8 Apps for Teachers
Especially New Teachers
1. Planboard
A free tool to easily plan, share, and organize lessons and resources. Teachers can also attach files that can be used in the classroom. It is a great way to maximize your time.
Planboard
2. TED
A great place to find inspiration for your class. Presenters from all over the world share their ideas on all kinds of subjects. Teachers could even get the students to create their own TED Talks in the classroom.
3. Edmodo
A way for teachers and students to share content and communicate in a safe and free way. It allows for notifications, receiving grades, receiving assignments, posting messages, calendars, quizzes, and polls.
4. TeacherKit
An amazing tool to help manage the classroom and the students. Educators can use it for attendance, logging student behaviour, recording grades, creating a seating chart, and so much more!
5. ClassDojo
Educators, parents, and students can use ClassDojo to promote positive behaviour and skills in the classroom. It is a fun way to manage behaviour.
Student Introduction to ClassDojo
6. Remind
This free app is designed for teachers to send announcements, notifications, and notices to students and parents. Reminders can be safely sent via text or email.
7. Socrative
This app can be used to engage and assess students' understanding. Instant feedback, reports, and having personalized assessments in one place saves time.
8. Prezi
Prezi is a tool for creating incredibly engaging presentations. Students and teachers can use this to create, collaborate, and enhance classroom presentations.