As we teach our students in our classrooms and begin to incorporate more technology into our lessons, we are constantly looking for ways to engage our students.
What apps have you used for an Ipad or Ipod that you would recommend for use in school that would be beneficial to students or teachers?
Please share your comments below.
I have used Dropbox as an app for my classroom that I am currently student teaching. I think this app has saved my life! I like to work at my home computer on lesson plans or creative ideas I have for the classroom and then put it in my drop box and I can add to it or edit if I start thinking about anything else from any device I have around me. I use my iPad constantly and it is always with me. This works best for me because I can just add and edit things so that I can make it better for my classroom. I can add photos, videos and files I have created and if I ever forget my home laptop or my iPad, I can always access everything from any computer in the world! Pretty cool if you ask me!
ReplyDeleteI love Dropbox too! No looking for a USB when you don't have one and the option of opening it anywhere. I recommend this for my students when they are completing projects so that it's always saved somewhere since our school computers often erase work once it is shut down.
DeleteI just recently got an IPad for my classroom. I have the Storia app from Scholastic. It came with 10 free ebooks. They are all popular titles. You can then purchase more ebooks from Scholastic. If you use book clubs, you can even use your bonus points to purchase ebooks. The ebooks have interactive activities that students can do while they read. It asks questions or plays a game that helps with comprehension. I haven't yet had my students use the app, because just got it, but I am very excited about using it soon.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so cool! I never knew there was such an app. It makes me want to get an ipad not just to play with that.
DeleteI will have to check this out. Would be great for my ELL students and my son I am sure!
DeleteI am not currently teaching and do not have access to an ipod or ipad but I found some really neat apps online to use in a classroom. One that stood out to me was the frog dissection app. This would be so neat to use in a Science classroom. I remember having to dissect a frog when I was younger and how gross and funny smelling it was. There were several girls in my class who got sick and couldn't complete the assignment. This app makes it gross proof. You would be able to cut open the frog and use the digital tools to learn about all the components of the frog.
ReplyDeleteGreat app! I will have to share it with our science department.
DeleteMy initial reaction was a facetious response, followed by, "No, now John, don't you be rude to Misti."
ReplyDeleteThe facetious response was, "That's what calculators are for."
It just goes to show that I am perhaps a bit stuck in the past. The truth is, I am excited about the prospect of teaching mathematics with something like IPad. I have not had a chance to experiment with the IPad. From what I know about it, I think that the best students could get a great deal of benefit from it.
Now, don't be too hard on me for liking calculators. I bought my first one in 1974 for $300. It replaced the Pickett slide rule pictured just to the left of my name at the top of this post (yes, I still have that slide rule, and yes, I still use it on occasion).
I love this topic. I recently wanted to incorporate my ipad into lessons to use in the library and two apps. that interested me were How Rocket Learned to Read for Language Arts and Shakespeare in Bits:Romeo and Juliet. Check it out!!!
ReplyDeleteI will! Hopefully it is something I can share with our English Department and use with our ELLs.
DeleteSadly, even though I do have an iphone, I am not very "appy." I haven't really ever thought about using an app to teach. I am sure if I had an ipad I would be more inclined to use it at school. Hmmm, now I have a strong urge to go shopping! I guess I know what to ask Santa for for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI will have to check out the apps people mentioned on my phone for now.
I bet that iBooks or iNewstand would be a great way to organize reading materials for a given semester or unit. I do not presently teach nor have I in the past, but I am hoping that this course will provide numerous ideas about implementing technology in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI will check them out. Sure they are good for current events maybe for ELLs and my foreign language students.
DeleteI wouldn’t know which one works best because I haven’t had to use them yet. But I know that the iPad carries a great many variety of them in the education category, so you’ll have to try and see which one works best for you and your class. I think it’s just amazing to see the programs they have come up with that is now on the market.
ReplyDeleteIt makes learning so much more fun.
Unfortunately, I do not have an iPad or iPod so I'm not sure of any apps. However, I do know that Rocketbook offers an app. It's a DVD study guide. I use it in my classes.
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