Smart List: 33 Great Apps for Sharing, Showing & Tracking

Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with the 3rd Annual Smart Lists. During October and November you’ll see about 20 ‘Best of’ lists, not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate doing innovative work.

Today we are recognizing great apps for teachers to share lessons, apps for students to show what they know, Common Core resources, and tools for tracking achievement.

Sharing Lessons & Reviews

• BetterLesson: Teachers sharing lessons
  • Check out blended learning lessons
• ShowMe: Create and share lessons on iPad *
• Learni.st: Share what you know
• Pinterest: It’s for teachers too
• Teachers Pay Teachers: Sell stuff to other teachers
• ShareMyLesson: An AFT JV to share lessons
• Teaching Channel: Videos and community
• TED-Ed: Lessons worth sharing

Common Core Resources

• Student Achievement Partners: Digital tools and resources
• Hunt Institute: Videos
• Achieve: Parent resources
• PTA: Parent resources
• Council of the Great City Schools: Parent roadmaps

Show What You Know Portfolio

• EduClipper: Explore, share and contribute educational content *
• Pathbrite: K-20 portfolio system
• Digication: K-20 portfolio system
• Three Ring: Manages student artifacts
• Google apps: Use it as a portfolio system
• Nureva: Upload evidence and receive feedback
• ShowEvidence: Standards-based grading
• SchoolTube: Student created video *
• Glogster: Digital posters

Gradebooks & Achievement Tracking

• Engrade: McGraw’s super gradebook
• SchoolRunner: Comprehensive student data system
• PowerTeacher: Web-based classroom management system
• SchoolNet: Pearson’s instructional management platform #
• Kickboard: Keep track of what matters
• JumpRope: Standards-based mastery feedback
• Project Foundry: PBL & competency-tracking, used at Edvisions
• Mileposts from Silverback Learning: instructional improvement system
• Schoolzilla: Launched by Aspire; do more with data
• Spiral Universe: SIS with a gradebook

For more Smart Lists, check out:

• Smart List: Coding & Computer Science, Assessment & Data Resources
• Smart List: 36 Ways to Learn Almost Anything
• Smart List: 28 Learning Platforms

This Smart List was published in partnership with Getting Smart Services. Getting Smart provides advocacy, advisory, consulting and public relations services to turn ideas into impact. We help for-profit and nonprofit organizations construct cohesive and forward-thinking strategies for branding, awareness, advancement and communications.

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