In June, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018. The apps encourage qualities such as creativity and collaboration and encourage discovery and curiosity

Enjoy and learn about music with this interactive app!

“Incredibox is used in schools to introduce rhythm to students. Learners can play with Hip-hop, Electro, Pop or Brazilian sounds and create, record and share their creations. Incredibox is a musical app where you use drag-and-drop icons on the characters to start creating your composition.”

Platform: iOS, Android
Grades: All
Cost: $3.99

This post from The Techie Teacher has a bunch of suggestions for incorporating Incredibox into the classroom, including dancing or acting out vocabulary or historical events to the beats that students create.  And this article from 30 Day eLearning Challenge has a bunch of comments from educators sharing how they used Incredibox in their own lessons. Or take a look at this lesson plan from Scott Elementary School that uses the app!

Check out the app trailer here: