The Top 40 EdTech Teaching Tools

Back "in the old days" when all we had were radios and maybe a tape recorder or even the earliest Walkman, prior to all the new-fangled things like iPods, iPhones, and the like, I was a big fan of Casey Kasem and the "Weekly Top 40."

Ahh, the 1970s & '80s. Those were the days.

At least that's what all came to mind when I ran across these two related articles talking about the Top 40. Not tied to music, but to the top edtech tools used during the previous school year.

Instructure's "EdTech Top 40: A Look at K-12 EdTech Engagement During the 2023-24 School Year"

Looking back at last year, this report analyzes 9000 of the edtech products used last school year by 492,000 educators and 3,500,000 students. In the report, they address the following:

• The State of K-12 Edtech Engagement
• The EdTech Top 40 
• Edtech Rankings By Solution Purpose 
• The Top 5 Learning Management Systems 
• The Top 10 Courseware Platforms 
• The Top 15 Supplemental Platforms 
• The Top 10 Classroom Response & Assessment Tools 
• The Top 10 Study Tools 
• The Top 10 Sites & Resources
• Takeaways and Action Items 
• Methodology 

Here's their top 40 list as screenshot from the report--but the report is definitely worth reading!

If 25 pages is too long to read, here's the Cliff Notes version at District Administration's "EdTech Top 40: It’s All About Unique Tools and Interoperability."    It is the shortened and condensed article summary. 

With either one, it's kind of fun trying to see how much your own finger is on the pulse. How many of the top 40 are you using?

With the new school year having already started for some and on the horizon for others, may the Top 40 serve you well for inspiration for the year ahead!

Images from https://archive.org/details/CaseyKasemWMGNFMAT4041187MadisonWIApril152018Unscoped and "EdTech Top 40" created at canva.com, Top 40 list from page 8: https://www.instructure.com/resources/research-reports/edtech-top-40-look-k-12-edtech-engagement-during-2023-24-school-year