Month: October 2020

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In two months, 2020 comes to an end. This year has been a roller coaster ride of uncertainty and economic downturn. People have been locked up inside their houses for nearly seven months now. A lot of people decided to use this time to join an online course and upskill themselves or learn a new skill.

However, have you been putting it off because of other commitments?

No worries! You still have two months to reach your goal. In this blog, we’ve listed 50 free online classes that you can take and finish by the end of this year. So, enroll in these courses right away and complete them by the end of this year.

  1. Basics of COVID-19, IGOT

This course is offered by IGOT (Integrated Government Online Training) for healthcare professionals as well as students of medicine and nursing. The course covers the basics of this pandemic disease and elaborates on hygiene measures, discharge, death and stress management.

  • Beginner level
  • Self-paced
  • For healthcare professionals

  1. NOC: Structural System in Architecture, NPTEL

This course is offered for free on the NPTEL platform. It is coordinated by IIT Kharagpur. The curriculum includes the basics of structural system, elasticity, stress in beam, structural grid and framing, and truss analysis.

  • Video course
  • 6-week course
  • Includes assignments, downloadable videos and transcripts
  1. Learn Responsive Design, Code Academy

In this course, you will learn all about responsive design and why it is important in web designing. Knowledge of HTML and CSS is essential to take up this course.

  • Intermediate level
  • 2 hours
  • Certification of completion
  1. NOC: Basics of Metal Engineering, NPTEL

This course coordinated by IIT Madras is designed for mechanical engineering students. The curriculum includes material property landscape, crystal structure, defects in crystalline materials, mechanical properties, and static failure theories.

  • 6-week course
  • Self-paced
  • Includes downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Has assignments
  1. Java Programming Basics, Udacity

This beginner level course will help you learn the basics of Java syntax and use Java Integrated Development Environment.

  • Beginner level
  • Self-paced course
  • Includes interactive quizzes
  • Approximately 6 weeks
  1. NOC: Optical Fibre Sensors, NPTEL

This 2-week course is offered on NPTEL by IIT Madras. This video course will give you an introduction to optical sensors and optical receivers.

  • Intermediate level
  • Self-paced
  • Includes assignments and transcripts
  1. NOC: Understanding Ethnography, NPTEL

This engineering design course is offered as a series of downloadable videos. It is coordinated by IIT Bombay and offered on NPTEL.

  • Intermediate level
  • Video course
  • 6-week course
  • Downloadable videos and transcripts
  1. Nutrition and Lifestyle in Pregnancy, Coursera

This course offered by the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) will be useful for students of nutrition as well as couples looking to start a family.

  • Flexible schedule
  • Approximately 7 hours
  • Intermediate level (basic knowledge of nutrition essential)
  • Free enrolment
  • Financial aid available
  1. NOC: Financial Accounting, NPTEL

Students of management and business accounting will find this course useful. The course covers basics of financial accounting, accounting principles, balance sheet, debit and credit, ledger posting, and trading account. It is coordinated by IIT Madras and offered on NPTEL.

  • Intermediate level
  • 6-week course
  • Downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Assignments
  1. Understanding Research Methods, Coursera

This course is offered by Dr J Simon Rafe and Dr Yenn Lee from the SOAS, University of London. Postgraduate students who need to submit research papers will find this course useful.

  • Flexible deadline
  • Free enrolment
  • Financial aid available
  • Approximately 6 hours
  • Beginner level
  1. NOC: Experimental Biotechnology, NPTEL

This course has six modules that cover a wide range of topics including basics of laboratory research, electrophoresis, and chromatography. It is coordinated by IIT Guwahati.

  • Intermediate level
  • Approximately 6 weeks
  • Downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Assignments
  1. Web Tooling and Automation, Udacity

This course offered by Google is led by Gulp, Sass, and BabelJS, Oh My! Aspirants who want to build a career in web development, app development, data science, AI, and machine learning will find this course useful.

  • Intermediate level
  • Approximately 3 weeks
  • Self-paced course
  • Includes interactive quizzes
  1. Organisational Behaviour, NPTEL

This video course available on NPTEL is coordinated by IIT Madras. The course covers concepts of organisational behaviour such as perception, personality, attitudes, emotions and motivation.

  • Suitable for management students
  • Intermediate
  • 6-weeks course
  • Downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Includes assignments
  1. Learn Game Development with Phaser.js, Code Academy

This course consists of games, quizzes and projects to help you learn game development the fun way. Knowledge of JavaScript coding is essential to take up this course. You will learn Phaser basics, Phaser physics and controls, and Phaser animation and tweens in this course.

  • Intermediate course
  • 9 hours
  • Certificate on completion
  1. Rapid Prototyping, Udacity

Learn to build apps for mobile and web platforms in this course offered by Google. You will learn about low fidelity paper prototype, interactive prototypes, and research in this course.

  • Approximately 3 weeks
  • Interactive quizzes
  • Self-paced learning
  • Intermediate level
  1. Learn GIT, Code Academy

This course offered by Code Academy is for beginners interested in learning how to make the most of the GIT code saving and collaboration tool. It doesn’t require any specific prerequisite.

  • Beginner level
  • 10 hours
  • Certificate of completion

Also Read:  List of all Courses after 12th For Science, Arts, and Commerce Students

  1. Psychological First Aid, Coursera

In this course, you will learn about RAPID model: Reflective listening, Assessment of needs, Prioritization, Intervention, and Disposition to provide psychological first aid. If you’re working in a field where you deal with depressed people, then this course will be helpful. Your knowledge of psychological first aid can also help friends and family who are suffering from mental trauma.

  • Flexible schedule
  • Approximately 6 hours
  • Enrol for free
  • Financial aid available
  • Course developed with support from John Hopkins Open Education Lab
  • Course offered by John Hopkins University
  1. NOC: Introduction to Classic Mechanics, NPTEL

Learn the essential concepts of classic mechanics in this free course. It is coordinated by IIT Madras. The curriculum includes symmetries of space and time, Euler LaGrange equations, conservation laws, oscillations, matrices, faces, one-dimensional systems, and orbits.

  • Intermediate level
  • Downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Includes assignments
  • Approximately 6 weeks
  1. An Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience & Neuromarketing, Coursera

This course will be helpful for professionals who want to learn about customer behaviour and decision making. It is led by Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School.

  • Flexible schedule
  • Free enrolment
  • Financial aid available
  • Approximately 26 hours
  • Offered by Copenhagen Business School
  1. NOC: Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics, NPTEL

This video course is led by Professor Rajaram Lakkaraju of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. The curriculum elaborates on conic sections and orthographic projections.

  • Intermediate level
  • Approximately 6 weeks
  • Includes downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Has assignments
  1. The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future, Coursera

This course on sustainable development is led by Katherine Richardson, Professor at the Sustainability Science Centre. It is offered by the University of Copenhagen.

  • Beginner level
  • Enrol for free
  • Financial aid available
  • Flexible schedule
  • Approximately 10 hours
  1. NOC: Right to Information and Good Governance, NPTEL

This video course is offered by the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and coordinated by IIT Madras. The curriculum covers various concepts in transparency, accountability and good governance. It also elaborates on the salient features of the Right to Information Act.

  • 6-week course
  • Beginner’s level
  • Includes downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Has assignments
  1. SEO Tutorial for Beginners, Udemy

This free tutorial covers the fundamentals of search engine optimisation, keyword research and on-page optimisation. You can take up the course for free. However, you need to pay if you want a certificate.

  • Contains 5 sections with 10 lectures
  • Approximately 45 minutes
  • Free enrolment
  1. Learn Bootstrap, Code Academy

At the end of this course, you will know how to use Bootstrap grid system to build complex layouts. You will also learn about the components and utility classes of Bootstrap.

  • Intermediate level
  • Prerequisite – HTML
  • 3 hours
  • Certification of completion
  1. Diploma in E-Business, Alison

This free course will help entrepreneurs learn the basics of e-business. It has 15 models and assessment tests. The curriculum includes Google webmaster, Google Analytics, online marketing, Google AdWords and Google AdSense. This course is offered by Google.

  • Beginner level
  • Certificate on completion
  • 6 to 10 hours
  • Includes assessment
  1. Measure. Learn. Lean Startup SXSW 2012, Udemy

This course covers concepts of Agile methodologies essential to setup a Lean start-up. It contains recordings from the SXSW Interactive 2012 event.

  • 8 sections with 18 lectures
  • Approximately 6 hours
  1. Forensic Psychology: Witness Investigation, Future Learn

This course covers concepts such as eyewitness testimony, witness memory, interviewing witness, facial recognition, and visual identification. This course is suitable for anyone interested in forensic science.

  • 8 weeks
  • Free enrolment
  • Beginner level
  • No prerequisites
  1. Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health, Coursera

This course on mental health is offered by the University of Sydney. The curriculum covers concepts including positive mental health, psychiatry, body and mind, love and work, and mental illness.

  • Flexible schedule
  • Free enrolment
  • Approximately 20 hours
  1. Feminism and Social Justice, Coursera

This online course is adapted from Professor Bettina Aptheke’s full-time course offered at the US Santa Cruz university. The course delves into feminism and the various feminist movements.

  • Free enrolment
  • Approximately 7 hours
  • Flexible schedule
  • Beginners level
  • Self-paced
  1. Retail Management, Customer Interactions, Alison

This management course will be helpful for students who want to build a career in retail.  In this course, you will learn about the legal rights of customers, safety regulations in a retail outlet, and responsibilities as a trader.

  • Beginners level
  • Includes assessments
  • Certificate on completion
  • 5 to 3 hours
  1. Understanding obesity, Coursera

This course will delve into the facts and misconceptions about obesity. It also talks about the various causes of obesity. This course on obesity is offered by the University of Edinburgh.

  • Free enrolment
  • Certificate on completion
  • Flexible schedule
  • Beginners level
  • Approximately 6 hours
  1. Transformational Leadership, Alison

You will learn all about effective leadership techniques, tools and methodologies. This online course is led by Prof. Paul Cline, celebrity trainer and CEO.

  • Includes assessments
  • Free course
  • Certificate on completion
  • Intermediate to advanced level
  • 5 to 6 hours
  1. Introduction to Fluid Art, Udemy

If you enjoy creative pursuits and love to learn different kinds of painting methods, enrol in this course. You will learn all about paint pouring or liquid art.

  • Free tutorial
  • Approximately 1 hour
  • On-demand video
  1. Vital Signs: Understanding what our body is telling us, Coursera

This course offered by Penn, University of Pennsylvania talks about the vital signs such as body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, pain, and respiration rate. It elaborates on how these signs can help us understand the body functions.

  • Free enrolment
  • Certificate on completion
  • Flexible schedule
  • Approximately 14 hours
  1. ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management System (QMS), Alison

This course will give you the basics on how organisations need to manage the quality management systems (QMS) of processes and projects. The course has three modules and includes an assessment.

  • Free enrolment
  • Certification on completion
  • Approximately 3 hours

  1. NOC: Essential Mathematics for Machine Learning, NPTEL

This online course is led by Dr S K Gupta and Dr Sanjeev Kumar of the Department of Mathematics, IIT Roorkee. The curriculum covers vector spaces, special matrices and properties, singular value decomposition, component analysis, and calculus.

  • Includes 8 units
  • Has downloadable videos and transcripts
  • Includes assignments
  1. Introduction to Personal Branding, Coursera

This course on personal branding is offered by the University of Virginia. Aspirants can learn all about personal branding and how it helps their career growth and development. The training is led by Kimberley R. Barker, Manager for Technology Education and Computing, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.

  • Certificate on completion
  • Flexible schedule
  • Beginners level
  • Approximately 6 hours
  1. NOC: Learning Analytics Tool, NPTEL

This online training program offered on NPTEL is coordinated by IIT Bombay. The curriculum includes introduction to data analytics, data collection, data pre-processing, introduction to machine learning, performance metrics, descriptive analytics, diagnostic analytics, data mining, and process mining.

  • 6-week course
  • Video course
  • Includes assignments
  • Has downloadable videos and transcripts
  1. Audio engineering: EQ and Compression for beginners, Udemy

In this course, you will learn about EQ and compressor, range of EQ, compressor controls, and its applications. The course has 5 sections and 10 lectures.

  • Free enrolment
  • Approximately 1 hour
  1. Diabetes – The Essential Facts

Offered by the University of Copenhagen, this course includes the fundamentals of diabetes, prevention and treatment, and diabetes in the future. The training is led by three instructors – Jens Juul Holst, Signe Sorenson Torekov, Nicolai Jacob Wewer Albrechtsen, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and NNF Centre for Basic Metabolic Research.

