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This is a free, augmented reality, app that can be used for all students (elementary, middle, and high school) in the subject of science. The app is compatible with iOS devices 13.0 or later and macOS 10.15 or later. With this free app, students can explore the sun, moon, and planets within our solar system. Realistic images that students can zoom in on and learn about the size and other facts about planets, the sun, and the moon.
An example of how this app can be used in the classroom is that science teachers can implement the app as part of their lectures if he/she is teaching about the solar system. The teacher could project the app onto an overhead board so the whole class can see and learn together, or have the students individually use the app on a tablet or other device for independent learning.
Here's a link to reviews (I could not find any reviews from any other source): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/solar-solar-system-in-ar/id1286558019#see-all/reviews

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Explore our Solar System like never before in Augmented Reality. Place the entire Solar System or a specific planet in your living room or your garden. With solAR you can enjoy breathtaking views while walking among the planets and its moons.

With intuitive gestures the size of the models can be adjusted to fit them in the currently available space. Placing the Solar System on a football field with a radius of 50 meters is just one of the endless possibilities solAR offers to explore our Solar System. solAR creates an immersive and magnificent experience with beautifully crafted models of the Sun, all planets and the largest moons of the Solar System.

solAR offers a beautiful 3D-experience as well in case you should once not be able to experience the Solar System in Augmented Reality.

solAR is optimised for your iOS, iPadOS and macOS devices. Once downloaded, solAR becomes available on all these devices.

Version 1.0.10

Small improvements and in addition to that localisations for following newly supported languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Italian, Polish, Dutch, Japanese & Chinese (Simplified).

Beautiful App, excellent UI

This is great use of augmented reality, and a very well executed application. The detailed 3-D render of the earth-moon system is quite spectacular to look at. And the overall solar system is entrancing as well (though the Earth render is unfortunately much less detailed in that model).

More importantly, the developer took the time to really make the user interface work right. Great multitouch gesture controls, intuitive control of the models and systems. It's both kid-and-adult friendly.

Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback, we are happy you are enjoying solAR! :-)

Amazing learning tool for children and adults!

This is truly such a great usage of AR technology. Using an iPad or an iPhone, you can explore the planets while actually walking around. My 4 year old is obsessed, and her former favorite planet of Jupiter is now replaced by Neptune.

While scale is not accurate, the app does a great job to allow us to watch the moons and planets in their (decently accurate) orbital patterns.

Worth the download!

Thank you very much for your wonderful feedback, we are happy you and your daughter are enjoying solAR! :-)

Amazing

This app is very good. The planets are anchored in real-time, and you don't need to move your device back and forth like other apps in iOS 11. In all, this is a very good app.

Thank you very much for your feedback, we are happy you are enjoying solAR! :-)

The developer, Michael Stoeckli, indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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Information

Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 13.0 or later.

Mac

Requires macOS 10.15 or later.

Languages

English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish

In-App Purchases

Activate all Celestial Bodies $4.99

Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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‎Explore our Solar System like never before in Augmented Reality. Place the entire Solar System or a specific planet in your living room or your garden. With solAR you can enjoy breathtaking views while walking among the planets and its moons. With intuitive gestures the size of the models can be ad...

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This app is a digital library with over 40,000 eBooks (including fiction, non-fiction, chapter books, etc) that students can read independently and they can also play a video to have the book read to them with follow-along highlighted words. The app is intended for students aged 12 and under, and is compatible with iOS, Android, computers, and laptop devices.
For schools, this app is free for educators, but for personal at-home use, it can cost up to $9.99/month for access to all the ebooks.
An example of how this app can be used in the classroom is, if a student doesn't like reading a typical paperback book, he/she can read a story an alternative way which is digital and more interactive. Teachers can assign eBooks for independent read-to-self, for homework, and the teacher could even read a digital story to the whole class if there is any book the teacher doesn't own in the classroom, etc.
Links to reviews:
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/app-reviews/epic-kids-books-and-videos/user-reviews/adult

https://www.facebook.com/epic4kids/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epic-books-for-kids/id719219382#see-all/reviews

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Free for educators! Give students unlimited in-class access to the best books & videos on Epic

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iReady (https://www.curriculumassociates.com/products/i-ready) is a data driven online program for Reading and Math. Students first take a diagnostic test and then they receive personalized instruction to fill learning gaps or challenge students based on their results. iReady is designed for grades Kindergarten to 8. You do have to purchase a license to use the program. I highly recommend. We have our students do 15 minutes of both reading and math every day to either help support foundational skills that have been missed or challenge those that have mastered grade level material.

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i-Ready makes classrooms better places for teachers and students. Learn more about our world-class assessment and instruction programs and our customer-acclaimed service.

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Epic! (https://www.getepic.com/educators) is an online reading program for Kindergarten through 8th graders. Students can search for books and read independently or have a book read to them. Their engagement time is tracked. Teachers can assign virtual books or learning videos to students. There are grade specific texts and subject specific texts with matching videos. This is a great resource for emerging readers and English Language Learners because it will read books to the students and highlight the words as they are read. Students can read for leisure or for research projects. I highly recommend this program!

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Minecraft Education (all grades, all subjects)

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Minecraft Education (all grades, all subjects)

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Minecraft Education (https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/homepage) is online game-based learning for all ages and subject areas including SEL, digital citizenship, and equity & inclusion. Students are engage and use their 21st century learning skills while learning content through a PBL format. There are premade lesson plans available in the program. Windows is recommended, but it is also compatible with Apple products.

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Prodigy (https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/) is a super engaging online math program for students in grades 1 - 8. Students go on quests and battle by answering math questions. They can battle each other if they can find them in the different worlds. My students beg to play Prodigy, and it is free! Prodigy is used as a "May Do" after they have completed their "Must Do" tasks.

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Here's how nearly one million teachers use Prodigy in the classroom at no cost!

Help students master math standards with a fun and engaging gameplay experience

Adjust and align Prodigy's in-game math content with your lesson plans

Track student development to decide where to best spend your time

No trial period, no hidden costs for educators. Our optional parent memberships ensure Prodigy stays free for all teachers.

Prodigy for Teachers

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Here's how nearly one million teachers use Prodigy in the classroom at no cost! Help students master math standards with a fun and engaging gameplay experience Adjust and align Prodigy's in-game math content with your lesson plans Track student development to decide where to best spend your time No trial period, no hidden costs for educators.

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Animation & Drawing by Do Ink is the fun, creative way to make animations on your iPad. The app was designed to be easy for beginners and young animators, but with powerful tools for creating advanced animations.  Targets 13-21 year olds.

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Animation & Drawing by Do Ink is the fun, creative way to make animations on your iPad. The app was designed to be easy for beginners and young animators, but with powerful tools for creating advanced animations. Use the drawing editor to create vector artwork and frame-by-frame (flip book) animations. Use the composition editor to combine your artwork - along with props from the Do Ink prop library - into more complex and sophisticated scenes. Save to the camera roll, then share your creations with friends, classmates, or the world!

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Do Ink provides Creativity Apps -Green Screen by Do Ink and Animation and Drawing by Do Ink for students to show what they know in education.

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This free app can translate words, identify plants and animals just by holding the camera of your device to it. It can also provide a step-by-step solution to help with math homework. Compatible with all Android devices, and can be used by anyone-teachers, k-12 students, even by ESL students.
I think this app is excellent for the classroom because, if a student doesn't know what a word means for instance, and the teacher is busy helping another student, the student that needs help can use the app to scan the word or an object to learn what it is.
Links to reviews:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.ar.lens&hl=en_US&gl=US&showAllReviews=true
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/google-lens-2/reviews
https://www.facebook.com/pg/googlelensapp/reviews/?ref=page_internal

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Search

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Use your camera or an image to search.

