Presentz 18 must-try apps for the new academic year. – EDTECH 4 BEGINNERS I am currently on the last day of my summer holiday and have started thinking about new technology I can use in the upcoming year. I have found 18 apps / websites that I am definitely going to try. 1) Evernote. I am looking forward to exploring this free app / website in lessons. It is predominantly designed for note-taking however it has expanded its uses significantly over the recent past and now you can take photos, create to-do lists and record voice notes. 2) See. 3) Sight Words For Reading. 4) TED-ED . 5) Explain Everything . 6) Showbie. 7) Nearpod. 8) Class Dojo . 9) Haiku Deck . 10) Draw and tell . 11) Animoto . 12) Hopscotch . 13) iMovie . 14) Padlet . 15) Tinkercad . 16) Wikispaces. 17) Kahoot . 18) Seesaw . N.B. What apps are you looking forward to trying next term? Like this: Like Loading...
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