Best of the Best Lists

Are you looking for parent communication apps, tools, and resources that you can use to collaborate with your student’s parents? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Appademic – Appademic is a school communication solution based in Australia that delivers notices, forms, communications, and more to mobile devices. It includes apps that can be deployed to communicate efficiently with parents; data collected by the app is stored securely.

ClassDojo– Keep parents informed about their children’s behavior and academic progress using this app. Record student behavior and development; upload photos that were taken throughout the school day to this platform. Students can also add assignments to their portfolio with just one click. You can also send visually aesthetic reports to parents and staff members. 

1st Class GradeBook – The 1st Class GradeBook app provides modern grading features, including class and student activity, marks, QuickMarks, reports, and more. Teachers can also send reports to parents to keep them informed of their children’s progress. This app comes with a

ACTIVE Educate – ACTIVE Educate provides a complete, web-based registration and management solution for all types and sizes of classes and schools. Subjects covered include language, music, dance, art, vocational schools, and childcare centers. All the data is securely stored in the cloud; the app provides useful reports that give parents valuable insights into their child’s progress.

ChildPilot – ChildPilot provides streamlined administrative software and parent communication tools at a reasonable price. Websites that register with ChildPilot receive a personalized website that covers marketing services, a family portal for guardians and student registration, and a teacher portal. Tools include interactive calendar/schedules, online document storage, and personal and bulk messages; ChildPilot can be accessed from anywhere on any device.

Daycare Works – DayCare Works is a web-based solution for managing before/after-school programs, community education centers, and childcare operations. The software delivers everything you need, including registrations, secure payments, staff, and student schedules, attendance, billing, third-party subsidy payments, lead management, meal tracking, class ratios, family and staff portals, mobile apps, parent communications, assessments and more.

Hello Parent – This system provides schools with an easy solution for parent communication and allows parents to pay online. The system is parent-friendly. It has automated fee reminders with digitized fee receipts, which removes all manual intervention.  The system is hosted on a reliable cloud server on the cloud, and data is 128-bit SSL secured (bank-level security).

KigaRoo – KigaRoo is a cloud-based daycare solution designed to help with administrative tasks and organization. The platform helps to perform tasks related to parent communication, billing, statistics, and any form of analysis. KigaRoo is designed with a simple interface to ensure that using the smartphone app and the parent portal is as seamless as possible. The software can handle group and staff management, central file storage, remote access.

Moment – Moment app was created for childcare school administrators to communicate with parents effectively, manage day-to-day activities, accept online signups, and collect payments. The app helps users build communities around its classes and enhance the communication channel with parents while handling the day-to-day events, staff, and families. The app has sections devoted to parent communication, class management, and online signups.

SimplyCircle – SimplyCircle serves as an all-in-one parent communication app. Consider it your virtual personal assistant for things like field trips, class announcements, volunteer signups, and other classroom or school events. It can provide automatic parent reminders, collect RSVPs, ask for volunteers, manage permission slips, and more! In four easy steps, you can streamline (and ensure privacy!) for all manner of classroom activities. SimplyCircle can even assist with photo sharing for class parents.

TodLog – This app is designed to help the childcare and preschool market streamline operations and parent communication using mobile technology. TodLog helps educators improve communications and engage parents in the learning process. It helps track attendance, fill out daily reports, schedule events, and send real-time updates.

Hello Parent – This system provides schools with an easy solution for parent communication and allows parents to pay online. The system is parent-friendly. It has automated fee reminders with digitized fee receipts, which removes all manual intervention.  The system is hosted on a reliable cloud server on the cloud, and data is 128-bit SSL secured (bank-level security).

Athena’s Workshop– This software program allows direct communication between students, teachers, and parents through SMS texts. The program has an anonymity feature that masks phone numbers. Teachers can send out messages to parents and students, and they can reply in private conversations. Children under the age of 12 cannot receive messages except with a parent’s authorization. Athenaallows integration of data from the Edmodo platform.

Are you looking for apps, tools, and resources that you can use to collaborate and communicate with your student’s parents? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Appademic – Appademic is a school communication solution based in Australia that delivers notices, forms, communications, and more to mobile devices. It includes apps that can be deployed to communicate efficiently with parents; data collected by the app is stored securely.

1st Class GradeBook – The 1st Class GradeBook app provides modern grading features, including class and student activity, marks, QuickMarks, reports, and more. Teachers can also send reports to parents to keep them informed of their children’s progress. This app comes with a

ACTIVE Educate – ACTIVE Educate provides a complete, web-based registration and management solution for all types and sizes of classes and schools. Subjects covered include language, music, dance, art, vocational schools, and childcare centers. All the data is securely stored in the cloud; the app provides useful reports that give parents valuable insights into their child’s progress.

Brightwheel – Brightwheel is childcare, daycare, and preschool management software for your ECE program. Explicitly designed for directors and administrators at mid- to high-capacity centers, Brightwheel provides essential features, such as seamless attendance tracking, intuitive digital daily sheets and reports, paperless billing, robust parent communication support, and free training and technical support.

ChildPilot – ChildPilot provides streamlined administrative software and parent communication tools at a reasonable price. Websites that register with ChildPilot receive a personalized website that covers marketing services, a family portal for guardians and student registration, and a teacher portal. Tools include interactive calendar/schedules, online document storage, and personal and bulk messages; ChildPilot can be accessed from anywhere on any device.

