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MES Literacy PD

Technology: Websites & Apps

Apps for iPad, iPhone & Android

Photo by Jan Persiel

START WITH THE EDUCATION TAB

Usually at the top of the iPad App store, if you don't see it check out All Categories.

CHECK OUT EDUCATION COLLECTIONS

At the bottom of the Education tab, click on Education collections to see apps organized by content area.

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Purely classroom behavior tracking. Set up different types of behaviors, both positive and negative, and quickly give students + or - for their actions. Students can log-in online as well and customize their 'monster', parents can access reports, and teachers can run detailed reports.

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iPhone app, but connects with Classroom Organizer by Booksource website to organize your classroom library. Can scan ISBN numbers for your books, students can go to the website and 'check out' and check in books. Great for classroom libraries!

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Create and set-up rubrics and classes to easily assess. When assessing can use rubric, pictures, notes, and video. Great for performance assessments, student presentations, or just any student work.

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Socrative is a great assessment tool if your students have access to any type of devices (personal, phones, computers, etc.). Very easy to create assessments quickly, get fast results to analyze. Favorite thing is the compatibility with literally any device. If they can't get the app they just need an Internet browser.

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Plickers is a great quick formative assessment app for class. Print out cards that students can hold up, use your iPhone to scan the room, instantly see results!

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Great website and platform in general for free blogging with your students. I have some students who use the app to post, I myself love the ability to review and approve student comments quickly. As students write I'm able to walk around the classroom while approving comments.

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This app is just too cool. At 4.99$ it's a splurge, but great for splicing together any media you have, adding text, and sharing them with others. Great for student projects or for you to share with students.

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I check this app...every single day. There are always free apps out there and this is my favorite app for checking that out. Must have!

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Augmented reality app. Very cool, create an augmented reality environment by adding videos and animations on a 'target image'. For instance, have students point their device at a piece of artwork and have a video appear explaining the artist and history of the piece.

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There are lots of different versions of this but this is my personal favorite. Quickly take pictures of documents (or literally anything), package those pictures together as one file and share it in a multitude of ways. I haven't used a flatbed scanner in years.

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I know Google Translate isn't perfect but once upon a time a student who spoke absolutely no English walked into my classroom. Using my iPad her classmates and I managed to help her understand everything going on and even helped her to participate in a group project with no issues whatsoever. That day, Google Translate was my life saver.

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Use Quizlet website or app to create flashcards for students to study or practice with. You can use not only words and definitions but pictures and words as well.

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Evernote, the mother of all note taking apps, is just too darn handy. I have it on all my devices and I wish with everything it had been invented when I was writing massive research papers in college. What a great tool to organize all KINDS of not just notes, but attachments, pictures, and voice notes.

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A very cool app to find and create 'how-to' guides. Want to show how to make chocolate chip cookies? Simply take pictures of the steps as you go, drop them all in a guide, add notes, and voila you have a gorgeous guide to share with others. Lots of creation possibilities with this app and lots to explore.

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Fun app, students can continue others' stories and create their own simple stories with illustrations.

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Too fun, create animated puppet shows with your own audio and export to videos for later.

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Great app for creating poetry, a twist on the refrigerator magnet idea!

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What it implies, Toontastic is a fun app to create cartoons and tell stories. Lots of possibilities with this one!

Websites & Tools

Kidblog.org

Great way to get students writing and collaborating. Create class blogs that are extremely secure and private. Have the ability to approve both posts and comments from students if you want to. Can also let students see other class blogs to comment and share.

Storybird.com

Great website to have students create stories. You can get a free educator account, set up a class and student accounts. Students use existing art work to put together and write their own story.

CIITS: Item Central

Find items to use for tests or passages with items attached. Search by standard, grade level, and many other filters.

Search by signing into CIITS and going to Assessment Admin, click on Find an Item, Passage, or Rubric.

Cybraryman.com

A GREAT collection of educational resources. This is the first place I check for technology resources related to specific topics.