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For teaching students how to present, create and code

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For teaching students how to present, create and code

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What are the best apps for teachers? We asked TED-Ed Innovative Educators and the TED-Ed community. Below, 25 awesome apps recommended for teachers, by teachers.

For teaching students how to present, create and code

TED-Ed
More than 250,000 teachers use TED education tools to spark student curiosity and explore presentation literacy skills. "TED-Ed is an outstanding resource in my classroom," says TED-Ed Innovative Educator Jennifer Hesseltine. "I use the online platform to add engaging content to topics that we are studying. I have also given students the opportunities to help in the process of creating TED-Ed Lessons by choosing videos and creating questions to include."

Students can create beautiful presentations with this app. "It's great for pairing short poems and images," says TED-Ed community member Jessica Dawn Kaiser.

Duolingo
If the benefits of a bilingual brain motivate your students, try this app. "Duolingo revolutionized the way people learn languages," says TED-Ed community member Dhruv G. Menon.

Draw and Tell
This app can increase creative confidence in kids of all ages. Just draw something, tell a story about it and share your creation. For TED-Ed community member Ginnie Harvin Pitler, this app is a classroom favorite. "I'm an elementary teacher and believe in creation apps over consumption apps," she says.

Animoto
Students can easily create and share their own beautiful videos with Animoto. "I'm a huge fan of this simple yet powerful digital storytelling tool for iPad and the web," writes TED-Ed Innovative Educator Jennifer L. Scheffer in an this ed tech roundup. "The app allows students to select a theme, music, images or videos, add captions and/or two lines of text, and within minutes a slick video is created. The finished product can be shared via social media, uploaded to YouTube, or embedded in a student's e-portfolio. For a great introduction to Animoto, with a built-in lesson in digital citizenship, have students create an 'About Me' or 'Year in Review' Animoto."

This popular app is another teacher-recommended choice for student video creation. "My students enjoy using iMovie for group projects," says TED-Ed community member Chris Gilley Callaway. Check out the Apple apps for educators, too.

Hopscotch
Students can learn computer science fundamentals - via game design - using this app. For more ways to teach core coding concepts, check out Scratch.

Tinkercad
After students get inspired by the open-source wonderland at Thingaverse, turn them loose to start designing their own 3D objects with this app.

For everyday classroom needs

Evernote
Teachers love this notetaking app - for good reason. "Evernote has allowed me to get rid of handouts. I just don't make them anymore," writes TED-Ed Innovative Educator Nicholas Provenzano in this blog post. "All of my projects are shared with my students through our shared notebooks, and all assignments are posted on the Assignment shared notebook that is available for parents on my website. Traditionally, these handouts would be viewed by students then trashed. Now they can view them on Evernote and trees can be saved." To learn more from Nick about how to use Evernote in the classroom, read The Epic Evernote Experiment.

Oxford Dictionaries
Every classroom needs a good dictionary or two. For TED-Ed community member Nuria Carballal, Oxford Dictionary works well. Meanwhile, TED-Ed community member Chie Sipin Bjarenas recommends Dictionary.com. "It's a quick way to answer 'what does [insert unfamiliar word] mean?'" she says.

For collaborating on school projects

SlackWhether you're collaborating with other teachers or assigning group project work to students, this app can make communication easier for teams in a variety of settings. "I've experimented quite a lot lately with Slack," says TED-Ed Innovative Educator Dylan Ferniany. "It has the benefits of a Facebook group, plus wonderful integration with Google Docs and Google Hangouts."

For communicating with students (and their families)

This digital communication tool is in a league of its own, according to TED-Ed Innovative Educator Jennifer L. Scheffer. "The privacy (no personal phone numbers are required) and message scheduling features are top-notch. For a high school teacher, Remind is an essential digital tool, since most teens have cell phones with texting capabilities." Read Jenn's full review here.

A WordPress blogging platform designed with teachers in mind. "I love my Edublog app for a.m. documentation and communication," says TED-Ed community member Louise Sciulli MacKinnon. "It's user friendly and makes uploading and sharing images simple."

For giving (and receiving) student feedback

EdmodoFor providing clear feedback, many teachers like this learning management system. "The app makes it possible to give students constructive feedback in a 1:1 manner," says TED-Ed Innovative Educator Jennifer Hesseltine. It's also easy for students to respond.
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25 awesome apps for teachers, recommended by teachers

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What are the best apps for teachers? We asked TED-Ed Innovative Educators and the TED-Ed community. Below, 25 awesome apps recommended for teachers, by teachers. TED-Ed More than 250,000 teachers use TED education tools to spark student curiosity and explore presentation literacy skills. "TED-Ed is an outstanding resource in my classroom," says TED-Ed Innovative Educator Jennifer Hesseltine.

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BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT THE STRUGGLE

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BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT THE STRUGGLE

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Duolingo is the world's most popular way to learn a language. It's 100% free, fun and science-based. Practice online on duolingo.com or on the apps!

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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