Daycare Works – DayCare Works is a web-based solution for managing before/after-school programs, community education centers, and childcare operations. The software delivers everything you need, including registrations, secure payments, staff, and student schedules, attendance, billing, third-party subsidy payments, lead management, meal tracking, class ratios, family and staff portals, mobile apps, parent communications, assessments and more.

Hello Parent – This system provides schools with an easy solution for parent communication and allows parents to pay online. The system is parent-friendly. It has automated fee reminders with digitized fee receipts, which removes all manual intervention.  The system is hosted on a reliable cloud server on the cloud, and data is 128-bit SSL secured (bank-level security). ParentSquare– ParentSquare is a tool that increases parent involvement in school management and planning by providing a safe and secure platform for parent-educator correspondence. It helps to maintain a tightly knit, proactive group of educational stakeholders by offering two-way group messaging, private chats, area-wide alerts and announcements, and a simple user interface. ParentSquare brings parents from silent spectators in their children’s education to more active participants by establishing an open, two-way communication channel between them and their children’s educators.

KigaRoo – KigaRoo is a cloud-based daycare solution designed to help with administrative tasks and organization. The platform helps to perform tasks related to parent communication, billing, statistics, and any form of analysis. KigaRoo is designed with a simple interface to ensure that using the smartphone app and the parent portal is as seamless as possible. The software can handle group and staff management, central file storage, remote access.

Moment – Moment app was created for childcare school administrators to communicate with parents effectively, manage day-to-day activities, accept online signups, and collect payments. The app helps users build communities around its classes and enhance the communication channel with parents while handling the day-to-day events, staff, and families. The app has sections devoted to parent communication, class management, and online signups.

SimplyCircle – SimplyCircle serves as an all-in-one parent communication app. Consider it your virtual personal assistant for things like field trips, class announcements, volunteer signups, and other classroom or school events. It can provide automatic parent reminders, collect RSVPs, ask for volunteers, manage permission slips, and more! In four easy steps, you can streamline (and ensure privacy!) for all manner of classroom activities. SimplyCircle can even assist with photo sharing for class parents.

TodLog – This app is designed to help the childcare and preschool market streamline operations and parent communication using mobile technology. TodLog helps educators improve communications and engage parents in the learning process. It helps track attendance, fill out daily reports, schedule events, and send real-time updates.

Are you looking for spelling 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 Phonics – Make a Word– Provides both phonics and spelling solutions to children who are learning to read. All the words have short vowel sounds. Phonics Advanced is available for older children, and it comes with longer and double vowel sounds. It also helps children recognize how consonant and vowel placements affect pronunciation.

ABC Phonics – Animated– Designed using the expertise of phonics teachers, this app is an excellent introduction to phonics. Letters are written on the screen with animated tracing for the child to follow, and the app pronounces the letters for the child. This combination helps the child build a solid basis to grow.

ABC Phonics – Word Family Tree– Combines phonics, spelling, beginning sound word family phonics, short vowel sounds, and images with many visual enhancements for each word. The app includes a total of 56-word family groups to be used to teach short and long vowels, spelling, and pronunciation using the Montessori Method.

ABC Spelling Magic 1– With ABC Spelling magic, your child learns the sounds letters make and how to use them to form words. The app also teaches the child to segment, which is a vital part of learning to read. The first portion of the app uses a limited number of letters to form words while the second portion contains all 26 letters of the alphabet. The app teaches the child to spell words using three phonetic sounds and short vowel sounds.

Cimo Spelling Sight Words Sight Words– Help Cimo, the penguin, catch fish by reaching icebergs using the bridges you help him build. This is a spelling game for children in kindergarten through third. It helps them learn to spell words they see frequently or cannot learn by visual images. The lite version of this game contains 50 words; the full-scale version contains 255 words. This game helps your child develop a solid spelling and reading foundation.

Come Learn Spellings– This is an easy-to-use app that consists of over 150 words split between eight sections. It makes use of flashcards that are programmed to help children learn word spelling. Learned words are also repeated to allow for mastery of both simple and more difficult words. The app can be used without parental or adult supervision.

EzSchool – This is an educational portal that offers online educational games and worksheets. It organizes a year-round spelling program with daily activities and provides scores of tutorials and summaries.

Happi Spells– Has your child just learned how to read? (If not, start by downloading Happi Reads.) If your child is just learning to read, it is time for the next stage—spelling. Come with Happi and try to solve difficult mini crossword puzzles. The fewer mistakes, the more “snails” you earn. Every solved puzzle opens a new one.

Magic Spell-first words– Little kids are fascinated by fantasy and the expansive world of magic. They are also fascinated by the world of communication when they begin learning to speak and read. Magic Spell is a perfect app for little ones just learning how to read. By teaching spelling and pronunciation using fun magic illustrations, animations, and sounds, Magic Spell will help your child learn fast. The app includes reinforcement and lots of rewards for correct answers; Magic Spell will make sure your toddler will be confident in the beginning words of their journey.

Rocks – Rocket Speller is a fun, engaging spelling app designed for kids from age three to seven. It has five levels of difficulty in which the kids are to fuel the spaceship by correct spelling of words. They also choose the rocket pieces needed to build the spacecraft, and then they steer the craft into the galaxy to collect stars as rewards. The app is widely endorsed by educators, occupational therapists, special education teachers, and parents as an engaging and effective learning app.

