Yefta Eko Nugroho
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Many useful software applications to support education:
TED-Ed
TED education tools is useful 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.”
Haikudeck
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
This app promotes the benefits of a bilingual brain motivate to students.
Draw and Tell
This app can increase creative confidence in kids of all ages. Just draw something, tell a story about it and share the creation. This app could be considered as a classroom favorite.
Animoto
Students can easily create and share their own beautiful videos with Animoto. 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.
iMovie
This popular app is another teacher-recommended choice for student video creation.
Instructables
From science experiments to merit badges, this app offers instructions for more than 100,000 DIY projects. If someone is looking for a classroom maker project. He will find it in this application. This application is also useful to encourage students to upload their instructions and share their ideas.
Hopscotch
Students can learn computer science fundamentals — via game design — using this app.
Tinkercad
This application is used to help students to start designing their own 3D objects, after students get inspired by the open-source wonderland at Thingaverse.
For everyday classroom needs
Evernote
Evernote has allowed teachers to get rid of handouts. All of teachers’ projects are shared with the students through the shared notebooks, and all assignments are posted on the Assignment shared notebook that is available for parents on the teachers’ website. Teachers can view the notebook on Evernote and trees can be saved.
Explain Everything
Basically, it’s an interactive whiteboard. “It’s one of the most versatile apps teachers can have in their toolbox.
Educreations
This app makes it easy to create new videos for learning. For example, explaining math strategies with voice, pen and screen recorder.
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.
For collaborating on school projects
Slack
Whether a teacher is collaborating with other teachers or assigning group project work to students, this app can make communication easier for teams in a variety of settings. It has the benefits of a Facebook group, plus wonderful integration with Google Docs and Google Hangouts.
Google Apps for Education
If you see the acronym GAFE on any education blog, it probably refers to this suite of Google apps. Among teachers, Hangouts gets a thumbs up for video-based conversations. Here’s one example of how that can work well in the classroom, from TED-Ed Innovative Educator Jimmy Juliano: “In an AP Environment class at my high school, students used Google Hangouts on Air to have climate change conversations with friends and family members. Harnessing the power of two-way video has really opened up new pathways to learning opportunities.”
Schoology
This cloud-based platform is “similar to Facebook, only it includes the needed security features for school use. It can be used for a class page, so the students and teacher can post assignments, videos, completed work and links.
Mindmeister
This app makes it easy to map out the relationships between ideas. For complex group projects, it can also provide a way to quickly visualize and create a project outline, together.
Wikispaces
Sometimes what you really want is a wiki. For those moments, teachers recommend this app.
For communicating with students (and their families)
Remind
This digital communication tool is in a league of its own. For a high school teacher, Remind is an essential digital tool, since most teens have cell phones with texting capabilities.
Edublogs
A WordPress blogging platform designed with teachers in mind. It’s user friendly and makes uploading and sharing images simple.
ClassDojo
This option provides multiple ways to engage students and their families. it can be used as a classroom management tool and motivator.
For giving (and receiving) student feedback
Edmodo
For 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. It’s also easy for students to respond.
Socrative
This learning assessment tool simplifies grading and reports. One recommendation: try out the quiz feature to enhance student understanding of classroom content, says TED-Ed community member Noor Alhoda.
Moodle
This open-source learning management platform has a questionnaire option. Students can give the teacher feedback on his/ her online class.
Google Forms
Many teachers recommend this app for gathering feedback from students. It’s a great way to receive feedback from the whole class at the end of a semester.