Go to Google Lens Get the app

Find a look you like

See an outfit that's caught your eye? Or a chair that's perfect for your living room? Get inspired by similar clothes, furniture, and home decor-without having to type what you're looking for.

Copy and translate text

Translate text in real-time from over 100 languages. Or copy paragraphs, serial numbers, and more from an image, then paste it on your phone or your computer with Chrome.

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Stuck on a problem? Quickly find explainers, videos, and results from the web for math, history, chemistry, biology, physics, and more.

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ABii - A Robotic Tutor (by Van Robotics)

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ABii is a small robot that can act as a math and reading tutor for K-5 students. This robot can serve up to 3 students at a single time, which I think would be great for small-group work and after-school tutoring sessions. The robot costs between $599 and $999 and is only 15-inches tall. It can be placed on a desk where it can make "eye contact" with the students. The robot asks questions, and the students answer. If the student gets a question correct, the robot dances, but if a student gives the wrong answer, the robot provides a step-by-step explanation.
Links to reviews:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/abiijams/reviews/?ref=page_internal

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ABii adjusts the pace and content of instruction based on student performance and attention. When a student misses a question, ABii gives step-by-step guidance on how to get to the right answer. ABii also uses her engaging personality to encourage, redirect and celebrate student successes! Fist bumps, high fives and dance parties come included.

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It technically goes all the way to middle school, but it starts in Kindergarten and covers elementary completely. It is a massive tool that has lessons and programs for almost anything. In my setting we use it mainly for Math, and children have iPads to work on. But it could work in other ways as well.

What: App or website resource and activity center for Math, Science and Language

How: In my son's class they use this on their iPads for Math class. Teacher can give assignments and gather data on their strength and weaknesses.

IXL Math:

Gain fluency and confidence in math! IXL helps students master essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support, and motivating awards.

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IXL | Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Spanish

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IXL is the world's most popular subscription-based learning site for K-12. Used by over 12 million students, IXL provides personalized learning in more than 8,500 topics, covering math, language arts, science, social studies, and Spanish. Interactive questions, awards, and certificates keep kids motivated as they master skills.

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What and for Who: Coding for K / grade 1! It's fun, makes sequences left to right instead of top down to help them understand the order of things happening and it works! You can use it as CS lesson, but also adjust what you program for almost anything else, such as language acquisition or science and more!

How: Use either as individual activity if children have pads, or on a big screen for mob programming sessions. Suitable for homework too!

From the site: With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games. In the process, they learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer.

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) can program their own interactive stories and games.

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It's fantastic. It includes running records, assessment, built in rewards for engagement (which sometimes works a bit too well), loads of leveled books in multiple languages (English, but also Spanish and Polish for instance)
And all this individual reading with 0 paper printed!
(ok, maybe some paper records for the archives)

How: It's a website for the teacher. Children can either work online on the website or read via an app. Ideal for homework. Children can record their reading so the teacher can hear them. (and whispering parents that want to 'help'. ) Also good for group reading of the smartboard/projector.

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Reading A-Z: The online reading program with downloadable books to print and assemble | Reading A-Z

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Award-winning reading solution with thousands of leveled readers, lesson plans, worksheets and assessments to teach guided reading, reading proficiency and comprehension to K-5 students

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What: A favorite of mine and my son: Reading Eggs. Set up as a board game with mini games to complete that teach everything from phonics to more complicated reading skills.

How: Via the website login or through the app. Children can individually complete, so ideal for homework / online learning during pandemics.

Site: multi-award winning online reading program for ages 2⁠–⁠13. Based on scientific research, we guarantee your child's reading ability will improve in just weeks.

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Get students using their mobile devices to move and to learn - NO INTERNET CONNECTION NEEDED!

Works best with an iPad and in groups of 3/4 students. For science adventures outdoors or class projects indoors. It's a fun way to let students gather information themselves.

Links to reviews:
https://twitter.com/QRtigers?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://www.g2.com/products/qrtiger/reviews#reviews
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrtiger&hl=en_US&gl=US&showAllReviews=true

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Step 1: Submit - Input a series of questions and answers

Step 2. Create - Get a QR code for each question

Step 3. Display - Put the QR codes around your school

Step 4. Begin - Students find and answer the questions

(Just cut and paste from a word processor or type directly)

(Automatically generated as text files to read via phones)

(Be creative - different sizes, different places!)

(The team with the most correct answers in the time available wins)

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QR Code Treasure Hunt Generator | ClassTools

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Produce a QR Code scavenger 'Treasure Hunt' - free and easy!

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What: Rather than a linear to-do list, this one categorizes them into a matrix.
https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/eisenhower-matrix
You can even install it as a plug-in for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/priority-matrix-for-chrom/dboboillnhldihjigadainihehfoackd

Who: Any students who have the cognitive ability to determine the "urgency" and the "importance" of tasks. So maybe 10 and older?

Platform: Chrome plugin, though honestly you can find different versions on line you can use in whatever platform you see fit.

Example: Categorize your To Do list. Maybe the essay due today goes into box #1. Maybe the project due next week goes into box #2. Maybe the procrasta-working such as finding cool fonts goes into box #4 so that you are forced to intentionally let it go.

Testimonial: I use this for a while last year. It was good while it lasted, and with the plug in you could easily shift items from one box to another. It's similar to a Trello board, which categorizes work into "needs to be done" "doing" and "done. I eventually went back to pen-and-paper since I like handwriting.

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What: Sites such as slidesmania, slidesgo, and slidescarnival have cute slide templates. They also have some useful ones, such as digital planners. The three links below are a few examples:
1 . https://slidesgo.com/search?q=planner#rs=search
2. https://slidesmania.com/tag/yearly-planners/
3. https://slidesmania.com/tag/weekly-planners/

Who: middle and high school students, as elementary might not have the skills to manipulate the Google Slides yet.

Platform: Google Suite (though I think there is a Microsoft PPT download option too)

Example: a few of my grade 8 students last year used this as their "homework and task tracker'. These particular students were very visually oriented, and loved having a manipulable planner with pretty designs and colors.

Testimonial: my artistically/visually inclined students from last year.

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What: It's a public reward system that "creates positive culture, gives students a voice, shares moments with parents" according to their website. I have not really used it, but I heard this is a good positive reinforcement system for students. Can help with classroom and time management.
https://www.classdojo.com/

Who: All ages, but maybe elementary and middle since they often need that postiive reinforcement for classroom norms, and since parents seem more attentive to younger students than older.

Platform: Works on iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and on any computer.

Example: you can promote equity by using the random student name picker to answer your questions. According to their site, "A random student generator that helps you select a student, no popsicle sticks required. Use this student picker during a lesson or when you need a “volunteer”"

Testimonial: Terence says in the comments that it's helpful, though time consuming to set up.

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ClassDojo helps teachers, parents, and students build amazing classroom communities.

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What: Similar to Google Tasks, this is an extension to Chrome that allows you to do the following:
1. Create Tasks and Save Websites as Tasks
2. Time Tracking
3. Screenshots: capture, mark up, and edit
4. Email: create tasks and attach emails to tasks (since something responding to an email is on your to-do list but then you forget)
5. Notepad.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clickup-tasks-screenshots/pliibjocnfmkagafnbkfcimonlnlpghj?hl=en

Who: Maybe middle and high school?

Platform: Google Suites/Chrome

Example: Use it yourself to model. Introduce it to students if your class is in the Google Suite and at the end of the lesson, if they have "homework", ask them to add it to the "Task" so they get used to the program.

Testimonial: "This App is just what I needed to boost my productivity." - Cassiano Campes from the Chrome Web Store.

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ClickUp: Tasks, Screenshots, Email, Time

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ClickUp is a productivity platform that makes your personal and work lives more productive, saving you time.

