Seeking the best virtual teaching apps for students, teachers, and educators? Whether you’re looking for an alternative to PowerPoint or Google Drive or you want to take advantage of the interactive features that many of these teaching apps offer, then you’ve come to the right place. Based on our years of classroom experience, we’ve decided to list 10 of the best virtual teaching apps available.
The use of technology in the classroom is a big part of the 21 st century classroom. So, naturally, teachers are starting to use virtual teaching apps. Many students have tablets or laptops with Internet access where they can do their work — this is beneficial for many reasons, including that students can work independently or with peers without being distracted by raising their hands or walking over to talk to the teacher.
1. Virtual Classroom
- Last updated-February 20, 2019
- Size-13M
- Installs-500,000+
- Ratings- 3.1
This awesome virtual classroom app is providing a platform for mobile learning and teaching despite the location and time.
Collaboration in a Virtual Classroom surface is no more a query with its pioneering teaching and learning tools.
The app covers everything from conducting and attending live classes to viewing recordings of past classes.
The interaction and communication are taken to a new level with the Raise Hand feature to ask questions.
Some key features and options of the app cover:
>>Interact using live audio and video
>>Use multiple whiteboards and tools
>>View and share files anytime
>>Transfer audio, video, and writing controls to attendees
This is a great tool to set up virtual classrooms and teach, learn and collaborate online all from a single place.
Its specialty is the “Teacher accounts” feature that allows educators to invite their trainees almost instantly and ask them to set up and manage test or live courses.
The tool has separate platforms for three main functions- a course creating platform, a content management platform and an online testing system.
Instructors and students can connect almost instantly.
Here are some other key features:
>>Real-time collaboration
>>Powerful reporting and tracking
>>Online testing and courses
- Last updated-3 July 2020
- Size-7.22 MB
- Installs-100+
- Ratings- 2.7
This innovative education tool is yet another addition to get the best use of virtual classroom technology.
It may replace the traditional blackboard or digital Smartboard in no time for its simplicity and quick and efficient options to create tutorials.
Your device can be turned into a virtual blackboard in no time through wireless casting or direct connection.
Educators can simply write with finger or stylus and save with narrated voice and the captured dynamic video can be replayed to make their own tutorials.
No video camera or editing tools are required to make these interactive lessons.
Download: Android
4. Eliademy
This is also a widely used tool for the virtual classroom that allows educators to share, create and manage courses almost instantly.
It is a really user-friendly platform with unparalleled functions and features considering tools of its kind.
In fact, it is one of the best options available at the moment to sell your courses online.
Also Read: 14 Best Virtual Teaching Tips For Teachers
In addition to the features and options, the customer care team is always there to help you out. Some of its key features include:
>>Novel ways of creating courses and inviting students
>>Sync notes and calendar easily
>>Easily access and share learning materials on your device or internet
>>Certifications are provided with visibility in social media
5 – ThingLink
The fifth app that a teacher can download for free from Google Play on his mobile device is the one called ThingLink which is used to keep students attentive during lessons. In addition, the app is useful for creating interactive images for teachers who intend to use them to better explain a topic or make concepts clearer to students who download it on their mobile device.
thinglink.com (Android)
Audience response
6 – AnswerGarden
With this free tool, teachers can ask their students a question which can be answered with a single word or short phrase. Responses are received through a web link, QR code, or AnswerGarden’s iOS app, and begin to populate on a display screen in a word cloud. The words that are submitted most often will appear as the largest in the cloud. This is a very handy tool to use for brainstorming activities with a group in the classroom.
answergarden.ch (ios)
7 – Poll Everywhere
The first company to offer an alternative to clickers, Poll Everywhere started as a service that allowed students to respond to a poll via text message. Now students can also respond through a web browser or through Poll Everywhere’s mobile app. Polls can be created using multiple-choice, ranking graphs, clickable images, and questions that include LaTeX syntax and alphabets from different world languages.
8 – Slido
With Slido, students can submit questions through a regular web browser using a unique event code. Questions which appear on the presenter’s screen can be upvoted by other participants, moving the most popular questions to the top. Once a question has been answered, the presenter or teacher can remove it from the queue. Slido also offers audiences polling with multiple-choice and word cloud options.
Book publishing’s apps
9 -Blurb
This site helps teachers create photo books with text that use templates for a variety of book types: cookbooks, children’s books, portfolios, memoirs, magazines, and more. Books can be kept in digital form or purchased as a paperback, a hardcover, a magazine, or an e-book. Printed books are not cheap; save this for something special.
10 – Book Creator
This flexible tool allows students of any age to create e-books. These books can contain photos, text, audio and video files, and even hand-drawn images, which are embedded in content like Google Maps or Flipgrid grids. Finished books can be shared through a link, downloaded as an EPUB, or even sold through iBooks and Google Play. Teachers can create classroom libraries, and the site has tons of resources and ideas for classroom use.
11 – Lulu
For student writers who want to publish their works, print-on-demand sites like Lulu are growing in popularity. By using this tool, authors upload manuscripts, which they can sell in print or as e-books through markets like Amazon. Authors are not charged a fee to publish, but when a book sells, Lulu earns back the cost of production plus a percentage of the profit, with the author keeping the rest.
12 – Storybird
Although this site is no longer free, it may be worth the price. Users can begin by browsing through a gallery of professional artwork until they find an inspiring image. When they find an image that interests them, they write a story or poem to accompany their chosen visual. Students can choose from a collection of images and build a picture book around them. The site also offers excellent resources for teachers, like writing lessons and private class settings.
13 – WriteReader
This is a great book-making tool for emerging writers. As students type in text, WriteReader will say either the name of the letter or the sound it makes, allowing students to get auditory confirmation that they are choosing the right letters. To enhance their books, students can add images or voice recordings. Teachers are able to include adult-written text below each student’s writing task. Finished books can be printed or downloaded as PDFs.
Conclusion
Parents are all trying to find the best ways to teach their kids, either to make sure their children are learning the skills they need for future employment or because it’s recommended by teachers at their school. I know how hard it is to make sure your children are getting the required training they need for school…so I thought I would write an article on some of my favorite virtual teaching apps to help your kids learn valuable skills that will help them in the long run.