RoomRecess – RoomRecess is a free learning game app in which students can simply load a game activity and have fun while learning. It is committed to providing children with essential skills that are vital to elementary students and their educational process. This game app was developed by primary school teachers committed to basic education in math, reading, spelling, language arts, and basic problem-solving.

Simplex Spelling Light – Combining a unique “reverse phonics” approach and contextually relevant spelling rules, Simplex Spelling Light is an interactive way to improve reading and spelling skills. Students are prompted to build each word individually to gain skills beyond straight memorization. If needed, the app provides spelling rule hints to explain the pattern behind specific word spellings. Simplex Spelling Light allows the teacher or adult to get a taste of the Simplex Spelling products and determine if they want to purchase the full version, Simplex Spelling HD. There are an additional 50 high-frequency spelling words included in Simplex Spelling Light that are not present in Simplex Spelling HD, so owning both versions is useful.

Spelling Balloons – Spelling Balloons helps students read and learn to spell words in a game environment. With a focus on sight word recognition skills, increasing proficiency and fluency in reading, and practice with auditory processing, this app fits well in a balanced literacy classroom routine or as additional at-home practice for elementary students. Spelling Balloons is customizable with the ability to create individualized word lists and to adjust word pronunciation and spelling based on location; for example, British vs. English pronunciation and spelling. The app has both speed and difficulty settings for further customization.

Spelling Notebook – Spelling Notebook was originally designed to replace students’ paper spelling notebooks, where they listed the words to be learned each week. But this app has moved far beyond the functionality of a simple paper spelling notebook. Students can hear each word spoken aloud, focus on mastering only those words they don’t already know and earn stickers for correct word spellings. It contains a fully searchable spelling dictionary with over 100,000 words, so students can avoid manually entering words (and avoid entry errors!). Spelling Notebook is an excellent way for students to continue spelling practice outside of the classroom or independently during literacy centers.

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.

TeachMe: Kindergarten – With an animated teacher, Mimi Mouse, to give verbal instruction and feedback, TeachMe: Kindergarten is an educational app that can be played by children independently. It includes six age-appropriate subjects for parents or teachers to select: sight words, addition, subtraction, spelling, writing letters, and writing numbers. Parents also can choose each subject’s difficulty level and even specific questions. TeachMe: Kindergarten has a unique reward system to help keep children motivated and engaged. For every three correct answers, children earn a coin. These coins can be used to purchase stickers to create elaborate sticker scenes or to purchase items for a virtual aquarium. Sticker scenes can be exported and shared with parents and other family members.

Toddler Toy Factory – With a focus on spelling, reading, and memory skills, children build and match toys in this app designed for children aged 1-7. Toddler Toy Factory comes with 10 free toys, with the option to purchase an additional 70 toys. There are three rooms in the app: Make, Find, and Ship. In the Make room, children select and drag letters into a machine to build words. When correct words are built, toys come out of the machine. In the Find room, children search through crates to find matching toys. When toys are matched, children can play with them or clean them up by putting them into another machine. In the Ship room, children put toys into barrels to practice counting. When full, the barrels can be shipped.

Trilo Spelling – Designed for students in grades K-2, Trilo Spelling is a phonics-based spelling game. The phonics sequence that is followed in the game is short vowels, consonant diagraphs, FLoSS rule, and beginning and ending consonant blends. With over 250 words included in the game, students expand their vocabulary while studying phonics. There are five levels of play, progressing from simpler concepts such as short vowels to more challenging concepts like ending consonant blends.

Word Wizard for Kids – For children aged 4-10, Word Wizard for Kids includes a moveable talking 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.

Are you looking for open educational resources, apps, and tools 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.

Coursera– This app is designed to help college students make the right choices when it is time to decide what courses they want to take in college. It helps to prevent waste of money. It also helps with the elimination of the course they don’t have interest in by providing free online courses beforehand.

Gibbon – Gibbon is an open-source school management system that helps educators plan and share lessons, allocate resources, and manage students. This software collates student information, helping teachers to understand, contact, find, and improve their students. Teachers, students, parents, and administrators can access Gibbon from the same web-based platform.

Moodle – Module is a free, open-source learning platform designed for educators, administrators, and learners. The system uses a robust, integrated, and secure platform to helps its users create personalized learning environments. The software can be downloaded onto the user’s web server.

Quill– Quill is a writing tutorial app for teachers designed to help students become better writers. Quill is a nonprofit organization, and its goal is to provide tools such as Quill to help make students better writers. Quill uses web applications to create engaging content for students that helps them learn grammar, writing skills, and vocabulary. Using the teacher dashboard, you can monitor students’ progress according to the Common Core Standards; this feature also makes grading more intuitive and meaningful.

Flickr– Store, search, share, and sort pictures online through Flickr! Flickr helps you organize your large images and enables you, your friends, and family to tell stories about them. To learn more about Flickr, upload some photos, explore the site, make some friends, and join some groups. A free version of Flickr is available, but it is somewhat limited; however, you can still get more with a paid subscription.

iversity– iversity lets schools provide their students with course materials on the Internet. They do this by allowing faculties to set up a website for their courses and upload teaching materials, so their students to have access to it. It’s free and can be used to share observations, links, and references in research groups; and announce guest lectures, conferences, and calls for papers.

Pixton– Pixton allows people to communicate with media files using the Click-n-Drag Comics™ system, which is a new patented technological innovation. Pixton allows almost anyone to create amazing comics on the web. Use your students’ interest in comics to gain and retain their attention and trigger their imagination. This app has over 4,000 backgrounds, 3,000 props, and 700 subject-specific comic templates. You can control every aspect of a comic using a perceptive click-n-drag motion. The format encourages kids to learn to communicate in a coherent and concise manner.

Udacity – Udacity is an online learning environment for university-level classes at a fraction of the cost of a traditional university. With a focus on Artificial Intelligence, technology, and business, all Udacity classes are hands-on and interactive. To help graduates succeed in their chosen careers, class projects are designed to mimic real-world activities and can be easily included in portfolios for future job searches. Udacity also provides career assistance to graduates, including resume reviews and interview prep.

Khan Academy– Khan Academy has more than 40,000 interactive Common Core-aligned practice questions and above 10,000 videos and explanations in economics, history, math, and more. This is the best study app and tutoring app for students of all ages who are struggling in science and other subjects. You can easily bookmark your best content to “Your List,” which can be used offline when you’re not connected to the Internet.

Lumen5– Lumen5 is designed for video-making beginners. Whether you need to make a commercial for brand promotion, a promotional video for your hot new business, or a video to promote your next hiking meetup or cooking class, you will surely have no problem learning how to use this software. Lots of copyright-free media material is built in for ease-of-use, and the app allows you to add clips you have recorded outside the app. Because the tool is easy to learn, you can focus on the quality of your video instead of the intricacies of the editing software.

CK-12– Helps students and teachers to improve elementary learning worldwide by making personal education tools available. Learn more than 5,000 math and science topics at a speed that suits you. Math topics include arithmetic, measurement, algebra, geometry, probability, statistics, trigonometry, analysis, and calculus. Science subjects include geography, life science, physical science, biology, chemistry, and physics. Other subjects include SAT exam prep, engineering, technology, astronomy, English, and history.

Science 360– Science 360 is a website that contains video collections from highly respected scientists, colleges, and universities in all fields of science and engineering explorations. Videos are hosted by the National Science Foundation.

Scratch– Scratch is a free open network made available by MIT to assist young folks in learning to think and reason systematically. Scratch makes room for students to design and share their coding work with others around the universe. It allows them to create stories, games, and animations to assist in sharing their vision with others on the platform. On this platform, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations and share your design with others in the online community.

Are you looking for online 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.

BlezGo – BlezGo is a learning management system that makes online learning accessible and interactive. It is a SaaS that manages e-learning, virtual classrooms, videos, and pre- and post-activities. BlezGo allows you to train and sell courses online in multiple batches.

Brainshare  – Is an EdTech startup based in Uganda. The Startup has developed a web app that creates an online learning platform where teachers and students in Uganda can interact. The eLearning platform allows teachers to upload notes, teaching materials, and assignments. For students, it’s easy to access content anytime wherever they are, with or without the internet.

Moodle – Module is a free, open-source learning platform designed for educators, administrators, and learners. The system uses a robust, integrated, and secure platform to helps its users create personalized learning environments. The software can be downloaded onto the user’s web server.

Edheads– A high-quality online learning science package that meets state and national

requirements. It incorporates mathematics and a variety of games such as Simple Machines, Virtual Knee Surgery, Stem Cell Heart Repair, and so on. Collaborating with institutions and schools across the US, this app has received numerous web-based awards and delivers free service.

Edna – It is an online learning journal software for childcare professionals, nurseries, pre-schools classes. Edna keeps a record of all the children in your program. You can find and view children’s profiles quickly and easily, add information, children’s comments, and more to build informative and in-depth views. The software increases parent involvement and keeps them informed in real time.

Genius SIS for Virtual Schools – Genesis is a web-based student information system designed for K-12 schools, districts, states, and higher education institutions, especially online/virtual and blended schools. Genius was designed from scratch to support the needs of online learning environments, such as rolling enrollments and integration with multiple language management systems. On this platform, users can create reports, dashboards, email templates, and even fields. Genius centralizes registration and management for all tools needed to deliver training.

NextThought – This tool helps to transform the process of online learning. NextThought can be accessed from your mobile device or from a computer system. Its learning environment allows instructors to see all aspects of a user’s activity and measure his or her performance against the organization’s learning goals.

Noodle– Noodle is a search engine for materials about education; it makes online learning simpler and smarter by suggesting and connecting you with the right schools, service providers, education professionals, and materials that will support you in your journey. It delivers details about educational opportunities available to you in an intelligible form. You can compare schools using factors such as class population, alumni achievements, or financial strength. It also shares advice and reviews from students, teachers, and stakeholders— all the information you need from trusted sources, available in one location.

SimplyDigi LMS – SimplyDigi offers products and online learning solutions that engage and make online learning easy and accessible across any industry platform. With this system, users can operate their own state-of-the-art, branded, web-based, online learning portal. SimplyDigi gives clients the online tools they need to increase employee performance; lower error rates; enhance communication; and manage, track, evaluate, and refine all online learning content.

Udacity – Udacity is an online learning environment for university-level classes at a fraction of the cost of a traditional university. With a focus on Artificial Intelligence, technology, and business, all Udacity classes are hands-on and interactive. To help graduates succeed in their chosen careers, class projects are designed to mimic real-world activities and can be easily included in portfolios for future job searches. Udacity also provides career assistance to graduates, including resume reviews and interview prep.

Vuolearning  – This is an online learning platform engineered to create and share courses in a mobile-friendly way.  Features include real-time learning analytics, mobile-friendly, and cost-effective, which makes it a good fit for those who are new to the world of e-learning design and development.