  • Beginner level
  • Flexible schedule
  • Approximately 10 hours
  1. Free Ultimate Beginners Guitar Lessons, Udemy

This free online tutorial helps you learn to play the guitar and understand the techniques. You will also learn to tune the guitar and read TAB.

  • Free enrolment
  • Approximately 4 hours
  • On-demand video
  1. Photography Fundamentals for Beginners, Udemy

Learn the basic concepts of photography such as aperture, ISO, shutter speed, composition rules, and lots more in this online course.

  • Free enrolment
  • On-demand video
  • 46 minutes
  1. From Story to Screen: Producing a Professional Short Film, Udemy

If you have a keen interest in film making, enrol in this course that will introduce you to this marvellous world. The course curriculum includes identifying and developing story idea. You will learn how to develop a professional film with documentation.

  • Free enrolment
  • On-demand video
  • Approximately one hour
  1. Intro to Cloud Computing, Udacity

Learn the foundation of Cloud computing and its applications in this online course. You will also learn about the various Cloud service providers and the services they offer.

  • Beginner level
  • Approximately two months
  • Self-paced
  • Interactive quizzes
  1. Data Communication, NPTEL

This video course is coordinated by IIT, Kharagpur. It covers various concepts in data communication such as layered architecture, unguided media, digital signal transmission, multiplexing applications, switching techniques, routing, satellite communications, and multimedia networks.

  • Suitable for students of computer science and engineering
  • Includes assignments
  • Transcripts available
  1. The Art of Baking with Yuppiechef, Udemy

Learn the art of baking from the expert in this course. The course gives you many easy baking recipes. You will learn to make bread and pastries and decorate cakes in this course.

  • Free enrolment
  • On-demand video
  • Approximately one hour
  1. Android Basics: Multiscreen Apps, Udacity

If you are planning to build a career in android development, you can start preparing for it right away by enrolling in this course. It is a part of Google’s android basics nanodegree program. This course includes the basics of android multiscreen apps.

  • Approximately two months
  • Self-paced learning
  • Beginner level
  • Includes interactive quizzes
  1. NOC: Information Theory, NPTEL

Learn what is information and the basic concepts of probability in this course designed for electrical engineering students. This video course is coordinated by IISc Bangalore. The curriculum also includes information and statistical inference, randomness and entropy, uncertainty, and compression.

  • Includes assignments
  • 6 modules
  • Downloadable videos and transcripts
  1. Website Performance Optimization, Udacity

This free training program is a part of Google’s nanodegree Front End Web developer program. In this course, you will learn the tips and techniques to optimize a website.

  • Intermediate level
  • Approximately 1 week
  • Includes interactive quizzes
  • Self-paced course
  1. Learn 30 New Things In 30 Days!

There’s an old proverb that says “Where there is a will, there is a way.” If you are committed and determined to learn something new and develop yourself, you will surely find a way. Find the secret of learning something new every day in this course.

  • Free enrolment
  • 30 hours
  • On-demand video

There are tons of courses available online for free.These courses cover a wide range of topics from computer coding to art and design.

Explore our list to join in any of the courses that you like. Else, you can find more courses on online training platforms. Let us know if you’ve enrolled in any course or if you have any other suggestions to add to this list.

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As today’s learning sphere is focused more on technology and as the virtual classrooms are replacing the regular learning spaces, kids are spending more time on digital platforms. Parents are always worried about the online safety of kids as there are many hidden dangers that may put their life at risk.

Even when kids are given devices for online learning or to spend their leisure time playing games or explore entertainment options, they might get exposed to adult content or other inappropriate content for their age.

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That is where the role of comprehensive parental control apps come into play. There are lots of such helpful apps available for multiple platforms that let parents monitor the kid’s mobile usage or online activity.

Many of the apps have even put forward other interesting options like setting screen limits, monitoring the battery status, tracking GPS location, and a lot more. Here we are sharing some amazing parental control apps for Android and iPhone that let parents to stay at peace when kids play, learn, and explore online.

How to choose the Best Parental Control App for you?

The main aspect you should look before choosing a parental control app depends on how old your kids are. If your kids are under the age of 12, your parental control app should be able to block objectionable websites.

If you’ve got teenagers, there are chances for your kids to have a look at the objectionable things online and so you must be aware of it. You might also want to check with whom all they are talking and chatting or whether they are using phones throughout their bedtime. So your parental control app should be able to control all these things effectively.

The best parental control apps are sure to provide features like screen- time limits, app blocker, a website filter, location tracker, etc.

Additional features include a “geofencing” feature. Parents are notified if the child crosses the geofenced area and can track them rightly. So parents can see if their child is always inside the ‘safe’ location, it may include his/her school, relatives’ house, etc.

Some of the best parental control apps may also help you to track their call log and messages too.

How to Test and Rate the Best Parental Control Apps for Android and iOS?

Before using a parental control app, we should ensure certain criteria rather than merely using any parental control app.

We should check the app based on the below criteria:

  • Price: How much you should pay annually? Is the payment mode monthly or annually? For how many children and devices can a single account be used for?
  • Installation: How easily can you install the app on your devices? Are there any cross-platform issues?
  • App management: How far the app can help you to track your children’s smart devices? Is it possible to view all the apps being used by them?
  • Filtering: What kind of filtering tools are offered by the app and how effectively can these restrict your kids from accessing the content you deem inappropriate?
  • Time management: The strategies used by the app to restrict the amount of time your child spends on their smart devices?
  • Texting and messaging management: Is there provision for you to track their messages and new contacts? Are you notified of new incoming messages? Is it possible to block certain contacts?
  • Location Tracking: How strong the location tracker is? Can you locate your child in case of an emergency? Will it provide a continuous log of all the previous locations? Can you set geo-fenced location for your child with this?
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1. Kids Zone – Parental Controls & Child Lock

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 3.9
  • Total Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Last updated: May 23, 2018
  • Size: 2.3M
  • Download: Android

This is one of the best available parental control apps for android that let parents to easily and safely monitor their kid’s activities online. There is no wonder why over 500,000 parents are making use of this awesome app.

Key features:

  • Lets you seek controls within 30 Seconds
  • Can efficiently block in-app purchases
  • Personal data can be hidden from kids easily
  • Can disable the option to browse the internet if needed
  • Protects children from social media

Ratings: 4.1

Download: Android

2. Astraler Family GPS Tracker – Parental Control App & Blocker

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 4.4
  • Size: 47.6 MB
  • Download: iOS

Parents can now breathe easy as this awesome app helps them to monitor their kid’s activities on phone. This highly-rated app can be accessed for free.

Key features:

  • Keep track of a child’s current location and view it on a private map
  • Push messages enable easy communication between parents and kids
  • Easily block pornography, gambling and other inappropriate-content websites
  • One-touch SOS button enables kids to send immediate SOS Alerts to parents when in trouble

3. Screen Time Parental Control App and Location Tracker

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 3.8
  • Total Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Last updated: October 14, 2020
  • Size: 9.5M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This is one of the best available apps for parents to control the time kids spent on mobile devices.

Key features

  • Block particular apps and set certain times for device usage
  • Track the location of your kids
  • Easily limit kids’ daily device use
  • Receive a daily summary of your kid’s mobile usage
  • Block web content inappropriate for your children
  • Set tasks for kids which in return allows additional screen time

4. MMGuardian Parental Control App

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 4.1
  • Total Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Last updated: September 7, 2020
  • Size: 11M
  • Download: Android | iOS

Parents using iOS or Android devices can install this app to experience comprehensive control of kid’s activities in the phone and safeguard them against inappropriate content and actions.

Key features:

  • Protects kids from cyberbullying and sexting
  • App alerts parents regarding suicidal thoughts and violence in kid’s activity
  • Allows you to monitor and block app usage
  • Can locate your child’s phone on a map

5. ESET Parental Control

Parental Control Apps

 

  • Rating: 3.9
  • Total Installs: 500,000+
  • Last updated: October 13, 2020
  • Size: 15M
  • Download: Android

This is an amazing application designed to relieve the tension of parents while their kids use smartphone devices by assuring a child-friendly environment.

Key features

  • Shows you the top-visited websites
  • Automatically block inappropriate content simply by entering kid’s age
  • Can set maximum usage time for the given day
  • Anonymously protect your kids against phishing web sites.

6. Kids Place – Parental Control App

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 4.0
  • Total Installs: 5,000,000+
  • Last updated: October 14, 2020
  • Size: Varies with device
  • Download: Android

Parents who are looking to control their kid’s activities in the phone and manage their screen time can consider installing this efficient app. The ultimate goal of the app is to create a safe environment for your kid while exploring mobile technology.

Also Read: 20 Best Attendance App For Teachers

Key features

  • Can activate blocking options for purchases from Google Play
  • Allows you to set a timer to limit the use of the phone or selected apps
  • Allows you to activate Kids Place on unlimited devices

7. Parental Control Kroha – Screen Time & AppLock

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 4.0
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: September 21, 2020
  • Size: 21M
  • Download: Android | iOS

Parents can install this app to configure app lock and set a time limit for kid’s phones and safeguard them through website control and track location options.

Key features

  • Limit applications and games usage
  • Monitor the websites visited and YouTube videos watched
  • Indicate geo-zone and get notifications if a child leaves indicated zone
  • Anonymously protect your children against inappropriate websites
  • View all events in the “News Feed” section

8. Teen Time – Parental Control, Screen Time & GPS

parental control apps

  • Rating: 3.7
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: October 14, 2020
  • Size: 6.8M
  • Download: Android

Parents can install this app to get access to a wide range of tools to manage the kid’s mobile usage.

Key features

  • Receive notifications on arrivals and departures from school, home or particular places
  • Immediate notifications to parents using SOS widget
  • Get reports on visited websites, search queries & watched YouTube videos
  • Easily setup screen time limits & schedules
  • Allows easy temporary changes to main settings

9. Kid’s Shell – Safe Kid Launcher

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 3.5
  • Total Installs: 500,000+
  • Last updated: February 14, 2020
  • Size: 6.5M
  • Download: Android

This is an excellent android parental control app that lets parents set a safe place for kids for mobile usage and safeguard them from unwanted problems.

Key features:

  • Comes with simple and intuitive design
  • Parents can limit screen time for kids
  • Set your child’s favorite apps in one safe place
  • Let the kid launch only the permitted applications
  • Set block for all calls, send SMS or buy paid apps

10. Kiddie Parental Control

Parental Control Apps

  • Rating: 3.6
  • Total Installs: 10,000+
  • Last updated: June 6, 2020
  • Size: 4.4M
  • Download: Android

This is an efficient parental control android app for parents to prevent kid’s access to unwanted content and protect smartphone data.

Key features

  • Can block undesired content or particular websites
  • Limits the call duration
  • A code is used to secure access to the control app
  • Kid’s applications or network activities can be tracked easily

11. Locategy

  • Rating: 2.8
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: October 21, 2020
  • Size: 14M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This awesome parental control app lets parents to make sensible controls over a child’s mobile usage while giving them the freedom to enjoy today’s mobile lifestyle responsibly.

Key features

  • Track kid’s location at any time
  • Serves the purpose of a family GPS tracker for stolen or lost phone
  • Receive automatic alerts when kids reach particular locations (home, school)
  • Emergency, SOS or panic button alerts parents by sending location
  • Can receive reports of kid’s mobile activities

12. Norton Family Premier

  • Rating: 3.6
  • Total Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Last updated: September 30, 2020
  • Size: 50M
  • Download: Android | iOS

Parents can make the best use of these parental control apps to make the web a safer place for their children to spend their free time. In addition to supervising the online activity, the app lets parents teach them good internet habits.

Key features

  • Easily lock your child’s mobile devices or desktops whenever needed
  • Track your child’s search activities
  • Efficiently blocks harmful or inappropriate sites
  • Flags unsafe behavior online to trigger a discussion with kids
  • Parent portal gives detailed reports on child’s online activities

13. Safe Lagoon

  • Rating: 3.4
  • Total Installs: 10,000+
  • Last updated: October 21, 2020
  • Size: 9.9M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This is an amazing intelligent real-time content filtering system that lets parents monitor and filters the websites visited by kids. As they can remotely manage their Android smartphones and tablets, the entire family can be protected against cyberbullying and sexting.

Key features

  • Can easily monitor instant messaging
  • Lets you find your child’s location on a map
  • Can manage screen time by phone or any web browser
  • View and keep track of social network activity
  • Helps with setting healthy limits on App & Internet screen time
  • Can easily lock or block apps and games

14. Net Nanny Parental Control App

  • Rating: 2.3
  • Total Installs: 50,000+
  • Last updated: September 18, 2020
  • Size: 13M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This efficient parental control android app lets parents track kid’s activities online and protect them in real-time. This in fact shields your kids from many online dangers.

