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- 1. There’s An App For That Group Project By Group 3- Evan Burgess, Ashley Rosenbaum, and Hallie Rowell
- 2. Content Area: Apps That Will Work With All Grades
- 3. Math Tutor Pro • Grade Level and Content Area: All grades can use this math app because the problems get progressively harder. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app teaches and reinforces math skills. It includes a progress tracker and provides a test mode for students to see what grade level they are on. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, this app gives immediate student feedback for correct and incorrect answers and includes a progress tracker. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: The higher learning thinking skills this app encourages are memorization and analyzing of problems. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: This app is very easy to use. It is designed for elementary students to dive right into the app and progress from there. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: This app does not collect any information on people, so it does not invade people’s privacy. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, this app teaches multiplication, addition, division, and subtraction with different difficulty levels, which is connected to the Common Core standards. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, if the student knows how to do the problems. • Would You Recommend This App? Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app because it starts off as simple math. For example, it starts off with (2+2) to more difficult (2+345×583-312). Found by: Evan Burgess
- 4. Google Earth • Grade Level and Content Area: All grades can use this geography app. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: Teachers can use this app to show students features of the world such as rivers, pyramids, etc. It is like a virtual field trip. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: No, this app does not provide student feedback. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: The higher learning thinking skills this app encourages are imagination, thinking, and exploration. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: This app is very easy to use. You just type what you want to see in the search box and the app takes you there. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: This app does track the location of where it is being used. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, this would be a great app to teach geography features with. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, the instructions are easy to follow. • Would You Recommend This App? Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app. I have actually spent countless hours exploring cities and mountains on this app. Found by: Evan Burgess
- 5. Content Area: Apps for Elementary Students
- 6. Murky Reef • Grade Level and Content Area: This is a kindergarten foundational reading skills app and goes with Common Core standard RF.K.2.A. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app can be used in centers for students to work on individual skills and as a whole group on a Smart Board. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, this app allows you to click on reports for each individual student and view the percentage correct for each section in the app such rhyming words and spell the word. The average performance percentage for each skill is given as well. Teachers can use this information to make sure the app is adjusted to fit each student’s needs, which improves student performance. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: The higher learning thinking skills this app encourages are that it requires them to create a sentence and creating is part of Bloom’s Taxonomy. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: Yes, this app is easy to navigate and understand, which makes it intuitive. It is also easy to launch. There are clear buttons and a voice to read aloud directions to the student if needed. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: The privacy this app offers is that scores are kept private. Also, personal data can be deleted and is only viewable by the teacher. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, the skills reinforced are connected to Common Core standard RF.K.2.A, which says students should be able to recognize and produce rhyming words and subtract and add phonemes. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, this app provides instructions that are helpful and within the student’s reading level and tell you exactly what to do. The design is also simple and exciting enough to motivate students to use the app often. • Would You Recommend this App? Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app because it is well designed and students have fun with it but are learning at the same time. I love the feedback that this app gives teachers and that the feedback allows them to differentiate instruction. I also like that the students enjoy using the app. Found by: Ashley Rosenbaum
- 7. Jungle Time • Grade Level and Content Area: This is a 1st grade Mathematics app and goes with Common Core standard MD.B.3. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app can be used in the classroom during morning carpet time as a class. It could be used to teach telling time by broadcasting it on the Smart Board and teaching a lesson. For individualized instruction, students could use this during centers and free time. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, this app shows the questions the students got correct and incorrect and which questions those were. The app tells you what the specific answer was, the time spent answering the question, and the number of attempts it took to get the answer correct. Based on the student feedback, teachers can adjust settings to fit the student’s skill level. This results in improved student performance. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: The higher learning thinking skills this app encourages is that they have to apply their knowledge to set the elapsed time on a clock. Applying knowledge is part of Bloom’s Taxonomy. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: Yes, this app is easy to navigate and launch. It is easy to understand, which makes it intuitive, because of the simple and fun layout. Students love the fun layout and want to use this app as much as they can. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: The privacy offered by this app is that each student has their own profile and this way, the scores received by the student can only be seen by them and the teacher. It does not share data. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, the skills reinforced are connected to Common Core standard MD.B.3, which says students need to be able to tell and write time in hours and half-hours using clocks. These are skills practiced in this app. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, the instructions provided help the student progress through the app and the questions are to the point and helpful. The instructions are also on the student’s reading level. They are easy to follow and comprehensive. • Would You Recommend This App? Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app because it teaches students and helps them practice the vital skill of telling time. It challenges them and helps them use higher learning thinking skills. Students are also motivated to use this app because it is fun to use. It is great to watch the students have fun learning. Found by: Ashley Rosenbaum
