Apps for Education

There’s an App in My Pocket iOS and Droid Apps for Education

About apps

About apps• Apps are programs, for lack of a better term, that run on your Droid phone and tablet or iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.• While some apps have speciﬁc purposes, the ones that follow today will be of the more general, day-to-day operations• Many of the apps I will show you will require an online account with a speciﬁc Website• Apps I list are free except the ones with prices next to them

1. Studying

1. Studying• Quizlet.com or FlashcardExchange.com

1. Studying• Quizlet.com or FlashcardExchange.com• I prefer Quizlet because you can do more than study

1. Studying• Quizlet.com or FlashcardExchange.com• I prefer Quizlet because you can do more than study• Both sites have pre-made ﬂashcards for almost every book we have on campus

1. Studying• Quizlet.com or FlashcardExchange.com• I prefer Quizlet because you can do more than study• Both sites have pre-made ﬂashcards for almost every book we have on campus• On your computer, go to either Website and type “SAT” and you’ll ﬁnd hundreds of free SAT cards ready to be used.

Apps for Flashcards iOS Droid• Flashcards*• Flashcards+ • Flashcards+ Free• Flashcards Deluxe • StudyDroid• gFlashPro ($2.99 - Flashcards 2.0 ($1.99) allows users to quiz themselves)

2. Apps While Teaching

2. Apps While Teaching• There are apps that make choosing students easier and fairer.• Class Cards (iOS - $4.99) allows a teacher to enter student names separated by class and, when needed, calls on random students. The teacher is then able to rank that students answer between 1 and 4.• Pick Me! (iOS - $2.99) is similar to Class Cards, but gives only a Yes/No option.

3. Reference

3. Reference• Common Core Standards (iOS and Droid) - All national Common Core Standards in one place

3. Reference• Common Core Standards (iOS and Droid) - All national Common Core Standards in one place• You Can Handle Them All (iOS - $2.99) - Remarkable reference on how to deal with 124 student behaviors

3. Reference• Common Core Standards (iOS and Droid) - All national Common Core Standards in one place• You Can Handle Them All (iOS - $2.99) - Remarkable reference on how to deal with 124 student behaviors• My MLA (iOS and Droid - $1.99) - Quick MLA reference guide

3. Reference• Common Core Standards (iOS and Droid) - All national Common Core Standards in one place• You Can Handle Them All (iOS - $2.99) - Remarkable reference on how to deal with 124 student behaviors• My MLA (iOS and Droid - $1.99) - Quick MLA reference guide• Dictionary.com (iOS and Droid) - Exactly what it says, but includes the Word of the Day alert

3. Reference• Common Core Standards (iOS and Droid) - All national Common Core Standards in one place• You Can Handle Them All (iOS - $2.99) - Remarkable reference on how to deal with 124 student behaviors• My MLA (iOS and Droid - $1.99) - Quick MLA reference guide• Dictionary.com (iOS and Droid) - Exactly what it says, but includes the Word of the Day alert• Wikipanion (iOS) and Wapedia (Droid) - Each provide the best access to Wikipedia

3. Reference• Common Core Standards (iOS and Droid) - All national Common Core Standards in one place• You Can Handle Them All (iOS - $2.99) - Remarkable reference on how to deal with 124 student behaviors• My MLA (iOS and Droid - $1.99) - Quick MLA reference guide• Dictionary.com (iOS and Droid) - Exactly what it says, but includes the Word of the Day alert• Wikipanion (iOS) and Wapedia (Droid) - Each provide the best access to Wikipedia• Bully Shield (iOS and Droid - $.99) and Destructive Issues (iOS and Droid) give teachers advice on how to deal with students having trouble

4. Social Media• Edmodo.com and Schoology.com allow safe social networking between teachers and students.• Both sites resemble Facebook in design and use.• Both sites are closed to those who do not have the required access codes.• Edmodo (iOS and Droid) and Schoology (iOS)

5. Files and Notes

5. Files and Notes• Dropbox (iOS and Droid) - A Website that allows users to save ﬁles locally (on your computer) and in the cloud. With the app, you can open your ﬁles on your devices.• Evernote (iOS and Droid) - Capture whiteboard notes with your device camera and save the images in the cloud.

My Favorites

My Favorites• TED (iOS and Droid) - Watch any video from any TED conference

My Favorites• TED (iOS and Droid) - Watch any video from any TED conference• Audible (iPhone/iPod and Droid) - Download and listen to premium audiobooks on your phone. Requires either books purchased from Audible.com or a subscription to that site.

My Favorites• TED (iOS and Droid) - Watch any video from any TED conference• Audible (iPhone/iPod and Droid) - Download and listen to premium audiobooks on your phone. Requires either books purchased from Audible.com or a subscription to that site.• Qwiki (iPad) - Like Wikipedia, but in spoken words and pictures

My Favorites• TED (iOS and Droid) - Watch any video from any TED conference• Audible (iPhone/iPod and Droid) - Download and listen to premium audiobooks on your phone. Requires either books purchased from Audible.com or a subscription to that site.• Qwiki (iPad) - Like Wikipedia, but in spoken words and pictures• Khan Academy: A Classroom in Your Pocket (iPhone/iPod and Droid) - Ofﬁcial Khan Academy app

My Favorites• TED (iOS and Droid) - Watch any video from any TED conference• Audible (iPhone/iPod and Droid) - Download and listen to premium audiobooks on your phone. Requires either books purchased from Audible.com or a subscription to that site.• Qwiki (iPad) - Like Wikipedia, but in spoken words and pictures• Khan Academy: A Classroom in Your Pocket (iPhone/iPod and Droid) - Ofﬁcial Khan Academy app• Poll Everywhere - http://pollev.com

Apps for Education

by Michael Del Muro on Nov 08, 2011

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