The document provides summaries of 10 popular learning apps: Duolingo, Khan Academy, Kahoot, Gimkit, Quizlet, Freckle, BrainPOP, Epic!, Google Classroom, and Evernote. It summarizes the key features and benefits of each app, including their ease of use, ability to provide differentiated instruction, standards-based content, and support for higher-order thinking. Many of the apps integrate games and competition to make learning more engaging for students.

1. Top Ten Learning Apps
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2. Duolingo - The world's best way to learn a language
DuoLingo
DuoLingo is a free language learning app that makes
learning additional languages fun and easy for any age level.
The learning starts as basic step by step and increases in difficulty as a
students skills progress. Corrections are given and spelled out.
Students have individual accounts and the content is
presented in levels.
DuoLingo ensures a safe environment for users
interaction by removing inappropriate and offensive
content. DuoLingo warns users not to overshare
personal information.

3. Khan Academy is a non-profit with the mission to provide a
free, world class education for anyone, anywhere. There is
access to multiple subject area covering a range from
kindergarten to students preparing for college.
Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Khan academy allows teachers to spot gaps in a classrooms understanding and
design the instruction to focus on weak areas. Students work at a pace that is
comfortable to them and as they master the content can then accelerate their
learning.
Khan Academy provides a safe and private learning environment.
They restrict child accounts to automatically block features that
would allow a child to post personal information.
The great thing about Khan Academy is that it’s easy to access and allows a
student to start by assessing their current level before moving on to more
challenging learning.

4. https://kahoot.it
Kahoot
Kahoot is a quiz based learning tool that turns learning into a fun
game of competition between classmates. Kahoot is for any age
and subject and no account is required. The students just need a
game code to join a Kahoot
Teachers can host Kahoots live in class or via video conferencing. They can also assign
student paced challenges for review or homework. Students can play individually or in teams.
There are multiple choice and true/false questions. Students are awarded points based on who
answers correctly and the quickest.
There are simple step by step instructions available to walk
students and teachers through the process of creating a Kahoot.

5. Gimkit is a game-show platform where students compete by
answering questions on their electronic devices. Any subject
matter can be loaded into a Gimkit game.
https://www.gimkit.com/
Gimkit
Gimkit is a very minimal and easy to use system that is
created and maintained by students. This allows it to be
very accessible for the K-12 age groups.
While Gimkit and Kahoot are similar in the way they engage
students, Kahoot appeals to a more aggressive audience,
whereas Gimkit allows for questions to repeat on a random
loop, allowing for more repetition and possible less anxiety for
students who take a little longer to answer question.

6. https://quizlet.com/latest
https://quizlet.com/login
Quizlet
Quizlet is a free study guide for students in K- college. Students
under 13 years of age must link their Quizlet account to their
parents email address and the parent must confirm the account.
Students create their own Quizlet accounts and can create their own content
and then share that content with other classmates.
In essence, it’s a flashcard app that can handle images,
diagrams, various languages, and audio uploads. Quizlet
is ideal for self paced learning. Like Gimkit, it’s better
suited for students that retain material better at a slower
pace.

7. Freckle
➔ Freckle gives differentiated practice to students for both Math and ELA.
➔ The app follows a learning progression and gives prompt feedback.
➔ There is a free version of the app with plenty of content and it is very simple
to use.
➔ Students have individual accounts which allow them to have privacy and
individualized instruction.
➔ Freckle provides users with standards-based content.
https://freckle.com/en-us/

8. BrainPOP
➔ BrainPOP is a resource that provides educational videos and games for many
subjects, such as science, social studies, ELA, math, engineering/tech, health,
and arts/music.
➔ Many of the videos on the app cover high-level content and promote higher
learning.
➔ The games on BrainPOP give quality feedback to the user.
➔ This is a very easy application to use and understand.
➔ The app has quality privacy settings and gives students access to a large amount
of standards-based content.
https://www.brainpop.com/

9. Epic!
➔ Epic! is a reading application that gives users easy access to many different
books on many different topics.
➔ Books available range from simple to challenging, allowing for higher learning
if the user chooses a difficult read.
➔ Many books have quizzes attached, allowing readers to get instant feedback
on their comprehension.
➔ User interface allows students to easily navigate through different topics to
find a book or audiobook that is relevant to their interests.
https://www.getepic.com/

10. Google Classroom
➔ Classroom is a Google application that allows teachers to organize content
and make it easily accessible for their students.
➔ This is a very easy application for students to access, it can be used for any
subject, and Google has a pretty solid reputation for user privacy.
➔ The content presented on Classroom is provided by the teacher, so there
could be opportunities for higher-order thinking and standards-based
instruction.
https://classroom.google.com/

11. Evernote
➔ Evernote is a note-taking application with the reputation of fantastic
accessibility and sharing across all the user’s devices.
➔ The use of Evernote would be by the students rather than the teacher,
so whether or not the app helps with high level learning or standards-
based content depends on what’s being covered in the class at the
time being.
➔ Evernote is very simple to navigate and is very user-friendly when it
comes to organization.
https://evernote.com/