- 8. WH Questions • Grade Level and Content Area: This reading and literature app can be used in 2nd grade and goes with Common Core standard RL.2.1. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app can be used right before reading a story to help students learn or refresh their skills on how to identify the who, what, when, where, why, and how in a story. Another way to use this app is having it as a center so students can work on this skill constantly. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, if a student gets a question wrong, the app will tell them the correct answer. The app will allow students and teachers to look at the individual questions answered correctly and incorrectly in the test summary section. This can result in teachers adjusting settings in the app to make it fits the student’s skill set. This will result in student improvement. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: This app encourages higher learning thinking skills such as students applying what they have learned, which is part of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Students will have to apply what they have learned when they answer questions such as who, what, when, where, why, and how about a selected text. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: This app is very easy to use and understand, which makes it intuitive. The buttons are clearly labeled, which makes it easy to launch and navigate. The design is simple and interesting. So, students are not confused and can navigate the app easily and are more motivated to select this app. The app is also tailored to student’s specific needs because teachers can choose the format the questions are presented in. The fun design of the app will also motivate the students to use it. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: The privacy offered is that each student has their own account and so only the student and teacher can view their progress and scores. Any information that is sent via email is sent over a secure connection. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, the skills reinforced do connect to my curriculum because my standard, RL.2.1, specifically talks about identifying the who, what, when, where, why, and how in this app or a given text. These are the skills practiced in this app. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, the instructions are clear and helpful. They are at the student’s reading level. When you enter the app, you click on the “i” button and it gives you all the details about using the app. The directions are easy to follow as well. • Would you Recommend This App? Why or Why Not?: Yes, I believe this app fits in well with Common Core and will allow students to improve skills that will allow them to be successful in many different aspects of their educational careers. I also like this app because students are excited to use it. Found by: Ashley Rosenbaum
- 9. Tense Builder • Grade Level and Content Area: This language app can be used in 2nd grade and goes with Common Core standards L.2.1 and L.2.1.D. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: Tense Builder can be used as a whole class for a lesson on using a certain tense for a verb and constructing sentences with that verb. However, this app is most useful when used individually because of its ability to fit student’s specific needs. So, it would work best in centers or during individual work because students could work towards having their needs met. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, when a student completes a language exercise, they are given feedback on their work. They will be told how many questions they got right on each attempt. They will see what kinds of sentences they missed. If they get a question wrong, they will be told how to do it right. Progress reports are also available for students and teachers by pressing the stats button. Teachers can use those progress reports to adjust settings on the app to help meet student’s specific needs. This will result in student improvement. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: This app encourages higher learning thinking skills by having students create sentences based on the information they learned in class and in the app on verbs in past and present tense. In this situation, they have to apply their knowledge, which is part of Bloom’s Taxonomy. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: This app is very easy to use and understand, which makes it intuitive. Students will be able to launch and navigate this app independently because it is easy to use. You just launch the app and at the bottom is a play button and when you press it, a video begins. During the interactive video, there are questions to answer and after the video there is a sentence to construct. The app flows well and is simple to navigate. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: The privacy this app offers is that each student has an individual account that allows their scores to be private. Only teachers have access to this information. These statistics will not be given to any third parties. The statistics collected from student’s progress can be deleted. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: The skills reinforced are connected to my curriculum because they connect with two different Common Core standards, L.2.1 and L.2.1.D. Standard L.2.1 says students should demonstrate command of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Standard L.2.1.D says students should form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs. Both of these standards are a part of the app and students have to apply these skills frequently. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, the instructions are helpful and are on the correct reading level for the students. They are comprehensive as well. To view instructions, you can watch the video tutorial when you first enter the app and it explains how to use the app very thoroughly. I would show the video to the whole class before the students begin to use the app individually. I would also have them watch it again independently. Due to the ease, creativity, and fun this app provides, students are motivated to use the app. The animated videos also grab the student’s attention and that makes them want to use the app often as well. • Would You Recommend This App? Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app because it not only teaches students new skills but allows them to use part of Bloom’s Taxonomy by creating their own sentence and recording it so the teacher can hear it and use that information to help the student be successful. Found by: Ashley Rosenbaum
- 10. Bongo’s Spelling Packs • Grade Level and Content Area: This English and language arts app can be used in kindergarten through 5th grade. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: Teachers can use this app for students needing extra help individually with vocabulary and comprehension. It’s great because it can be accommodated to many different kinds of students. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, this app provides student feedback on every activity. It keeps track of each student’s progress as well. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: There are different levels of complexity; the most complex involving higher order thinking skills. For example, students can build on phonemes to create, recognize, and improve word structure for spelling. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: Bongo’s Spelling Packs Pro is a very high quality app. All of the features operate smoothly and intuitively. The artwork is colorful and detailed and the animations are eye-catching and amusing. This app includes a number of features that make it very useful. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: This app contains no in-app purchases, no outside advertising, and no social media links. The section with links to other apps by the same developer, the email feature, and the settings are protected by a security gate. Children can access user creation or deletion. Parents and teachers can approve the collection of performance data for private review and reporting only. The app will not sell or distribute personal information to any third party. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, this app reinforced the Common Core standard RF.3.3, which says students should know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Among other things, this app allows students to understand phonemes and how to build words. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, once you know where to start, all directions and instructions are easy to understand and follow. • Would You Recommend This App?: Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app. I like how it’s individualized and teachers can use it for assessment and practice. Found by: Hallie Rowell
