60 IN 60: INSPIRING APPS
by Aaron Hansen and Ray Birks Wenatchee School District October 20th, 2012

THINGS TO HELP YOU This
entire presentation is available at waetag.tk Designed for the non-techie to enhance, enrich, engage, challenge, inspire and have FUN! Key: App = mobile app, Web = website, Soft = software Price: Grade Level (E/M/H): Elem = K-5, MS = 6-8, HS = 9-12 Example: App E/M

MORE THINGS TO HELP YOU
Reminder: Learning is a Social Construct This is a High Pass/Flyover Not paid by anybody to promote products

COLLABORATION

#1 - POLL EVERYWHERE Web
E/M/H Website - Audience response system that uses mobile phones, web & Twitter

#2 - TODAYS MEET Web
M/H Todays Meet Website Let’s Give it a Shot - Give a social opportunity -Create a backchannel - A day or a Year

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#3 - CORKBOARD Web M/H
Corkboard.me Website waetagcorkboard.tk Collaborate on a virtual corkboard

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#4 - BUBBL.US Web E/M/H
Bubbl.us Website - Brainstorming Made Easy - Colorful and fun

#5 - SIMPLE MIND App
M/H App Store Download - Mind Mapping Application

WRITING

#6 - JOURNAL JAR Web
E/M/H Visit Journal Jar - Scan the QR code below to get Journal Jar

#7 - WRITING PROMPTS Web
E/M/H App Store Download - Prompt generator -Millions of unique prompts - Scenes, genres, words, sketches

#8 - POETRY CREATOR App
M/H App Store Download - Mash up Shakespeare and Hip-Hop - Buy extra dictionaries

#9 - EPALS Web E/M/H
ePals Website Safely Connect with Classroom Around the World

#10 - KID BLOG Web
E/M/H Kid Blog Website - Safe and Simple Blogs - Free for Teachers - Moderate All Student Posts

#11 - LULU Web E/M/H
Lulu Website - Write & publish your own book - Add images

#12 - PAPER RATER Web
M/H Paper Rater Website - Grammar and Spelling Check - Free Online Proofreading - Plagiarism Detector

REFERENCE

#13 - WORDFLEX TOUCH DICTIONARY
App E/M/H App Store Download - Dictionary and Thesaurus - Visual & Tactile Interactive Experience $11.99 but worth every penny

#14 - HISTORY: MAPS OF
THE WORLD App E/M/H App Store Download - High- resolution Historical Maps of Americas, Europe, Africa, United States

#15 - GRADES 2 App
M/H App Store Download - Helps kids get the grade they want - Calculates GPA & Due Dates

#16 - WOLFRAM ALPHA Web
M/H Wolfram Alpha Website - Computational Search Engine - Computes Answers from Structured Data - Returns Relevant Visualizations

MATH & SCIENCE

#17 - 3D CELL SIMULATION
App E/M/H App Store Download Create your own cell Explore in 3D

#18 - SCALE OF THE
UNIVERSE Scale/Universe Website Web E/M/H Let's Take a Look - Wonderful Science Tool - Show Perspective

#19 - SPANGLER SCIENCE Web
E/M Web Site - Future Quest - Science Classroom Adventures - New YouTube Channel

#20 - DIY EXPLORE DIY
Explore Website Web/App E/M/H App Store Download - Do Challenges - Share Projects - Earn Badges - Spend Time OFFline

#21 - COASTER PHYSICS App
M/H App Store Download - Create your own roller coaster - See how speed, G forces, etc. affect it - Works with 3D glasses!

#22 - TUTPUP Web E
Tutpup Website - Compete in fun, educational math and spelling games against kids from around the world

#23 - CREATE A GRAPH
Web E/M Create a Graph Website - Collect data - Create charts - Share!

#24 - SCIENCE 360 App
E/M/H App Store Download - Engaging Engineering Images and Videos from Around the World

#25 - KHAN ACADEMY Khan
Academy Website Web/App M/H App Store Download - Watch. Practice - Learn Almost Anything for Free - 3,400 Videos - Practice Skills "providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere"

CREATIVITY

#26 - PAPER App E/M/H
App Store Download - Wonderful drawing tool for all ages

#27 - DRAWZ-IT Web E/M
- Drawing and Sharing Tool

#28 - FLOCK DRAW Web
E/M/H Flock Draw Let’s Try It - Draw on the same page at the same time - Save to gallery and share