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What: Not technically a tech resource, but I've found these two books invaluable when considering classroom management.
1. Teach like a Champion by Doug Lemov
2. Envoy by Michael Grinder

Who: All ages, though Enjoy seems better for high and Teach like a Champion is better for primary and middle.

Platform: synchronous or face-to-face learning. These are lessons for teachers on managing behavior in class.

Example: I love the lesson about your voice level. If you get louder, the students will too. So trying to quiet them down by shouting over them won't work. Rather, use a "yoga" voice, talk softly, asking them politely to quiet down and quiet their neighbors down, then when they are quiet enough to hear your voice, practice 10 seconds of silence. Then, thank them and continue with the lesson with the volume of the class reset.

Testimonial: "Every teacher should own this book and use it!" - says Kerri M from Amazon reviews.

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What: VTRs, or Visual Thinking Routines, are awesome for establishing classroom strategies for learning. Mark Church runs PDs on them, and our school has embraced them. They are available free online for whomever. The link I shared is their "toolbox" where you can click the type of learning you want the students to engage in then find a short PDF explaining the routine.
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines

Who: All students all ages

Platform: Any! These are simply teaching strategies you can modify into any platform.

Example: I love the "Chalk Talk" since it allows students to brainstorm and make connections. To do this by hand, use butcher paper and markers. To do this virtually, use Google Jamboard, or the "canvas" option in Padlet.

Testimonial: me - they are helpful strategies and activities to foster critical thinking.

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European Space Agency has a website for kids. With games, videos (Paxi the Alien), teacher resources and more.

My son really loves Paxi. They also set this up in every language within the ESA alliance, so I can watch in Dutch, someone else sees the same one in Italian etc. It's where professionals of the ESA with all their knowledge and data, meet education, with a well designed website. Fully recommend it!

How: These video clips can be a great introduction to space themed units or activities. But they cover many different subjects so they can also be used for explaining a specific sub-theme in Space, such as Exoplanets.

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Space for Kids! ESA Kids features space news, information, animations and downloads for kids aged between 6 and 12

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Where ESA kids (3-12) ends, this continues.

What: Great resources for science / space projects. School projects for different age groups available!

How: Use their visual resources as wow introduction for a new project or theme. If you get to join a school project you can get even more out of this.

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The European Space Agency is back to school with teachers and students across Europe. ESA is launching five school projects and new teacher training opportunities for the 2021/22 school year.

With Astro Pi, Climate Detectives, Mission X, Moon Camp and CanSat your students can learn about Earth's environment, train like an astronaut, design a Moon base, develop a "micro-satellite" or program a computer onboard the International Space Station. Choose your favourite, note down the kick-off dates and... teach with space!

Astro Pi

up to 19 years old

Learn about coding and perform a scientific experiment in the ISS

13 September

Mission Space Lab: 29 October 2021
Mission Zero: 18 March 2022

Climate Detectives

8 to 15 years old

Investigate a climate problem using Earth Observation data

14 September

25 November 2021

Moon Camp

6 to 19 years old

Learn about the Moon and 3D design a lunar base

15 September

21 April 2022

CanSat

14 to 19 years old

Imagine, build, test and launch your very own mini satellite

16 September

3 December 2021**

Mission X: Train like
an astronaut

8 to 12 years old

Learn the key elements to keeping fit and staying healthy in space and on Earth

17 September

31 May 2022

* For a full timeline of all the school projects see the infographics below **If your country has a CanSat National Competition, this deadline won't apply to you. Visit cansat.esa.int/apply to find more details on your respective National CanSat Competition
If you want to know more about the ESA education activities, register here to join us for a live Teach with Space 2021-2022 Information Session, 22September at 17:00 CEST. We will walk-through each of the annual ESA school projects, providing you with everything you need to know - how to apply, how to get started, and more. In this session we will also announce the new ESA Teach with Space online trainings opportunities for primary and secondary teachers and educators, which will open for registrations soon. These trainings will cover a range of online tools and classroom resources, facilitated by live interactions and complementary Q&A segments.

ESA also provides support for primary and secondary school teachers in your own country through its ESERO project and network. For more information about the teacher training opportunities and school-level teacher support offered by ESA through its ESERO Offices in your country, visit the webpage of your national ESERO.

We look forward to another fantastic year of projects with ESA Teach with Space!

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What: Children can make their own simple storybooks and then read them back or share them with other students. Works great in groups too, where a small group of children cooperate to make a story together and then present it for the whole class.
It would be even better if there were more options, but the tools aren't the most diverse. But that does make it easy to use for the smaller ones.

How: It is a great way to learn about how a story builds up, how separate panels together make up a coherent story and more. They will also enjoy reading their story out loud to other children after they finish more than books they are given. They own this lesson.

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Create your own storybook online. Make writing and publishing a book more fun with our picture book making tool!

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What: Another website with coding for kids. This one even let's you import code from a game or program you've already made in Scratch.

How: Year 1 - 6 lesson plans and videos on the site for free. Best if children have access to a laptop/iPad to do either in class or at home.

Website, no app.

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J2Code meets all of the coding elements of the National Curriculum computing programmes of study for KS1 and KS2, 2014.

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What: essentially turn your classroom into a video game, equipt with "boss fights"  badges, XP points, and group collaboaration. Link is here https://www.classcraft.com/

Who: maybe ages 10+, since it involves virtual reality.
Platform: Any (digital); however it does have Canvas integration.

Example of use: You can use this for both academic as well as general classroom management. You can earn XP for things like "helping one another" but you can also lose XP for "bullying". If you are in teams, you are rooting for each other to behave positively and not negatively. Furthermore, if you gain enough XP, you get a prize, such as "hint on the next test". But if you lose a specific amount, you have to do something to get it back, like "bring class treats".

Testimonial: "The very short answer is just try it, because it’s worth it." --Jeroen Heremans  (teacher from Belgium).

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HMH Classcraft pairs ELA and math content with research-based lesson plans resulting in reduced educator planning time and increased student engagement.

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This program allows users to create games, interactive stories, and animations for free. The program was developed for children ages 8-16, but students of all ages can use it. The app is currently available on Windows and Mac devices.
How this app can be used in the classroom is that teachers can have students create an interactive story to show their comprehension for a book they read. Or a language arts teacher might have students create a story for a grammar/punctuation project. Teachers can also use the app to create an animation to embed into digital lectures, etc.
Links to reviews:
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/scratch/user-reviews/adult
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/357456/
https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/scratch.mit.edu

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

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This interactive presentation tool is designed for K-12 schools and allows teachers to create interactive lectures on Google Sites where they can record video and audio messages for students to replay. Pear Deck is free with limited features and for school use, and can cost up to $149.99 per year for full access to features and for individual use at-home. This tool is only compatible with computers/laptops.
An example for how this can be used in the classroom is that teachers can use it to make lectures more interactive.
Links to reviews:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/pear-deck/teacher-reviews
https://www.getapp.com/education-childcare-software/a/pear-deck/reviews/
https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/pear_deck/689742286244
https://www.edsurge.com/product-reviews/pear-deck-product/educator-reviews

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EFFORTLESSLY BUILD ENGAGING INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT, RIGHT FROM GOOGLE SLIDES

The fastest way to transform presentations into classroom conversations

Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who's confused and who's ready for more? That's the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides.

Design brilliant slides & engage your class

Open up Google Slides & the Pear Deck sidebar

Design a new presentation or open an existing one in Slides. Just getting started with Google Slides? Upload your PowerPoint or Keynote lessons to Google Slides and get going!

DROP IN FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Our team of educators created a library of templates to support learning objectives typically found at the beginning, middle, and end of a class. Think: bell ringers, checks for understanding, exit tickets, and more. Simply drop in one of these templates for instant engagement and watch your class transform.