Key features

  • Instant reporting of Internet searches
  • Instant alerts when kids view some inappropriate web content
  • Get updates on the list of apps used by kids
  • Easily view and limit child’s screen time
  • Turn off the Internet instantly whenever needed
  • Enhance child safety with family locator

15) Parental Control Screen Time Website Blocker

parental control apps

  • Rating: 4.5
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: 18 November 2019
  • Size: 8.6M
  • Download: Android

This parental control app help parents to control and manage the time spent by their kids on smart devices.  Additionally, this app provides robust web filtering, social media monitoring and location tracking. YouTube videos watched by children can also be monitored using this.

Parents can keep an eye on their kid’s devices from their phone themselves. Limit screen and data usage, block specific apps and sites, block certain times of day (e.g.: bedtime) , also reward extra time for proper usage can be done using this app.

All these can give a healthy device time limit for the kids.

Features

  • Track which all apps are being used and for how long
  • Receive a notification when your kids install a new app
  • See which all YouTube videos have been watched
  • Monitor social media usage and for how long
  • Websites used by kids

16. Boomerang Parental Control – Screen Time app

  • Ratings: 3.3
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: July 27, 2020
  • Size: 7.2M
  • Download: Android | iOS

Parents can set a considerable screen time limit when kids use the devices through this excellent app that comes with flexible and most complete screen time features. Parents can try out this app free for the first two weeks before deciding whether to go for it.

Features

  • Easily set up screen time device schedules throughout the day
  • Filter and review web history to ensure safe browsing
  • Set schedules on any installed apps and time limit for overused apps
  • Monitor and review kid’s device GPS location
  • There are options for kids to request for more time on the device

17. Parental Control & Kids GPS: Kaspersky SafeKids

parental control apps

  • Rating: 3.2
  • Total Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Last updated: October 20, 2020
  • Size: 45M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This is a great app for comprehensive parental controls when kids use the mobile that helps them to stay at peace. The app features let to track suspicious online behavior, manage app and device use, and block nasty content.

Features

  • Get advice from child psychologists
  • Ensure safe search by blocking harmful sites and content
  • Easily manage app use and set screen time limits
  • Monitor the battery level on the supervised devices
  • View detailed reports on their online habits

18. Control Children’s Screen Time with Kidslox

parental control apps

  • Rating: 3.7
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: 22 October 2020
  • Size: 21M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This is an excellent app that lets parents to manage the screen time of kids and help them to grow a balanced and sensible attitude towards technology. A single app lets you control up to a maximum of 10 Android or iOS devices.

Features

  • Easily block all 3rd party apps by category or individually
  • Ensure a safe browsing experience by filtering pornography and other adult content
  • Allows to set daily screen time limits
  • Can set up schedules for device free dinnertime, homework time, family time and bedtime
  • Easily switch between lockdown mode, custom child mode and parents’ mode

19. Google Family Link for Parents

parental control apps

  • Rating: 4.2
  • Total Installs: 10,000,000+
  • Last updated: October 13, 2020
  • Size: Varies with device
  • Download: Android | iOS

Just like all other apps from Google, this parental control app is among the favourites for parents as it lets them to set digital ground rules while kids play, learn and explore online. The app is a great solution that helps kids to make healthy decisions while they spend time online.

Features

  • Parents can view kids’ app activity via regular reports
  • Easily locate kids when they go out
  • Allows to remotely lock a supervised device
  • Handy notifications let to manage their apps
  • Set time limits to ensure kids will not spend too much time online

20. Sentry Parental Control

parental control apps

  • Rating: 3.7
  • Total Installs: 500,000+
  • Last updated: February 1, 2020
  • Size: 3.4M
  • Download: Android

This is one of the best parental control apps for Android devices to help parents to monitor child’s online activities and supervise the usage effectively. The sophisticated algorithms of the application ensure continuous monitoring of kid’s actions that lets parents to intervene at the right time.

Features

  • Allows to turn on the kid’s device volume remotely
  • Receive notifications of call history and battery status
  • Notifies of inappropriate and malicious text on the device
  • Get notified of kid’s device location
  • Get alerts when suspicious images received on a kid’s device

21. Kids Launcher – Parental Control and Kids Mode

parental control apps

  • Rating: 3.6
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: July 9, 2020
  • Size: 12M
  • Download: Android

Parents can use this application to help their kids to use the mobile and tablets more responsibly. The parental control features put forward the flexibility of setting the device by blocking ads, limiting screen time, disabling inappropriate content and a lot more.

Features

  • Set up a custom Start screen that includes only allowed photos, video, and applications
  • Allows access to a restricted area by PIN
  • Easily set a time limit for specific days
  • Gives monthly and daily statistics of total usage and usage per application
  • The child gets notification 10 minutes prior to the time for shutting the device

22. Mobicip Parental Control & Screen Time

apps for parents

  • Rating: 3.4
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: October 14, 2020
  • Size: 9.3M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This is a mind-blowing parental control solution to protect your kids online, manage screen time, and monitor family devices easily from computer or phone.

The Mobicip cell phone tracker lets parents to block apps, limit screen time, track location and block websites using best internet filter.

Features

  • Easily set daily screen time limits on kids’ devices
  • Enables to allow or block individual websites or search terms
  • Get real time alerts on attempt to access blocked website or apps
  • Allows to restrict games or social media apps instantly
  • Easily keep track of online activity or recently installed apps

23. Qustodio Parental Control App

parental control apps

  • Rating: 4.2
  • Total Installs: 10,000+
  • Last updated: October 1, 2020
  • Size: 22M
  • Download: Android | iOS

This comprehensive parental control app makes parenting a lot easier with app monitoring, daily screen time limits, app blocking, porn blocking, family mode, kid tracking, and more. A single app lets you to manage the kid’s linked devices across platforms and operating systems.

Features

  • Can enable safe search to block porn or adult sites
  • Screen time blocker lets to set daily screen time limits
  • Can set alerts for GPS tracker and family locator mode
  • Helps to monitor website search and app usage
  • Can access advanced reports with history up to last 7 days

24. TigerMom – Parental Control

  • Rating: 4.2
  • Total Installs: 10,000+
  • Last updated: September 1, 2020
  • Size: 26M
  • Download: Android

This amazing parental control solution is designed to provide peace of mind for parents by assuring safe internet usage by kids while using mobiles. The app lets parents to set up online screen time monitor and enable content filtering and website restrictions.

Features

  • Easy set up in the Wi-Fi router with simple instructions in the app
  • Shield kids from pornography, crime, gambling, violence, and drug-related content by blocking relevant websites
  • Easily monitor the usage of social media, online games, shopping apps, and video streaming
  • Control access to certain apps with time limits
  • Safer online search is assured by filtering objectionable content from search results

What are the Best Parental Control Apps?

Though not all parental control apps are perfect, parental control apps like Kids Place – Parental Control, ESET Parental Control are used by the majority of the parents as it provides the blend of features including location tracking, screen-time management, filtering, etc.

About Parental Control Apps: Final Thought

There are many more parental control apps available that are designed with similar exceptional features at affordable rates.

Parents can never be around their kids throughout the day, especially when they grow up higher classes and take up higher responsibilities.

However, such apps are always a blessing for parents to stay stress-free even when the kids are not within their reach and this in fact helps them to stay more productive in their work or other activities.

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In addition to all these best parental control apps, you have to sit with your kids at least a few minutes every day to listen to their happiness and worries.

Building such a strong bond with your kids is really important so that kids won’t think twice to share what they actually feel and this can avoid landing into unwanted troubles.

Moreover, teach them how to enjoy their life responsibly while growing up online and how to make the best use of freedom for greater causes.

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It’s been a long time since we all went to school or the office. The corona pandemic has locked all of us at home. To find the best job opportunities once this pandemic is over, make the most of the time available now to you now to learn something new or upskill yourself. Study from home and work from home have become a norm these days. This means that you have a lot of time to enroll in an online course and earn a certification. There are free as well as paid courses available online. Let’s look at the 24 best online courses and online programs for 2023

1. Everyday Excel Part I, Coursera

Almost all workplaces use MS Excel for maintaining and tracking data and sharing reports. Having working knowledge of this application can be very helpful, no matter which domain or industry you plan to work in. This free course available on Coursera is for beginners who have zero knowledge of Excel.

  • Free
  • Beginner level
  • 24 hours
  • Certification on completion

2. Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Google

This digital marketing course is perfect for those who wish to build their career in the marketing field. This training program has been created by Google trainers. It has 26 modules that span around 40 hours. Earn a verified certificate in digital marketing from Google on successful completion of this course.

  • Free
  • Beginner level
  • 40 hours
  • Certification on completion

3. Professional Certificate in Data Science, HarvardX

Data Sciences is one of the “happening” domains right now. The scope for career growth is immense in this emerging domain. You can enrol in this course to earn a professional certification from Harvard University and Edx. The course covers fundamentals in R programming, machine learning algorithms, data visualization, and probability.

  • Paid
  • 5 years
  • Expert-led training programs

4. C++ For C Programmers, Part A

This course available on Coursera is offered by the University of California, Santa Cruz. It will be suitable for students of computers science and IT who want to improve their coding knowledge and expertise in C++. It is a self-paced program.

  • Free enrolment
  • Financial aid available
  • Fully online
  • Approximately 13 hours

5. Introduction to Psychology

You can enrol in this course available on Coursera if you’ve always been fascinated by psychology and want to know more about it. In this course, you will learn about social behaviour, emotions, persuasion, problem solving, critical thinking, learning, and communication. The certification is offered by Yale.

  • Free enrolment
  • Beginner level
  • Financial aid available
  • Approximately 15 hours

6. MicroMasters® Program in Design Thinking

This training program will give you an edge when you start applying for jobs. The instructors are from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RITx). In this course, you learn about research skills, innovative thinking, visualization techniques and strategies to understand business problems.

  • Expert instruction
  • Paid course
  • 8 months

7. Professional Certificate in Front-End Web Developer

This online training program is led by experts from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (W3Cx). In this course, you will learn the best CSS practices, latest web development techniques and methods, web graphics and animation, accessibility, and internalization.

  • Paid
  • Expert instruction
  • Self-paced
  • 7 months

8. Professional Certificate in English for Business Networking

Business communication and networking are very important for career growth and development. This course is offered by the University of Washington. You will learn how networking can help you reach your professional goals, how to initiate and close a social conversation. The course will also help you learn how to use social media platforms for networking.

  • Expert led
  • Paid
  • Self-paced
  • 7 months

9. The Ultimate Drawing Course – Beginner to Advanced

Artists and designers who want to go professional will benefit from this course. The training includes line fundamentals, highlights and shadows, still life drawing, textures, drawing human face, and animation style art.

  • Paid
  • Lifetime access
  • 11 hours
  • Completion certification

10. Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp

Students who want to build a career in the field of data science and machine learning need to have a strong foundation in Python coding. You will learn about TensorFlow, Pandas, Scikit-Learn, NumPy, Seaborn, and more. This basic course will help you understand the essential concepts in this technology.

  • Paid
  • Lifetime access
  • 25 hours
  • Completion certification

11. Basics of Event Management

This course is offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University and led by Prof. Heena K. Bijli. It is designed for beginners who want to build a career in the field of event management. You will learn about the different types of events and essential skills required to conduct events.

  • 12 weeks
  • Free enrolment
  • Fee for writing exam and earning certification

12. Premiere Pro CC for Beginners: Video Editing in Premiere

Whether you are interested in becoming a YouTuber or want to pursue a career in video editing, learn the basics of Premiere video editing in this course. You will also learn how to apply visual effects, edit footage, add motion, and correct videos to get professional-quality results.

  • Paid
  • Lifetime access
  • 12 hours
  • Completion certification

13. Robot for Every Student

This free course is offered by AICTE and GUVI Geek Network Pvt., Ltd. Students should have basic computer knowledge and a computer system with reliable network connectivity to join this course.

  • Free
  • Beginner level

14. Finance for Everyone Specialization

This course available on Coursera is offered by McMaster University. This course will give you an insight on the flow of money in the society and its various components such as government organisations, private entities, and businesses. It will give you a clear perspective on the global finances and help you learn to organise your personal finances.

  • Self-paced learning
  • Free enrolment
  • Beginner level
  • Approximately 6 months

15. Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals

This course is offered by Microsoft. You can choose to apply for the free course or the instructor-led paid course. MS 365 users as well as graduates who want to pursue a career as a system admin can take up this course.

