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.

***NOTE: this app is scheduled to shut down on June 30th, 2019. However, it was included on the list of Best Apps 2018 so we wanted to share it with you anyway. Synth is the app that is the next step for this company. Synth provides “interactive podcasts in byte-size increments.”

“Recap is a free student video response and reflection app that gives teachers and parents insight into students’ learning and progress. Recap provides evidence of student thinking, improves formative assessment, and supports personalized learning.”

Platform: iOS, Android
Grades: All
Cost: FREE

Hear from this teacher who uses Recap in her ESL classroom as a way to encourage participation from quiet or shy students. Ed Tech Teacher has this post explaining how the app works well with Chromebooks and also offers some suggestions for classroom activities.

Here’s a quick video to see how the app works: