Ed Tech Apps

Asterisks indicate affiliate links.  Clicking them helps to support my work here and on YouTube.
NOTE:  I NEVER (ever) recommend apps that I do not actually use or pay for myself.

Desktop Video Production

• Screencastify (Chrome extension, super intuitive and fun to use - with free and very cheap Pro plans)
• Camtasia (excellent editor and a top choice for educators)
• *ScreenFlow (Mac only I'm afraid... but this is what I use for screen recording)
• Final Cut Pro X (Mac, serious editor for serious projects)
• Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac or PC, incredible video editing power)
• Adobe Premier Rush (simple and stunning)
• Audacity (free audio editing)
• *Epidemic Sound (for all the royalty-free music and sound effects you would ever need)

Mobile Video Production

• For screen capture, I use Explain Everything
• Filmic Pro is the best app for video on your mobile devices
• Adobe Spark makes quick videos easy
• Adobe Premier Rush is astoundingly powerful (web and mobile)
• TouchCast is another video option

Effective Contact / Engagement

• Padlet (I'm a Padlet addict and use it for face-to-face as well as online classes EVERY DAY.)
• Google Slides, Docs and Sheets for student collaborative work.  If you've never used cloud-based apps for student collaborations, check out this article
• Notability for drawing in class, during office hours and for my own notes for meetings, etc.
• Outliner Pro for easy outlines / mindmaps
• Blrt allows you to talk, point and draw over just about anything
• BaiBoard HD is a virtual whiteboard
• Classroomscreen is a great F2F or online virtual whiteboard with some great features
• VoiceThread is an amazing communication option in an online environment
• Stage 
• Check out Doceri as well for presentations 
• I use Air Camera if I don't have an Apple TV for live streaming from my iPhone or iPad camera to the screen
• Socrative is great for engagement and on-the-fly assessments
• Quizlet​ is my choice for live or asynchronous quizzes or student practice
• Kahoot!  (games)
• Poll Everywhere (tons of different types of polls)
• Jamboard (collaborative cloud)
• Zoom annotations 
• Zoom whiteboard​​

Misc. Apps

• Ultralingua (my favorite foreign language dictionaries)
• For anatomy I use Complete Anatomy and basically all the apps by 3D4Medical.
  
• ChemDraw is excellent for Biology and Chemistry
• There are SO MANY USES for a scanner in your class - I use ScannerPro to scan student work for immediate projection on screen for example
• Castro is the best podcast app I've found​

Organize Your Digital Life

• Notion has got to be the BEST relational database EVER.  I use the P.A.R.A. system to organize my digital life and everything I need is in Notion.  Plus it's FREE.  
• Evernote is my digital file cabinet and I've been a user since 2009.  I do have the Premium version so I can download notebooks for offline use (I travel a lot).
• Drafts is what I use for on-the-go note-taking.  
• Rocketbook is an amazing physical-to-digital experience.  I am addicted.