  • Microsoft certification course
  • Free and paid
  • Beginner level
  • Need to complete the learning paths to earn certification

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16. Introduction to the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework

Learn the basics of MS Azure, its framework and key principles in this course offered by Microsoft. You will learn how to build networking solutions, data storage, and operating technology solutions.

  • Approximately 1 hour
  • Beginners
  • Has 8 units

17. Calculus Applied!

This intermediate mathematics training course will delve into the practical applications of Calculus. It will also give you an in-depth knowledge on how calculus is used in standardized tests and economic models. It is offered by Harvard university on EdX.

  • Self-paced
  • 10 weeks
  • Free enrolment
  • Intermediate level
  • Instructor-led course

18. Master’s Degree in Analytics

This master’s degree program is offered by Georgia Tech and Scheller College of Business online on EdX. The curriculum focuses on three major concepts – analytical tools, business analytics, and computation data analytics. Aspirants who wish to enrol in this course should have completed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Plus, they need to have basic knowledge of statistics, probability, calculus, and Python.

  • Paid
  • Spring and Fall sessions
  • International students need to have TOEFL score
  • 1 to 3 years

19. Master’s Degree in Nutritional Sciences

Complete your master’s degree in nutritional sciences completely online by enrolling in this course. It is offered by the University of Texas at Austin. The curriculum includes biochemical and functional nutrition, health promotion and disease prevention. Aspirants should have completed their bachelor’s degree in an accredited institute. They should have studied human physiology, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and introductory nutrition.

  • Paid
  • 1-2 years
  • TOEFL score for international students

20. Introduction to Data for Business Leaders

Data is the biggest asset of an organisation. Business leaders need to have an in-depth understanding on how to use data to make informed decisions. This course will help business leaders understand the importance of data and its relevance in decision making. It will also help leaders on how they can drive more value from data. This course is created by The Data Lab, Scotland.

  • Free enrolment
  • 4 weeks
  • Instructor-led

21. Understanding IELTS

Students who wish to pursue their higher education abroad need to have a good IELTS score. To earn a high score, you need to have a clear understanding of the test and its requirements. This course will help you understand the four parts of the IELTS test. It is offered by British Council.

  • Free
  • Includes 4 courses
  • 12 weeks

22. An Introduction to Screenwriting

Screen play is the foundation on which a movie is built. If you are interested in building a career in the movie or television industry and have a flair for writing and creative thinking, you can join this course. It is created and offered by the University of East Anglia’s School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing.

  • Free enrolment
  • 2 weeks
  • Beginner level

23. Margret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing

Margret Atwood teaches the art and science of creative writing in this online training offered by MasterClass. You will learn all about building a plot, creating characters, and crafting dialogues in this course. MasterClass has a subscription-based model.

  • Paid
  • Approximately 4 hours
  • Includes 23 video lessons

24. Bog Iger Teaches Business Strategy and Leadership

This video tutorial is led by Bob Iger, former CEO of Disney. This online training focuses on time management, strategy, priorities, brand value, negotiation, risk taking, and more. It is offered by MasterClass that has a subscription model.

  • Paid
  • Approximately 2 hours
  • Includes 13 video lessons

We’ve listed the top 24 courses and programs available online. Have you taken any of these courses or plan to do? Or have you enrolled in any other course during this pandemic period when you were working or studying from home? Let us know about the courses you took up so others may find them useful.

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Top Apps For Teachers and Educators

Today’s learning arena has reached into a digital space where students sit at the comfort of their homes and classes have turned into virtual rooms. As the present situation is demanding online learning, teachers have a huge role in adapting to the new space where they must depend more on technology to convey the subject ideas to students.

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Earlier also, the classrooms have utilized the best of smartphone technology and the amazing applications to experience the best of learning. There are lots of innovative apps designed for teachers and educators to make their job easy than ever before. There are apps for communication outside class, taking feedbacks, project collaboration, lesson planning and a lot more.

Moreover, the saved time can be spent for some quality interaction with students that not only improves their interest in learning but also helps to boost the personal bond with them.

Here we are sharing some of the best apps for teachers and educators that is useful for both online classes and of course for the regular classrooms once the pandemic gets over.

Pocket Haiku deck TED Duolingo Google Classroom
Quizizz: Plan to Learn EdX Too Noisy Pro Evernote Explain Everything Whiteboard
Study Blue Flashcards & Quizzes
Edu Creations
 Dropbox Slack ClassDojo
Remind Schoology Edmodo Socrative Moodle
LiveBoard Interactive Whiteboard App ZOOM Kahoot! Planboard

Educational Apps for Teaching Students

1. Pocket

app for teachers

  • Rating: 4.6
  • Total Installs:10,000,000+
  • Last updated: 13th Oct 2020
  • Size: Varies with device

Pocket apps are widely used as an educational app for teachers, as it can do amazing things with content. Let’s have a look at some of the features it offers:

Pocket will help you to save videos, articles and other content required for your future classroom activities easily and quickly. It also helps you in presenting articles with an easy-to-view layout which normally improves the reading experience despite of your device.

Features

  • Can save any type of articles, news, videos etc
  • It offers the users a reading, listening and watching experience with free hands, calm eyes and fresh focus
  • Save any articles, web pages, stories, magazine pages etc on this app

Download: Android | iOS

2. Haiku deck

apps for teachers

  • Rating: 4.5
  • Size:791.1MB

Though there are many apps for teachers, the Haiku deck is an app useful for creating amazing PowerPoint presentations that can wow your students. It helps you to create and edit beautiful presentations anytime and anywhere. It gives a professional outlook to your presentations with its customized fonts and layouts.

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Features

  • Can add beautiful visuals to a blog or a website
  • Can create amazing portfolios
  • Helps to showcase your brand or company in a polished way

Download: iOS

3. TED

apps for teacher

  • Rating: 4.6
  • Total Installs:10,000,000+
  • Last updated:9 July 2020
  • Size:18M

TED has hundreds of motivating and interesting TED talks which features interesting lectures from industry leaders. It includes a wide range of categorical topics such as traditional folk music, neuroscience, human evolution, and many more. Some of them are perfect for online debates and discussions while some are inspirational.

Features

  • Can explore a lot of videos with subtitles in over 100 languages
  • Can download video or audio for offline references
  • Bookmark important TED talks for easy reference

Download: Android | iOS

4. Duolingo

  • Rating: 4.7
  • Total Installs:100,000,000+
  • Last updated: 20 October 2020
  • Size: Varies with device

Duolingo is one of the best educational apps for teachers to help students to learn different languages easily. It motivates students to learn bilingual, and that too interestingly. Short lessons help kids to practice reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Features

  • Can learn a variety of languages easily
  • Can track progress with shiny achievements

Download: Android | iOS

5. Google Classroom

apps for teacher

  • Rating: 2.5
  • Last updated: 16 October 2020
  • Size: Varies with device
  • Installs: 100,000,000+

Google Classroom is accessible for anyone with a Google account; it is a free and non-profit organization. It is very useful for teachers and students.

This educational app for teachers and students help to reduce the use of paper and save time. Teachers can easily create and distribute assignments and notes among students.

Features

  • Secure and affordable
  • Enhances communication
  • Students can easily submit their assignments
  • Easy to set up

Download: Android  | iOS

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6. Quizizz: Plan to Learn

apps for teachers

  • Rating: 4.7
  • Last updated: October 13, 2020
  • Size: 35M

Quizizz is an educational app for teachers used by more than 20 million people per month in schools, homes etc. Students can either engage in a group activity or can study on their own.

Features

  • Can study a million of quizzes covering every subject
  • Can see the questions and correct answers after the quiz
  • Can challenge your friends for instant study groups

Download: Android | iOS

7. EdX

Features

  • Rating: 4.6
  • Last updated: 15 September 2020
  • Size: 17M
  • Installs: 5,000,000+

It is an app with real-time classrooms having lectures from expert teachers of top universities. It is helpful for teachers and students, as teachers can add their study materials and students can use them as required.

Learners can master the most in-demand skills here, to achieve a certificate online from the top universities.

Download: Android | iOS

Educational Apps for Everyday Class Needs

8. Too Noisy Pro

  • Rating: 3.7
  • Size: 84.8 MB

Are you searching for a way to make your students understand what an “inside voice” is? Then this app is really helpful. Set the maximum noise level for the classroom in the app. When the set limit is exceeded, this app will respond with an alarm.

  • Displays the background noise level in an engaging way
  • An audible alarm is sounded when noise exceeds the limit

Download: iOS

9. Evernote

apps for teachers

  • Rating: 4.2
  • Total Installs:100,000,000+
  • Last updated:11 June 2020
  • Size: Varies with device

Evernote is a useful tool for note-taking. It helps users to create a “note” in the form of a full webpage or webpage excerpt, formatted text, a voice memo or an image. Notes can also have file attachments.

This educational app for teachers helps to create notebooks, planners, organizers etc.  With this, notes can be synced and accessed anywhere and anytime.

Features of Evernote in education

  • Lecture notes can be systematically kept
  • Can be used as a planner and organizer to track assignments, lecture notes, exams, etc
  • Different notes for each class can be created
  • Track upcoming exams, deadlines, etc

Download: Android | iOS

10. Explain Everything Whiteboard

  • Rating: 3.7
  • Total Installs: 100,000+
  • Last updated: 15th October 2020
  • Size: Varies with device

One of the most interactive educational apps for teachers that can be used to teach, record videos, sketch notes, present things, etc.it  is considered to be the Swiss army knife of whiteboarding apps.

This app can meet, record, work, and share all your videos in a single space. It let teachers collaborate with students/coworkers in real-time.

Features

  • Can create projects limited to 1 slide
  • Can export videos up to 60 seconds long
  • Various creative tools and recording features are available
  • Join and collaborate with others

Download: Android | iOS

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11. Study Blue Flashcards & Quizzes

apps for teacher

  • Rating: 4.4
  • Last updated: 28 June 2020
  • Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Size: 19M

An amazing app for teachers to enhance learning. Teachers can create interesting study materials, flashcards, and interactive sessions using this app. These flashcards can be used by study to make learning easier.

Students can also create digital flashcards using this.

Features

  • Can create and share own digital flashcards for free
  • Can customize study materials with images and audio
  • Can track student’s progress and set study reminders
  • Seamlessly access study materials across desktop and mobile devices

Download: Android | iOS

Educational Apps for Collaborating in School Projects

12. Edu Creations

  •  Rating: 4.8
  • Size:41.9MB

Educreations is an interactive whiteboard app allowing you to create easy-to-follow tutorials for students.

With this, you can explain your actions in the form of recording also. It also allows you to create simple animations, documentaries, diagrams with audio covering.

Additionally, you can share videos via email or social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Features

  • Videos can be stored online
  • Students can access classes digitally. Lessons sync automatically between teacher and student i pads.
  • Can snap or import images from Dropbox, google drive, web etc
  • Can edit videos in built-in video editor

Download: iOS

13. Dropbox

apps for teachers

  • Rating: 4.2
  • Total Installs: 100,000,000+
  • Size: 101M
  • Last update: 16th October 2020

Dropbox is a prominent app used by teachers for uploading and storing assignments.

It has been used by educators as one of the best educational apps for teachers. This app also has a provision for uploading and storing videos, images, and other things you might want to access from the classroom or home. It also helps you to create and edit MS Office files within your mobile phone.

Features

  • Automatically upload photos and videos to cloud storage
  • Access any type of file, even offline. It can preview over 175+ file types.
  • Send large files easily, even to people without Dropbox account

Download: Android | iOS

   Educational Apps for communication

 14. Slack

teacher apps

  • Rating: 4.1
  • Total Installs: 10,000,000+
  • Last updated: 19 October 2020
  • Size: Varies with device

Using Slack, teachers can easily collaborate with parents and students in an engaging way. Message or call anyone within the group is possible here. It lets you bring out effective teamwork and success as the end result.

Features

  • Share and edit documents easily
  • Communication with anyone in the group is possible
  • Notifications can be customized

Download: Android | iOS

15. ClassDojo

apps for teacher

  • Rating: 4.1
  • Total Installs:10,000,000+
  • Last updated: 21st October 2020
  • Size:41M

ClassDojo is not like your normal classroom-management platform. With this, you can even send private and public messages to parents about their child’s progress and if they wish, they can stay updated with their child’s feedback in real-time without any school newsletter.

As ClassDojo can make easy communication, it is regarded as one of the best educational apps for teachers. It helps teachers to build an amazing classroom community.