- 11. Number Hero: Multiplication • Grade Level and Content Area: This mathematics app can be used with 3rd through 5th graders. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app could be used in math class to aid in the memorization of multiplication. This app provides timed games to assess multiplication. This could be used in place of assessment or for extra practice. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, after each game, the student’s score is shown with the incorrect problems. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: This app encourages recall and memorization of multiplication facts. It also requires students to understand the facts because they have to work backwards and know the factors to solve the problems. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: Yes, kids will find the app easy to navigate but parents may wish for a more complex parental block. Those who can complete the level of multiplication problems the game covers can also read when the screen asks them to swipe with two fingers to access more games from the developer. This can cause them to gain access to games without parent’s permission. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: This app collects and stores personal data. This app can also get your Facebook data. You can opt out of this company giving your information to third parties. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: This app can reinforce the Common Core standard 3.0A.A.3, which talks about how students need to know how to represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: The app has a simple design to accompany the simple concept of the game. Each of the two modes are labeled 1-20 and 1-81 on the main screen. However, kids might not understand those labels until they click on the question mark which gives them an overview of the game. Once they’ve chosen a level, kids get clear instructions on how to play. • Would You Recommend This App? Why or Why Not?: This is an okay app. It is simple and straightforward and allows students to have fun learning multiplication. There are too many pop-ups and the game could be differentiated more. Found by: Hallie Rowell
- 12. World Creativity Kit • Grade Level and Content Area: This English app can be used with grades 3rd through 6th grade. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app would be used in an English or Language Arts class or an ESL/Literacy intervention class. This app helps students become familiar with new words and lets them be creative in forming ideas into sentences and stories. I think one of the big uses this offers is its help with poetry. It lets students be creative without the frustration of the process. It can also be used to help with grammar by working with parts of speech. • Does it Provide Student Feedback? Yes, it does assist in providing students with feedback by allowing students to share their stories with other users, who can provide feedback. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: This app allows students to be creative and use new words to create poems, stories, and narratives. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: Designers have incorporated clear directions about the app’s features, accessible from the home screen or the main book page by tapping the question mark. A menu of the app’s functions appears , and when each item is pressed, there is a short animated screen shot showing exactly how to use the feature. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: This app doesn’t collect or sell other companies your personal information. You create your own account, which saves your progress. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, this app connects to Common Core standard W.4.3, which calls for students to write real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive detail, and clear sequences. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, this app provides good directions. An easy selection of reminders is available under the “?” section of the screen where your student can watch a video on how to do things inside the app, like save work or clear a page. • Would You Recommend this App?: Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app. It is a creative way for students to practice vocabulary and writing. It lets the students use their imagination in an educational way. Found by: Hallie Rowell
- 13. Content Area: Apps for Junior High and High School Students
- 14. Buzz Math Found by: • Grade Level and Content Area: This math app can be used in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app is enabled for SmartBoards so teachers can use this app with the entire class. I can also be used individually for students because it tracks student’s mastery of problems. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, this app provides students with immediate feedback. It not only shows and tracks student progress, but it lets students retry problems. If the student gets a math problem wrong, the app shows you the correct way to solve it with another chance to solve it correctly. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: This app encourages understanding and application most often. This app desires student mastery of concepts and the ability to apply knowledge in a variety of different examples. This app isn't just multiple choice; it is interactive and promotes deeper thinking. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: This app is very easy to use. Everything is very straight forward and easy to • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: The school or teachers pay for a certain amount of activation codes to be used by the students. It can’t be accessed by anyone else. Teachers can log and track student's progress. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: All of the math problems featured in this app are aligned with the Common Core standards. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, this app is simple to use. The teacher can provide students with chosen activities to complete. All problems have directions that are easy to understand. • Would You Recommend this App?: Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would definitely recommend this app! I love how easily adapted into the curriculum this app is. It is completely aligned with Common Core and can work with a SmartBoard. It is interactive and encourages deeper thinking to help students improve their math skills. Hallie Rowell
- 15. Flashcards Found by: • Grade Level and Content Area: This app can be used with all content levels and would work with all grade levels. However, it works best with Junior high and high school. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: The specific uses in the classroom are that it can be used for virtual flashcards to help students study in and out of the classroom. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, this app tracks the questions students answered correctly and tells when the student’s answers are incorrect. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: The higher learning thinking skills encouraged by this app are memorization and understanding of ideas. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: This app is easy to use for both students and teachers. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: The teacher is the only one who can see who is struggling with ideas. Other students cannot see any information. This is done because the teacher has access to create the flashcards and that prevents other students from seeing the results. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, if the teacher chooses to set the flashcards up that way. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, the app is easy to use. The teacher sets up the flashcards with the question and the correct answer. The students then try to learn the material by tapping on the flashcards to see the answer, or the back of the card. • Would You Recommend this App. Why or Why Not?: Yes, I would recommend this app to any student who needs help with studying. Evan Burgess
