swap_horiz Formative Alternatives

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Scratch

Scratch is a visual programming language developed at MIT’s Media Lab. It allows users, primarily students in K-12 educa...

Education K12 Coding Block Based

9.6 Brilliant

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Minecraft Education Edition

Minecraft Education Edition is a modified version of the popular sandbox game designed for educational use. Developed by...

Microsoft Education K12 Stem

9.3 Excellent

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Carmen Sandiego (classic series)

Carmen Sandiego is a classic computer game where players track the elusive thief across the globe using historical and g...

History Education K12 Geography

9.2 Excellent

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Mission US

Mission US is an interactive educational game developed by PBS and WNET/Thirteen. It presents American history through e...

History American Education K12

9.1 Excellent

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Oregon Trail (Digital)

The Oregon Trail (Digital) is a historically-based simulation game recreating the journey of 19th-century pioneers acros...

History Education K12 Pioneer

9.0 Excellent

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Vocabulary.com

Vocabulary.com provides an engaging approach to expanding a user’s vocabulary. The platform employs adaptive learning te...

Education K12 Gamified Adaptive

8.8 Great

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Quizlet Live

Quizlet Live transforms studying into an engaging competitive experience. Students collaborate in real time to answer qu...

Collaborative Education K12 Gamified

8.8 Great

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Quizizz

Launched in 2015, Quizizz is a gamified learning platform that allows teachers to create self-paced quizzes, using memes...

Education K12 Gamified Quiz

8.6 Great

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Gimkit

Created by high school student Josh Feinsilber in 2017, Gimkit is a live learning game platform where students answer qu...

Education K12 Gamification Quiz

8.5 Great

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Blooket

Launched in 2020 by Tom Stewart, Blooket is an online educational platform that combines trivia and quiz-based learning...

Education K12 Gamification Quiz

8.3 Great

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Typing.com

Typing.com is a free web-based typing instruction platform serving millions of K-12 students with structured lessons, ga...

Education Typing Browser K12

8.2 Great

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Classcraft

Launched in 2011 by Shawn Young, Classcraft is a Canadian edtech platform that transforms the classroom into a collabora...

RPG Education K12 Gamification

7.9 Good

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Socrative

Socrative is a cloud-based student response system that allows teachers to create quizzes, polls, and exit tickets to as...

Education K12 Gamified Classroom

7.8 Good

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3D GameLab

3D GameLab was a quest-based learning management platform by Boise State educators, notable for applying badges and leve...

Education K12 Gamification Classroom

6.8 Fair

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Newsela

Founded in 2012, Newsela is an educational literacy platform that publishes current events and historical articles at mu...

Reading Education K12 Gamified

6.8 Fair

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Nearpod

Nearpod is an interactive lesson delivery platform that allows educators to integrate multimedia content, virtual realit...

Education K12 Interactive Gamified

6.8 Fair

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Pear Deck

Founded in 2014, Pear Deck is an educational technology company that creates interactive presentation tools, allowing te...

Education K12 Interactive Classroom

6.8 Fair

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Seesaw

Seesaw is a digital learning portfolio platform designed for elementary students, enabling them to document their work w...

Portfolio Education Gamified Classroom

6.7 Fair

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Wooclap

Developed in Belgium, Wooclap is an interactive assessment platform used in higher education and corporate training to t...

Education Interactive Polling Gamified

6.2 Fair

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Flipgrid

Acquired by Microsoft in 2018, Flipgrid is a video discussion platform where teachers post prompts and students respond...

Microsoft Education Video K12

5.8 Mediocre