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Top Interactive Whiteboard Apps

If you're brainstorming, organizing, or communicating ideas, it doesn't get much better than a classroom or office whiteboard. Tablets come close, though, and these great interactive whiteboard apps take advantage of touch controls, along with easy sharing and collaborating features to help teachers and students think, organize, and create everything from mind maps to lessons to presentations. If you're looking for a great way to help students demonstrate understanding in any subject area, look no further than this list.

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Drawp Unlimited

Blank canvas will help kids express themselves creatively

Bottom line: This handy tool encourages collaboration and creative expression, and it makes sharing assignments and giving feedback a snap for teachers.

Grades: Pre-K–12 Price: Free to try, Paid 30-day free trial; $9.99 per month per teacher and $99.99 per year per teacher for unlimited classes, subjects, and cloud storage.

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AWW - A Web Whiteboard

Functional, affordable interactive whiteboard

Bottom line: Free access is simple, while the subscription version gives teachers what they need for a basic web-based whiteboard experience.

Grades: 1–12 Price: Free, Paid Basic tools are free. Individual accounts start at $7.50 per teacher. School-wide plans can be customized.

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Educreations

Enliven lessons and presentations with easy-to-use whiteboard tool

Bottom line: An easy, functional way to create presentations on the fly.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free Basic version is free but only supports one project and 50 MB of storage. For $11.99 month-to-month ($8.25 per month if billed annually), teachers get unlimited drafts, 5 GB of storage, and more. School subscriptions cost $1,495 per year.

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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.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free to try, Paid There's a 30-day free trial. The Education Plan is $4.99 per user, per year (minimum of 5 users). Individual plans are $24.99 per year.

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Jamboard

Versatile whiteboard app integrates with Google Suite

Bottom line: Great addition to Google classrooms but can be used by anyone.

Grades: 4–12 Price: Free

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Stormboard

Collaborate, brainstorm in real time with easy-to-use online whiteboard

Bottom line: A versatile, full-featured online brainstorming collaboration tool that can facilitate small-group projects.

Grades: 5–12 Price: Free, Free to try, Paid Educators have access to a special package, which is free until December 31 of each year and features unlimited storms and users. Personal accounts are free as well, and there's a free trial for the other plans, which range from $5 to $8.33 per user per month.

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Doceri Interactive Whiteboard

Interactive whiteboard app for designing and recording presentations

Bottom line: Teachers and students can spice up presentations and demonstrate processes and problem-solving skills with this well-designed tool.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free, Paid The app is free to download and use. Site licenses are available for $30 apiece and remove pop-ups and the watermark. Professional development courses are also available for $30. The purchase of either one includes the other.

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Explee

Build slick, engaging whiteboard animations with Web-based tool

Bottom line: A stellar -- if somewhat pricey -- creation tool for the classroom.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free, Paid A teacher account costs $30 per year, while $150 a year buys access for a teacher and up to 40 students.

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Splashtop Classroom

Collaboration tool lets kids annotate and share from their own devices

Bottom line: A good tool for annotation and collaboration in the 1-to-1 or BYOD classroom.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free to try $29.99 per teacher per year to share with up to 3 students; $99.00 per teacher per year to share with up to 40 students.

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ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

Potential for powerful learning; other apps do it better

Bottom line: Great app for digital creation where both teachers and students can teach and learn from shared digital whiteboards.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free to try Optional premium version is $5.99 per month and adds private posting of presentation, unlimited study groups, 300 hours of cloud storage, and 200GB of monthly bandwidth.

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