Create custom questions

You can always create your own custom activity or question from scratch. Use Text, Number Response, Multiple Choice, and Web Slide questions to engage students. Or upgrade to Pear Deck Premium to add Drawing and Draggable™ response types.

ADD AUDIO TO ANY SLIDE TYPE

With the Pear Deck Add-on, you can leave audio instructions, descriptions, or examples for your students to hear while they read the prompts and respond to Interactive Questions in your Pear Deck Slides presentations. Make a new recording instantly or upload one from your computer. The recordings you insert will play in the Student View of your live presentation Sessions, so it's perfect for any remote learning lesson!

Present with Pear Deck

Start your presentation and students will join your Session from any device with a web browser. As you advance your slides, students will be prompted to answer your questions! Students' answers can be displayed anonymously on the classroom projector, so instead of worrying about getting the right answer and feeling silly in front of peers, your students are putting ideas out there in a safe, anonymous way, discussing, and learning from each other.

GO DEEPER WITH THE tEACHER dASHBOARD

As an instructor, you can quickly see what each individual thinks on the Teacher Dashboard. Noticing a lot of wrong answers? Adapt! Take a pause, back up, re-explain. But don't forget to help the learners help each other: Why did some people choose this while others chose that? How can we find out the right answer? What else do we need to know?

INVITE TEACHERS TO YOUR SHARED tEACHER DASHBOARD

This feature enables teachers using Pear Deck Premium to share Session controls and valuable student insight with other designated educators, including student teachers, special educators, co-teachers, or even substitutes. With a real-time view of individual student work and the ability to guide and provide direct feedback, educators teaching together can better support the diverse needs of learners everywhere!

Using Videos, Animations and GIFs in your Pear Deck? Get ready to Power-up!

Want to show a video about the Mars Rover in your Pear Deck presentation? Need to carefully layer in information on a slide to reduce information overload? Found a perfect GIF of a plant emerging from its seed? If you want your videos, animations, and GIFs to play at full resolution when you present with Pear Deck, install the Power-Up Google Chrome extension.

The Power-Up is a free Google Chrome extension. Installing it ensures that videos, animation, and GIFs embedded in your Pear Deck slides play at full-resolution on the projector and student devices - exactly the way they should!

Install the Power-Up from the Chrome Web Store on the device you use in class. Now when you present with Pear Deck, the Power-Up magically enables the display of your videos, animations, and GIFs.

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Learn Pear Deck for Google Slides

Watch a video for self-guided Google training:

Or, dive into a self-paced Pear Deck for Google Slides practice deck:

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This is an award-winning educational technology platform that was developed in Finland. It allows teachers to embed videos, 360-degree pictures, audios, and even augmented virtual field trips for a unique visual learning experience. Compatible with all devices including Android and iOS phones, tablets, and computer/laptops with all major browsers. ThingLink is free for schools, but is $25 per month for individual use.
Links to reviews:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/thinglink/teacher-reviews
https://www.g2.com/products/thinglink/reviews
https://www.getapp.com/website-ecommerce-software/a/thinglink/reviews/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ThingLink/reviews/

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All proper international schools in Beijing are using this tool for classroom management and communication with parents now. It has a few advantages over Class Dojo.
Here is some of the discussion I found. I know I used to use Class Dojo first but my School chose and directed me to use Seesaw. I liked it better eventually as it's more teacher friendly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/comments/g1bcgj/seesaw_vs_class_dojo/

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What:

A technology-integrated learning environment

Allows teachers to create presentations, interactive activities, and assessments, organized in lessons. A number of formats are supported (e.g. text, power points, PDFs, pictures, videos,  virtual reality (VR) lessons.  Student activities can be tracked, e.g. the teacher can see activity completion.

Great for both formative & summative assessments. In some activities, instant feedback can be provided.

Who: K-12  and above

Platform Compatibility: iOs, Windows, Android

Example: See the link above. Can also be accessed on nearpod.com using the code: PIWDJ

Lessons exported to students can run as mobile applications or web.

a link to the lesson can be shared with students either as "live/teacher-paced" or "student-paced".Teacher-paced means that the activity can be synchronized by a teacher. Student-paced means that learners can do the whole lesson at their pace. In both cases, the teacher can track student activities.

Review:

https://www.getapp.com/education-childcare-software/a/nearpod/reviews/

https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/nearpod

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What:

A game-based learning platform.

Teachers can generate a multiple-choice, long answer, and trivia quiz

Can be accessed via a web browser the Kahoot app.

Can be used to review students' knowledge, for formative assessments.

Teachers can review results and run analytics from game reports for formative assessments.

Who: Age 6 and above

Platform Compatibility: online in a browser window, in-app form, iOS & Android versions

Example: I would normally use this as exit tickets, end-of-unit reviews. Students receive instant feedback after answering each question.

Review:

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/kahoot

https://www.g2.com/products/kahoot/reviews

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Brief description: Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for developed by a group of volunteers as open source.

Who the tool is for: Any one who is looking for a comprehensive audio editing tool with more advanced features

Platform compatibility: Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and others.

Tutorial Video

Review

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Audacity ® | Free Audio editor, recorder, music making and more!

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Audacity is the world’s most popular audio editing and recording app. Edit, mix, and enhance your audio tracks with the power of Audacity. Download now!

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Brief description: GarageBand is a line of digital audio workstations that allows users to create music or podcasts. GarageBand is developed by Apple for macOS, and was once part of the iLife software suite, along with iMovie and iDVD.

Who the tool is for: Any one who is looking for a more simple and user friendly audio editing tool. GarageBand operates like a fully equipped music studio, giving you a library of lessons and sounds that include percussion, rhythm, and vocals.

Platform compatibility: macOS, iPadOS, and iOS

Tutorial Video

Review

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GarageBand for Mac has everything you need to learn, play, record, mix, and share incredible music, even if you’ve never played a note.

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Brief description: iMovie is a video editing application developed by Apple. With iMovie for iOS and macOS, you can enjoy your videos like never before. It’s easy to browse your clips and create Hollywood-style trailers and stunning 4K-resolution movies. You can even start editing on iPhone or iPad, then finish on your Mac.

Who the tool is for: Anyone looking for an easy to use video editing tool. The user interface is simple.

Platform compatibility: macOS, iPadOS, and iOS

Tutorial Video

Review

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Brief description: Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software application developed by Adobe. Premiere Pro is used to edit videos, including movies, and is quickly becoming the go-to program for filmmakers all over the world, both amateur and pro.

Who the tool is for: Anyone looking for more advanced software with a wide array of tools, effects and resources to edit high quality video.

Platform compatibility: Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS

Tutorial Video

Review

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Professional video editing software | Adobe Premiere Pro

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Use Adobe Premiere Pro, the industry-leading video editor. Edit visually stunning videos, and create professional productions for social sharing, TV, and film!

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Brief description: Canva is a graphic design platform, used to create social media graphics, presentations, posters, documents and other visual content. The app includes templates for users to use. The platform is free to use and offers paid subscriptions like Canva Pro and Canva for Enterprise for additional functionality.

Who the tool is for: Anyone looking for an online graphic editor. Wide array of features useful for making everything from infographics to social media posts.

Platform compatibility: Online tool (any web browser)

Tutorial Video

Review

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Canva is a free-to-use online graphic design tool. Use it to create social media posts, presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.

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What is Klassly?

It is an application established for a teacher-parent communication for K through 5th graders. The core of this application is the ability to ignite an interactive partnership between teachers and parents.

Platform Compatibility:

The application can be downloaded through iOS and Android.

Main Functions:

Communication & Collaboration- Discuss a child's progress (multimedia attachments incl. photos, videos, notes)

Appointment Management (incl. Visioconference)

Attendance Management

Pros:

Accessibility

Affordability

User-Friendliness

How can teachers use this application?

