Top EdTech Apps to Look into in 2021
Global Tech has selected the top EdTech apps that are being used by teachers and students in 2021.
LinkedIn Learning
Playstore Rating: 4.7
Downloads: 42,783
LinkedIn Learning provides over 16,000 expert-led courses that are available both for free and with a subscription. It gives personalised course recommendations and one can download courses for offline viewing. In this app, people can watch entire courses and videos at their own pace. The course can also be shared with the network. The certifications of the courses can be shared on the LinkedIn profile. Some of the popular courses are business skills, time management training, digital marketing, SEO, excel skills, computer languages, software administration, etc.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linkedin.android.learning
Duolingo
Playstore rating: 4.6
Downloads: 1,10,30,472
Duolingo is a popular app that is available for learning languages and that too, for free. It has a very suitable learning system and also a system of tracking the user’s progress. Short lessons help the users practice speaking, reading, listening, and writing to improve their vocabulary and pronunciation of English. The learning starts with basic phrases and sentences, and the user gets to learn new words daily. Many languages like English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, etc.
Download Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duolingo
Grasshopper
Playstore Rating: 4.6
Downloads: 41,388
Grasshopper provides an innovative way to start learning about coding through playing smart games. It teaches the user to write Javascript. It provides visual puzzles by using problem-solving skills and the user can easily learn about the fundamentals of programming. It also gives real feedbacks that help the user to improve skills.
Download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.area120.grasshopper
Cuemath
Playstore Rating: 4.6
Downloads: 21,445
Cuemath app is a free learning app for kids of Kindergarten to class 10. It offers brain training, live online classes with coding & math tutors, math games and other tools for kids to build problem-solving skills and elevate their IQ. More than 400,000 kids around the world use the Cuemath learning app every month to master their math and coding skills.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cuelearn.cuemathapp
Canvas Student
Playstore Rating: 4.4
Downloads: 1,29,850
This app lets the users learn from Canvas courses. They can view grades and course content and also submit assignments. It helps students to keep track of course work with a to-do list and calendar. Using this app they can send and receive messages and also post something to do discussions. In this app, the user can watch videos, take quizzes and also receive push notifications for new grades and course updates.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.instructure.candroid
Coursera
Playstore Rating: 4.3
Downloads: 1,24,265
Coursera provides learning courses with certificates from world-class universities like Duke, University of London, and Yale, and industry leaders like Google, IBM, and Facebook. It helps the user master in-demand job skills through applied learning including Python, digital marketing, and SQL, and also learns from top instructors at leading universities and companies. Contents from business to science, arts and other subjects are available in this EdTech apps.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.coursera.android
Grammarly
Playstore Rating: 4.2
Downloads: 108,155
Grammarly helps users to improve their English with the help of better spelling and writing skill. The Grammarly browser extension helps the user to write correct spelling in-browser apps and documents. It detects the mistakes instantly and offers relevant suggestions. The texts and documents can also be set on Grammarly for review.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grammarly.android.keyboard
Brainly
Playstore Rating: 3.9
Downloads: 1,390,146
Brainly is the world’s largest online learning platform, uniting students, parents, and teachers around the world. It helps students in solving their homework problems and test preparation. Students connect to their peers to help strengthen their skills, from math to science, history and beyond. The platform essentially acts as the online equivalent of a real-life study group and can help kids solve their academic queries.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.brainly
Zoom cloud meeting
Playstore Rating: 3.9
Downloads: 24,41,499
Zoom organises meetings with about 100 people and connects with everyone on an android based phone. It has good video quality and also the joining process is easier for people to understand. The pandemic has accelerated the use of Zoom to a great extent and online meeting has become a regular matter. Most colleges and schools use Zoom for online classes. Unlimited messages, videos, and photos can be sent through Zoom.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=us.zoom.videomeetings
Google Meet
Playstore Rating: 3.8
Downloads: 1,435,238
When it comes to an online meeting, the safest EdTech apps is considered to be Google Meet. Its video meetings are encrypted in transit and their array of safety measures are continuously updated for added protection. They can host meetings with about 250 participants. It is more popular among students and teachers for safe meetings and also it is easily connected with other apps like Google Doc or Gmail.
Download link https://play.google.com/store/search?q=google%20meet&c=apps