Features

  • Teachers can communicate with parents easily
  • Can share videos, photos, important announcements, etc
  • The instant messaging option is available

Download: Android | iOS 

16. Remind: School Communicationapps for teachers

 

  • Rating: 4.3
  • Last updated: 14 October 2020
  • Size: 108 MB
  • Installs: 10,000,000+

An excellent app to help you stay connected with your school community.

It let you to have flawless communication between teachers, school authorities, parents and students as well.

Features

  • Real-time communication is possible
  • Can translate messages into 90+ languages
  • Share files, content and photos

Download: Android | iOS

Educational Apps for Feedback

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17. Schoology

apps for teacher

  • Rating: 2.3
  • Total Installs: 5,000,000+
  • Last updated: 12 October 2020
  • Size: 80 MB

Schoology works as an effective educational app for teachers by letting teachers and students to post assignments, projects, videos, completed works, links etc. It let teachers and students to have rich and engaging academic experience from anywhere and anytime.

Features

  • Can manage classroom
  • Create and submit assignments, projects etc
  • Can participate in interactive discussions, assessments etc

Download: Android, iOS

18. Edmodo

  • Rating: 3.8
  • Total Installs:10,000,000+
  • Last updated:15 October 2020
  • Size: 73 MB

Edmodo lets the teachers and students share content even after school time. They can use this app as a platform for new information or any notifications, to submit assignments and receive grades in the process.

This educational app for teachers is loved by most of the teachers as they can give constructive feedback in a 1:1 manner.

Students can also respond easily using this.

Features

  • Classes and assignments organized in a place
  • Can communicate with parents and students directly
  • Can facilitate discussions with the entire class or to individuals

Download: Android | iOS

19. Socrative Teacher

  • Rating: 3.7
  • Total Installs: 500,000+
  • Size:1.8M

Socrative is a learning assessment tool which simplifies grade and reports. Using this educational app, teachers can personalize, engage and assess classes effectively.  Engaging assessments, quizzes, exit tickets, quick question polls etc are available in this app.

Features

  • Can visualize student understanding
  • Can ask open-ended questions and vote the results
  • Share quizzes with teachers
  • Class exit tickets can be given

Download: Android | iOS

20. Moodle

  • Rating: 3.3
  • Total Installs:10,000,000+
  • Last updated: July 16, 2020
  • Size:17M

It is one of the most popular learning management systems available. Teachers from anywhere can take online classes and students can attend these classes and give feedback.

Features

  • Browse content of your courses easily, when offline
  • Quickly find and contact other people in your course
  • Upload images, audio and videos from your device to Moodle app
  • Receive instant message notifications and other events

Download: Android |  iOS

21. LiveBoard Interactive Whiteboard App

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  • Rating: 4.4
  • Total Installs: 1,000,000+
  • Last updated: 20 October 2020
  • Size: 15M

Teachers who are part of classroom teaching, video tutoring or online classes can find this app useful to enhance the learning experience of students. This handy live app serves the purpose beyond time and distance, and communication with students in real time is possible through audio chat or live messaging.

This shared whiteboard makes classes easy, comfortable and interactive. Teaching can be visualized using pdf files and images making the lessons easy to understand and memorize.

Features

  • Groups can be created easily with predefined members
  • Easily enable or disable drawing, chatting and writing functionality during sessions
  • External guests can be made part of the session by sending an invite link
  • Sessions can be recorded and shared easily with students for later reference

Download: Android | iOS

22. ZOOM Cloud Meeting

  • Rating: 3.6
  • Total Installs: 100,000,000+
  • Last updated: October 12, 2020
  • Size: 106M

As classes have turned into remote and virtual learning hubs, this is one of the most helpful apps for teachers to bring all the students into a single digital space. With cross-platform instant messaging, good video and audio quality and instant screen sharing options, this has become one of the favourite choice of apps for teachers and students.

The notes option helps students to take notes during live sessions which can be used for later reference.

Features

  • Live stream option lets teachers to stream audio, video or both to students in real time
  • Polls option lets teachers to easily take responses during discussion or feedback of class
  • Virtual hand raising option can be an added boost during live classes
  • Noise cancellation option assures noise free backgrounds during online classes

Download: Android | iOS

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23. Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes

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  • Rating: 4.7
  • Total Installs: 10,000,000+
  • Last updated: October 7, 2020
  • Size: 23M

This is an amazing app to play quiz-based games that can be used by teachers during classes to make it interesting and engaging. The app lets teachers to make their own version of Kahoot and add videos or images to it based on the subject.

You can also find several millions of Kahoot that are ready to play on diverse topics.

Features

  • Different question types can be combined to improve engagement
  • It can be effective when done live in class or during distance learning
  • Student paced challenges can be easily assigned to review content
  • Reports can be generated to assess the outcome of learning

Download: Android | iOS

24. Planboard – Free Lesson Planner for Teacher

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  • Rating: 4.8
  • Total Installs: 50,000+
  • Last updated: October 2, 2020
  • Size: 6.0M

This is a mind-blowing app for teachers to easily plan lessons on the go. This works as an editor that lets you organize your subjects, lessons, and semesters with ease in a timetable.

Planning lessons is a lot easy than before as it comes with attachments and curriculum standards.

Features

  • It is easy and fast to set up
  • Files can be easily added to lesson plans
  • Easily edit, create and share lesson plans
  • Manage curriculum standards at fingertips
  • It syncs with app on the web

Download: Android | iOS

Final Thoughts: Apps For Teachers

Hope this great list of apps can be some good ones to have for teachers and educators to make learning more interactive, interesting, comfortable and easy going. We all depend on the apps to make our daily activities a little more productive and so does the teachers.

Teachers all over the globe are now banking on the mind-blowing apps to enhance and collaborate the teaching process.

Today’s smartphone technology and the numerous possibilities can revolutionize the teaching methods to a great extent when both teachers and students will find the process a lot more convenient and enjoyable than ever before.

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Distance learning as the term suggests is the process of learning from a remote distance. This happens when one cannot physically be present in a classroom or any other environment where teaching happens. The study material is reached to the student by different means.

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Distance learning, in the former days, was mainly by correspondence through postal services. With the advent of technology, distance learning encompasses a wider spectrum of online tutoring, virtual classrooms and audio-video presentations.

Distance Learning

Education from a distance is a non-traditional method of learning wherein the providers deliver education to students in distant areas in understandable formats.  This method offers students, who cannot attend on-campus centers of education like schools and colleges, an opportunity to pursue learning of their choice.+

Home-bound obligations, lack of transportation from remote localities, the affordability of course fees, and boarding expenses are the major reasons for opting for distance education courses. The paucity of time for full-time employees to attend structured classes prompts them to take up distance learning.

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Distance education was a concept started by many universities mainly for higher education. They were termed as correspondence courses.

The pre-set course material was sent to the student by postal services.  The teachers and students never met and the student learned on their own. On completion of the course, the assignments were mailed back to the teachers for grading.

A couple of contact classes were conducted during the prescribed academic session at places accessible to the students.

This ensured the involvement of the student in the learning process. Examinations were conducted at various locations convenient to the students.

The correspondence method gave aspiring students access to education immaterial of their locations.

This system benefitted young students living in remote areas with little or no facility for higher education.

Adults who were already employed and wanted to improve their knowledge, acquire academic credentials, and augment their existing skills were the main takers of correspondence courses.

Online Education

In today’s scenario online education has become synonymous with distance education. The development of technology has virtually shortened distances and increased the speed of activities. Education is one field which has benefitted greatly from this. In this age online education is the most preferred mode of distance education.

Online education comes under various classifications like E-learning, online tutoring, virtual classrooms, real-time off-campus sessions, interactive platforms, video conferencing, webinars etc. All this refers to lessons taken through electronic medium mainly the internet.

Students who have access to computers can pursue learning via the internet and web services. Online programs offer courses and accredited degrees from universities from all around the world. The students can learn from the comfort of their residences and at their convenience.

Adults who are employed and want to further educate themselves benefit from online courses. This eliminates the need to leave work and be present on-campus. It is ideal for those who want to upgrade their skills to change careers.

In online education, the students registered under a program receive the lessons online.

The lessons may be delivered by the tutor in audio or video formats accompanied by written matter. In an audio system, the lessons are recorded in audible formats that can be listened to by the student. The matter is explained in detail by the tutor. For further clarification, the student will have to contact the teacher through emails or other electronic media.

A video format is wherein the tutor lectures in real-time. A virtual classroom is created by the tutor.

In this system, the student can communicate with the tutor and his fellow classmates when the session is on. This allows for interaction and discussion with peers.

In conference classes, the students and teachers can engage in live discussions despite the distance. The students can communicate one to one to the tutor or other students. Coursework is done online and submitted. This makes assessment quicker and easier for the evaluator.

The online educational tools available help the teachers save time in preparation for lessons. Advanced graphics aid in demonstrating principles and concepts in pictorial formats with ease. Assessment and grading become simpler. The teacher will find more time for a one on one interaction with the students.

The student can access and refer to different websites related to his topic of interest. This will give him a wider perspective and help him in arriving at logical conclusions. The student can store information online instead of manually writing down everything. This saves him time and money. He can concentrate his efforts on topics that matter.

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Online courses need not be confined to academics alone. People who would like to take up hobbies for relaxation will find online courses to their advantage. The courses can be completed as and when time permits as there is no structured classroom or specified time limits.

Benefits of Studying Remotely

Accessibility

Students can study their preferred courses offered by universities from around the world. This allows access of top universities to the student without having to be present on the campus. The deterrents of distance, location, costs and other circumstances in studying in these universities are overcome by opting for distance education.

The online courses are easily accessible to students who are home-bound by limitations of location, family duties, and constraints of health, finance and distances. This method makes education possible for very many who could not otherwise gain access to studies. Remote learning provides equal opportunity to all to access quality education.

Wider choice

The students get to see the numerous courses offered by the various universities and institutions. They are exposed to a plethora of courses on different subjects ranging from simple graduation to specialized doctoral degrees. This exposure will help them to make an educated decision on the course they need to take to suit their specific requirements.

There is no limit to the number of courses a student can do. They can undertake the study of more than one course simultaneously as long as they can do justice to all of them. The student can acquire degrees from any university in the world.

Anywhere, Anytime

The online courses can be done from any location with internet connectivity. The courses opted for can be from institutions anywhere in the world. The courses can be done at any time suitable to the student as there is no fixed timetable to be followed.

The flexibility of timing helps adults who are employed full-time and have constraints to attend classes in person. The anytime feature of online courses suit housewives wanting to acquire new skills. Students wanting to pursue hobbies can take up courses after their school or college timings.

The courses can be completed at one’s own pace. One can take time to mull over a concept until it is fully grasped.  If time and understanding permits, the courses can be completed at a faster pace.

The student can sit in any place that suits him for the learning sessions. Time taken to commute to and from learning centers is saved.

Convenience

A major benefit of distance education is learning from the comfort of one’s chosen environment. Learning from one’s own home with flexibility in timing puts the student at ease and more receptive. The virtual classrooms allow interaction with the teachers and classmates making the learning experience more fulfilling.

One can study along with doing a job. Studies can be done on weekends or during other off-times. Employers encourage employees to take up courses to develop their expertise and skills.

Also Read:14 Best Virtual Teaching Tips for Teachers

Expenses

The affordability factor is another major benefit. The course fees for distance education programs are normally lower than that of on-campus courses.

The course fee in different educational institutions can be compared. The time and expense involved in transportation to campuses are reduced. Relocation to distant destinations and boarding costs can be done away with in distance education. The student can select the program depending on his financial capability.

Requisites to Distance Education

Discipline

Educating one-self distantly requires a high order of discipline and time management skills. Distance education is more of a self-managed, self-study. Though guided by tutors there is no personal interaction with professors or peers. The onus is therefore on the student to complete the course successfully.

Comprehension

Distance learning through correspondence courses requires the student to read and understand the study material by himself with no guidance or interaction with the teachers. Hence it is highly essential that the student possesses an above-average comprehension of the language in which he selects to be tutored in.

Tech-savvy

The students need to have knowledge of computers, the internet, and other electronic media as most of the distance education programs are now taught online. They should be comfortable working in the ever-changing technological environment.

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Drawbacks

As is any case distance education is not without shortcomings. The fact that there is no person to supervise and control will result in procrastination and distractions. Initial expenses to buy a computer and install the internet may prove high.

Malfunctioning of software or hardware will bring the classes to a standstill. The credibility of the degrees offered online and the quality of the faculty is the other questionable factors in online education. The lack of personal interaction affects networking among faculty and peers.

