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1 |  | Approved Free Supplemental Apps SY22-23 | ||
2 | APP | Approved FREE VERSION | APP Description | Guidance |
3 | SeeSaw | Approved FREE VERSION | Seesaw is a simple way for teachers and students to record and share what's happening in the classroom. Seesaw gives students a place to document their learning, be creative and learn how to use technology. Each student gets their own journal and will add things to it, like photos, videos, drawings, or notes. | Nothing shared in SeeSaw should be shared outside of the SeeSaw classroom. |
4 | Autodesk Sketchbook | Approved FREE VERSION | Autodesk Sketchbook is a full-featured design and creation app with an arsenal of tools for creating digital art, offering tools available in the desktop version with the ease of a sketchbook on an iPad or other tablet. | |
5 | Class Dojo | Approved FREE VERSION | ClassDojo is an online classroom management platform where teachers can record and track student behavior, facilitate classroom activities, curate student portfolios, and communicate with parents. Student sign-in is simple with a QR code, link, or Google account. With thoughtful implementation, it can help teachers and parents support students' growth through goal-setting, feedback, positive reinforcemment, and celebration. | This app is to be used for informal anecdotal records and should not be used to inform a student's official behavioral record. |
6 | EdPuzzle | Approved FREE VERSION | Edpuzzle is a web-based interactive video and formative assessment tool that lets users crop existing online videos and add content to target specific learning objectives. Teachers can search the extensive library or upload their own videos to customize them with voice-overs, audio comments, embedded assessment questions, and additional resources. There are also options to choose from the site's curriculum content, assign due dates, and prohibit students from fast-forwarding through videos. | EdPuzzle is meant for practice and to supplement learning and cannot be used to inform a student's grade. |
7 | Get Epic | Approved FREE VERSION | Epic!- Kids' Books and Videos is a digital library and e-reader website and app that makes more than 35,000 children's books (with more added weekly) available at the touch of a finger. When signing up for a free educator account, teachers indicate the age of their students and a few areas of interest so that the app can target which titles to suggest. Along with books are short educational videos, multiple-choice comprehension quizzes, badges to be earned, and other features to encourage engagement, customize experiences, and track students' activity. Supplemental resource. It cannot be used Digital access to various genres of literature. It cannot be use anything in this app to inform a student's grade. | Any quizzes or multiple choice responses to books should not be used to inform a student's grade. |
8 | Flipgrid | Approved FREE VERSION | Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. A simple way for students and teachers to create online discussion, as long as your classroom culture is mature enough to use it wisely. | |
9 | OzoBlockly | Approved FREE VERSION | Coding program for use with Ozobot Robots. | |
10 | PowToon | Approved FREE VERSION | PowToon gives users tools to create animated slideshow presentations that present like videos. Anyone can sign up for free with an email address. With guidance and oversight, students will have fun making creative video presentations, but more collaborative features and classroom support would help. | |
11 | Prodigy | Approved FREE VERSION | Prodigy is an adaptive math-practice game set in a fantasy role-playing universe, students customize colorful, anime-style avatars and send them off to the Wizard Academy to prepare for battle. As students progress in their math skills, so do their characters, learning new spells to use against enemies.Teachers can select from a variety of curricular standards when setting up their classes, including Common Core, Ontario Math, NCERTS, and National Curriculum (England). Sometimes kids just need some math practice to get things to stick, and Prodigy delivers in a fun format with great teacher support. | Prodigy is meant for use as a supplemental math resource and is for practice only. This platform should not be used to inform a student's grade. |
12 | Scratch | Approved FREE VERSION | Teachers can use Scratch to teach students just about any coding concept or element of computational thinking. Then, after students are proficient in using it, Scratch can become another tool for demonstrating learning in just about any content area. Through animation, audio, image, and text, students can tell stories, explain concepts, and create art. Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning. | |
13 | Screencastify | Approved FREE VERSION | Screencastify is a Chrome browser extension that records your screen, face, voice, and more. To use Screencastify, find its icon in the Chrome toolbar and choose among the recording options: record a single tab in your web browser, capture all screen activity, or use your webcam to record or insert a video of yourself. While recording, use the tools to write, draw, erase, keep time, restart, or spotlight a section on the screen. Screencastify is an easy instructional tool that lets teachers and students communicate in new and creative ways. | Screencastify should be used to support asychronous learning opportunities. Recordings should be teacher-centered and skill focused for student to learn and/or review content. |