- 16. Classroom by Google • Grade Level and Content Area: This app, that applies to any content level, is good for junior high and high school. • Specific Uses in the Classroom: This app is designed to help teachers create and collect assignments through a paperless method, including time saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google document for each assignment and for each student. It creates drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized and on track for what is due. • Does it Provide Student Feedback?: Yes, teachers can provide direct, real-time feedback, and grades right in the app. • What Kind of Higher Learning Thinking Skills Does the App Encourage?: The higher learning thinking skills encouraged by this app are organization and communication. • Ease of Use? Is it Intuitive?: Yes, this app is very easy to use. Students and teachers only need access to Google Classroom and a Google account. • What Kind of Privacy Does it Offer?: This app is ad free. Google is a very private company and this app reflects that. • Are the Skills Reinforced Connected to your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes?: Yes, the assignments based in the app are connected to what teachers are teaching and Common Core standards. • Does the App Provide Easy to Follow and Comprehensive Instructions?: Yes, it is easy to use. The app also provides instructions for administrators. • Would You Recommend this App? Why or Why Not?: I would recommend this app to my local administrators. It eliminates paperwork and gives students a way to turn in assignments and not lose them. It is also by a great company who is trusted in the computer industry. Found by: Evan Burgess
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Editor's Notes
- Detailed Information About the App -Name Math Tutor Pro -Grade level and content area All grade area math. Problems can get progressively harder -Specific uses in the classroom This app teaches and reinforces math skills. Includes a progress tracker. Provides a test mode for students to see what grade level they are on. -Does it provide student feedback Yes immediate student feedback for correct and incorrect answers. Includes a progress tracker. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage Memorization analyzing of problems -Ease of use...is it intuitive This app is very easy to use. It is designed for elementary students to dive right into the app. -What kind of privacy does it offer This app does not collect any information on people. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes Yes. teaches multiplication, addition, division, and subtraction with different difficulty levels. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions. Yes if the student knows how to do the problems -Would you recommend this app? Why or why not? Yes I would recommend this app because it starts off as simple math, (2+2) to more difficult (2+345 x 583-312).
- Detailed Information about the App -Name Google Earth -Grade level and content area any grade Geography. -Specific uses in the classroom Teachers can use this app to show students features of the world. Mountain ranges, rivers, pyramids, The Great Wall, Capitals, etc. It is a virtual field trip without going. -Does it provide student feedback No -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage Imagination, thinking, exploration. -Ease of use...is it intuitive This app is very easy to use. Type what you want to see in the search box and the app takes you there. -What kind of privacy does it offer This app does track the location of where it is being used. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes Yes. This would be a great app to teach geography features with. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.. The instructions are easy to follow. -Would you recommend this app? Why or why not? Yes I would recommend this app. I have actually spent countless hours exploring cities, and mountains on this app.
- Detailed Information about the App -Name- Murky Reef -Grade level and content area- Kindergarten Reading: Foundational Skills RF.K.2.A -Specific uses in the classroom- The specific uses of this app in the classroom are that it can be used, like many others, in a center set-up. In centers, students have the opportunity to work on skills that they need to practice. So, this app can be used by students who need to work on their reading foundational skills such as rhyming words. Another way to use this app in the classroom is to broadcast it on the Smart Board and complete the activities as a group. A good thing to do is to practice the student’s reading foundational skills using this app before writing a sentence or using any of the reading foundational skills or reading a book that includes putting those skills to use. I think this might be a great way to help the student warm-up and get ready to work with these skills. The skills in this app are practiced in a problem-based format that requires them to think critically and apply their knowledge. -Does it provide student feedback?- This app does provide student feedback because it allows you to click on reports for each individual student and it provides you will the percentage correct for each section in the app such as spot rhyming words and spell the word. Another form of feedback provided by this app is the average performance given for each skill. For example, the student may have an 80% performance average for language arts. This form of feedback can tell us how the student is performing and teachers can use this differentiate instruction which can result in improved student performance. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage?- This app encourages higher learning thinking skills because it requires them to create a sentence which helps them use those foundational skills and apply them to creating a new sentence. -Ease of use...is it intuitive?- This app is very easy to use and understand, which makes it intuitive. When the app is quickly and easily launched, it is very easy to navigate because you click on your name, which can be personalized for the student, and then pick the game to play. Navigating within it is simple because there are arrows that point you where to go and titles that tell you what games there are to play. The app also speaks to you to guide you along. This app also offers flexibility to alter settings to meet student’s needs by choosing how long the student has to select the five correct answers in each section. There is a slow, medium, and fast version to fit the student’s skill level. This allows the student to go at the speed in this educational game that fits their learning style and skill set the best. The puffer fish character can also read aloud to them if their skill set or learning style requires them to need extra assistance with reading. The students will be able to navigate this app independently. -What kind of privacy does it offer?- The privacy this app offers is that students can have an individual account where their scores are kept private and only teachers and parents can view them as needed. Therefore, no other students have access to it. Personal data is secure and can be deleted. It is also only viewable by the creator of the account, the teacher. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes?- The skills reinforced are connected to my curriculum standards/student outcomes. The standard I used, RF.K.2.A, talks about how students should be able to demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). This standard is connected to the skills reinforced in my app because it asks students to recognize and produce rhyming words and to subtract and add phonemes. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions?- The app does provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions that are within the student’s reading level. The instructions can also be read aloud by the puffer fish character in this app. The instructions are given in a way that is very simple and very helpful because they spell out exactly what you need to do. Due to the design and ease of use of this app, students are motivated to use this app often. -Would you recommend this app? Yes, I would recommend this app because it is well designed and students love using it but they are also learning how to be better readers at the same time. I also love the feedback this app gives that can be used to differentiate instruction.
