Smart List: 30 Apps for Sharing, Showing, & Tracking

Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with a series of back to school top 10 lists. During August we will run about 40 ‘best of’ lists, not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate.

Today we are recognizing 10 great apps for teachers to share lessons, 10 apps for students to show what they know, and 10 tools for tracking achievement.

Sharing Lessons & Reviews

• MasteryConnect: share Core assessments & resources (see feature)

• Learni.st: share what you know

• Pinterest: it’s for teachers too

• BetterLesson: teachers sharing lessons

• Teachers Pay Teachers: sell stuff to other teachers

• ShareMyLesson: an AFT JV to share lessons

• EduClipper: explore, share and contribute educational content

• ShowMe: create and share lessons on iPad

• Claco: collaborate to create great lessons

• TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing

Show What You Know

• Pathbrite: K-20 portfolio system

• Digication: K-20 portfolio system

• OpenSchool ePortfolio

• Three Ring: manages student artifacts

• Google apps: use it as a portfolio system (see feature from Toni Shellady)

• ShowEvidence: standards-based grading

• SchoolTube: student created video

• Glogster:  digital posters

• Touchcast: container for digital media

• And 14 more more from EdShelf

Gradebooks & achievement tracking

• PowerTeacher: Pearson’s web-based classroom management system

• SchoolNet: Pearson’s instructional management platform

• Pinnacle Grade from GlobalScholar

• 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

• Engrade: gradebook, attendance, and calendar

• Spiral Universe: SIS with a gradebook

What would you add to the list?

MasteryConnect, SchoolTube, and ShowMe are Learn Capital companies.  Pearson is a Getting Smart Advocacy Partner.