Teachers can use Klassly to create open lines of communication with parents. Parents can see how their children are doing in class not only by reviewing the assignments or feedback from teacher, but also by looking at the photos and videos of children learning in classroom prepared by the teachers. Teachers can receive on-time feedback from parents through this application. If a parent misses a conference, teachers can use Klassly to schedule and conduct an online conference. Teachers can set times when they are available (and when they are not) so that parents have a realistic expectations.

Reviews:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.roomapp.klassroom&hl=en&gl=US&showAllReviews=true

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/klassly/id964833134

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📖 Use the Teacher App Klassly to interact with parents! Involve all the families in your class! ✔Available on Android & Apple.

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What:

Plickers is a free, accessible and engaging educational tool used by teachers to assess their students and collect instant results in the classroom.

Formative & summative assessments

Read more: https://help.plickers.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009395854-What-is-Plickers-

Who: Grade 3 and above

Platform Compatibility: Plickers app is free for both iOS and Android

Example: See the picture above

Review:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/plickers

https://www.educationalappstore.com/app/plickers

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What:

ExploreLearning is a large library of interactive online simulations for mathematics and science. These simulations are called Gizmos.

https://gizmos.explorelearning.com

Can be used as formative or summative assessments.

A key to the activities is provided for the teacher to be used as a resource for feedback.

Who: Grade 3 and above

Platform Compatibility:  For the best experience, the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Microsoft Edge is recommended.

Example: See the link below for a sample simulation and the corresponding assessment questions

https://gizmos.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspView&ResourceID=398

Review:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/explorelearning-gizmos

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/explorelearning.co.uk

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What:

An app, and website that allows students to record short video responses. The videos are usually reflections or responses to a specific topic/prompt asked by the teacher

Great for formative & summative assessments

https://info.flipgrid.com

Who: K-12 and above

Platform Compatibility: iPad or iPhone (with the Flipgrid app), or on a Chromebook (through the Chrome browser).

Example:
A few ideas for Flipgrid assignments might include:

Learning reflections, or daily video journals

Creative writing read-aloud

Reading reviews, or Book Talks

Project demonstrations

Language demonstrations

Visual math problem solving

Reviews:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/flipgrid

https://www.trustradius.com/products/flipgrid/reviews

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What:
Easily create quizzes measure student learning, surveys, and polls to collect feedback and record data. Creating multiple-choice and long answer quizzes would be possible.

Who: Grade 3 and above

Platform Compatibility:
Internet Explorer 11, Edge, Chrome (latest version), Firefox (latest version), Chrome on Android (latest version), and Safari on iOS (latest version)

Example:
I would use MS Forms as entrance or exit tickets, quizzes, formative & summative assessments. Instant feedback may be provided to the students.

Reviews:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/microsoft-forms

https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-forms/reviews

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This is an incredible resource for language practice and more (math drills, science, social studies). It has a variety of activities for world languages as well. Age level is Pre-K-12. Kids love dragging the cards in the right spot. I use it for grammar drills, practicing phonics, introducing/practicing new vocabulary.
Compatibility: Boom Learning works best on Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Safari. Boom Learning is not compatible with Internet Explorer. Apps are available for Apple tablets, Android tablets, and Kindle Fire tablets.
Reviews: link1, link2

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I know it was mentioned before for Math practice but I can't but include it here as well for teaching Language Arts. I love this resource! It gives an opportunity to drill any concept learned profoundly, it is self-checking so students will not bother you with questions "Why is that so?", the program will explain what the mistake is and add more exercises to make sure the mastery is achieved. The only drawback for me is that when you close the task it will start off from where you stopped, not allowing another student to start from the beginning. (meaning that each student should have an account of his/her own which is really expensive for school subscription) Other than that it's a great resource.
Compatibility: Windows, Mac OS, or Chrome OS (including Chromebooks)
Reviews: link1, link2

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A great collection of texts and stories for all grade levels K-12. It can be used digitally by creating a class and assigning each student a level-appropriate text, you can print the texts with after reading activities or use it on a projector for classroom instruction. What I like the most is that there is a huge collection of non-fiction texts for lower reading levels, the vocabulary is highlighted and can be studied independently. "Article-a-day Sets" has a set of articles for a week on one particular topic that builds up the vocabulary on the topic as well as students' background knowledge.
Compatibility: online, requires PDF reader software like Adobe Acrobat
Reviews: link1, link2

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This tool is used to create gamified quizzes and interactive lessons. I use it for assessments, kids find it very entertaining. It's a win-win)  There are tons of pre-made quizzes for all grade levels K-12, but you can easily create one on your own. I usually use it to check vocabulary acquisition and grammar skills.
Compatibility: web browser, iOS, Android and Chrome apps
Reviews: link1, link2

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The evidence is in the practice

ESSA Level 3 correlation evidence in math and ELA, earned by teachers running frequent formative assessments.

When teachers run 30+ formative questions a week, the research is clear: they get more data-driven, their students get more engaged. Wayground is built to make that practice enjoyable ot run, attainable to fit a class period, and habitual enough to last past September.

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Quizizz is now Wayground | Teacher AI and Resources

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Find standards-aligned resources that engage every student. Wayground (formerly Quizizz) helps teachers differentiate instruction with AI and track student progress.

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This program was founded by UN World Food Program. It's a great source to practice vocabulary skills. Students can choose a level of difficulty as well as a category they want to practice. It also includes a number of world languages. While students have fun playing a "game", each correct answer brings a child in need 16 grains of rice that will be donated by sponsors. What a great way to show empathy and compassion!
Compatibility: online
Reviews: link1, link2

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Jeopardy game is a great way of formative assessment. Students divide into teams or play on their own if it's a smaller group. The questions can vary, it can be used for all grade levels, for practically all school subjects. It's very competitive and fun. Perfect for team-building. The site offers a lot of read-yo-play options but you can also create something new.
Compatibility: online program
Reviews: link1, link2.

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Create your own jeopardy template online, without PowerPoint. Or browse the pre-made templates created by other people!

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This resource is very similar to EdPuzzle, but along with making interactive videos you can find lots of worksheets and activities for ESL students for free. I use it when I need to spice up the lesson with something fun and engaging but at the same time educational. Suitable for all grade levels.
Compatibility:  online resource
Reviews: link1, link2

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This site works well for acquiring new vocabulary. You can create your own lists as well as use the existing ones. Some of the lists are created to accompany popular children's books. SAT/PSAT vocabulary mastery package is available for additional cost of $39,95. I'd say to make the most of this resource the students' age level should be upper elementary and up. For extra fun there are online challenges available every 3-5 minutes.
Compatibility: online
Reviews: link1

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This resource is not a big deal, but if you want to add additional fun to practicing spelling words this one will definitely do the job. Grade levels K-12. Goal: to practice spelling and typing. I use it with younger kids, they get really excited when we print out their masterpiece)
Compatibility: online
Reviews: link1, link2

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Google Classroom

Google Classroom is a free blended online learning management platform developed by Google for schools that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. It enables teachers to communicate with both students and parents/Guardians.

Platforms supported by Google Classroom:

iOS

Android

Chrome

Firefox

Windows only: Microsoft Edge.

Mac only: Safari

Ways in which Google Classroom could be used in the classroom:

Communicate class announcements.

Create and post assignments.

Create polls/Survey

Grade students’ work

Provide parents with summaries of their children’s performance.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

Reviews from commonsense.org:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/google-classroom/teacher-reviews?page=1

Android App Reviews:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.classroom&hl=en&gl=US

iOS App Reviews:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-classroom/id924620788#?platform=ipad

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What is Google Forms?

Google Forms is a free online software that can be used to create surveys and quizzes.

Platforms supported by Google Forms:

Chrome.

Firefox.

Windows only: Microsoft Edge.

Mac only: Safari.

Note: There is no Google Forms mobile app. You can use FormsApp (linked to your Google Forms) instead for data collection and connect online to Google Sheets.

Ways in which Google Forms could be used in the classroom:

The teacher can create a Self-graded assessment with an answer key or manually graded assessments.

The teacher can automatically give students feedback for both correct and incorrect answer choices by building in the feedback as he/she creates the answer key.

The teacher can actually set up the quiz to adapt and change the questions based on how the student is responding in the moment.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.trustradius.com/products/google-forms/reviews

https://www.getapp.com/website-ecommerce-software/a/google-forms/reviews/

https://www.capterra.com/p/176571/Google-Forms/reviews/

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What is CK-12?

The “C” in CK-12 stands for content, classroom, customizable, connections, collaboration. The “K-12” stand for “Kindergarten to Grade 12”.

According to the CK-12 wikipedia page, CK-12 is “a California-based non-profit organization which aims to increase access to low-cost K-12 education in the United States and abroad. CK-12 provides free and customizable K-12 open educational resources aligned to state curriculum standards.”

Platforms supported by CK-12:

Chrome

Firefox

Windows only: Microsoft Edge

Mac only: Safari

Ways in which CK-12 could be used in the classroom

The CK-12 Foundation offers FlexBooks -- full, digital texts that both students and teachers can access on multiple devices in a variety of formats. Supporting PDF, MOBI and ePub, FlexBooks are designed to overcome some of the limitations of traditional textbooks. Teachers, students and parents can adapt, create and configure one.

FlexBooks can be used in a number of ways in the classroom. A few ideas include:

Because anyone can amend a FlexBook, it can be enhanced in a countless number of ways.

Because they’re completely digital, FlexBooks may contain any number of digital media files. The teacher can record either the audio or video and add it to the FlexBook covering the same topic. If a FlexBook already contains a video file, teachers may screen the clip to enhance the in-class lesson.

Students can take digital pictures and add them to a FlexBook. This is particularly useful for books on science or history. If a FlexBook covers the life cycle of butterflies, students can find them in nature, take their picture and add it to the chapter as an example of a butterfly native to their area.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/ck-12

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/ck-12

https://edtechimpact.com/products/ck-12-foundation

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What is Reading A-Z

Reading A-Z is a website that offers comprehensive implementation resources for differentiated offline reading instruction.

Platforms supported by Reading A-Z:

iOS (embedded with the Learning A-Z App)

Android (embedded with the Learning A-Z App)

Chrome.

Firefox.

Windows only: Microsoft Edge.

Mac only: Safari.

Ways in which Reading A-Z could be used in the classroom:

According to https://www.learninga-z.com/site/products/readinga-z/overview

Reading A-Z can be used to:

Differentiate student reading at different levels of reading difficulty.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/reading-a-z#:~:text=Reading%20A%2DZ%20is%20a%20website,a%20variety%20of%20school%20subjects.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/reading-a-z-teacher-review/4022521

https://www.readinga-z.com/about-readinga-z/testimonials/

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What is MIT App inventor?

MIT App Inventor is an online platform designed to teach computational thinking concepts through development of android mobile applications. Students create applications by dragging and dropping components into a design view and using a visual blocks language to program application behavior (Evan W. Patton, et al., 2019)

Platforms supported by MIT App Inventor:

Chrome.

Firefox.

Windows only: Microsoft Edge.

Mac only: Safari.

Ways in which MIT App Inventor could be used in the classroom

App Inventor lets students develop applications for Android phones using a web browser and either a connected phone or emulator. The App Inventor servers store the work and help students keep track of their projects. Students build apps by working with: The App Inventor Designer, where they select the components for your app. The app is then programmed in the Blocks view.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/mit-app-inventor-teacher-review/4040736

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/mit-app-inventor

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What is Thunkable?

Thunkable is an online platform where anyone can build their own iOS and android mobile apps.

Platforms supported by Thunkable:

iOS

Android

Chrome

Firefox

Windows only: Microsoft Edge

Mac only: Safari

Ways in which Thunkable could be used in the classroom

Thunkable lets students develop applications for iOS and Android phones using a web browser and either a connected phone or emulator. The Thunkable servers store the work and help students keep track of their projects. Students build apps by working with: The Thunkable Designer, where they select the components for your app. The app is then programmed in the Blocks view.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.g2.com/products/thunkable/reviews#reviews

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/thunkable

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What is replit.com

replit.com is a free online tool that allows users to write code and build apps and websites using a browser. The site also has various collaborative features, including capability for real-time, multi-user editing with a live chat feed.

Platforms supported by replit:

iOS

Android

Chrome

Firefox

Windows only: Microsoft Edge

Mac only: Safari

Ways in which replit could be used in the classroom

Teachers are able to facilitate coding lessons without installing any other software on the students’ devices.

Students can use replit to build websites, games, and even apps to help with their math homework.

There is a chat feature built into the replit platform. This feature facilitates collaboration virtually among students.

Under the facilitation of the teacher, students can use replit to teach each other how to code. The service allows users to collaborate on code, build their own tutorials, and host coding challenges.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.g2.com/products/repl-it/reviews#reviews

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What is Camtasia?

Camtasia is a screen recording and video making tool designed to create, edit, and share videos.

Platforms supported by Camtasia:

This tool is compatible with Mac and Windows devices, however the techsmith website link below provides information about the minimum and recommended Camtasia 2021 System Requirements:

https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-system-requirements.html

Ways in which Camtasia could be used in the classroom

Teachers can use it to create content for lessons.

Teachers can record desktop screens or use webcams to create videos.

Teachers can also use various video templates as well as add annotations and effects to recordings.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.getapp.com/collaboration-software/a/camtasia/reviews/

https://www.capterra.com/p/203013/Camtasia/reviews/

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What is filmora?

Filmora is a video editing software by Wondershare that allows you to make short films by computer and share the final product in various forms with tools such as crop, trim or merge your video.

Platforms supported by Filmora:

This tool is compatible with Mac and Windows devices, however the wondershare website link below provides information about the filmora System Requirements:

windows

https://filmora.wondershare.com/tech-spec.html

Mac

https://filmora.wondershare.com/mac-tech-spec.html

Ways in which filmora could be used in the classroom

Teachers can use it to create content for lessons.

Teachers can record desktop screens or use webcams to create videos.

Teachers can also use various video templates as well as add annotations and effects to recordings.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.capterra.com/p/186540/Filmora/reviews/

https://www.trustradius.com/products/filmora/reviews

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What is handbrake?

HandBrake is a free, open-source video transcoder. It’s used to convert video from many different formats into more commonly used ones (such as MP4) and it’s really efficient at reducing a video’s file size.

Platforms supported by handbrake:

Mac

Windows

Linux

Ways in which handbrake could be used in the classroom

Teachers can use it to convert videos from supported source formats to MP4 or MKV format.

Teachers can also use the tool to compress the video file size.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.g2.com/products/handbrake/reviews

https://www.videohelp.com/software/HandBrake/reviews

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What is Tinkercad?

Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use web app that equips the next generation of designers and engineers with the foundational skills for innovation: 3D design, electronics, and coding!

Operating Systems that are known to work well with Tinkercad:

Microsoft Windows 10

Apple OS X 10.10 or later

Google Chrome OS on Chromebooks

Browsers that work best with Tinkercad:

Google Chrome version 50 (or newer)

Safari 10 (or newer)

Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Mozilla FireFox 4 (or newer)

Ways in which Tinkercad could be used in the classroom

Tinkercad can be used for creating digital designs that are ready to be 3D printed into physical objects.

Relevant reviews or ratings:

https://www.trustradius.com/products/autodesk-tinkercad/reviews

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/tinkercad

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What:

Create fun and interactive worksheets that grade themselves!