Let’s try it
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#29 - STORY BIRD Web
E/M Story Bird Website - Short, art- inspired stories - Create and share - Classes feature

#30 - PICTURE BOOK MAKER
Web E/M Picture Book Maker Site - Telling Stories is Universal - High Levels on Bloom’s

#31 - SOCK PUPPETS App
E/M App Store Download She’s talking about Martin Luther King

#32 - TALKING TOM AND
BEN NEWS App E/M App Store Download - Create and record funny conversations between Tom and Ben

#33 - TOONTASTIC App E
App Store Download - Create your own animated cartoon - Share it with the world

#34 - STOP FRAME ANIMATOR
Web E/M Stop Frame Website - Learn to Tell Stories without Words - Learn patience and storyboarding

#35 - SCRATCH Scratch Website
Soft M/H Scratch Help - Create and Share Video Games

CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT

#36 - ONLINE STOPWATCH Web
E/M/H Online-Stopwatch.com - Free, Cool Timers and Stopwatches

#37 - EGG TIMER Egg
Timer Website Web E/M/H Let’s Do 4 seconds - Quickly set a timer for any amount of time

#38 - STICK PIC App
E/M App Store Download - $2.99 from iTunes - Choose a Name and Leveled Question Starter

#39 - SOCRATIVE Student Download
App E/M/H Teacher Download Student response system (clickers) using devices

AUDIO & MUSIC

#40 - SPEAK PIPE Speak
Pipe Website Web E/M/H Give It a Shot - Allow Anyone to Send Voice Messages to your Email - Up to 10 Minutes

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#41 - WOICES App M/H
App Store Download Explore and record. Create local walking tours. Sample WOICE from Obama’s Inauguration

#42 - ITALK App E/M/H
App Store Download - Record anything - Email it from the app - Record Reading

#43 - SOUNDCLOUD Web E/M/H
Sound Cloud Website - Record and share audio files quickly and easily

#44 - SOUNDATION Web E/M/H
Soundation Website - Like Garageband but free! - Kids LOVE this

#45 - FORSCORE App M/H
App Store Download - Cost is $4.99 from iTunes - Download PDFs into the App - Store Bluetooth Page Turn Pedal - Take a picture of sheet music

GOOGLE

#46 - GOOGLE APPS Web
E/M/H Google Docs Website - Collaboration - Sharing - Free! - Google Apps for Education

#47 - GOOGLE SITES Web
E/M/H Google Apps Website - Create - Share with the world - Free!

#48 - GOOGLE FORMS Google
Quiz Web E/M/H Answers - Gather Data - Quizzes -Trivia - Free!

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#49 - GOOGLE HANGOUT Web
& App E/M/H Google Hangout - Collaborate with Video - Up to 10 People - Free!

SOCIAL

#50 - LEARNIST Web Teacher
Learnist Website - Pinterest for Education - Social Learning - Study with others, learn faster manteresting.com

#51 - TWITTER Web M/H
Twitter Website - The new way to follow and be followed (and learn stuff too!)

#52 - HISTORICAL FACEBOOK Web
M/H Historical Facebook Template - Create Facebook Profile for Historical Figures

#53 - GOODREADS App M/H
App Store Download - Discover and share books you love - Barcode Scanner - Online Book Clubs

MISCELLANEOUS

#54 - JEOPARDY LABS Web
M/H Jeopardy Labs Website - Students Create Quizzes to Demonstrate Mastery - This is not PowerPoint!

#55 - PREZI Web &
App M/H Prezi Website - Great presentation tool - Puts Power Point to shame

#56 - TED TALKS Ted
Ed Website Web/App M/H App Store Download - Ideas Worth Spreading in 18 minutes - Great Talks to Stir Your Curiosity in a Wide Range of Topics

#57 - IPAD AS... Web
Teacher iPad As… Website - Figure out how to use your iPad in the classroom -iPad Learning Objectives

#58 - BLOOMS Web Teacher
Blooms Website - Helps you narrow down which apps are best for which learning environment

#59 - ITUNES U App
M/H App Store Download - Create your own courses for iPad. For free! - K - College Content

#60 - BYOD M/H Article
on BYOD - Check your district’s AUP - Kids have them - Free!

CONTACT INFORMATION Thank you!! Please
feel free to contact us with any questions or comments or to share your inspiring tech tools Ray Birks - birks.r@mail.wsd.wednet.edu Aaron Hansen - hansen.a@mail.wsd.wednet.edu This entire presentation is available at waetag.tk