Smart List: 30 Great Apps for Sharing, Showing, & Tracking
Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with the second 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 10 platforms 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 Portfolio
- Pathbrite: K-20 portfolio system
- Digication: K-20 portfolio system
- OpenSchool ePortfolio: showcase learning through projects and assignments
- 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
Gradebooks & Achievement Tracking
- PowerTeacher: Pearson’s web-based classroom management system #
- Engrade: McGraw’s super grade book
- SchoolNet: Pearson’s instructional management platform #
- Pinnacle Grade from Scantron
- 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: grade book, attendance, and calendar
- Spiral Universe: SIS with a grade book
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 non-profit organizations construct cohesive and forward-thinking strategies for branding, awareness, advancement and communications.
* Learn Capital Partner, # Getting Smart Partner, ** Board member or Advisor
Tom Vander Ark
ZeeMee is an innovation of the archaic common app, and is a 21st century digitalized resume that students can showcase to colleges and universities, but also for potential internships and employment: www.zeemee.com
Jordan Taylor
Edulastic provides next generation formative assessments for schools & districts. Teachers can inform their Common Core instruction while meeting students’ individual learning needs on a daily basis. Districts can help prepare their students for the new online testing experience by administering and tracking interim assessments (making key changes to instruction before summative assessments).