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Zoom is a video conferencing app that received wide publicity during the past few months. The need to connect with peers, colleagues, family and friends is essential in this new world order of isolation and social distancing. This also necessitates that life goes on normally with people working from home, students attending virtual classes online.

Zoom allows team video calls for up to 100 participants. Zoom’s privacy issues have led to search for other alternatives for bigger groups.

#1: Skype

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Skype is one of the first video calling apps in the market introduced by Microsoft in 2003. This tool has been used widely for one to one meeting. Skype has added a feature –Meet Now- that allows video conferencing with multiple users. They can join the meetings even if they do not have an account.

The app performs on desktop and mobile platforms. The end to end encryption provides security. This free tool is easy to use and supports up to 50 members.

#2: Edsys

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An all in all school management software with a sound video conferencing feature.

Using this app, it’s easy to run online classes from anywhere in the world. Both live and recorded classes are accessible for students. Interactive features including screen-sharing, group chat/ one-to-one chat with teachers is possible. Students can attend classes on iOS, android or in web without using password. The classes can be adjusted in accordance with the internet facility available. Also learning can be enhanced with additional resources.

#3: Google Duo

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This is a video chat app for smaller groups of less than 12 people. The app works on Wi-Fi and mobile data and functions effectively on lesser quality networks. The video calls are encrypted end to end and hence is very secure. Google Duo is free and there is no time limit for usage.

#4: GoToMeeting

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This online meeting platform facilitates audio and video conferencing with students, customers and clients.  Administrative and drawing tools and mouse sharing are additional features of this app. School meetings can be documented using the transcription feature.

The free version comes with limitations on time and group size. For a reasonable price, the limits on time can be removed. The app is budget friendly and has different plans that can hold from 150 to 3000 participants in a single video conference.

#5: Cisco Webex

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The webex app is an excellent online meeting tool. They have a section entirely dedicated to remote working teams. Screen sharing, HD video and recording are the prominent features. The tool has a call-in for audio function. This is ideal for classroom tutoring.

Their free package allows up to 100 users with unlimited time for each meeting. The different plans on payment allows up to 200 users. The app performs on desktop, Android and iOS platforms.

#6: Zoho Meeting

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Zoho Meeting matches the Zoom app in features and capabilities. The best feature of this app is that one can join the meetings directly without downloading the app. Though the app has a desktop platform, Zoho can be downloaded on iOS or Android devices making the use of the app very simple.

The app comes with extra features of meeting reminders, scheduling and systems control. The tool permits up to 250 participants. The tool is charged based on the number of participants in a meeting or webinar.

#7: Jitsi Meet

The app is encrypted end to end. It does not require one to create an account. Users can join a meeting without having to download the app. Text messages can be sent during video conferencing, screen sharing is also possible in this. Access to conference rooms can be controlled using a password.

The app operates on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. The app is totally free and has no limit to the number of users.

#8: Microsoft Teams

This is the best alternative to Zoom in video conferencing. Microsoft Team is a part of Microsoft 365 which is normally used by companies. The participants can join in the conversation by clicking on the link and do not necessarily have to download the tool.

The app operates on all popular platforms. Team is enabled for those using Microsoft 365 by default. 250 participants can be added on for a single meeting.

#9: Google Meet

This software from Google is easy to use. A google account is required to create a meeting. But this is not required to join a meeting. Anyone can join the meetings using links. The free version of Google Meet allows 100 participants with a time limit of one hour.

#10: Blue Jeans

This alternative to Zoom is a fast and secure tool for online tutoring, video conferencing and meetings. This cloud-based service is opted for high-quality streaming. The meetings can be recorded for further reference.

The tool is chargeable based on individual needs. The platform can host up to 150 participants depending on the plan chosen. The app operates on both desktop and mobile platforms.

#11: BigBluebutton

This app has got features essential for the teachers. Videos, chats, presentations, live white boards, built-in polling aid the teachers. The interface is very easy for students and teachers to use.

This tool works on all platforms and is not free. There are no restrictions on the number of people that can be enrolled on a session. The length of each session is limited to one hour.

#12: Whereby

The video calling app is browser-based with screen sharing, recording and chat features. The teacher can create a room which can be kept locked when not in use. It can be opened for students to enter and locked once they are in, to prevent intrusion into the sessions.

It comes free for one user and one chat room with four members. The payable versions can accommodate multiple users and chat rooms.

#13: Webroom

This tool is a virtual classroom incorporating all the needs of teachers. A room can be created and students can be invited to join. In addition to the features of whiteboard, screen sharing and presentation screens, direct links to Google documents, YouTube videos can be given. This enables the class to watch videos together and do collaborative work. This app is free and works well on desktop and mobile platforms.

#14: Tox

Tox differs from other apps in its security feature. The app has no central servers and uses open source encryption. No one can get access to the messages and data. This app features as the best solution for users seeking privacy.

The app features video and voice calls and sharing of screen and files. This fast and secure app is free with no upper limit to the number of participants.

#15: GoBrunch

This versatile resource has been developed for the education sector. Small classroom meetings and larger sized webinars can be held on this platform. The interface is simple and easy to use based on a floor plan. The profile image of the user appears when a particular seat is clicked on making it easier to see the attendees. Lessons can be recorded and screens can be shared. This free platform enables up to 500 participants.

#16: TrueConf

TrueConf works on most of the popular platforms. The app performs efficiently on low internet speeds. The additional features enable integration with VoIP and surveillance systems. The free plan is inclusive of Skype for business and HD video conferencing.

The free version permits up to 12 speakers and participants. The premium plan permits 36 speakers and 800 participants for a video conference.

#17: Mozilla Hubs

This hub provides 3D virtual classrooms with audio and video chat. A pen tool to write anywhere in the environment and a camera tool to take snaps inside the environment are unique features of this tool. There is a range of environments to choose from.

The app runs on the desktop browser and the mobile platforms. This is a free app with no limit to the number of participants.

#18: FortKnoxster

FortKnoxster platform claims military grade security with end to end encryption of data. Video calling, conferencing, texting and real-time chatting are the regular features. The app is free and works on Android and iOS platforms.

#19: Viber

Viber is a secure app for online communication. The security features include end to end encryption. It can verify the identity of the speaker and hidden chats. It has a self-destruct timer for the messages. Text, voice and video messages can be sent. Groups can be created. Calls can be made. It operates on all popular platforms and is free.

#20: WeChat

WeChat is an easy to use app for both professional and personal requirements. This app has extra features like QR code scan, payment option and language translation. It is available on all platforms and can be downloaded on Android and iOS devices.

Group chats with 500 participants and video calls with 9 people can be created. It is entirely free of cost.

#21: Imo

Imo provides high quality voice and video calls on weak internet networks. Video and voice calls, conference calls and document sharing can be done without any limitation. This free app operates on Windows, iOS and Android platforms. Real-time conferencing can be done with 20 members.

#22: Spike

Spike Video Chat does not have all the features like recording, text messaging, admin control. The advantage of Spike is that it works on the popular platforms of both mobile and desktop. Spike is available free of charge. Any number of participants can be added and there is no constraint on time.

#23: Intermedia AnyMeeting

This app with video conferencing, screen sharing and chat is a cloud-based service that includes VoIP and PBX system capabilities. Meeting URLs can be customized and scheduled. The ability to record and transcribe meetings and the unlimited storage space on the cloud makes this app attractive.

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The system is encrypted end to end ensuring security. The app works on all platforms and can hold up to 30 participants depending on the payment plan chosen.

#24: Discord

This alternative allows communication through voice calls, video chats and text messages. The live chat option is suited to classroom teaching. Discord is a very popular app being used worldwide though it limits the number of participants to 10. The app is free and works on all web platforms.

#25: Hopin.to

This app features video conferencing, interactive podcasts and online workshops. This tool can be useful in tutoring students in higher grades, requiring greater interactions. The app does not come free but can accommodate up to 100 members for a single workshop.

The ultimate choice of the right tool for classroom tutoring is based on the ease of use and pricing. The ease with which the student can sign in, join the class and navigate through the entire session is of prime importance. The pricing of the tool should be within the school budget.

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Work from Home Tips For Teachers

The outbreak of Covid 19 has left us with an unexpected time.

Classes have moved online and teachers are working from home to cope with online classes. Though it was hard for teachers, in the beginning, to move online, they have put their efforts to give it a smooth go.

With the right effort, we have to stay productive to stay at the top of our professional game during these unprecedented times.

To an extent, we are all in the same boat, struggling to have a smooth flow in this pandemic period.

Here, to help teachers have a well-organized work from home time. Let me share some effective tips for working from home teachers.

1. Designate a Workspace

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Initially, set up an area of your home as your workspace. Make sure the place can give you positive energy. Place some indoor plants nearby and occupy in a well-lit room.

Sitting down in this workspace should signal your brains that it’s time to focus.

Also Read: 14 Best Virtual Teaching Tips For Teachers

Move away from your designated work area when you are not airing online classes or other activities.

2. Get Ready for the Day

Even if you are working from home, try to get up early after your 8-9 hours of sound sleep. Do your routines, take a shower and get dressed for the day.

Designate some comfortable work wear, do your hair and simple makeup, and then give it a go.

Once you are ready, move to your workspace. Be prepared with the classes and notes you need to deliver on the day.

3. Set a Schedulework from home tips for teachers

Come up with a clear schedule rather than a vague one. Either use a digital schedule or make use of sticky notes to stick them in a place visible to you always.

4. You are what you eat

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Get ready with your meals and snacks plan at the beginning of the week or day. It can prevent you from working at the point of hunger and then scrambling for food.

Include healthy foods in your diet such as eggs, dark chocolate, pumpkin seeds etc to boost your concentration and memory.

Avoid too much intake of sugary drinks, processed and refined foods.

5. Take a Short Walkwork from home tips for teachers

We are all aware of the importance of walking, so spend at least 20 minutes a day for walking. You can add this to your routine by walking once or twice a day.

Give a walk especially when you are frazzled or indecisive. At the time of a frazzled mind, you can get rid of it by a walk.

6. Warm Check-in

Start your daily class sessions by greeting one another. Student these days must be missing their teachers and friends. So, in order to create a feeling of being noticed, share warm welcome with each other. Teachers when streaming live classes show up your face and also give attention to all students every day. I am sure, it won’t take much time and also students will feel good.

7. Record your lectures- rather than streaming

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In a class of about 50-60 students, a minimum of 10 students may have issues in accessing internet. And there are chances for them to miss live streamed classes, so in order to avoid such situations, record videos instead and send them to your students, so that they can watch video lessons in their own time.

8. Show your Face

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It is found that students tend to listen more to the videos having their teacher’s faces than simply narrated ones. It can give them a feeling of attending real lectures from their own teachers.

9. Keep Videos Short

Keep your videos short –up to 15 minutes maximum. Long videos can cause downloading issues and learner distractions. If you didn’t cover up a particular topic in 1 video, it is always better to split it into 2-3 videos.

10. Use Existing Resources

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It is unrealistic to expect each teacher to prepare the whole semester’s high-quality resources on their own. It is indeed time-consuming and also difficult. So, you can make use of existing resources and provide your students with relevant links.

11. Make sure they’re open access

Double-check the resources before sharing with students that they are open to access. If any of the suggested resources are not accessible, you will start getting your inbox with messages from students regarding this. So, in order to avoid this headache, make sure the resources are open to access. It can save both of your time.

12. Give specific information

If you are suggesting a 20 min long video resource, suggest them the exact portions to watch. For ex: from 13.27 to 17.34. It can make students more curious and also, they will pay attention to the relevant portion.

Also, if you are allotting 2-3 resources at a time, label them in a specific order. For ex: the video to be watched first, easy resource etc.

13. Provide Interactive Activities

To make learning interesting, you can give quizzes or group activities once in a while. There are options in some of the learning management systems like Edsys, Moodle, Blackboard, Edmodo etc to create and assign interactive quizzes for students.

You can even give some activities to your students, just to make them refreshed!

14. Set Reasonable Expectations

Assign students some quiz questions and ask them to find the answers by referring the given resources if needed. Or else ask them to summarize a topic with reference to the resources

15. Repeat

Students get stick on to specific teaching-learning styles. So, as a teacher, when you find your comfortable teaching style, hold it on and make your students also follow the same pattern.  Repeat the same teaching pattern until you are back to your classrooms.

The bottom line

Online teaching during this time may not be what you have planned, still make the maximum out of it. You may find yourself as spending an extended summer vacation or holidays.

Though it may take time to adjust with the new normal, give yourself the best, to tune rightly to overcome all the difficulties and to go with the flow.

