For this year’s installment of “Free Classroom Apps to Try This Fall” I decided to round up a collection of apps that might be somewhat lesser known, but still offer lots of classroom potential. Additionally, I tried to find apps that could be used across grade levels and/or subject areas.
Source: 8 Free Apps to Try for the 2017-2018 School Year – The EdTech Roundup
A good list of apps to try!
Vivaldi – Keyboard shortcuts. One of the first things I do after installing a new app is to examine and learn the keyboard shortcuts. The more you can do from the keyboard the faster you’ll be able to use the computer. Vivaldi has a ton of keyboard shortcuts, allowing you to control almost everything from…
Dropbox is rolling out a new feature that allows a Dropbox user to request a file from anyone. Much like dropitto.me, except all within the Dropbox ecosystem. It’s always good to have options, and this gives you an additional option for collecting work or files from students and others. From the Dropbox website, you will be…
Source: Squibler: Where writers get serious Squibler is not available for free past a 14 day trial mode, but it does have some free features that you and your students can use without an account. The Plot Generator helps you start a story with an idea. Students could copy the idea into their own document…
Source: Magic Painter | By Adrian Bece Magic Painter is for when you need the world’s easiest drawing app. There is no undo, no layers, and no shapes. It sounds pretty limited, but limitation breeds creativity. The site requires no registration, and you cannot save your work in progress. When you are finished with your…
There are tons of way to have group chats, and a newcomer (at least to me) is Bindle Chat. Offering an iOS and Android client, Bindle allows you to create private and public chat rooms based around a hashtag. In my limited testing, it appears to work pretty well, and could be used for various mobile…
Source: Web Whiteboard Nothing to install, no requirements for the other users. Simply click the Create free whiteboard button and you’re ready to go. To invite collaborators, each whiteboard is given an unique address. This address can be shared with the people that will be collaborating on the whiteboard. Once you are finished with your masterpiece,…