- Detailed Information about the App -Name- Jungle Time -Grade level and content area- 1st grade Mathematics- Common Core Standard MD.B.3 -Specific uses in the classroom- There are so many uses for the Jungle Time app in the classroom. First of all, it is very beneficial because it is presented in the authentic format of a clock and learning how to tell and set time on this clock will help them apply their knowledge in the real world. One way you could use it is in the morning during morning meeting time on the carpet. The app could be broadcasted on the Smart Board. This allows the students to work together and become more familiar with telling time. This is also a great app to use during centers. For children to work on their individual struggles and skills, they need to have time to work individually and working on this app in centers gives them that time. If you are privileged enough to have a classroom set of ipads, you can use this app when teaching the class as a whole to tell time. You could tell them a time and they can set it on their ipad and you can go around and check them. It would be a great tool for tracking class progress as a whole. -Does it provide student feedback?- Yes, this app does provide student feedback. This app shows how many questions the student got correct and incorrect and which questions those were. The app also tells you what the specific answer was, the time spent answering the question, and the number of attempts it took to get the answer correct. This feedback can be used to know the specific time telling skill the student struggled with and therefore, the student can work on on that skill specifically and that can result in improved student performance. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage?- Students have to use their knowledge of time they have learned from instruction and from the app to apply their knowledge and set the elapsed time on a clock. For example, a time is given and they must set the clock three hours ahead of that time. -Ease of use...is it intuitive?- This app is very easy to use and understand, which makes it intuitive. When launched, it immediately starts up. So, the students are able to launch it independently. You don’t have to do anything challenging. If the user needs to be changed, all you do is go to settings and click user to change it. You can go to the main menu with the touch of a button in the left hand corner and see all your options. This app is very easy to use and students will have no problem being able to navigate within it. The app also offers flexibility to meet student’s needs because first of all, it has a learn feature where students who are struggling can learn or relearn specific skills that they are struggling with. There are also multiple levels that students can be set to so they can be working at the level that is at their skill set, which helps meet their specific needs. This app is very flexible because it allows for the student to be working with the skill or level that is best suited to them. Due to the ease of use and the benefits it gives them, students are motivated to use this app often. -What kind of privacy does it offer?- The privacy offered by this app is that each student can have it’s own profile so that the scores they receive can only be seen by them, the teacher, and parents if needed. This way, student’s scores are private and nobody has to worry about private scores being seen. The privacy it offers is also that it does not track location data or share personal data, so any of the information inserted can be received by anyone else. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes?- Yes, the skills reinforced are connected to my curriculum standards/student outcomes. My standard, MD.B.3, talks about how students need to be able to tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. The skills reinforced are connected to my curriculum standards because in the app students are required to tell and set time in hours and half-hours using clocks. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions?- The instructions that are included for the student to help them progress through the app and the questions are to the point and very helpful. They help students work their way through the questions and answers. The instructions and questions are also the correct reading level for the student. -Would you recommend this app? Yes, I think this app teaches students and helps them practice a skill that is vital- telling time. It also allows them to be challenged because they have to work with elapsed time.
- Detailed Information about the App -Name- WH Questions -Grade level and content area- 2nd Grade Reading: Literature- Common Core Standard RL 2.1 -Specific uses in the classroom- The app, WH Questions, can be used multiple ways in the classroom specifically. One specific way to use this app is right before reading a story where students will have to identify the who, what, when, where, why, and how, like mentioned in standard RL 2.1. This will help them practice answering these questions and as a result, they will be better prepared for another classroom assignment because they were able to work at identifying the who, what, when, where, and why based on pictures show in the app. Another specific way to use this is to have it in a rotation during centers so students can constantly be working on improving this skill since it is such an important one. -Does it provide student feedback- Yes, if the student gets a question wrong, it tells them the correct answer. You can also look at the individual questions each individual student answered and see what questions they answered incorrectly and which questions were answered correctly in the test summary section. With this information, you can differentiate each student’s instruction and that can result in improved student performance. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage?- This app encourages higher order thinking skills because it will apply what they learned about answering questions such as who, what, when, where, why, and how about a selected text. -Ease of use...is it intuitive?- This app is very easy to use and understand, which makes it intuitive. Once it quickly and easily launches, you can see that the buttons are clearly labeled and easy to read. You know exactly what to do. Once you start working, the design is simple, yet interesting and is not confusing, so the student will know exactly what they need to do.They can navigate it easily. The words are on the student’s grade level. The app is also flexible because it can be altered to make sure each student’s specific learning needs are met by choosing the format in which the questions are presented and whether the information in the app is read to the student or not. There is also an option for students where they can answer open-ended response questions and there is an easy mode for students who need it. The app leaves a good first impression because of it’s basic, but attractive design. Students will find it interesting because of it’s design and fun format and will be excited and motivated to use the app. -What kind of privacy does it offer?- The privacy it offers is that each individual student can have their own account, that way they will be the only one who can view their progress, feedback and scores. This helps keep things private. The app does protect confidential information when the ipad or device is locked and information is not e-mailed over a non-secure connection. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes?- Yes, the skills reinforced connect to my curriculum standards/ student outcomes. My standard, RL 2.1., specifically talks about identifying the who, what, when, where, why, and how in this app or a given text. The skills reinforced are connected to student outcomes because with this app they will be able to answer the who, what, when, where, why, and how questions. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions?- The instructions included are very clear and helpful and are the correct reading level for the student. When you enter the app, you click on the “i” button and it gives you all the details about using this app. The directions aren’t hard to understand and they tell you about all the main features of the app. -Would you recommend this app? Yes, I believe this app fits in well with Common Core and will allow students to improve skills that will allow them to be successful in many different aspects of their educational careers.
