Try These Great Tools for Teachers

Classroom and lesson planning essentials. Improve your teaching with these helpful apps.

Want help freshening up your lesson plans, enlivening your lectures, or simply organizing your notes? We’ve done the homework for you! Check out these amazing tools for teachers.

Cultivate a classroom community

This app has long been a go-to for teachers, students, and parents to stay in touch and track what’s happening. The Class Story feature makes it easy for teachers to post everything from photos to upcoming school events to sweet stories from the day.

Pop quiz like a pro

Teach engineering alongside your students’ favorite superheroes in Kahoot! This app is loaded with quizzes on science, languages, history, and countless other curriculum-friendly topics created by Britannica, NASA, and other experts. Create memorable lessons using Study mode’s flash cards and practice rounds.

Organize your notes

Ditch the pen and paper. Notability lets you combine handwriting, audio, video, and photos to bring your lessons to life. Customize your handouts and study guides, and get as creative as you like with fonts, colors, and backgrounds.

Learn just about anything

If your students are curious about an academic subject, Khan Academy probably covers it. The app includes 10,000 educational videos explaining lessons through a mix of tutorials, articles, and practical sessions.

Share with students

Ever wish your chalkboard could share a video of photosynthesis or audio of JFK’s inauguration speech? App Store Award winner Explain Everything Whiteboard is the solution. Designed foremost for collaboration, it’s an interactive whiteboard that both teachers and students can share.

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