14 | Turnitin | Approved FREE VERSION | Turnitin is a program for ELA and social studies teachers may get the most out of the service, teachers in any content area will find it a helpful tool for assigning and evaluating students' writing. Have students submit papers, and then assign a peer evaluation project -- students can then revise using peer feedback before submitting a final draft. Teachers can use the interface to communicate with students via email or through the discussion forums. The Discussions feature is a powerful tool for generating student interest in topics of depth and complexity. | Teachers should know that much of this functionality is built into Google Classroom. |
15 | CODE.org | Approved FREE VERSION | Coding program. | All grades need to be entered into the gradebook. |
16 | Khan Academy | Approved FREE VERSION | Khan Academy is a free website aimed at promoting self-paced instruction, houses thousands of academic videos that are baked into guided, adaptive instruction. With an initial focus on math, the site now offers courses on a variety of topics in science, economics, history, the arts, and computing, as well as prep for tests like the SAT and GMAT. | Supplemental math resource and is for practice only. This platform should not be used to inform a student's grade. Interest Based Advertising, Khan Academy does not display any targeted advertising on our Service. However, we participate in interest-based advertising and use third party advertising companies to serve you targeted advertisements on other websites, apps or services, including on Facebook and other social networks, or on other devices you may use. These third party ad networks use tracking technologies to recognize your browser or device and to collect information about your visit to our Service to provide you customized content, advertising and commercial messages which may be more relevant to your interests, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics and market research. |
17 | Vocaroo | Approved FREE VERSION | Vocaroo is an online tool that allows users to record, send, and download voice messages. Teachers and learners can use Vocaroo in different activities, such as podcasting, digital storytelling, broadcasting, and giving feedback. | Should not be used to record confidential or private information as the recordings are stored on their servers outside of the U.S. |
18 | TeachVid | Approved FREE VERSION | TeachVid is a platform that allows users to generate and access interactive learning content based on short YouTube videos for use in class or for independent learning. | |
19 | Scrible | Approved FREE VERSION | Scrible is a web-based (Chrome browser extension and website) bookmarking, annotation, and research-paper-creation tool. With it, users can bookmark web pages, store files, do a full-text search of their library of articles, annotate and mark up web pages, share annotated articles, and create assignments. | |
20 | Tinkercad | Approved FREE VERSION | Tinkercad is a free, kid-friendly online computer-aided design (CAD) program where users can design, modify, and print 3D objects. 3D printing has become a given in much of today's tech-rich environment, but students are still fascinated by both the capabilities and the process of such innovations. Tinkercad makes it easy for students to learn a staple of the design process: combining multiple simple objects to make more complex shapes. It also allows students to design their own shapes or pick shapes to subtract from their projects, providing an easy way to create arches or holes using negative space as a tool. A big step forward in making iterative 3D design more accessible and social. | |
21 | Freckle | Approved FREE VERSION | Freckle is a practice website (and app) for grades K–12 that addresses standards-based skills and concepts in core subject areas. Research: We may share De-Identified Data with educational institutions; applicable governmental departments or entities working under their authority, to support alignment studies and educational research. | |
22 | Sphero Edu | Approved to use the app without account | Sphero Edu (formerly SPRK Lightning Lab) is an app that lets kids program their Sphero robots from a tablet or phone. Beginning coders use block-based programming to direct and control their robot. A text-based code viewer is also available so kids can see how their block code translates into actual code. This gives experienced programmers more flexibility and is a scaffold to help students scale up their coding skills. | |
23 | Padlet | Approved FREE VERSION | Padlet is a website and app that allows kids to curate information onto virtual bulletin boards using a simple drag-and-drop system. Students can start with a template or a blank page and add videos, text, links, documents, images -- basically anything -- to the wall and organize it, like a page full of Post-it notes. Kids can add as many notes to a wall as they like; it scrolls in all directions. Teachers can opt to turn on profanity filters, comments, and voting features for more collaboration without the worry of inappropriate language. As added checks, teachers can moderate all posts or require that students display their names on the board. | Should only be used in classroom collaborative spaces. Students should not create accounts. Padlet should only be shared with class via QR code or link directly from teacher. |
24 | Zenbeats | Approved FREE VERSION | Zenbeats is an intuitive cross-platform music creation app. The software runs on Android, ChromeOS, iOS, Windows, and macOS. The basic version of Zenbeats is free, with optional in-app purchases to unlock additional instruments and sounds | |