Apps for educators?

Do you mind sharing what the teachers in your circle often look for? Is it more towards presentation or explaining a concept (like drawing, mindmapping, etc). Is it research tools? or maybe a platform for sharing their teachings better?

Thanks for sharing the additional context. The research and writing angle caught my attention. I'm building a Mac app called 26Keys that's focused on helping people become better writers rather than simply use AI for correcting their text. Most AI writing tools fix the content, whereas 26Keys tries to help users understand and learn from their mistakes and improve over time. It may be more relevant for students and non-native English writers than faculty authors, but I'd be happy to share more details if that sounds interesting for your group.

What’s its advantage over notchprompter, which is open-source and free?

good question. if you only need a free/open-source teleprompter in the notch, notchprompter is probably the better choice. ghostcue is meant to be more of a private notes app, not just a teleprompter. for me it replaces apple notes, stickies, and notchprompter because i can use it for normal notes, sticky notes, talking points, loom videos, demos, and screen shares, while keeping everything invisible in recordings. i’ve also had educators and content creators tell me the flexibility is useful because they’re not always just reading a script. sometimes they’re teaching, presenting, recording, or jumping between points. so i wouldn’t say it’s better for everyone. if you want free and simple, notchprompter makes sense. if you want a more complete private notes workflow for presenting/recording, that’s where ghostcue is different.

What tools do you currently use to solve those tasks? Are they still lacking something that makes you want to look for alternatives?

I'm working in schools too, I kinda like to use Notability for quite a lot of different usecases. It sometimes offers student discounts. Not sure if this helps you.

Hey, I think ghostcue.app would be perfect for this! it's an invisible notes app that stays invisible to screenshare and screen recordings. I've had many educators and content creators give good feedback saying it helps them with making educational content where they are sharing or recording their screen for a powerpoint or even projecting their screen through AirPlay - they can have their talking points on screen without anyone else seeing them! I currently have an early bird discount automatically applied of $20 off for this month but I'd be happy to extend that for educators :)

One category I think is still underrepresented for educators is desk wellness and screen-time wellbeing. Teachers, instructors, and researchers often spend hours preparing materials, grading assignments, and working in front of a computer. Apps that encourage regular movement, eye breaks, posture awareness, and hydration can help make long work sessions more sustainable. I've built a macOS app called Posturio that uses active computer time (instead of simple timers) to provide posture reminders, eye breaks, movement reminders, hydration reminders, and guided wellness exercises. It was originally designed for desk workers, but I've found many of the same challenges apply to educators as well. I'd be interested to hear whether wellness-focused apps are something your group would find useful.

If you think they might be interested in our dictation app (https://yakki.ai), with the code FEEDBACKFEB they get a couple months completely free. They can use it to write faster in any app, but they can also record their online sessions, get summaries and insights. Happy to give them a discount code for the lifetime or the annual if they prefer that, just let me know!

Obsidian offers 40% off to educators https://obsidian.md

try to find clicky on github or x.com, its a tool which spot on top of your mouse and using ai to help you to showcase on a screen where to click or what to press