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2. DDAAVVEE GGUUYYMMOONN
Technology Integration Specialist for Blaine County School District, Idaho
@DAVEGUYMON
EDUCATIONAL
PPEERRSSOONNAALL
“Cargo-Bot is a very engaging iPad app that will quickly
capture students’ interest while secretly teaching them
principles of computer programming.”
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“For those interested in learning how to create their own
games or simulations, Codea is a non-threatening program
that lets you play around with writing and customizing
your own code with the ease of an iPad.”
3. SSTTAARRRR SSAACCKKSSTTEEIINN
High School English and Journalism Teacher, Flushing, NY
@MSSACKSTEIN
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL PPEERRSSOONNAALL
“Voxer is a walkie talkie app that I use to provide
feedback for my students. It creates a 2 way
conversation that we can have about their learning.”
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“The app I can't live without is Twitter, it has breathed
new life into my career. I'm excited about teaching all of
the time because of the connections I've made with
other innovative teachers on chats and blog sharing.
4. BBIILLLL BBRRAANNNNIICCKK
Director of Technology, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
@CoachB0066
EDUCATIONAL
PPEERRSSOONNAALL
“Educreations is a great app to create flipped Lectures
or basic tutorials. I used this for my Junior/Senior
elective class to review topics and on our Cyber Snow
days to provide background prior to the students
assignment.”
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“Trello is the app for Trello.com a project management
site. Busy administrators and teachers have the ability
to collaborate and manage projects. It has allowed me
to visualize all that my department has going on and
keep track of the team’s updates easily.”
5. MMOONNIICCAA BBUURRNNSS
EdTech & Curriculum Consultant, NYC
@ClassTechTips
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL PPEERRSSOONNAALL
“Adobe Voice is one of my favorite educational apps for
digital storytelling. It's simple to use, has customizable
features, and helps students create a fantastic finished
product.”
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“One of my favorite apps for keeping up with my PLN is
Pocket. I love how easy it is to bookmark articles that
I've seen mentioned on my Twitter feed and want to
read later.”
6. DDAARRIINN JJOOHHNNSSTTOONN
6th Grade Teacher, Iowa
@AnIowaTeacher
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “One of my most used educational apps right now is one
called Team Shake. It's a $.99 cent app that allows me
to enter my class, then pick by random people, by
group, or by size of group. I love it as do my students as
they know it's totally random!”
PERSONAL
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“I have some good running music, but I'm always on
search for something better and found it with Rock My
Run. They offer remixes of all kinds of music and if you
register on their website, you can download one of their
files free per month.”
7. RRUUSSSSEELL TTAARRRR
History Teacher, Toulouse, France
@RusselTarr
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “As a study app I find Feedly a fantastically useful way
of staying on top of educational blogs and the Google
Alerts I have set up. It summarises any new posts and
resources that have been added to dozens of websites
since the last time I've looked, all in one place.”
PERSONAL
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“I don't have GPS in my car so Waze is really useful
whenever I'm on my travels.”
8. DDEEBBOORRAAHH MMCCCCAALLLLUUMM
Teacher Librarian, Ontario, Canada
@BigIdeasinEdu
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “Shadow Puppet Edu is a free app, and is excellent for
providing ongoing formative feedback. It is also a great
way for students to take pictures and record their audio
to demonstrate what they have learned, engage in
reflection and more! You can upload the recordings to
YouTube blogs, and even share via social media.”
PERSONAL
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“Flipboard as a curation tool for topics of great interest
to me including the Learning Commons, Inquiry,
Pedagogy, Literacy and other areas.”
9. NNIICCHHOOLLAASS PPRROOVVEENNZZAANNOO
Teacher & Technology Curriculum Specialist, Michigan
@TheNerdyTeacher
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “Remind is the app that I love to use with my students
because I am able to send them a reminder of what the
homework is for the night as well as positive thoughts
on how class went for the day. It's a great way to keep
students connected to what is going on in class.”
PERSONAL
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“Evernote is the app that I can't live without. I use it for
all of my lesson plans and assignments with my
students. I use it every day to help me remember
everything.”
10. RROOSSEE LLUUNNAA
Teacher Librarian & Public Librarian, Long Island, NY
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “I love Follett BryteWave and Mackin Via, both e-book
apps. The students love that they can access these
resources easily from their devices. I even just did a
Parent University workshop at our school where I
showed parents how to access these resources.”
PERSONAL
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“I love Google Drive. I use it everyday to access my
documents and files from one place. If you need to
collaborate with a teacher on a lesson you can comment
and make edits to the same document without having to
meet in person or at the same time.”
@RoseMLuna
11. MMAARRGGAAUUXX DDEELLGGUUIIDDIICCEE
Teacher Librarian & Public Librarian, Long Island, NY
@metadatachick
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “I love the Haiku Deck app for use at work, especially with
the presentations I give to students, faculty and at
conferences. I love the clean look, the sparse text and as a
librarian, the availability of numerous Creative Commons
photos with attribution makes me feel good about the
product. I offer Haiku Deck to my students as an alternative
to PowerPoint Presentations.”
PERSONAL
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“In general, I am a big fan of all curation tools, but the one
that I love for my personal use is Zite. Because Zite is able to
learn a user's preferences, my "Top Stories" are always a
combination of topics that help me professionally and
personally.
12. TTOOMM MMUURRRRAAYY
State and district digital learning director for the Alliance for Excellent Education, Washington, DC
@ThomasCMurray
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL PPEERRSSOONNAALL
Communication is key and as educators, it is our job to
communicate well to both our students and parents. Remind is a
free, safe educational app that allows educators to communicate
with students and parents in real time.
Messages can be sent as reminders and 'stamps' can be sent to
solicit feedback in real time.
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Voxer is a push-to-talk, live messaging application that provides
live voice which is simultaneously recorded, delivered, and stored
in the cloud. It also integrates text, photo, and location sharing.
Groups of educators are now collaborating in real-time to use this
technology to discuss best practices, current trends and
instructional pedagogy.
13. EERRIINN KKLLEEIINN
Elementary Teacher, Michigan
@KleinErin
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL PPEERRSSOONNAALL
ChatterPix Kids is an entertaining way to add voice to
anything you snap a photo of! Simply take a photo, draw a
line for the mouth, record your voice, and save.
Instantly, your picture comes to live with your recorded
voice.
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SongPop is a social way to challenge your friends to music
challenges. The decades and genres are endless in their
massive and easily categorized archive of popular selections.
I have so much fun challenging friends and family to fun,
quick games of music trivia.
14. MMIICCHHEELLEE KKIIRRSSCCHHEENNBBAAUUMM
Teacher Librarian and In-house librarian at Imagine Easy Solutions, NYC
@Michele_EasyBib
EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONNAALL “Show Me is a great interactive whiteboard that is easy
to use. I have my younger elementary students use it to
put together simple presentations, complete with
photos and voiceovers.”
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My personal favorites
“Cameo is an awesome app that allows me to easily
create and share short videos. I enjoy using the app’s
editing tools to put together a montage of videos from
vacations, field trips, and events.”
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