- Detailed Information About the App -Name- Tense Builder -Grade level and content area- 2nd Grade Language- Standard L.2.1. and L.2.1.D -Specific uses in the classroom- Tense Builder is an incredible app that can be very beneficial for students in the classroom. The skills are practiced in an authentic format because the pre, past, and present tense regular and irregular verbs are placed in sentences that will be used in the student’s everyday lives and situations. Students will need to know these and this authentic format is one that they will see again. This app can be used as a whole class because students can view a full lesson on how to use a certain tense for a verb. Then, the teacher can demonstrate how to construct a sentence using a certain tense of an irregular verb. Most of all, this app is the most beneficial for students individually because it fits to their specific needs. This could be used in centers and I believe that would be the most effective use because each student could work on what they need to. It could be set at the level that is appropriate for them because this app offers flexibility to alter settings to meet student’s specific needs. You can choose if the student should be at level one or level two based on their skills. If a student is struggling with irregular verbs or present tense, you can set the app to work just on those skills. You can also select specific verbs you want the student to work with. The app can also speak out loud to the student, if reading or reading comprehension is an issue. So, the app is very flexible to help meet student’s needs. So, in my opinion, having students working with this app independently or in centers would be the most beneficial because then it could be tailored to their specific needs. -Does it provide student feedback?- This app does provide student feedback. When a student completes a language exercise, they are given feedback on their work. They will be told how many questions they got right on the first, second, and third attempt. They can see specifically what kinds of sentences they missed and what kinds of sentences they need to work on. If they get a question wrong, they will be told what they did wrong and how to do it correctly. The student speaking a sentence with the correct tense of an irregular verb will be recorded and the teacher can hear this and monitor and adjust instruction. Progress reports are available for teachers to use to help target student’s trouble spots and differentiate instruction based on this information, this helps improve student performance. The student and teacher can view all of this information again by pressing the stats button on the bottom right. The stats can also be e-mailed. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage?- This app encourages higher learning thinking skills by having students create sentences, which can be recorded, based on the information they learned in class and in the app on verbs in the past and present tense. They will apply their knowledge on irregular verbs and pre, past, and present-tense verbs to create a sentence, which is considered a higher learning thinking skill, and record it. -Ease of use...is it intuitive?- This app is very easy to use and understand, which makes it intuitive. Students will be able to launch and navigate this app independently because it is so easy to use. You just open it up and at the bottom is a play button and then you can begin. Then, you press a play button to watch a video and you will answer questions by tapping the answer during the video. After the video is over, you press next sentence and that is all you have to do. The app can speak to you out loud, if needed, to help with reading or reading comprehension. This helps make the app easier to use because it tells you exactly what to do and you move right along. This app is also easy to use because there are buttons that are large and clear that tell you exactly what to do whether that is play full lesson, play movie, or next sentence. It is very simple and students will be able to navigate it very easily because it flows very quickly and easily. -What kind of privacy does it offer?- The privacy this app offers is that each student can have an individual account and that allows each student’s stats and scores to be private. No other students will be able to view them. Only teachers and parents will be able to see them as needed because statistics will not be distributed by the creators of the app to any third parties. They will stay within the app and are only to be used by the buyer of the app. The statistics collected from student’s working on the app will be stored in a folder but can be deleted at any time. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes?- The skills reinforced are connected to my curriculum standards/student outcomes. The skills reinforced connect with two different common core standards, L.2.1 and L.2.1.D. Standard L.2.1 talks about how students should demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Standard L.2.1.D talks about students should form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs. Standard L.2.1 connects to the app because students say a sentence that has a past tense verb so both them and their teach can hear how they use pre, past and present tense verbs in a sentence. Teachers can monitor and adjust based on this information. Standard L.2.1.D connects with the app because students form and use the paste tense of irregular verbs in sentences and watch videos where these past tense irregular verbs are used. Overall, the skills covered in this app are strongly connected to my curriculum standards. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions?- The instructions included on the app are easy to follow and do include comprehensive instructions. They are helpful and the correct reading level for students. To view instructions, you can watch the video tutorial when you first enter the app and it explains how to use the app very thoroughly. That video tutorial will answer all of your questions and is very comprehensive. The video tutorial is easy to follow and tells you exactly what to expect when you use the app. This video is something I would probably show the class as a whole before they used the app and then they could watch it again before they used it the first time. Due to the ease, creativity, and fun this app provides, students are motivated to use the app. The animated videos also grab the student’s attention and that makes them want to use the app often as well. -Would you recommend this app? Yes, I would recommend this app because it not only teaches students new skills but it allows them to use part of Bloom’s taxonomy by creating their own sentence and recording it so the teacher can hear it and use that information to help the student be successful.
