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Enhancing Education: Spring into Technology with Apps

Explore the basics, essentials, and skills needed to integrate educational apps in the classroom. Learn about various app categories and leading operating systems. Discover tips on selecting, using, and assessing apps for students' development. Unlock the potential of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets to engage learners in interactive and innovative ways.

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Enhancing Education: Spring into Technology with Apps

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  1. Spring into Technology withAPPS in Education Beth Rajan Sockman Ph.D. Stacy Keller

  2. Goals • What is this? • Basics – components APPS • Essentials • Skills & Resources – Content areas • Creation

  3. Mobile Devices Smart Phones Tablets or Pads Leading Operating Systems: Android = Google iOS = Apple Connectivity – Wireless WiFi Satellite 3G or 4G

  4. Basic Components - iPad • On/Off • Change Settings • Home • Volume

  5. APPS = Applications Apple (iOS) Android (Google) Google Market – Play Amazon • iTunes - APPS INSTALL

  6. Let’s Play – FREE Apps

  7. Apps in the Classroom Basic - Speech to Text Dragon Android – Voice to Text http://intellectualtechcourage.org/2012/01/13/at-android-speech-to-text/ THOUGHT: Can get at most schools through IEP

  8. Let’s Play! Apps in the Classroom • Targets a particular skill • Could use as reward • DO NOT need a classroom set • Determine how you will assess completion • Checklist of names • Reflection page

  9. Apps in the Classroom • Have available like text book • ALWAYS useful

  10. Apps in the Classroom Higher Level Thinking Think through how you will share and monitor. THOUGHT: Have a teacher account, where you can take uploads.

  11. QR CODES – You will need for the rest presentation http://moodle.esasd.net/moodle/course/view.php?id=1078

  12. Basic Components iPod -ESASD http://moodle.esasd.net/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=36599

  13. Finding Good Apps • Ten Top Sites for Educational Apps – • http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3617

  14. Video on the iPad • Apps in Education – Video • http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/01/making-student-videos-on-ipad.html

  15. Appolicious • Best iPhone & iPad List • Android Tab! • http://www.appolicious.com/curated-apps?user_id=alline

  16. iPads- LOOSE – NOT in a folder • Dragon • Evernote • MyHomework • Best Bardcode Scanner - Scan QR   • Khan Academy

  17. iPad Apps - Creation • Toonastic • Animation Creator HD Lite • Animoto • Screen Chomp     • Educreations • Paint with Time • ArtPuzzleHD Lite

  18. iPads - Austism • Crazy Face •  Furry Friend   • See.Touch.Learn • Life Skills Sampler HD  

  19. iPad Apps – Early Literacy • Fun Rhyming   • Rhyming Bee   • Phonics Vowels   • ABC Alphabet Phonics   • ABC Phonics Animals • Writing HD Free Lite • Build A Word Express   • Cimo Can Spell   • Futaba   •  Balloon Baby School • Interactive flash cars • Who's Smary Pants     • Me Genius     • Cimo Can Spell  

  20. iPad-Language Arts • Spell it Lite 2-6   • Spell it Lite 6-9   • Vocabulary Central (Grade 9)   • Vocabulary Central (Grade 6)   • Same Meaning Magic   • Same Meaning Magic II   • Opposite Ocean     • Opposite Ocean II   • ICDL Books for Children • International Children's Digital Library

  21. iPad Apps – Early Math • Motion Math: Hungry Fish   • Math Ninja Free   • Teaching Number Lines   • MathTappers: Numberline • 30 Days Math Success   • Tell Time • Little Matchups Game  

  22. iPad - Math Apps • iFactor • Quadratics • TanagramsHD Lite • Factor Race   • Math Wise   • SAT Math Trainer   • Multiples

  23. iPad – Science Apps • Disaster Alert   • Magnetometer • HudsonAlpha • iCell • NASA App   • Molecules • iElements

  24. Ideal Classroom Time • Creating the floor plan • Technology available • Details – show wiki • Excel • Questions and concerns? • Work with creating and embedding charts • Next class – work class

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