slideshows; it uses a simple and easy to navigate interface. Video slideshows can be created in just a few simple steps. Once the user is satisfied with their creation, they can share it via a link, export it to YouTube, or download it.

nawmalEDU– nawmalEDU lets students and teachers create movies in minutes: choose a set, choose animated actors, type dialogue, and you’re done! An engaging way for teachers to open a lesson or summarize main points, nawmalEDU can also be used by students to demonstrate learning of key concepts, as a final project, or for presentations.

iMovie– iMovie is one of the most common apps for making videos. Selling for only $4.99 for the iPad and iPhone, students can use iMovie to develop movies from the videos they have on their mobile devices by using the full video or creating a clip. This app can also be used to mark favorites from the videos created, so they can be retrieved easily whenever they are needed.

The Mega MovieMaking Guide for Kids– The Mega MovieMaking Guide for Kids is a website with a collection of articles to assist students in designing, filming, and editing their own movies. Articles include information on writing a script, shooting video, editing, music and sound effects, and adding text to movies.

PhotoPuppet– PhotoPuppet is the first app available on the iPad that allows you to use a timeline with accurate timing and movement control. This app lets you crop items from your pictures and move them around on your screen while it records everything you do, helping you create a movie. You can choose from the default puppets available in the app or use customized ones. Edit the videos with a timeline like in iMovie and export it to YouTube. You can also edit individual movement tracks.

Tele Story – Tele Story lets students write, direct, and star in TV shows. From recording your own music video to creating a sci-fi epic, Tele Story gives students the tools to design any TV show that aligns with their interests (or the assignment!). There are five simple steps to creating a Tele Story masterpiece. First, students must pick a theme and select from over 30 scene options. Then, they can craft a script using Tele Story’s suggestions or write their own! Actors can dress up in over 50 digital costumes using facial tracking. After making these script and costume decisions, students are ready to record their show using animated settings and special effects. Finally, they can broadcast their finished TV show by exporting it to the camera roll and sharing it with friends, family, and teachers.

Write-on Video Ultimate – Write-on Video Ultimate is a timeline-based video editor for iPhone and iPad. With simple taps and swipes, you can cut, crop, and merge videos; add captions, music, and audio recordings; use stickers, filters, and transitions; draw directly on your video and adjust its playback speed; and more! It’s easy to share completed videos on social media or via email. Useful in any class, students can create tutorials, tell stories, or summarize experiments.

WeVideo – WeVideo lets students design, create, collaborate, and share videos using an online platform. With tons of options for students, including a green screen, WeVideo puts them in the director’s chair. The website and app combination are cloud-based and can be used on any device. Useful for science reports, book talks, final projects, and portfolios, WeVideo can be successfully used across many classes.

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Howcast– Howcast provides you with effective and engaging “how to” information from wherever you are and whenever you need to know it. The app was introduced in February 2008 and has become the authoritative source for instructional video content. With Howcast, you’ll get help knowing all you need to know about “How To’s” through the thousands of short, high-quality and useful videos to choose from.

TappnEd – This software allows educators to create and sell interactive video courses. This learning video platform enables learners to watch videos and be tested anytime “in-video,” on any device, without being drawn away from the video content. TappnEd supports smartphones, tablets, and laptop touch screens.

Study.com– With over 25,000 video lessons and other resources, Study.com allows students to extend their knowledge of course content from home, or it can be incorporated into classroom lessons to meet student differentiation needs. There are options to take coursework for college credit, to receive homework help or complete study prep, and engage in professional development work. With videos ranging from the history of Sparta to working with fractions, Study.com can be used with students from K-12 and beyond. Any college credit earned is easily transferable to over 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities. Teachers can enroll their classroom, assign videos and lessons, and even access printable resources such as worksheets designed to pair with video content.