Add video, audio, images, and a variety of question types, all wrapped in a beautiful, engaging & easy to use app.

Who: K-12

Platform Compatibility: iPad, iOs, Android

Example:

The interactive worksheets can be used instead of the paper ones to increase student engagement. They can be graded quickly for immediate feedback.

Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zC6SPCnI4

Review:
https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/wizer

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What is Parent Hub?

It is an Application, SMS, and Email messaging system that helps teachers achieve a better communication with parents. (Applicable to K-12 Grade level students)

Platform Compatibility:

The application can be downloaded through iOS and Android. It can also be accessed via web browser (Windows).

Main Functions:

Communication- Newsletter (School-wide notices) & Learning Updates, Emergency Alerts & Health Updates

Private message- Specific to the child(ren)

Resource Sharing

Pros:

Easy & Effective Communication with Parents

Affordability- Sign Up is Free (incl. Basic Features such as simple MIS integration) & Premium Plan Available

User-Friendliness & Reactive Support Team

How can teachers use this application?

Teachers can use Parent Hub for effective and traceable communication with parents. Each class can create its own channel in which teachers can post specific timetables, link to virtual learning classrooms, and reminders. Parent Hub can be an instrumental tool in reaching out to the parents in a simple and cost effective way especially in the current pandemic situations world wide.

Reviews:

https://edtechimpact.com/products/parent-hub

https://www.teachwire.net/products/parenthub-review

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Unleash the power of parents...

Give parents the tools they need to support their children's learning and watch your student outcomes skyrocket! Sign up today and receive a free copy of The Little Book of Parental Engagement.

Teachers sign up for FREE!

Year 5 have been working really hard on their volcano project and we'd like to invite you in to see their fantastic work... continue reading

10/Ma2 homework was set today and is due in on Monday.

Here is a handy hints sheet that you can use to help out if your child gets a bit stuck.

This evening your child is going to spend 2 minutes explaining to you the difference between nouns and pronouns.

You can use this link to check... continue reading

Year 7 are currently learning about angles within a triangle. Here's a quick question you can ask when they get home...

What do the angles in a triangle add up to?

Here's a snap of Y9 studying up close the layers of rock. Lots of learning and lots of fun being had!

For Parents
Subscribe to class channels for quick updates, pictures, letters and more.

For Teachers
Create class channels to engage parents with all the amazing things happening in your classroom.

For Schools
An app for all of those whole school broadcasts, newsletters and invites.

Welcome to a world of class communication...

Create channels
Create unlimited channels for your classes, sports groups and after-school clubs - all for free!
Invite parents by email, or print a nifty channel code poster that can be sent home with your students. Your Subscribers list gets updated when a new parent joins, and the view count of all your posts is tracked in real time.

Post messages
Post instant messages to your channels to keep parents up to date.
Bring it all to life with a picture of some great work from your lesson. Add in web links and attachments to give parents access to handy learning resources to use with their children. Make life easier by providing event reminders that'll sync directly to their phone calendar.

Build a community
Send invites to the people you work with to join Parent Hub and share your channels.
Grow your Parent Hub Community and create channels for departments or shared classes. Colleagues can spread the word to parents and support with message sending. You'll get notified when someone posts to a channel and a neat message sender badge helps parents keep track of who a post is from.

Class communication, from anywhere in the world...

Schools and teachers can access Parent Hub on any device through our online Portal. The app for parents is available on iPhone and Android smartphones and tablets.

1
CREATE AN ACCOUNT

2
INVITE PARENTS

3
SEND MESSAGES

At Parent Hub, we believe that when a parent is engaged in their child's learning, great things can happen!
We think that schools and teachers can help parents with this. So, to support the amazing things you do in school, we've developed Parental Engagement 2.0.

We offer CPD training, workshops and whole-school initiatives that focus your engagement with parents on the things that matter most: ensuring student wellbeing and improving student outcomes.

If you're interested in chatting about all things parental engagement, or want to find out more about the work we do, then we'd love to hear from you - just get in touch below.

Join our Community

Join our community for handy tips & advice on parental engagement.

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What is Seesaw?

It is a robust digital portfolio and interactive learning platform where teachers can create meaningful multimedia learning experiences for students (K through 12 Grade level students, mainly for Elementary & Middle School students) while also encouraging active communication between teachers and students, and also teachers and parents.

Platform Compatibility:

The platform can be viewed on Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire and Chrome. The Seesaw Parent and Family application can be downloaded via Android and iOS.

Main Functions:

Communication & Collaboration- Engage in the variety of activities (incl. Audio, Video, Drawing options, and etc) that allow students to demonstrate progress in creative ways

Customized Learning for students- Teachers can tailor content to student's learning needs & preferences

Collect Formative & Summative Data and Evidence of Student Work for effective assessment

Translation Tool is available for Families- Notes, captions, comments on student work, and message from teachers

Pros:

Encourage & Document Student Learning Progress- Teachers can receive feedback through Images, Video and Audio real time from students

Activity Library- Teachers can find ideas & get inspiration

User-Friendly Platform

How can teachers use this platform?

Teachers can use Seesaw to create class blogs, assign work to students, offer active and engaging communication & feedback platform to make learning fun and productive. There are thousands of lessons and activities available in the Activity Library for teachers to get ideas and inspiration. Teachers also can assess student's progress over time.

Reviews:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/seesaw

https://www.g2.com/products/seesaw/reviews

https://www.capterra.com/p/204060/Seesaw/

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What is Schoology?

It is a digital platform, which allows access to course materials (assignments, quizzes, and etc) for teachers, students, and parents at anytime in K-12 schools. It helps teachers connect with students, parents, and the school community in one flexible online platform.

Platform Compatibility:

Users can access the online platform directly from the web, or via the Schoology applications for iOS, Android, and Amazon devices.

Main Functions:

Standardize objectives across your schools- Set learning objectives school-wide to ensure all teachers are teaching to the same standards and measurement is consistent across the schools

See the full picture of student performance via New Gradebook function

Empower students and parents with data- Provide a simple way to track student progress

Support your vision of learning- Utilize tools to provide unique, individualized, and personalized learning for students

Pros:

Effective Communication & Collaboration- Offers unified classroom platform(incl. Learning, Assignment, Assessment, and Gradebook) and Student/Parent Portal

Provide Personalized Learning for students- Individualized Instruction & Personalized Pacing

Provide accurate Assessment

How can teachers use this platform?

Teachers can provide recorded video lessons/projects, incorporate third-party applications (integrated with Microsoft, Google, and etc) to provide as many engaging learning opportunities as possible, build standards-aligned assessments, and use the online gradebook in providing rapid and ongoing student feedback. This will encourage students to actively communicate and interact with one another.

Useful Resources:

https://www.schoology.com/resources

Reviews:

https://www.schoology.com/stories

https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/schoology-profile/reviews/

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/schoology

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What is Microsoft Teams?

It is a chat-based workspace (classroom for teaching & learning) that combines instant messaging, voice, video, calling, and file-sharing through using Office applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and etc) within the platform. (Applicable for Secondary school students: Grades 7 to 12)

Platform Compatibility:

The application can be downloaded on Android Phones & Tablets, iPhones, iPads, & iPods. It can be accessed via Windows, Mac, and Web.

Main Functions:

Meetings & Conferencing- Online Meetings, Video Conferencing (Custom Backgrounds), Screen sharing, Webinars

Calling- Video Calling, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

Chat & Collaboration- Instant Messaging and File Sharing

Pros:

Simple and Easy Use for Communication- can meet up-to 10,000 people in one place from anywhere

Communicate Securely & Collaborate Easily

Support literacy with Reading Progress, a built-in tool designed to improve reading fluency for students

How can teachers use this application?

