Learning - Technology | 3-18 yrs
8 Websites And Apps For Education
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Websites and apps providing quality educational content are fast becoming an increasingly important medium of learning. Their availability and popularity have increased significantly with the rise in the use of smartphones and easy availability of Internet. As a result, education and learning are no longer restricted to the ubiquitous classrooms or tuition classes.
There are many popular websites and apps that provide a variety of educational content and learning tools. For example, Quizlet provides free and inspiring learning tools that meet the requirements of a wide range of students; from grade school to graduate school and from vocational students to language learners, Quizlet’s learning tools help students improve their academic performance. Duolingo is another popular language learning platform that includes a website and app. It is free and provides a science-based learning environment. It was awarded the iPhone App of the Year 2013, Google’s Best of the Best 2013 and TechCrunch’s Best Education Startup 2014.
BusinessWire in one of its reports titled ‘Education Apps Growing in Popularity’ had predicted that the global m-education market would grow at an impressive Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of around 21% between 2016 and 2020. This report attributed the growth of the m-education market to the growing popularity of educational apps.
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1. Scratch
With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. It helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — es...
2. Quizlet
Quizlet builds free, powerful, and inspiring learning tools, which are helpful for students as well as teachers. These tools meet the learning requirements of students from grade school to grad school to language learners to vocational students an...
3. Duolingo
Duolingo is a free science-based language education platform selected by Apple as iPhone App of the Year 2013, by Google as Best of the Best for Android in 2013 and 2014, and by TechCrunch as Best Education Startup. It has an attractive interface ...
4. Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace. It tackles math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. They h...
5. Bitsboard
Bitsboard includes dozens of fun and addictive mini-games that make learning fun and enjoyable regardless of whether you are 1 or 99 years old. Through the Bitsboard catalog, you can instantly access thousands of carefully curated lessons by fello...
6. Abcmouse
A website designed to meet the learning needs of kids in their preschool stage, this platform has a colourful interface that is sure to make a mark with children. It includes lessons in the form of games, puzzles, songs, books, art work and much m...
7. Splash Math
This award-winning app introduces fun in the learning and practice of math with interactive games that makes children understand difficult concepts with ease. What Splash Math aims is to align its content with the Common Core Standards curriculum ...
8. Dragon Box
This is another math-learning platform with lots of games to help in the learning process. It was cofounded by Jean-Baptiste Huynh, a math teacher who felt he was failing his students. Traditional teaching methods were simply not working for his ...
