Did you know that there are currently more than 80,000 educational apps? In a world where we increasingly depend on our mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets to stay connected, more and more applications are being developed for all kinds of functions. The apps educational proliferate and also parents, teachers, and students can benefit from them.

The growing popularity of mobile technology (phones and tablets) and access to an almost unlimited internet connection from anywhere that we enjoy today, have made possible the emergence of a new approach to e-learning (learning through the Internet) known as m-learning or mobile learning. Mobile learning enables more personalized learning and in any situation, taking advantage of different learning contexts that gives us our daily lives. An educational application is a multimedia program, intended to be utilized through electronic gadgets and utilized as a versatile learning device.

The use of educational apps in the school environment has many benefits, such as:

01. They permit learning in any unique circumstance, inside and outside the classroom. Life becomes the perfect setting for learning. The barriers of time and space are blurred.

02. The great popularity of mobile devices among people of all ages means that educational apps have a positive influence on student motivation.

03. Educational apps usually have an important playful component, since starting from gamification, they integrate the typical dynamics of the game and reward to achieve the learning objectives. This allows the student to learn by playing.

04. These educational applications also encourage great user interaction, breaking with the classic passive learning experience and allowing richer and more effective learning in which the student is also an active participant throughout the process.

05. As they are multimedia programs with important graphic content consisting of videos, images, audios, etc., the attractiveness for students is multiplied, favoring the maintenance of their attention.

06. Being always connected, access to new information and notices is made immediately.

07. Educational applications allow the creation of a more personalized learning environment, adapted to the specific needs of each student, promoting self-directed learning.

08. They favor the participation and empowerment of understudies, making intriguing spaces for cooperation with regard to collaborative environments.

09. It allows the new skills or knowledge that are acquired to be applied at the time of acquisition. This results in more experiential and therefore more memorable learning.

If you want to check the effectiveness of these tools, here is a list of educational apps that are very popular with teachers and students:

Smartick: It is one of the best applications on the market to learn mathematics. Its main interest is that it adapts in real-time to the capacity and rhythm of the student, offering calculation and logic exercises to solve totally adapted to their level.

Anatomy: It is an interesting application to learn anatomy. It has a very attractive and easy-to-use interface. Thanks to the use of models of the human body built-in 3D, it enhances self-learning.

Planet Geo: It is an application for children designed to learn geography. Its main attraction is its complete color maps that help memorize capitals and countries.

Tydlig: It is a magnificent advanced calculator, which takes advantage of the information storage potential of an iPhone to offer a calculation experience more in line with modern times.

Verbs: It is an excellent consultation application that does not need an internet connection. It allows you to see the conjugation of all the verbs of the Spanish language collected by the RAE.

Additio: This application is a notebook for teachers that allow effective and easy classroom management, solving all the needs that a teacher encounters in their day-to-day life.

The Classroom 1 Software also has apps for parents and teachers that allow the complete management of the classroom and the improvement of communications between parents, teachers, and the study center.