Here are the finalists for the 2026 Tech Edvocate Awards. The winners will be posted here on August 28, 2026.

Best Lesson Planning App or Tool We covered Perplexity Pro overview in more detail.

Finalist:

TeacherFileBox      

OER Commons                 

Profile Planner 

Best Assessment App or Tool

Finalist:

CodeSignal

Study Island

The IXL LevelUp Diagnostic    

MagicBox  

MobyMax  

Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool

Finalist:

Jolly Phonics

Ambani Africa

MobyMax

Best Literacy App or Tool

Finalist:

Jolly Phonics

Ambani Africa

MobyMax

Voyager Passport 

Read&Write    

Step Up to Writing   

ClassMate by World Book     

Best Math App or Tool

Finalist:

GeoGebra

TransMath  

Algebrator

MobyMax

IXL Math    

Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool

Finalist:

Complete Physics

Brilliant

MobyMax

Best Language Learning App or Tool

Finalist:

MobyMax

Ambani Africa

Rosetta Stone for Schools   

AIM Language Learning

Gus on the Go: Spanish

Best Virtual or Augmented Reality App or Tool

Finalist:

Apollo 11 VR 

Gamar

iTeach.world

Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool

Finalist:

MobyMax

Zearn

Articulation Station

Reflex

IXL    

Best Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning App or Tool

Finalist:

Magicschool.ai

Pathify          

Brisk Teaching

Feedback Aide by Learnosity    

Best Coding App or Tool

Finalist:

Tynker

Itch

Kodable

Best Gamification App or Tool

Finalist:

PBS Kids Games

MobyMax

Gimkit

Venture Valley    

Best Learning Management System

Finalist:

Google Classroom

Moodle

MaxBrain LMS

Best Blended/Flipped Learning App or Tool

Finalist:

PlayPosit

Edbrix

MobyMax

Takeoff by IXL        

LANGUAGE! Live     

Best Assistive Technology App or Tool

Finalist:

Natural Reader

Kanga by Presence     

Writable

ModMath

Best Parent-Teacher/School Communication App or Tool

Finalist:

Vasco Audience      

MobyMax

Klassy

Classting

ChildPilot

Best Collaboration App or Tool

Finalist:

Popplet

Speachme

K12 Zone    

Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

Finalist:

MobyMax

K12 Tutoring 

Best Classroom/Behavior Management App or Tool

Finalist:

ClassReach

classroom.cloud

Behavior Manager  

Class Charts

ClassroomQ

Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool

Finalist:

Slidetalk 

Explee 

Best Higher Education Solution

Finalist:

Moodle

Classlink

iClicker Evernote

Pathify Campus Experience Platform   

Best Learning Analytics/Data Mining App or Tool

Finalist:

Learning Locker

UpGrade 

LOOOP

Best Professional Development App or Tool

Finalist:

Share My Lesson  

Stride Professional Development    

GoodReads

Best Student Information System (SIS) App or Tool

Finalist:

ampEducator

Alma SIS

Classes365

Best Global EdTech Leader

Finalist:

Salman Kahn, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy 

Glynn Willett and Wade Willett, Founders and Owners of MobyMax

Jamie Candee President, CEO, and Board Director of Edmentum

Kerry Cooper, CEO of College Source    

Best Global EdTech Company

Finalist:

Discovery Education   

Edmentum    

Pathify   

MobyMax

Stride, Inc.      

NetSupport   

Everway    

AppsAnywhere and LabStats    

Best Global EdTech Startup

Finalist:

Gamar   

Classes365  

Edukoya

Best K-12 School Leader

Finalist:

Dr. Laura Stout, Executive Director of School Leadership at Corpus Christi Independent School District

Elizabeth Shaw, Chief Executive Officer at Chicago International Charter School

Dr. Usamah Rodgers, Assistant Superintendent at Dallas ISD

Best Higher Education Leader

Finalist:

Roslyn Clark Artis, JD, EdD, President at Benedict College

Janet Napolitano, President at University of California

Elmira Mangum, Vice President at Cornell University

Best School District Technology Coordinator/Director

Finalist:

Adrian Cepero, District Technology Coordinator, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ

Chris Long, Educational Technology Coordinator, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Huntington Beach, CA

Nora Laho, District Technology Coordinator and Instructional Technology Coach at Public Schools of CLK

Best K-12 Teacher

Finalist:

Chloe Peterson, Teacher at Elevate K-12

Molly Hamill, California Virtual Academies, a K12-powered online school 

Aileen Gendrano Adao, Los Angeles Unified School District

Judy Williams, Teacher at Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind

Best Professor

Finalist:

Hope Rias, Assistant Professor at Bridgewater College

Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, MIT

Derek D. Bardell, Professor of Business Administration at Delgado Community College

Best EdTech PR Firm

Finalist:

Young & Associates  

Communications Strategy Group   

Publicize 

PRlab