WizIQ – This is an easy-to-use online learning platform with many critical features: virtual classroom; online course creation; tests and assessments; LMS e-commerce; and e-learning analytics for tutors, educational institutions, and organizations. With WizIQ, you can create and sell online courses, take your tutoring online, create MOOCs easily, deliver learning on the go, train your customers, and train your partners.

Coursera– This app is designed to help college students make the right choices when it is time to decide what courses they want to take in college. It helps to prevent waste of money. It also helps with the elimination of the course they don’t have interest in by providing free online courses beforehand.

Scratch– Scratch is a free open network made available by MIT to assist young folks in learning to think and reason systematically. Scratch makes room for students to design and share their coding work with others around the universe. It allows them to create stories, games, and animations to assist in sharing their vision with others on the platform. On this platform, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations and share your design with others in the online community.

DigitalEd– Helps online educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to make learning better for students. With Maple™, the world-leading math software from Maplesoft™, providing mathematical back-up, DigitalEd creates an efficient platform for online math-based education.

Blossom Educational – This is intuitive, comprehensive online learning, assessment, and management software designed for early education centers. It improves learning experiences for nursery children and creates responsive communication channels between parents and teachers. It also records children’s behavior and attitude toward various aspects of their school experience.

GeoGebra– GeoGebra comes with an easy-to-use interface and many features that help you create, modify, and share math simulations and models. It comes with multiple platforms and dynamic math software that brings together tables, graphing, geometry, algebra, calculus, and statistics in a free easy-to-use package. The app also comes with free and open source software; it has received many educational software awards in the US and Europe.

Lynda.com– Lynda is a website for learning how to edit any form of media. With over 2,100 courses, you can learn skills such as photo and song editing, 3-D animation, spreadsheet creation; with Lynda, you learn everything you need to know from the experts. All the courses are created by users who are extremely talented at or work in these fields. This means you get only the highest quality content made by people in the field, not people making cookie-cutter classes. Lynda is an extremely affordable website to join, especially when you consider the number of skills available.

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 transferrable 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.

Are you looking for note taking 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.

Report Comments BankNote Taking – This is an online school report bank that writes school reports that saves educator’s time in reporting their students’ progress. A new Microsoft Word toolbar and other features are built to make the teacher’s job less tedious and more efficient as they use the system word processor.

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).

Sonocent – makes it easier to take better notes. With the software, you can capture everything you hear without having to write it down, and you can highlight key points for review with a single click. Plus, you can add your slides, diagrams, and text notes to the same project. The software allows you to record lectures on your laptop or mobile device and to import other media and text notes next to the audio files. The recordings are broken up into smaller chunks of information each time it detects a pause to make the audio easier to organize.

Notability – Notability is a simple note-taking app designed for students, teachers, and business professionals. This app supports notetaking as well as PDF annotation. Notability has features that allow users to streamline workflow, search and convert handwritten notes, save time with Multi-Note, type anywhere, import and share, and record and playback audio.  Users can also draw pictures to better describe the concepts they are documenting.

Citelighter – The Citelighter platform is designed to connect teachers and students for interactive communication. It can be accessed via the Citelighter toolbar and Citelighter website. Students can use it to conduct research and create notes. Students follow a series of comprehensive steps set by the teacher, and they will cover the target topic.

Speare.com – Speare.com bills itself as a “thought processor.” Their goal is to make writing as easy and flexible as thinking. With Speare.com, your thoughts are turned into building blocks that can be sorted, ordered, divided, and snapped back together in any sequence. You can easily order your thought building blocks into paragraphs, chapters, and complete documents with a simple finger swipe or click of a mouse. With a speech-to-text option, thinking out loud can suddenly become the beginnings of an essay or book. Ideal for students that need additional help writing, Speare.com can also be used as an alternative method to take notes or brainstorm in any classroom.

Voice Dream Reader – Voice Dream Reader, has two main functions: to turn text into speech and to assist writers with proofreading their texts. For readers that struggle with dyslexia, vision challenges, or simply those that comprehend better auditorily, Voice Dream Reader can read any text aloud in 30 languages and 186 voices. Words are auto highlighted on the screen to improve comprehension and retention. The user can change the reading speed, highlight or take notes, and change the font size, color, or spacing. To assist writers with proofreading their texts, Voice Dream Reader can help writers find the right words through phonetic and meaning searches (“enuf” brings up the word “enough” and “giant water mammal” brings up “whale”). It automatically creates an outline to help writers structure their documents—reordering sections is as easy as dragging and dropping. And proofreading is as easy as listening. Writers hear their work read aloud and can more easily spot grammatical errors, typos, and awkward wording. This app can help you become a proficient reader in the English language while eliminating old habits that hold you back. With 7 Speed Reading, students can learn to recognize large clusters of words and read without first vocalizing in their heads

Are you looking for natural sciences 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.

KerbalEdu– KerbalEdu is based on the award-winning game, Kerbal Space Program. It is available for anyone to buy, and it comes with better features that help incorporate it into the classroom. Players help the likable but unlucky Kerbals as they produce rockets and carry out orbital missions. Students will be able to master physics and engineering skills as soon as they begin to understand the STEM concepts.