- Detailed Information about App -Name: Bongo’s Spelling Packs -Grade level and content area: English/Language Arts K-5th grade -Specific uses in the classroom: The app offers seven different lists of words totaling well over 3000 options for students working from kindergarten level through fifth grade. The lists are taken from several common spelling programs, including Words Their Way and the Dolch words. There are even phonics-based lists. Bongo’s Spelling Packs PRO features a great number of flexible options to customize each student’s experience. Lists can be assigned, letter sounds (B says /b/ when you touch the letter) can be activated or not, optional clues are available and more. Taken together, this really extends the usability and educational value of the app. Teachers can use this app for students needing extra help with vocabulary and comprehension. Its great because it can be accommodated to many different types of students. -Does it provide student feedback Yes. This app provides students feedback on every activity. It keeps track of each student’s progress as well. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage This app can be individualized to meet all students’ needs. There are different levels of complexity; the most complex involving high order thinking skills. For example, students can build on phonemes to create, recognize and improve world structure for spelling. -Ease of use...is it intuitive? Bongo’s Spelling Packs PRO is a very high quality app. All of the features operate smoothly and intuitively. The artwork is colorful and detailed; the animations eye-catching and amusing. This app includes a number of features that make it very useful for teachers and parents alike, and is very well thought out. -What kind of privacy does it offer This app contains no in-app purchase, no outside advertising and no links to social media. The section containing links to other apps by the same developer, the email feature, and the settings are protected by an effective security gate. Children can access the user creation (or deletion) feature, but this would be good so that each could choose their own profile before playing. This app gives parents and teachers the option to approve the collection of performance data for the purposes of private review and reporting only. Users have the ability to enter student name and age, and can securely log into a reporting server to review their related students’ metrics. This app will never sell or distribute personal information to any third party. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes Yes, this app reinforced the standard RF.3.3: Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Among many other things, this app allows students to understand phonemes and how to build words. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.. Yes, once you know where to start, all directions and instructions are easy to understand and follow. Would you recommend this app? Why or Why not? Yes, I would recommend this app. I like how individualized this app can be. Teachers can use it for each student for assessment and practice.
- Detailed Information about App -Name: Number Hero: Multiplication -Grade level and content area: Math 3-5th Grade -Specific uses in the classroom: This app could be used in math class to aid in the memorization of multiplication. This app provides timed games to assess multiplication. This could be used in place of assessment or for extra practice. -Does it provide student feedback. Yes, after each game, the student’s score is shown with the problems completed incorrectly. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage? This app encourages recall and memorization of multiplication facts. It also requires students to understand the fact because they have to work backwards and know the factors to solve the problems. -Ease of use...is it intuitive? Kids will find the app easy to navigate, but parents may wish for a more complex parental block. Those who can complete the level of multiplication problems the game covers can also read when the screen asks them to swipe with two fingers to access more games from the developer. Once on the screen, tapping on a game or social media link leads right to it, so developers should consider adding additional parental blocks within the “More Games” section to encourage kids to stop and think before heading outside of the app. -What kind of privacy does it offer? This app collects and stores your personal data. This app works through third party companies such as facebook and can get your facebook data as well. You have the option to “unlock” certain games that may require payment as well. You can opt out of this company giving your information to third parties. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes This app can reinforce the standard 3.0A.A.3: represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.. The app has a simple design to accompany the simple concept of the game. Each of the two modes are labeled 1-20 and 1-81 on the main screen. However, kids might not understand those labels until they click on the question mark which gives a brief overview of the game. Once they’ve chosen a level, kids get clear instructions on how to play and are shown a grid of numbers with a product at the top. They’ll find that they can smoothly swipe the numbers to obtain the correct answer and move quickly through the game to improve their high score. Would you recommend this app? Why or Why not? This is an okay app. It is very simple and straightforward and allows students to have fun with learning multiplication. There are too many pop ups in my opinion and the game could be differentiated more.
