Competitive & Comparative Research

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3	Company	UpliftK12	Nearpod	Google Jamboard	Brainingcamp	Koala Learning	Freckle	Kahoot
4		Uplift K12 is a digital online-platform that includes digital games and activities for students to learn, collaborate, and play while learning about math. Built for True Collaboration and Engagement.	Nearpod helps educators make any lesson interactive whether in the classroom or virtual. A teacher can create interactive presentations that can contain Quizzes, Polls, Videos, Collaborate Boards, and more	Jamboard is one smart display. Quickly pull in images from a Google search, save work to the cloud automatically, use the easy-to-read handwriting and shape recognition tool, and draw with a stylus but erase with your finger.	Brainingcamp digital math manipulatives make it easy for teachers to deliver interactive math lessons and create fun math games for kids.	Koala Learning is a collaborative learning space for uploading PDF's, creating sticky notes and accessing programs, but importantly gives the teacher full control over what actions the students can and can't do.	Freckle is an online learning platform that allows students to practice Math and English Language Arts at their own level. Freckle continuously adapts to each student's individual skills, so each student is getting the appropriate challenge.	Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes.
5	Pricing Plans/ per year	Free Educator (Trial) $99 Premium $250 Pro	Free Silver (Trial) $159 Gold $397 Platinum	Free	$95 Classroom $650 School	Free (Trial) $228 Koala Pro $336 Tutoring Organization	Unknown	$48 Kahoot!+Start $72 Kahoot!+Premier $96 Kahoot!+Max
6	Lesson Subject	Math	All subjects	N/A	Math, critical thinking	All subjects	Math, ELA	Math
7	Pros	• digital library contains over 600 lessons for tutors to access and assign to students • engage students by sending animated awards, live feedback, and incentives (gems) • ability to interact with students on whiteboards through videoconferencing	• gives access to teachers to create interactive presentation that contains quizzes, polls, videos, and collaborate boards • contains "draw it" feature allowing teachers to display students drawings that occured in the whiteboard	• ability to pull files from google drive • use google meet to live chat and discuss • easy to use	• provides individualized, self-paced test prep that requires very little teacher work • easy to use/navigate	• ability for teachers to deliver original or premade content throughout the site • contains "playground" where students can explore, customize their avatar, and collect rewards	• ability to assign adaptive practice for each student to improve their skills individually • provides hint videos for lessons	• teachers can create quizzes,surveys, and polls throughout the platform • youtube videos can be added into questions • insert drawings on iOS app • games are designed through videos
8	Cons	• difficult to navigate through lessons, need more directions • doesnt give ability for tutors to personalize their lessons	• Tutor cannot communicate or live collaborate with the students. • lacks on student paced learning or 1:1 lessons	• lacks ability to add media content such as music and videos	• Limited games • Can't work with a teacher on video • Can't create lessons/courses • doesnt promote deep learning	• Teachers/students don't have personal profiles • cannot create courses/lessons	• doesnt allow teacher feedback option • paid subscription required to access any science or social studies content	•as multiple players are connected, the level of competition can be increased, leading to stress and anger among students
9	Notes	accessibility: provides "Text-To-Speech" reader option for students				kid's friendly version of zoom. Allows recording of entire lesson		teachers can share reports with other teachers and the school administration
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16	Features	UpliftK12	Nearpod	Google Jamboard	Brainingcamp	Koala Learning	Freckle	Kahoot
17	Login	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
18	Teacher Profile	O	O	X	O	X	O	O
19	Student Profile	O	X	X	O	X	O	O
20	Filter	O	O	X	O	O	O	O
21	Search	O	O	O	X	O	O	O
22	Notification	O	X	O	X	X	X	O
23	Add Interest	X	X	X	X	X	X	O
24	Language	X	O	X	O	O (just guide)	O	O
25	Free Trial	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
26	Membership	O	O	X	O	O	O	O
27	Lesson Plan	O	O	X	X	O	O	O
28	Whiteboard	O	O	O	O	O	X	O
29	Teach via Video Conference	O	X	X	X	O	X	O
30	Course Creation	O	O	X	X	X	O (assignments?)	O
31	Progress Tracking	X	O	X	X	X	X	O
32	Messages	X	X	X	O	X	X	X
33	Save	X	O	O	X	O	X	O
34	Tutorial	X	O	X	O	O	O (for teacher)	O
35	Share	O	O	O	O	X	O	O
36	Upload Files	O	O	X	X	O	X	O
37	Rewards	O	O	X	X	O	O	X
38	Game Lesson Library	O	O	X	O	O (Marketplace)	O	O
39	Live Collaboration	O	O	O	O	O	X	O
40	Quiz	X	O	X	X	X	X	O
41	Mobile Responsive	X	O	O	O (ipad)	O (ipad)	O	O
42	Web Responsive	O	O	O	O	O	O	O
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