Stephen Hawking’s Snapshots of the Universe– Stephen Hawking’s Snapshots of the Universe is an app that explains the principles of the Universe through simple, fun experiments. Including ten experiments, students will learn the answers to questions about the stars and planets such as: Why do planets stay in orbit around stars? Why do objects fall at different speeds? And why is time not the same for everyone? Each experiment has an interactive “game-style” portion and then a more in-depth text-based reflection on the theories behind the principle. Some experiments even include video to provide further visual explanations.

Math Ref– To help students learn math and related subjects, this app combines 1,400 equations and formulas. It can be used in physics, chemistry, science, math, and more. There really is no reason to memorize equations nowadays; instead of writing them down or searching for them every time you need them, Math Ref will keep the formulas you need at your fingertips. The app also includes essential tools such as unit converting, triangle solver, and basic calculators to aid you in doing homework problems.

Newton for Osmo– Solve physics puzzles with your imagination by drawing lines or placing items in front of the screen; the app uses a hands-on approach to promote creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction. Newton for Osmo works with any object or drawing, including Mom’s keys, a hand-drawn basket, and even toys you own. Simply put, the object or drawing in front of the screen and manipulate it to guide the falling balls into the target areas. This app requires the Osmo Base to function properly and can be found at www.playosmo.com. Osmo is creating a new experience using your device’s screen.

Physics Lab AR– Physics Lab AR is an app that lets you build and test various circuit components and 3-D electric circuits. It is useful for both teachers and students. Teachers can use the tool to teach lab classes while students use it to expand their knowledge base both in and outside the classroom. Choose the circuit components (over 20) you want from the toolbox and connect them however you want on the desktop. The experiments work by scientific theories, and they are accurate. More circuit components are released regularly.

Simple Physics– Simple physics is an app designed in a game mode for students’ enjoyment. In this app, students must complete various building challenges using their knowledge in physics. For example, in this app, students construct structures that should repel different forces; they earn points as they master the use of physics concepts to build enduring structures. 

Simple Rockets– Using Kepler’s equations to model orbital physics and astrodynamics, this extremely realistic game allows the user to explore the solar system from a variety of perspectives. This app includes options to build rocket ships, launch from the surface of any planet—from Venus’ intense atmosphere to Mercury’s low gravity, and built-in challenges that allow players to compete to go the fastest or land on the moon. Simple Rockets can be used in the classroom as a supplement to a standard physics curriculum or simply enjoyed at home as an assignment extension.

CK-12– Helps students and teachers to improve elementary learning worldwide by making personal education tools available. Learn more than 5,000 math and science topics at a speed that suits you. Math topics include arithmetic, measurement, algebra, geometry, probability, statistics, trigonometry, analysis, and calculus. Science subjects include geography, life science, physical science, biology, chemistry, and physics. Other subjects include SAT exam prep, engineering, technology, astronomy, English, and history.

Algodoo– Algodoo is a physics-based 2-D sandbox freeware from Algoryx Simulation AB as the successor to the popular physics application Phun. Bring your ideas to life withAlgodoo. Use the drawing tool, materials like ropes, lasers, gears, motors, and even water to test your funniest ideas in a simulated world. Share your inventions with friends and challenge them to use their creative abilities. The simulated world is based on the latest technologies in advanced engineering simulations and virtual reality simulators used by Algoryx.   

Bridge Basher–  This game lets you build bridges in seconds and then destroy them. Watch your bridge react to damaging forces in real time courtesy of an advanced physics engine. Build bridges using the editor and correct errors using the undo button. Only the best bridge builders make it to the leaderboards. Areas of immense stress on your bridge appear in red while others are green. You can share your bridge designs with your friends via email.

The Earth by Tinybop – Helpful for students studying geology and ecology, The Earth by Tinybop lets students discover our planet and the forces that impact it. Students can trigger earthquakes; discover fossils; make volcanoes erupt; investigate weathering, erosion, and deposition; and learn about conservation by testing clean energy, cleaning beaches, and preserving forests. Spanning millions of years, students can explore the Earth when it was a steaming ball of boiling rock all the way to our present-day continents. The app also comes with a handbook for parents and teachers full of additional facts, tips for interacting with students while using the app, and discussion questions.

Are you looking for music 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.

Blob Chorus Ear Training– This game is used in many schools nationwide to teach students how to identify pitch and music notes. Each blob in the recital sings a note; then, the king blob sings his note. The objective is to identify which blob sang the same note as the king blob. You can always increase the size of the choir if you think the game is too easy for you or your child.

Ear Cat– A gaming app that is a product of work between professional musicians and educators. It is one segment in a similar group with titles such as Rhythm Cat, Treble Cat, Bass Cat. It consists of 80 levels/stages that are aimed at developing how we perceive and interpret songs. Useful for both music amateurs and experts.

Flat– Flat is an accessible tool for creating sheet music and writing music scores online. This user-friendly music composition software gives you all the tools needed to make sheet music, either as a beginner or a professional composer. You can listen, write, share, and discover music scores on any device using your web browser, and you can invite your friends to collaborate with you in composing your music scores online. A single musical composition can be opened and edited using different devices at the same time by multiple users. Flat is not just a sheet music maker, but a community!  Thousands of modern composers and musicians join flat every day!

Jazzy 123 Learn to Count with Music– This top educational app will teach your children numbers and musical instruments in a fun and interactive manner. Your child will be able to identify numbers and tell the difference between various musical instruments and their sounds. Jazzy 123 is available in more than 10 languages, and it’s very simple and easy to use. 

Music Tech Teacher– Music Tech Teacher is a hub for music-related content for educators. It offers quizzes, games, and music theory instruction, and worksheets to promote learning and evaluation of knowledge. The app includes 140 puzzles and games about music theory, notes, composition, rhythm, instruments, composers, and more. This is all run by a nonprofit; all content is copyrighted, but it can be used within the app, but cannot be shared externally. To play the games, you need Adobe Flash or JavaScript.

GarageBand– With GarageBand ’11, you can learn 22 new “Learn to Play lessons” in the most common musical genres, and an interesting new feature known as ” How Did I Play?” The app lets you practice lessons, receive real-time feedback about any mistakes, and monitor your improvement over time. It also offers new features that help you create songs with better sounds.

Toca Band – With Toca Band, children can experiment with 16 different characters to create their own band. All types of music can be used from opera to rap. Simply put, the characters on stage and move them around to experiment with different sounds and styles. There are 48 fun sound loops that can be put together in endless combinations depending on the child’s preferences.

WURRLYedu – uses music as a gateway to teach critical life skills. It is a curated content platform with creation tools. For teachers, WURRLYedu delivers culturally relevant content, including lesson plans with suggested assignments, an extensive music catalog, video tips, and a comprehensive suite of tools that includes a learning management system and assessment tools to make music education fun, effective, and affordable. For students, WURRLYedu offers thousands of songs (all customizable in key, speed, and instrumentation) with animated timed chords and lyrics, recording tools and one touch audio/video filters, collaboration tools as well as ear training games to develop general comprehension skills.

Noteflight– This app lets you create, edit, view, share, and listen to professionally annotated music on your computer, tablet, and smartphone. Noteflight Basic allows you to keep your scores, share them with other users securely, or add them to your web pages. Noteflight Premium has additional features that enable you to create infinitely more scores, compose and listen using over 85 instruments in premiere conditions, record and score audios in real time, and print parts or entire score transcriptions. Scores can be transcribed using a MIDI device. With Noteflight, you can create score collections and share them with friends.

Are you looking for multiplication 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.

Aritmetica– Solve math problems using limited numbers and operators. With over 100 randomly selected operations available over 20 levels, you solve problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Every game is different. You can use clues to progress when you get stuck or totally skip an operation. The app does not contain any in-app purchases.

Basic Math Games for Kids: Addition Subtraction– Basic Math Games has problems and content for anyone aged four to one hundred. From learning to count to practicing multiplication and beyond, players may not realize how much they are learning as they play because it is so fun.

DigitWhiz– This app helps kids from ages eight upward learn basic math and pre-algebra skills. It uses games to teach kids multiplication, division, and integer operation. Kids earn points as they play the game. It also has a multiplayer option where kids can play with other kids from all over the world.

Fact Families Math Flash Cards– Proper understanding of mathematics requires offhand knowledge of certain math facts. For example, by learning the sequence of 3 + 4 = 7, 7 – 4 = 3, 7 – 3 = 4, 4 + 3 = 7, your child already knows four math facts. There are fact families for addition/subtraction and multiplication/division that students can learn in an incentivized environment. After gaining mastery of a level, students advance to a random mode, followed by a “crazy” mode in order of difficulty.

Fractions by Brainingcamp– Fractions by Brainingcamp is suitable for kids between the age of 9 and 14. It provides all the materials needed for teaching and learning by using practice questions, challenging games, lesson narration, and manipulation of virtual elements. It covers all aspects of fractions, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, equivalents, and common denominators.

Futaba Classroom Games for Kids– This app allows one to four students to conveniently learn with a single iPad by taking a seat around the iPad and tapping it to start. Futaba was created to provide kids with an engaging review by supplementing curriculum standards for addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, Dolch sight words for first through third grade.

Giraffe Cards Flashcards– This math flashcard app helps your children learn multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. This app was created to provide flexibility for kids to learn math without any form of distractions. The flashcards are straightforward, and they include great practice exercises; the app can easily be customized from simple to complex math facts such as Algebra “Magic Number” cards. The app comes with no ads or other distractions.

Gracie & Friends Lemonade Stand -The Lemonade Stand game provides a means for children to divide a group of objects or a continuous whole into equal groups/parts. It helps improve children’s knowledge of ratios, division, multiplication, number composition, number sense, and fractions.

Math Bingo– Math Bingo contains bingo games designed to teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The app is available in easy, medium, and hard modes and can be played with up to five accounts. When players correctly answer five questions, they get “bingo.” Players get their names on the scoreboard, and they can choose one of eight awesome avatars to represent them.

Math Champions lite for Kids– Math Champions is a math game using eight modes designed to teach children addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, comparing, contrasting, symmetry, and much more. Students can keep track of their scores and compete with friends on an iPad or iPhone. The basic app is free; an upgraded version is available for purchase.

Math Evolve– Math Evolve is specially designed for children age six and up to experience both story and practice modes to learn math basics. This app features addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and more. Math Evolve incorporates math facts and mental math challenges in a game that is entertaining

Math Minute Madness– If you need help with addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, Math Minute Madness could be the app for you. This app has timed math questions, and it gives tangible rewards that you can redeem with virtual zoo areas and animal friends. Besides practicing math, you will also learn about animals and their sounds.

Math Racing– With this app, you can compete with friends and opponents at any skill level to see who can win the math race. There are three difficulty levels (easy, medium, and hard) for practicing your skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and equations that combine math operations. With Math Racing, the element of competition adds spice to the learning process; the app contains substantial math content that is conducive to learning.

