2019 Best Apps and Websites for Teaching and Learning

Lists honor tools for enhanced curriculum development

June 22, 2019

Clockwise from top left, logos for Sora, PBS Kids Scratch Jr., iCell, Chatterpix Kids, Mixerpiece, and iCivics Suite.
Clockwise from top left, logos for Sora, PBS Kids Scratch Jr., iCell, Chatterpix Kids, Mixerpiece, and iCivics Suite.

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced its 2019 Best Apps and Best Websites for Teaching and Learning at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 22. The annual lists honor apps and websites that enhance learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their teacher collaborators.

Recognized apps and websites foster innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They were also evaluated for their support of AASL’s “National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries.”

The apps recognized in 2019 are:

  • Chatterpix Kids
  • EarthViewer
  • Equity Maps
  • Figment AR
  • Green Screen by Do Ink
  • iCell
  • iCivics – Suite
  • Khan Academy Kids
  • Mixerpiece
  • Nearpod
  • Novel Effect
  • Object Viewer for Merge Cube
  • PBS Kids Scratch Jr.
  • Quizlet
  • Sites in VR
  • Sora
  • Stop Motion Studio
  • Tynker
  • Wakelet
  • Wolfram Alpha

The websites honored in 2019 are:

  • Anchor
  • Bootstrap
  • Brush Ninja
  • CS First
  • Deck.Toys
  • Edpuzzle
  • Elementari
  • Empatico
  • Explore
  • Genially
  • GeoGuessr
  • Knightlab Storytelling
  • Libraries Ready to Code
  • National Geographic Education
  • NCMA Learn
  • NowComment
  • Pulitzer Center
  • Storyline Online
  • Teaching Tolerance
  • Thunkable
  • Tour Creator
  • Unite for Literacy
  • Wakelet

Links, descriptions and websites for both technology lists, as well as previously recognized apps and websites, can be found at AASL’s website.

The American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA, empowers leaders to transform teaching and learning.

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