Leading off with a quick infographic on Smartphones for students, Online Degrees presents this list of some of the best tech tools for education, including some increasingly popular ones that can serve tech-savvy teachers for personal or classroom use. Better yet, Online Degrees has grouped the tools into the following categories for easy reference:

  • Social Learning: Tools that use the power of social media to help stduents learn and teachers connect. Examples: Edmodo, Grockit, Skype
  • Learning: Tools that help educators make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective. Examples: MangaHigh, FunBrain, Animoto
  • Lesson Planning and Projects: Tools to help teachers organize great lessons and design memorable student projects. Examples: Planboard, Timetoas, Prezi
  • Miscellaneous Useful Tools: Resources to help teachers stay connected, organized, and increase the east of buliding multimedia lessons and learning tools. Examples: Evernote, Dropbox, Diigo