Math Slide: Multiply & Subtract– This edition of Math Slide is specifically aimed at the most difficult math operations: multiplication and division. Whoever slides the correct tile over first wins; this is a multiplayer game designed to create the most fun and engaging learning. There are nine levels so that you can home in on the perfect combination of know-how and challenge to maximize your learning.

Math Slide: Multiply & Subtract– This edition of Math Slide is specifically aimed at the most difficult math operations: multiplication and division. Whoever slides the correct tile over first wins; this is a multiplayer game designed to create the most fun and engaging learning. There are nine levels so that you can home in on the perfect combination of know-how and challenge to maximize your learning.

MathBlaster Space Zapper– MathBlaster Space Zapper lets you control a space station and use your math skills to save it. There are more than 20 lessons, in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, with three difficulty levels (easy, medium, and hard). If you can master your aim, accuracy, and math, there will be no problem in saving the space station. MathBlaster adds a level of inspiration to math practice in the form of protecting something.

Mathemagics – Mental Math Tricks– Mental math is a very important skill for children to develop at a young age to help them prepare for future math classes. Using the tips and tricks in this app, children will learn to complete problems in math operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and higher-level math. With these skills under their belt, children will be ready for any math they encounter in the future. These exercises can also be done anytime and anywhere with this convenient app.

Monster Math– Monster Math is a good way for students to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and basic math problems. It is used by schools to eliminate the boredom of doing math with quizzes and flashcards. This app includes massive worlds, fun monsters, evil enemies, and amazing allies to make your students’ experience even better.

MultiFlow: Times Tables Reimagined–MultiFlow is the new way to learn times tables and basic multiplication. MultiFlow uses a completely revamped interface and allows you to share progress reports directly to Twitter and Facebook. This app can be used in the classroom for teachers to show their students, or students can use it on their own outside of school for extra challenges and practice.

Newton Multiplication– Newton Multiplication is a simple app that helps you develop your multiplication abilities. It intuitively recognizes the questions you get wrong and helps you develop in your areas of deficiency. As you progress through the game, features are unlocked to help you develop and improve over time. Three game modes are available: Zen mode, speed mode, and time trial mode. It has additional features that include external Bluetooth keyboard support, full GameCenter support, and integration, you can sync your scores and progress across all your iOS devices; the app is compatible with iPhone 5 and above and or iPad devices using

Operation Math– Operation Math turns mathematics into a more immersive experience using a mystery plot. It has numerous time trials that teach kids addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. From the streets of Paris to the pyramids of Egypt, this app has over 105 interesting missions designed to teach math operations and skill acquisition. It can be played at home for fun or used in class to complement learning.

Sushi Monster – For students that need extra practice with math fact fluency, Sushi Monster provides addition and multiplication practice in an engaging and challenging game format. Included in the app are 12 carefully sequenced levels (seven addition levels and five multiplication levels) with four rounds in each level. In each round, students are asked to meet a target number. By strategically placing sushi pieces around a monster to create true equations that equal the target number, students win the round and earn points, stars, or trophies. These rewards, along with a personal best score, allow players to unlock new challenges and levels. Sushi Monster is designed to meet the Common Core State Standard to support strategic reasoning and computational flexibility in addition and multiplication.

Are you looking for motor skills 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.

Button Board– Introduce your children to color with this creative game. The gameplay has other benefits, including hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills development, and improving concentration. Assemble incomplete pictures by dragging colored buttons into place. Free play mode allows children to create their own designs using preset colors. The gameplay is customizable using the child-lock key that modifies gameplay to fit your child’s needs. 

Dexteria– Dexteria offers therapeutic exercises developed to improve fine motor skills and handwriting in kids and adults. It can also be used to build strength and improve motor control. For the best result, the exercises should be done regularly in small sessions. Dexteria is also designed with an automatic tracker and self-reporting feature so that parents, teachers, and therapists can monitor both compliance and progress.

Dress Up: Professions– This is a fun app for young children to learn to identify color, professions, items of coloring, and how to differentiate left from right. Children also develop their fine motor skills and creativity as they dress up the cute children on the app, which contains about 30 puzzles and 100 garments for 15 professions. This app was developed by PlayToddlers and is suitable for both male and female children.

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.

Just Dance NowMotor Skills–  Dance to your favorite hits on Just Dance. Release your inner dance with this app and enjoy great choreographies without a video game console. All you need is an Internet-connected device such as Apple TV, iPad, computer, or Chromecast. The latest installment comes with an additional 42 games which are available on video game consoles.

Make A Scene: Farmyard– Make a Scene: Farmyard stimulates children’s creativity and allows them to design their own scenes. Little kids love cute farm animals, and this app has sheep, cows, ducks, chickens, and more. With hours of entertainment, they will learn and practice vocabulary, motor skills, and coordination simultaneously. They will be able to numerous scenes in this dynamic farmyard; for preschool to adult, this app will not disappoint.

OctoPlus– Octoplus is a math app that uses interactive gaming to help children develop math skills. This app takes you into an underwater world where you battle turtles to earn points. It has both drill and challenge modes, designed to develop children’s math abilities using their innate intelligence. It is also helping develop motor skills in children who have motor or cognitive delays. This app can be customized to keep children interested and motivated; it comes packed with features designed to improve visual attention, timing, coordination, and control. Parents can also use this app to emphasize individualized education program (IEP) objectives.