Teachers can use Microsoft Teams to instantly connect with students, organize an interactive lessons through using the built-in OneNote Class Notebooks and provide effective and timely feedback to students by using end-to-end assignment management.

Reviews:

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/microsoft-teams

https://www.commonsense.org/education/app/microsoft-teams

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What is remind?

It is a communication platform which makes it easy for students and parents to stay connected to the school community (Grades K through 12).

Platform Compatibility:

The platform can be downloaded as an application through Android and iOS. It also can be used via text message, web, and email.

Main Functions:

Direct Communication to students (entire class or sub-groups) & parents in a secure way

Manage up-to 10 classes with an unlimited number of recipients in each group

Send reminders of school activity to students & parents

Create collaborative groups, add co-teachers, schedule meetings, and set office hours

Pros:

Accessibility- Easy to Sign Up

User-Friendly Platform

Direct Communication with parents

Best Feature- Stamp Function: Allows teacher to send out a question, or image, to which a student has a selection of stamp options (reply options: check mark, cross, star, and question mark) to reply with.

How can teachers use this platform?

Teachers can use remind to create a collaborative platform for the class enabling students to engage in discussion, questions and activities. The platform partners with Google Classroom, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive so that teachers can easily share lessons and materials. Other pairing partners include SurveyMonkey, Flipgrid, SignUp and Box. The platform also allows teachers to share links to video content (incl. pre-recorded) from Google Meet and Zoom.

Reviews:

https://www.techlearning.com/how-to/what-is-remind-and-how-does-it-work-for-teachers

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/remind

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Adoption and usage

Simple, effective, and surprisingly easy to use

With nearly 30 million users in 80% of US schools, the numbers speak for themselves: students, families, and educators love using Remind.

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What is SnapChat?

It is a multimedia instant messaging application. It is applicable to students in Middle & High School if used with proper social media guideline & policy.

Platform Compatibility:

The application can be downloaded through Android and iOS.

Main Functions:

Interesting Storytelling platform- Emojis & GIFs can encourage active engagement

Pros:

Accessibility- Easy to Sign Up & Use

Instantly Share Photos, Videos, Text, and Drawings (incl. Fun filters)

Conduct Live VideoChatting

Able to share a chronological story

How can teachers use this application?

Teachers can use SnapChat to engage students in learning. Providing Q&A session to students and responding via SnapChat can create a unique communication platform. Teachers may also increase student engagement through creating class-specific Geofilters (Geofilters let users add a location illustration, which is specific to their locations, to photos that they may then share with friends or followers via Snapchat). SnapChat may be one of the simplest and most effective tool for helping kids understand the dynamics of sharing on social media with proper guidelines and instructions.

Reviews:

https://medium.com/@aiaddysonzhang/5-ways-to-use-snapchat-as-a-teaching-and-learning-tool-in-higher-education-fe40b6b804aa

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/snapchat-shares-new-research-into-evolving-approaches-to-education/586949/

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/06/23/ew-use-snapchat-classroom/

https://ditchthattextbook.com/snapchat-101-for-teachers-what-you-need-to-know/

https://ditchthattextbook.com/15-ways-to-use-snapchat-in-classes-and-schools//

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Chat, send Snaps, explore Stories & Lenses on desktop, or download the app for mobile! Connect & create with friends, wherever you are.

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What is Teachers.io?

It is a planning website and application that works hand in hand with myHomework student planning application. Teachers can create classes, upload documents and assignments, and easily share announcements with secondary grade level students (Grades 7 to 12).

Platform Compatibility:

The application can be downloaded through Android and iOS.

Main Functions:

An Online Agenda where students can easily join classes and access the assignments, files, announcements and syllabus uploaded by the teacher.

Pros:

Easy access to school resources such as syllabus, files, and assignments uploaded by the teacher

Announcements can be shared easily with students and parents

How can teachers use this application?

Teachers can use Teachers.io to plan their classes, create and detail syllabus and materials for each classes, and easily share the information with the students.

Reviews:

https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/teachersio

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teachers-io/id615691095

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Teach Organization

Teachers.io is the faculty companion app to myHomework, the most popular cross platform student planner app.

Advanced tools, reporting and integrations make it easier than ever to monitor and teach organization skills in a digital world.

Free capabilities within Teachers.io are just the beginning of what's possible.

When you use free Teachers.io, Students using myHomework can easily join your classes and access the assignments, files, announcements, syllabus and other class information you share on Teachers.io. You also have the option of a public profile so students & not using myHomework can still easily get to your class information from your Teachers.io website.
Teachers.io with myHomework works great for schools with BYOD policies (Bring Your Own Device) or 1:1 iPad programs. Learn more about myHomework for schools

Show Your Students

Teachers.io makes it easy to break tasks down into their most granular details making it easy to "show" your students how being organized helps them succeed.

Lessons, Assignments and Tests can be copied between classes and semesters to save time.
Start planning your schedule

Organize your Classes

Attachments & Resources

Teachers.io allows you to upload links and files for your classes, so your students don't struggle to find them.

Syllabus

Teachers.io helps you create and share your syllabus.

Announcements

Easily send out an announcement to students and parents. If they are using the myHomework app they will be notified!

Teacher Page

Public Profile

You can choose to make your profile public and share your story with teachers, parents and students.

Blog

Your free account comes with a blog, where you can share your thoughts, research and class related photos.

Widget

Already have a website? You can use the teachers.io widget and have your class schedule embedded within your page.

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What is ClassDojo?

It is a school communication platform, which teachers, students, and families use to build an informative and interactive community by sharing what's being learned in the classroom through sharing photos, videos, and messages. Applicable to K-12 Grade levels.

Platform Compatibility:

The application can be downloaded through iOS and Android and also accessible via Web & Kindle Fire.

Main Functions:

Interactive & Direct Communication (Between teachers, students, and parents in school community)

Students can showcase and share learning

Encourage interactive parent engagement through providing photos and videos of learning in classes

Pros:

Accessibility- Parents can easily join and engage in class

Translation Available (up-to 30+ languages)

Digital Portfolio- Students can showcase their learning through sharing photos & videos

Organization- Teachers can find classroom tools in one place

How can teachers use this application?

Teachers can use this platform to encourage specific skills or values important to their classroom community to students and share with parents. Photos and videos of the class be shared directly with parents, which will replace the newsletters and chains of emails.

Reviews:

https://www.capterra.com/p/124446/ClassDojo/reviews/#:~:text=Overall%3A%20Overall%2C%20I%20enjoy%20this,can%20also%20see%20and%20track.

https://www.g2.com/products/classdojo/reviews?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_VE96gY8aQS6yoysCf4WSM9r6GwURJDso1JLER0V_mx4-1634006041-0-gqNtZGzNAhCjcnBszQn9

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ClassDojo helps teachers, parents, and students build amazing classroom communities.

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What: drawing and coloring app designed for young kids. This encourages them to talk about what they draw.

Targets Pre-K, K and Grade 1.

How: You can use it like a show and tell while combining Art class and Tech. They draw on the pad, then tell everyone in the circle what they drew and why. Maybe some more background information if they have any. Nice way to practice art and oral language in one as well!

Extra: Children can record themselves talking about their drawings. This gives it an extra option as to be homework.

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DRAW: Be creative!
- 27 crayons, 27 paint brushes, and 27 colored pencils
- 150+ stickers with animals, food, cars, letters, and much more
- Rainbow and glow-in-the-dark crayons!
- 32 papers and 22 patterns
- 60+ Stencils (iPad version only)

TELL: Create a story.
- Talk about your drawing or tell a story
- Move the stickers as you talk
- Save the drawing with recordings to photo album

- Coloring pages with favorite Duck Duck Moose friends!
- Save your drawings and recordings to share with friends

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