- Detailed Information About the App -Name: World Creativity Kit -Grade level and content area: English grades 3rd grade-6th grade -Specific uses in the classroom: This app would be used in English/Language Arts class or an ESL/ Literacy intervention class. It’s a perfect opportunity for self-expression that will encourage and nurture literacy, writing skills, and vocabulary. This app helps students become familiar with new words and lets them be creative in forming ideas into sentences and stories. I think one of the big uses this offers is its help with poetry. It lets students be creative without the frustration of the process. It can also be used to help with grammar. Each word presented on the page can be pressed, and when your kid does that, he sees a pop-up blue box that gives the word's part of speech as well as multiple ways it can be used. For example, the word "budge," when pressed, states that it is a verb, but also lists several other forms of the word such as "budged" or "budging" in a nice, clean chart. When a form of the word is pressed, the white rectangle word changes to the pressed form. -Does it provide student feedback? Students can share their stories with other users, who can provide feedback. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage? This app allows students to be creative and use new words to create poems, stories and narratives. -Ease of use...is it intuitive? Designers have incorporated clear directions about the app’s features, accessible from the home screen or the main book page by tapping the question mark. A menu of the app’s functions appears, and when each item is pressed, there is a short animated screen shot showing exactly how to use the feature. Users have a lot of control over the look and feel of each page, and can create very attractive composite pieces. -What kind of privacy does it offer: This app doesn’t collect personal information nor does it sell other companies your personal information. You create your own account which logs and saves your progress and stories. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes This app connects to W.4.3. which calls for students to write real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive detail and clear sequences. This app allows students to create stories that reinforce those standards. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.. Yes, this app provides good directions. Individual books will be created and each book contains 12 empty pages. When pressed, each page is created around a central theme, also chosen by the student. The theme they select then generates a variety of words that appear on the screen. These words appear in white rectangles which can be moved and resized around the screen at will. An easy selection of reminders is available under the "?" section of the screen where your kid can watch a quick reminder video on how to do things inside the app, like save his work or clear a page. Would you recommend this app? Why or Why not? Yes I would recommend this app. It is a creative way for students to practice vocabulary and writing. It lets the students use their imagination in an education way.
- Detailed Information About the App Name: Buzz Math Grade Level and content area:6th, 7th, 8th grade math Specific Uses in the classroom: This app is enabled for Smart Boards so teachers can use this app with the entire class. It can also be used individually for students. This app tracks students’ mastery of problems and offers a reporting tool for teachers. This app also lets student view examples and retry problem to prove mastery. Does it provide student feedback? Yes, this app provides students with immediate feedback. It not only shows and tracks student’s progress, but it lets students retry problems. If the student gets a math problem wrong, the app shows you the correct way to solve it with another chance to solve it correctly. Higher learning thinking skills: This app encourages understanding and application most often. This application desires student mastery of concepts and the ability to apply knowledge in a variety of different examples. This app isn’t just multiple choice; it is interactive and promotes deeper thinking. -Ease of use? This app is very easy to use. Everything is very straightforward and easy to understand. -privacy? The school or teachers pays for a certain amount of activation codes to be used by the students. Activation codes can’t be sold, lent, or transferred to people outside the school administration and students. Teachers can log on and track students’ progress. Curriculum standards? All math problems are aligned with Common Core easy to follow instructions? Yes, this app seems simple to use. The teacher can provide the students with chosen activities to complete. All problems have directions that seem easy to understand. Would you recommend this app? Why or Why not? Yes I would definitely recommend this app! I love how easily adapted into curriculum this app is. It is completely aligned with Common Core and adapted with a Smart Board. It is interactive and encourages deeper thinking.
- Detailed Information About the App -Name Flashcards I love this type of app. It is useful in every classroom! -Grade level and content area All grade levels but mostly Jr. High and High school. all subjects. -Specific uses in the classroom Virtual flashcards, to help students study. -Does it provide student feedback Yes. Tracks student correct answers, gives tells when answers are incorrect. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage Memorization and numerous other thinking skills. Encourages understanding of ideas. -Ease of use...is it intuitive I found this app easy to use for both teachers and students. -What kind of privacy does it offer. The teacher is the only one who can see who is struggling with ideas. Other Students cannot see any information. This is done because the teacher has access to create the flash cards. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes. Yes if the teacher sets the flash cards up that way. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.. Yes the app is easy to use. The teacher sets up the flash cards with the correct answers and the questions needed. The students then try to learn the material by tapping on the flash card to see the back or the answer. -Would you recommend this app? Why or why not? Yes I would recommend this app to any student who may need help with studying for test. I actually have used an app like this.
- Detailed Information About the App -Name Classroom by Google -Grade level and content area Jr. High/ High School -Specific uses in the classroom Designed to help teachers create and collect assignments through a paperless method, including time saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student. Creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized. Helps students keep track of what's due. -Does it provide student feedback Yes teachers can provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in the app. -What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage organization, communication -Ease of use...is it intuitive This app is very easy to use. Students and teachers only need access to Google Classroom, and a Google account. -What kind of privacy does it offer ad free, Google is a very private company. -Are the skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes The assignments are based on whatever is being taught. -Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions.. Yes it is easy to use. the app also provides instructors for administrators. -Would you recommend this app? Why or why not? I would recommend this app to my local administrators. It eliminates paperwork, it gives students a way to turn in assignments and not lose them. It is also by a great company who is trusted in the computer industry.