LearnBop – This is a complete guide to mathematics for young children, helping them simplify complex concepts with pictures, graphs, and videos. LearnBop works in tandem with LearnZillion to help streamline common problems that students face in the Common Core State Standard. Detailed reports are generated for teachers, showing performance, strong points, and weaknesses.

Brain POP: Featured Movie – Learn something new every day from animation movies. Test yourself after every lesson with intensive free tests. The in-app purchases unlock over 750 science, math, art, and music subjects that you can access from your smartphone. All movies come with closed captions for people who might need them.

SyncBlasts – offers reading and writing assignments that present engaging, inquiry-based instruction in Science. Providing a variety of rich read/write lessons with multimedia resources—including a news show, Previews, and Explainer videos—SyncBlasts is designed to intellectually engage students and foster academic inquiry and conversation. Science SyncBlasts delve deep into scientific research and discoveries—all through a contemporary lens. The writing prompts are aligned to standards and offer reading comprehension, a student QuikPoll, and compelling discussion questions to support student inquiry. New SyncBlasts, presenting a variety of voices and perspectives with vetted, age-appropriate, compelling research links, are published each school day at three Lexile®-levels. A selection of SyncBlasts lessons is available in Spanish.

The Mimio MyBot Educational Robotic System – is a powerful and innovative robotics program that enables students from pre-school to high school to develop STEM skills and a passion for programming and robotics. Through innovative robots and a comprehensive software platform, educators receive an out-of-the-box solution, complete with a robust curriculum, STEM lessons, tutorials, and videos. Since internet access or connectivity is not necessary, connection with existing school networks is eliminated, thus preventing a cyber-security risk. Most importantly, MyBot’s simple, inviting, and browser-based user interface speeds the time spent getting the students up, running, and learning in the robotics environment.

Get the Math – This platform shows real-life applications of math. With short videos, students are taught how to apply math to video games, music, fashion, special effects, and sports. The site shares stories of how different individuals use math in their daily lives.

Show Me Math– The Show Me Math app solves arithmetic with actual objects by showing a short-animated movie for each math challenge. For example, 5 + 4 = 9 is shown through a class of five ants margining with four others. The app, which contains addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, helps students visualize arithmetic, employing no number greater than 20 in both the quiz and instructional modes. Each student’s results are saved and available for printing. With its built-in scanning capacity, this app can be used by students with physical disabilities.

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i-School – The i-School portal integrates the management of everyday school operations, such as attendance and fees. It allows creation and delivery of learning material, setting up certification programs, live audio/video conferencing, holding tests and assessments, and providing up-to-date curricula. It can be used to manage multiple branches of a single school in different districts.

All-in-1 LMS – This web-based application allows you to create and host online classes using webinars, online courses, communities, and conferences based on iCohere’s all-in-one learning management system. It provides Skype integration, user management, self-service course registration, reporting, and testing/assessment tools.

iCohere Unified Learning System – iCohere Unified Learning System is a feature-rich, all-in-one platform for webinars, courses, conferences, and communities. This system provides self-paced and instructor-led courses, plus blended learning, webinars, classes, a member portal, and more.

Illumeo LMS – This is a specialized, cloud-based, enterprise LMS with over 1,000 continued professional education (CPE) courses for audit, accounting, finance, and related functions. Illumeo’s CPE Tracker provides tracking for all CPE earned on Illumeo and for CPE received on any other online platform, self-study, or live events such as a CPE conference, seminar, or class. This powerful tool lets you quickly and easily upload CPE credits and credit verification from any other CPE activity.

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Comply Works Workforce Solution –The system executes existing governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) strategy with third-party contractors for complete compliance management. It also ensures that every worker has the right qualifications, permits, and security clearance. The system integrates document uploading and storage.

DIR-S – This is a school safety app, connecting schools and law enforcement with real-time chat and interactive maps. The Disaster Incident Report and Security (DIR-S) System is a software application customizable for you to manage emergencies and give you the maximum amount of time to respond and communicate in real time with those who will help.