Try out these free mobile apps that are gaining popularity with teachers.
Kahoot!
Kahoot! is a game-based social learning platform that has become a popular learning aide in schools and educational institutions. Teachers can use it to design multiple-choice quizzes, which are projected onto a large screen where students can answer individually. Points are awarded to students to encourage fun and friendly competition.
Google Classroom
Google Classroom is a Google web service that simplifies the creation, distribution and evaluation of assignments. It combines Google Drive for the creation and distribution of assignments, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides for content creation, Gmail for communication, and Google Calendar for scheduling. Teachers monitor the progress of each student online and can provide comments along with the grading of each assignment. Google Classroom supports a paperless classroom with the online sharing of files among teachers and students.
Classkick
Classkick is a web- and app-based assessment tool that allows teachers to create lessons and assignments that students can access from their mobile devices and work on at their own pace. Teachers can observe the progress and provide real-time feedback to the students. Students can also request help from their peers anonymously. Classkick combines personalised learning and cooperative learning to support a student-centred, blended classroom.
Seesaw
Seesaw is an educational app that allows students to share assignments with their teachers, parents and fellow classmates. Students can use any means—take a photo or a video, annotate or narrate, draw or doodle, script or scribble—to show how they arrive at the conclusion or answer. This enables the teachers to understand their students’ thinking process and correct their mistakes. Teachers can collect assignments and track the students’ progress in Seesaw. Parents can also monitor their children’s progress directly online. The timely feedback from the teachers enables students to learn 21st century technology skills faster and more confidently.
ClassDojo
ClassDojo is great for communication among teachers, students and parents. Teachers are provided a range of nifty teaching tools like group maker, the radio, and timer. They can message parents directly on their children’s academic progress and behaviour in class. Students can create their own profiles, share images and stay updated on class activities. Parents can check in on what their children are learning as well as their classroom experience through photos, videos and announcements.