Also Read: 15 Virtual Classroom Technology and Apps

Trust yourself and give yourself a pat for what you have accomplished in your life and work life, though there have been some speed bumps on the way you come across.

Inhale deeply! Remember, we’re all in this together!

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We could undoubtedly say that the evolution of smartphone technology is significantly transforming the educational arena in recent times. With extensive recognition of e-learning and the huge need for online education tools, educational apps and their development is turning out as the hot topic of discussion.

Moreover, as the covid days are demanding physical distancing, the need for remote learning and distant communication is knocking the door hard than ever before. Most of the countries call for online education and virtual classrooms and teachers are looking for decent applications to offer flawless learning. There is no wonder why apps like Zoom for education are now in great demand.

Zoom app has users that are spread across the globe with over 100 million downloads. The simplicity, ease of use and effectiveness has made it a top choice for educators.  Enthusiasts are also seeing this as an opportunity to develop awesome applications that offer features similar to the Zoom app.

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So creating an app similar to it or an app that competes with it needs a lot of homework and preparedness.

Let us have a look at some important areas to consider for those who are looking to create an educational app like Zoom.

Steps Involved for Creating an App

If you are creating an app for the first time, getting it done with minimal effort needs a lot of homework and research. The best part is to follow a wise and systematic strategy that helps you reach your goal without many hurdles.

Some of the key steps that are unavoidable in the process include the following:

  • Sketch an appealing thought for the application
  • Invest some time in detailed market research involving similar apps
  • A reality check has to be performed and create a demo of your app
  • Go for a fascinating graphic design to make it likable
  • Set up the landing page for your initiative
  • Now you are all set to build the app with Swift and Xcode
  • Launch the application in the App Store with an eye towards end-users
  • Invest in some great marketing so that your app gets good exposure to a wider audience
  • Don’t hesitate to keep an eye on the user feedbacks and update the app as and when needed to fix the bugs if any and improve it.

In addition to all, make it a point to bring in some uniqueness to compete against similar apps in the market. Moreover, what users need now may not be the same after 10 years from now. So have a check on the varying trends and enhance the app on the go.

Choosing the Platform for App

This is a key step once you have finalized the idea for your app. The tools needed for the development as well as the estimated cost depend on this particular decision. The choice can be made among laptops, desktops, smartphones, tablets, or go for a multiplatform app that supports all.

If you are planning for native apps, then the application should be developed separately for both Android and iOS platforms.

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Choosing to build your application on WebRTC can be an ideal option as it supports all platforms and there is no restriction for particular platforms. Here are some other advantages of choosing a web based platform:

  • It comes with support for all basic and major browsers
  • No additional third party tool is required
  • Most of the desktop platforms provide it as a basic addition to the system

But if your priority is to develop it as an individual entity for particular platforms, then you can go for native apps, as well. The idea of a progressive web app can also be considered to get the best of both native and web platforms.

However, the final decision is dependent on the budgetary allocations, the actual app requirements as well as the available resources.

App Features and Requirements

Once you have selected the platform for the video conferencing app, you can decide on the handful of features that can make your app a standout among its counterparts. Some features are optional and others are a must-have but what you finalize depends on the budget and available resources.

Here are a few among the crucial app features and requirements to add to your replica of the Zoom app.

  • Registration & Profile Creation: Even when it is not present in the Zoom app, the registration process can be included using a single sign-up form to have an engaging user experience. Profile management comes next which includes some personal details like a profile picture, name, id, etc.
  • Contact list: This feature allows users to generate customized contact lists. Teachers can use this feature to group students according to their grades, subjects, or for students who need additional support.
  • Voice & Video Calls: This is one of the key ingredients of this app that lets users to make both voice and video calls according to their convenience. The audio quality should be clear and loud and video calls must abide by HD quality standards.
  • Group Calling: When it comes to online classes, one to one calls are not always relevant but the emphasis should be to include group calling options. As the scalability of the app depends on the budget, decide on the number of participants to 10, 50, or 100 accordingly.
  • Pre-call Video Preview: This option lets the users have a check on the camera before commencing the call. This gives them a chance to disable video if needed.
  • Instant Messaging: Whenever there is a poor connection or if a video call is not really necessary, an instant chat feature can come in handy. Include options for individual and group chats.
  • Search & Add Contacts: A search bar for contacts helps with easy integration and navigation when the user needs to add or look for a new contact. This is also a good help when adding participants to a group call.
  • File-Sharing: During online classes, this feature helps teachers and students to exchange files for better communication regarding class materials or during exams. The option should come with good security features to assure privacy and confidentiality.
  • Desktop Sharing: This is a great option that helps the users to share their screens during the meetings or discussions. This helps them to bring more clarity of whatever they are discussing.
  • Notes: During online classes, students would like to take notes for later reference or teachers can ask them to do so. The note feature in the Zoom app is one among the good to have features for your new app.
  • Recording: This feature can be an added boost to have a record of the classes or discussions which can be used for later reference. However, you should also consider giving an option for storing these files that can either be on the device or on the cloud. Permission options also need to be set to avoid unauthorized access to these files.
  • Whiteboard: This is a good to have feature for an educational app that involves a classroom session by a teacher. This option can be used to give graphics to a teaching idea to make understanding better.
  • Filters or Icons: Even when the primary target is for a formal audience in the classroom or similar occasions, options to add funny filters or icons will attract more informal audiences also to your app thus increasing the user base.
  • Live Streaming: This can be a good addition for users looking to live stream video, audio or both to a specific group of people in real-time. For conveying something to a large audience flawlessly, this option can be a great boost.
  • Create Polls: The host of a discussion can utilize this option to collect responses or feedbacks related to a session from all other users. For a virtual classroom, teachers can create polls to test the understanding of students or to collect feedback of a new strategy and more.
  • Virtual Background: This option lets users to put an interesting background of their choice. Even when the option sounds useless at first, this is a great addition during online sessions when the actual background of the participant is messy.
  • Virtual Hand-raising: During a virtual classroom discussion, this option helps users to raise the hand to add a point or convey some concerns or ask a doubt before the host moves to the next point. This also avoids the possible problems when multiple users speak at once which interrupts the flow of the discussion.
  • Mute Participants: This feature allows the host to mute one or more participants during an ongoing discussion. This is useful to avoid unwanted interruption during a serious announcement or to avoid people speaking out of their turns that might affect the discussion flow.
  • Noise Cancellation: During the class sections, the people in the background may be talking or watching TV or small kids may be making noise. The noise cancellation option helps to resolve such issues and ensure a smooth conversation.
  • Number of Users: If you are going by the Zoom standards, they allow a maximum of 1000 users to participate in a meeting session whereas the webinars can include up to 10,000 people on view-only mode.
  • End-to-End Encryption: The security of the app should be given more importance and so include relevant protocols to ensure the privacy and confidentiality. An end to end encryption will protect any third party from reading the messages.

The Development Process

Now that you have an idea about the features to be included, let us have a look into the crucial steps involved in the development process.

1. Back-End Development

Setting up a server for the application is the basic but the most important thing to do. There are readily available solutions to choose from but going for a new one and building it from scratch can avoid the possible confusions and make the app error free.

2. Front-End Development

Followed by setting up of the server, the focus should be on developing a good user interface for the app. Users would love to have a simple and user friendly interface than an extensive one with complex options. 

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3. Development Team

Having a good team of experts is the key, those who can not only perform their tasks error free but also contribute to the whole process to make it smooth and flawless. A team usually includes backend developer, Tech Lead, developers for iOS and Android, Project Manager, UX/UI Engineer and QA Engineer.

Phases Hours for Basic model Hours for Full Feature Model
Technical Design 20—40 50—60
UX + Business analysis 50—70 80—100
Development of iOS/Android 400—450 per platform 500—700 per platform
UI/UX 40—60 per platform 80—120 per platform
QA 50—60 per platform 80—100 per platform
Backend 150—200 300—400

 Estimate Cost to Create an App like Zoom

It is always good to have at least a rough idea of the total cost for the whole process before commencing the journey of developing an app like Zoom. The following is just a rough estimate by considering the possible requirements and average rates for different locations.

Country Hourly Rate Average Basic Model Full Feature Model
India $25 $ 30 000 – 36 250 $ 43 750 – 60 000
Eastern Europe $30 $36 000 – 43 500 $52 500 -72 000
USA $80 $96 000 – 116 000 $140 000 – 192 000
Western Europe $60 $ 72 000 – 87 000 $ 105 000 – 144 000
UK $70 $ 84 000 – 101500 $ 122 500 – 168 000

 Please bear it in mind that, the above table gives you only a rough idea about the possible expense of creating a replica for Zoom app. However, the actual cost can vary depending on a lot of related factors like the team size, app platform, software design, the app size, post-development services, geographic location and a lot more.

Final Thoughts

Zoom for the education app has set a benchmark in the educational apps arena as well as among the video conferencing apps. The fact that it is not just dedicated to virtual classrooms but for friends to keep in touch has extended its fan base.

Moreover, the business version of the app is experiencing an all-time high demand as corporate is working remotely. The video meet options of this app has truly erased all their worries regarding the absence of a personal connection in the office space and businesses are running smoothly as usual to a great extent amidst these trying times.

As the demand is too high than ever before for such video conferencing apps, why not try your luck and see if your idea can actually make some impact in the domain.

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Our solar system consists of 8 planets, 2 dwarf planets (universally known), 575 natural satellites, 796354 known minor planets, and 4143 known comets.

All the components of the solar system revolve around the star, Sun. It is believed that the age of our solar system is 4.568 billion years. The 8 major planets are classified into Giant planets and terrestrial planets. The giant planets are made up of gas or ice. Terrestrial planets, on the other hand, are made up of rocks.

The list of the planets from hottest to coldest and their surface temperatures are in the below table.

Planet Surface temperature

(in degree Celsius)
Venus 462
Mercury -173 to 427
Earth -88 to 58
Mars – 87 to -5
Jupiter -108
Saturn -139
Uranus -197
Neptune -201

 

  1. Venus

  • Structure: Terrestrial planet
  • Distance from Sun: 108.2 million kilometres
  • Equatorial diameter: 12,104 km
  • Polar diameter: 12,104 km
  • Equatorial circumference: 38,025 km
  • Orbit distance: 108,209,475 km
  • Mass: 4.87 × 10 to the power 24
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 6 minutes
  • Surface temperature: 462 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 225 Earth days
  • Atmosphere: Magnetosphere         
  • Satellites: No satellites

Venus, the hottest planet of the solar system, is the second planet from the sun. Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to observe this planet through his telescope and record the findings. It is named after the Greek Goddess, Aphrodite and the Roman goddess, Venus as this planet is the brightest celestial body in the sky. It shines so brightly as it reflects nearly 70% of the sunlight that it absorbs. Venus has retrograde rotation, which means that it moves from east to west in the clockwise direction.A fact about Venus is that the day and night temperatures are the same.

  1. Mercury

hotest and coldest planet of solar system (1)

  • Structure: Terrestrial planet
  • Distance from Sun: 57.91 million kilometres
  • Equatorial diameter: 4,879 km
  • Polar diameter:4,879 km
  • Equatorial circumference: 15,329 km
  • Orbit distance: 57,909,227 km
  • Mass: 3.285 × 10 to the power 23
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 3.2 minutes
  • Surface temperature: -173 to 427 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 88 Earth days
  • Atmosphere: Thin exosphereand magnetosphere. The exosphere contains helium, oxygen, sodiumand potassium     
  • Satellites: No satellites

Mercury, the planet that’s closest to the sun, can be seen from earth without the use of a telescope. The first person to observe this planet through a telescope was Galileo Galilei.Mercury travels at a speed of about 47 kilometres per second. The surface of this planet is very similar to the surface of Earth’s natural satellite, moon.

  1. Earth

hottest and coldest planet of solar system

  • Structure: Terrestrial planet
  • Distance from Sun: 147 million km (1AU)
  • Equatorial diameter:12,756 km
  • Polar diameter:12,714 km
  • Equatorial circumference:40,030 km
  • Orbit distance: 149,598,262 km
  • Mass: 5,972,190,000,000,000 billion kg
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 7 minutes
  • Surface temperature: -88 to 58 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 365.26 Earth days
  • Atmosphere: Consists of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases
  • Satellites: One (Moon)

Earth, the fifth largest planet in the solar system, is the third hottest planet. It is the only planet in the solar system where life has been observed. The name earth is derived from the Greek word “Gaia”, which means terra matter. It is also believed that the name is inspired by the Roman word for fertile soil – “Tellus.”

