10 Best Tools for E-learning!!!!

          Are you a teacher or a student? Do you need to teach or learn during this pandemic? then you need to consider these 10 amazing software applications for your online education. As we all know the world is becoming digital and so is our education system also moving towards the digital platform for teaching and learning purposes and therefore today in this blog we are presenting to you the list of 10 best tools for digital education. If you like this blog follow us “the TechieSPecial” for more such contents.

Following is the list of 10 Best tools for education.

1. Google Classroom

• It is completely free for schools, Google Classroom allows teachers to create classes, distribute and grade assignments, and send feedback to students. 
• Permissions for students, guardians, and co-teachers are customizable.
• Other options are available like teachers can share their screen, share a student’s screen, or lock everything down.
• Teachers can conduct their classes through free apps that integrate with Google Classroom. 

Google Classroom, along with the rest of the G Suite for Education, is completely free with 100GB of storage and no limits on the number of users. G Suite Enterprise for Education, which includes extra features, starts at $48 per user, per year.

      Jamboard is a digital interactive whiteboard which is connected to the cloud and enables people in different locations to work together in real-time through multiple Jamboards or connected remotely through a smartphone companion app. 

      The Jamboard recognizes different touch inputs, such as using a stylus to sketch or eraser to start over and does not require batteries or pairing. The Jamboard is a 55-inch 4K display with a built-in HD camera, speakers and Wi-Fi. 

    We can integrate Jamboard with Google classroom and make our digital classroom feel like our physical classroom.

Why use Google Classroom?

1. Simple and intuitive
2. Great if you already use Google products
3. Highly versatile

Google Classroom – Apps on Google Play

2.Zoom

         Zoom Video Communications (Zoom) is now days widely used application which provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing telecommuting, distance education and social relation.

              Using Zoom, everyone joins a Zoom meeting at a scheduled time, is one way to create engagement when students are remote, but Zoom can also be used to support other teaching and learning scenarios. Zoom can be used on laptops, desktops, tablets, smartphones, and even desk phones, giving students many ways to access the class session.

ZOOM Cloud Meetings – Apps on Google Play

3.WolframAlpha

           Wolfram Alpha is a widely used online service that covers the huge area of mathematics, earth science, physics, astronomy, life science, weather geography, music, history,  linguistic, finance, socioeconomics, sports. 

            It answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from externally sourced “curated data”, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer, as a search engine.

             Mathematical symbolism can be parsed by the engine, which typically responds with more than the numerical results. It is very much helpful for mathematical work as symbolism can be parsed by the engine, which typically responds with more than the numerical results.

   WolframAlpha – Apps on Google Play

4.Evernote

          Evernote is an app designed for note-taking, organizing, task management, and archiving. The app allows users 

• to create notes, which can be text, drawings, photographs, or saved web content. 
• Notes are stored in notebooks and can be tagged, annotated, edited, searched, given attachments, and exported.

Evernote is cross-platform, for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. It is free to use with monthly usage limits and offers paid plans for expanded or lifted limits. Basic customers can upload 60 MB of data each month. Emails can also be sent to their Evernote account.

FEATURES

1. web clipper
2. Templates
3. Spaces
4. Integration
5. Notes  Sync
6. PDF & Doc search
7. Search Handwriting
8. Documents Scanning
9. Notebooks & tags

Evernote – Notes Organizer & Daily Planner – Apps on Google …

5.Kahoot

           Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology in schools and other educational institutions. Its learning games, “Kahoots”, are user-generated multiple-choice quizzes that can be accessed via a web browser or the Kahoot app. All you have to do is enter your prepared questions and answers into the site to create an instantly playable game. 

           Kahoot! can be used to review students’ knowledge, for formative assessment, or as a break from traditional classroom activities. Kahoot! Also includes trivia quizzes. Kahoot! was designed for social learning, with learners gathered around a common screen such as an interactive whiteboard, projector, or a computer monitor. The site can also be used through screen-sharing tools such as Skype or Google Hangouts.

  Kahoot! – Apps on Google Play

6.Additio

             Keeping attendance, class notes, grades on random papers is not easy, it can easily be misplaced. Here u have a better solution Addito. As a digital grade book and classroom management app, Additio lets you take attendance, calculate grades, and plan your timetable, all on your mobile device. You can access and manage your data from the smartphone, tablet, computer.

Teacher’s Gradebook – Additio – Apps on Google Play

7. Edmodo

           Edmodo is an educational technology that enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes, assignments, and manage communication with students, colleagues, and parents. 

1. Teachers can create online collaborative groups,
2.  administer and provide educational materials,
3.  measure student performance, 
4. and communicate with parents, among other functions.

Edmodo has more than 34 million users who connect to create a learning process that is more enriching, personalized, and aligned with the opportunities brought by technology and the digital environment.  Edmodo is very teacher-centric in their design and philosophy: students and parents can only join Edmodo if invited to do so by a teacher. Teachers and students spend large amounts of time on the platform.

Edmodo – Apps on Google Play

8.ClassDojo

            ClassDojo is an educational technology communication app and website. It connects primary school teachers, students and families, through communication features, such as a feed for photos and videos from the school day, and messaging that can be translated into more than 35 languages and has been used in 180 countries. 

           It also enables teachers to note feedback on students’ skills and creates a portfolio for students, so that families can be aware of school activities outside of meeting with teachers. 

To use ClassDojo, teachers register for a free account and create “classes” with their students. They can give students feedback for various skills in class. These are customizable, and teachers can change the skills to adapt to the needs of the class or of the school. Teachers have the option to post pictures and videos onto their class’s story, or to their school story. They can also message with families, receiving ‘read receipts’ to know when their messages have been read. 

ClassDojo – Apps on Google Play

9. Animoto

             Animoto is a digital tool that allows you to create high-quality videos in a short time and from any mobile device, inspiring students and helping improve academic lessons. It produces video from photos, video clips, and music into video slideshows, and customized web-based presentations.  

The Animoto interface is friendly and practical, allowing teachers to create audiovisual content that adapts to educational needs.

Animoto Video Maker app for Android FAQ – Animoto Help

10. Thinglink

      ThingLink is a visual learning platform for classrooms, remote learning and teacher training. It allows educators to create interactive images with music, sounds, texts, and photographs. These can be shared on other websites or on social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook. It creates multiple “hot spots” on specific parts of an image and turns that image into a multimedia launcher.

      Thinglink offers the possibility for teachers to create learning methodologies that awaken the curiosity of students through interactive content that can expand their knowledge. Millions of teachers and students use ThingLink for creating accessible, visual learning experiences in the cloud.

ThingLink – Apps on Google Play

We hope this information will help you to teach and learn in the digital world. If you like our blog, think about following our blog to be enriched by knowledge of technology.