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Best Apps and Websites for the Flipped Classroom
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Instruction, Classroom Management, and Communication Tools
Loom
Create, present, and assess with effortless interactive screencasts
Bottom line: This intuitive tool is excellent for recording and responding to screencasts of any length.
Remind
Messaging platform offers tight focus on school-to-home connection
Bottom line: Well-designed, highly effective messaging tool delivers on its promise to connect home and school.
Kiddom
LMS offers tangible options to differentiate learning
Bottom line: An excellent option for monitoring individual progress toward goals, but teachers will need to be deliberate when selecting and assigning content.
Nearpod
Engage and assess students with media, videos, and interactive slides
Bottom line: This is a great tool with a vast content library, and the teacher- or student-paced learning can unlock the potential of 1-to-1 environments.
PlayPosit
Interactive video creator has great question variety
Bottom line: This tool strikes a nice balance, offering teachers an easy intro to interactive video mixed with a large set of features that can lead to increasingly sophisticated lesson design.
Kahoot!
Game-like student-response tool can spark competitive fun
Bottom line: This is an effortlessly fun and flexible platform, but it shines best with creative implementation that tests its boundaries.
Screencast-O-Matic
Create and edit sophisticated screencasts without breaking the bank
Bottom line: This is the most flexible screencasting tool, but it requires patience -- and perhaps a subscription -- to unlock all of its possibilities.
Blendspace
Create multimedia lessons with engaging but not-so-interactive style
Bottom line: Allows you to incorporate lots of multimedia resources, but be discerning with content and assessments to avoid lazy teaching or learning.
Edmodo
Manage classes, content, and communication with social LMS platform
Bottom line: This free platform allows for teacher-monitored classroom communication with basic tools.
Edpuzzle
Crop, customize, and remix online video content with interactive tool
Bottom line: This is a valuable tool that teachers can use to flip classrooms or support student-led creation.
Educreations
Enliven lessons and presentations with easy-to-use whiteboard tool
Bottom line: An easy, functional way to create presentations on the fly.
Explain Everything Whiteboard
Powerhouse tool for creating stellar multimedia presentations
Bottom line: Teachers and students can make dynamic presentations that involve different types of media in this innovative, fun app.
Google Classroom
Exceptional, simple communication, collaboration, and document sharing
Bottom line: Though it doesn't have it all, it's an incredible tool for managing and organizing learning.
LessonUp
Flexible interactive presentation tool engages kids at school and home
Bottom line: LessonUp is for teachers who like designing unique lessons to reach every learner.
Screencastify
Easy screen-recording tool facilitates outside-the-box instruction
Bottom line: This is an instructional tool that could reinvent classroom workflow, especially for classrooms in the Google ecosystem.
Spiral
Provide instant feedback with collaborative, multimedia assessment tool
Bottom line: Engaging, easy-to-use tool that supports both formative and summative assessment while allowing for student collaboration.
Actively Learn
Empowering reader keeps kids actively, independently engaged
Bottom line: Far beyond the average e-reader, this tool helps students connect and stay engaged while teachers easily measure progress.
ClassFlow
Robust lesson creation and delivery tool helps with assessment
Bottom line: In the hands of a determined teacher, this platform's useful suite of tools can support learning experiences that move from instruction to assessment and back.
Vmaker
Simple, easy screencast creator with room to grow
Bottom line: This is a competitive entrant into the screencasting field and leans into ease-of-use and fewer restrictions vs. tons of features.
Verso
Flip the classroom, gather student feedback with easy-to-use tool
Bottom line: Promote better discourse, participation, and accountability -- across devices -- with this thoughtfully designed platform.
Google Hangouts
Communication, learning, and fun converge nicely in Google's slick platform
Bottom line: It runs like a dream, works on all devices, and can be used in so many ways to enhance interactive learning.
Kialo Edu
A terrific, troll-free zone for structuring student discussion and debate
Bottom line: A valuable platform for students to learn about social and political issues while practicing digital citizenship and argumentation.
WordPress.com
Solid blogging tool and content management system offers DIY blogs
Bottom line: This is a great tool to get kids blogging and creating online content.
Discord
Social hub offers a novel but tricky spin on classroom communication
Bottom line: With some creativity and moderation, this student-loved messaging alternative to Google and Microsoft could be a key extension of your classroom.
Instructional Content for At-Home Learning
PBS Kids
One-stop shop for a wealth of fantastic PBS Kids educational content
Bottom line: Amazing collection of valuable learning resources covers an impressive array of topics.
NOVA
Compelling science videos have high-quality classroom applications
Bottom line: Unparalleled science documentaries offer a window into real-world scientific topics in a high-interest way.
Redbird Mathematics
Excellent adaptive math for flipped or blended classrooms
Bottom line: If you're looking for courseware for your classroom, this is based on solid research and proven technology.
Khan Academy
Flexible learning environment offers a personalized journey to mastery
Bottom line: A solid, free resource for targeted math and science instruction, test prep, history, and more.
Newsela
Great stories, just-right leveled reading; now mostly by subscription
Bottom line: Up-to-date, high-interest articles will meet students right at their level, and help teachers bolster students' nonfiction reading skills.
TED-Ed
Support kids' sense of wonder with outstanding short video lessons
Bottom line: TED-Ed includes excellent, engaging videos and support for flipped-class lessons with an incredible community of thinkers and doers.
BrainPOP
Clever animated hosts Tim and Moby masterfully tackle complex topics
Bottom line: Cartoon videos in this extensive collection break down ideas in clever and thoughtful ways.
Gooru
Personalized tool fosters exploration, teacher-led meaningful learning
Bottom line: A great portal for supplementing classroom instruction; supports independent and personalized learning.
Brightstorm
Brief video lessons for kids who need a homework boost
Bottom line: Short, digestible lessons on all the major subjects are helpful for mastery but not substantial enough for kids who need more help.
BioInteractive
High-quality multimedia brings biological research to life
Bottom line: Superb multimedia tools and lesson plans help kids explore biology through real-world examples.
HippoCampus
Multimedia lectures and simulations good for supplemental instruction
Bottom line: This one-stop shop for free distance learning resources is a reliable place for enrichment or remediation.