  1. Mars

hottest and coldest planet of solar system

  • Structure: Terrestrial
  • Distance from Sun: 227.9 million km
  • Equatorial diameter:6,805 km
  • Polar diameter:6,755 km
  • Equatorial circumference:21,297 km
  • Orbit distance: 227,943,824 km
  • Mass: 6.42 x 10 to the power 23 kilograms
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 13 minutes
  • Surface temperature: – 87 to -5 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time:686.98 Earth days
  • Atmosphere:Consists of carbon dioxide, argon and nitrogen gases
  • Satellites: Two (Phobos & Deimos)

Mars, named after the Greek God of war, is believed to have had water once. A few astronomers believe that this planet has water even now. The planet has a dense core that is made up of iron, nickel and trace amounts of sulphur. Craters, plains and volcanoes have been observed on the planet surface.

  1. Jupiter

hotest and coldest planet of solar system (2)

  • Structure: Gas Giant
  • Distance from Sun: 5.2 AU (Astronomical Units)
  • Equatorial diameter:142,984 km
  • Polar diameter:133,709 km
  • Equatorial circumference:142,984 km
  • Orbit distance:778,340,821 km
  • Mass: 1,898,130,000,000,000,000 billion kg
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 43.2 minutes
  • Surface temperature: -108 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 4,332.82 Earth days
  • Atmosphere: Contains clouds of ammonia crystals and ammonium hydrosulphide
  • Satellites: 67 moons with four notable moons (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto)

Jupiter is the fifth hottest and the fifth planet from the sun. Though it is quite far from the central star, its day consist of just 10 hours. This means that one day on earth could be two and half days on Jupiter.

This planet’s magnetic field is 20 times stronger than the magnetic field of earth. The size of Jupiter is equal to that of 1,321 earths.

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  1. Saturn

hottest and coldest planet of solar system

  • Structure: Giant gas
  • Distance from Sun: 9.6 AU
  • Equatorial diameter:120,536 km
  • Polar diameter:108,728 km
  • Equatorial circumference:365,882 km
  • Orbit distance:1,426,666,422 km
  • Mass: 568,319,000,000,000,000 billion kg
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 79.3 minutes
  • Surface temperature: -139 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 29.5 Earth years
  • Atmosphere: Contains ammonia, ammonia sulphide and water
  • Satellites: 62, with three notable moons (Titan, Rhea and Enceladus)

Saturn is also known as the ringed planet as it has more than 30 rings. You can see up to 3 rings in a normal telescope and up to 8 rings in a powerful telescope. This planet takes nearly 30 earth years to go round the sun. But it rotates around its axis in 10.6 hours. Saturn’s moon, the Titan is larger than Mercury. This planet weighs about 95 times the weight of earth.

  1. Uranus

hottest and coldest planet of solar system (2)

  • Structure: Ice giant
  • Distance from Sun: 19.2 AU
  • Equatorial diameter: 51,118 km
  • Polar diameter:49,946 km
  • Equatorial circumference:159,354 km
  • Orbit distance:2,870,658,186 km
  • Mass: 86,810,300,000,000,000 billion kg
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 159.6 minutes
  • Surface temperature: -197 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 84.02 Earth years
  • Atmosphere: Contains hydrogen and helium
  • Satellites: 13 moons, with 5 notable moons (Oberon, Titania, Miranda, Ariel and Umbriel)

The seventh planet of our solar system, Uranus was officially identified in the year 1781 by William Herschel. This planet is named after the Greek God, Ouranos. It rotates on its side, in an east-west direction, like Venus. This planet has 13 known rings and 27 observed natural satellites.

  1. Neptune

hottest and coldest planet of solar system (3)

  • Structure: Ice giant
  • Distance from Sun: 30 AU
  • Equatorial diameter:49,528 km
  • Polar diameter:48,682 km
  • Equatorial circumference:155,600 km
  • Orbit distance:4,498,396,441 km
  • Mass: 102,410,000,000,000,000 billion kg
  • Time for sunlight to reach the planet from sun: 4.1 hours
  • Surface temperature: -201 degree Celsius
  • Revolution time: 165 Earth years
  • Atmosphere: Contains methane, hydrogen, and helium
  • Satellites: 14 with 1 notable moon (Triton)

This massive ice giant planet has 14 known natural satellites and the fastest windspeeds of all the planets. The first record of this planet was made by the astronomers, Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier & Johann Galle on September 23, 1846. Its moon, Triton is the only natural satellite that has retrograde rotation.

The bright lights in the distant sky have always captured our interest and captivated our imaginations.

From ancient times, astronomers have been searching the endless expanse of the universe to find more about what’s in it and how it came to be formed.

Now, we are using sophisticated tools and technologies in our astral search. But then there is still a long way to go. The scientists believe that there could possibly be other such solar systems in the universe with its own set of planets and natural satellites. Do you think such a thing is possible? Is there life out there? Share your thoughts and ideas with us.

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Being a teacher is not always easy. The role is not just limited to knowing the curriculum and teaching students.

There will be situations when they will have to handle the problems of others. Most of the parents are very protective when it comes to their kids and they easily feel offended when someone raises finger at them. Not all parents are the same and there are cases when teachers will have to deal with difficult parents.

It is not at all easy when you have to be professional in the way you address the problem when the other side may be unkind or unfair.

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It is all about being patient, polite and professional when handling a frustrated parent. Here are some important tips, tricks and strategies that might help teachers to deal with difficult parents.

1. Set the Right Expectations from Day One

One of the basic reasons for the problems is the lack of setting the right expectations initially. Know about the school processes regarding discipline, grading, and parent-teacher communication in the first place itself.

This is important to set the right expectations and make the parents to be mentally prepared for addressing any issues of the child. You will also know about setting the right boundaries and handling problems at the right time.

2. Learn to Keep yourself Cool

When a parent approaches you with an unpleasing complaint or feedback, it is important to keep yourself cool and not to rush with conclusions.

No problems are solved by yelling at each other and be matured enough to understand that only peaceful communication can address the situation.

It is not advisable to take the comments of the parents personally and react for it but try to understand the reasons behind frustrated person in front of you.

3. Build Trust in Relationship

Like every other relationship, there should be a basic trust in the relationship of teachers and parents and that is when people listen to you. It is good to give a call or message to parents regarding the positive happenings in the classroom.

Send them a note when the child is doing well and don’t always call them when something goes wrong. When parents get a feel that teachers are considering the good and bad sides of the students, it gives a sense of trust.

4. Meaningfully Involve Them

When a problem is raised or feedback is proposed, it is always a wise choice to meaningfully involve them when addressing the same.

Similarly, see if you can include parents in the child’s learning process in the first place itself by asking out opinions or giving them a chance to show their skills.

Doing so will make it easy for teachers to reach out to them without an inhibition at times of problems and parents would ideally approach the situation positively!

5. Showcase How You Care

Another very important element to notice is regarding the way you showcase how you care. When parents get a feel that you care for them or acknowledge their problem, half of the problem is solved.

Have some parent-teacher meetings regularly and give them a message that their kids can learn in a fear-free environment.

Build a good rapport with parents and assure that they can approach you anytime when they need any help regarding the kid’s learning.

6. Speak With a Low Voice

Even if parents provoke you with some judgments or misunderstandings, speaking with a low voice is recommended, not to accelerate the problem. An upset parent may be eager to speak up for their child to seek justice without giving a space for the teacher to give a proper explanation.

However, if the teacher can lower the voice and respond politely after giving them a chance to vent out, the problem can be addressed without being elevated.

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7. Give them No Surprises

It is always good to keep them updated regarding necessary things related to the students and the activities which they are supposed to know. Never wait for the year-end meeting to reveal about an ongoing problem or if the child is a trouble maker from the beginning.

Give them light heads up using calls, chats or emails so that they will have a clue about what is happening and they can do their part to rectify the problem before it becomes worse.

8. Always Give Room for Mistakes

It is quite human to make some mistakes and be kind enough to give some room for mistakes rather than judging or demeaning their comments or feedback. At the same time, understand that you can also make mistakes and see if it is actually a problem with your act.

Then it is highly recommended to accept it and apologize for the mistake and give an assurance not to repeat the same in future.

9. Be a Good Listener and Show Empathy

When you are approaching a problem, the most important quality to have is to be a good listener. You should learn to listen first before you respond and show some empathy. Sometimes, what the parent needs are a shoulder of support or assurance of solving the problem.

Show some humanitarian consideration and give a shoulder to cry on or give words of acknowledgment, concern, and hope.

10. Listen and Ask Questions

First of all listen to what they are saying, understand their problems and start asking the right questions to address it properly. Welcome or greet them properly when you meet and give them the freedom to express their concerns.

Let them speak out first and don’t try to interrupt in between until they are finished, especially when they look frustrated. Of course, you can later ask the necessary questions for better clarification and to address the issue without fail.

11. Use and Give Concrete Examples

When you are trying to explain something to the parents, it is important to give concrete examples and avoid vagueness in your communication. Parents will often try to protect their child even if they did a mistake.

If the teacher had earlier seen a similar mistake from the child and given a warning and the parent was notified just because the mistake was repeated, convey the message in a polite but concrete way to convince them..

12. Help Parents see the Big Picture

Some of the problems raised by the parents may be due to the perspective in which they see the problem. So keep yourself cool and help them to see the bigger picture and make them understand what actually happened and what can be done to improve the situation.

Make them understand the successful position their kid is going to reach if he/she follows the right path and point out the mistakes that hinder them from reaching their goals.

13. Set up a Parent Resources Area

It is always good to have proper parents’ resource area in your school where they will feel welcomed and feel like home. You can display the success stories of the students and the past projects that have won applauses. Make them comfortable with good chairs and resources or nourishments.

Give them a feeling that they have a space on their own in the school and they are just part of the whole process. This will help them to address or approach a problem with a positive mindset.

14. Establish your Authority

Experts have always pointed out the significance of talking to the person in front by looking into the eyes. This gives a message that you are listening to what they are saying with undivided attention. This also means that you are equally concerned and interested in what is being discussed.

This also hints at a lot of self-confidence and self-assurance in your posture and gives them a feeling that you are making a conversation for some mutual objective.

15. Know When to Think and Listen

Making the right decisions and speaking the right word is important while addressing a problem. This comes naturally when you know when to think and listen. Don’t let the emotions take control of you and speak something unprofessional that might end you in trouble.

When you are on duty, it is always good to think before you speak and if possible ask considerable time to look into the matter and get expert advice if things seem to go out of your hands.

16. It is always Good not to Retaliate

There may be many hidden or unknown reasons behind a frustrated parent. So it is always good not to retaliate and approach them peacefully with all patience you have.

Arguing back can only worsen the situation and you will lose a chance to solve the problem easily. It is common for a person to react if the comments from the parents are awful or if they are being unkind or unfair. But if the ultimate goal is to solve the problem, then you should show some patience.

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17. Lower your Expectations

Just like setting the right expectations for parents, it is even a better approach to lower your expectations and understand that people are different and they think and react differently.

If you have already set your mind to face such situations during the parent’s meet, then many problems will seem very easy to handle. Understand that such unkind conversations are not very rare and show all the patience in the world to solve the problem.

18. Believe in Yourself

It is important not to lose confidence in yourself and have all the focus to believe in yourself. Even if a parent yells out to you for the mistake you have not done, never lose self-esteem. Don’t be self-critical or let the emotions take control over you.

Rather think about the good things you have done in your career so far and look out the ways to make things better. Even if you have done a mistake, understand that it is quite human to do so and try to bring out a better version of yourself.

19. Talk to Someone you Trust

When the problems are not addressed and frustrated parents give you headaches, it is common to feel low. However, rather than keeping the worries with yourself and feel depressed, it is good to talk to someone you trust. They might help you in addressing the problem from a different perspective or else at least give you the strength and courage to face the situation.

Reach out to your better half or a good friend or relative or even an experienced teacher who might have undergone similar situations in their lives.

20. Look after Yourself

After all, you should care about yourself and not lose peace of mind in the process. It is fine to let things go and understand that good and bad experiences are part of life. Eat healthily, go for a light walk, drink lots of water, read a good book, go out with friends, and get a good night’s sleep and start off the next day refreshed.

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Hope these important strategies will help all teachers who are looking for ways to deal with difficult parents.

The best thing you can do is to establish constructive and positive relationships with the students as well as the parents.

Build a comfortable zone with the parents where you can freely discuss student problems without any hesitation.

Still, people are different and how they react to situations will be different.

So lower your expectations and be mentally prepared to face such situations during your career and handle it with patience, politeness, and professionalism.

Build a strong mindset to face unfair situations in life and never lose hope and confidence in yourself.