Presentation for Instructional Applications of Technology

1. BEST 10 APPS
CALEB CARTER
VICTORIA HOOD

2. KAHOOT: ALL CONTENT AREAS K-12
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kahoot/id1131203560
 Turn a lesson into a game show competition for review, create
quizzes, and homework
 It provides student feedback by letting them know whether the
answer they gave is correct or incorrect, as well as what the right
answer is.
 Higher learning skills - understanding and analyzing
 Easy to use, self-explanatory, and provides options of learning
 Privacy - They don’t collect personal information from children
ages 13 and younger. Depending on the activity, students may see
the entire class’s answers, or it may be an individual assignment.
 Skills reinforced are connected to the standards and student
outcomes. It’s not a complicated app, but it does provide a fun
way for students to review, study, or occasionally do homework.
 Provides comprehensive instructions. There are instructions for
each type of assignment the teacher would like to use.

3. QUIZLET: ALL CONTENT AREAS 6-12
 https://quizlet.com
 One of the best study tools that allows you to make flashcards, but also allows you
to make quizzes that have multiple answer types. All of that is included in the free
version.
 Feedback is immediate as it grades your quizzes, or you flip a flashcard.
 Higher Learning Skills: This app encourages the user to be creative in the way they
write the questions for themselves.
 It is extremely easy to use, either create an account and make your own deck of
flashcards or search in the search bar to see if a public deck already exists for your
subject of study.
 Privacy: if you use a username that does not have your name in it you are
anonymous.
 Curriculum is reinforced because this allows a teacher to make a worksheet for any
course of study. Students can also just make them to study in whatever wording
helps them to learn the best
 The site is extremely easy to use because the first time you create a new deck it
gives you step by step instructions on how to do it. Based on that deck, you can
use the giant buttons that show you how to make a quiz.

4. CRAM: ALL CONTENT AREAS 8-12
 https://www.cram.com
 A simpler version of Quizlet that is geared just toward flash cards,
but still has some testing capabilities.
 Feedback: Immediate
 Higher learning skills: You can make the flashcards as easy or as
complicated as you need to based on your age range
 Privacy: If you do not create the sets you do not need an account.
If you do all you need is a username and password so nothing too
intrusive.
 Curriculum: Modify flashcards to fit your needs.
 Ease of use: User interface is not as refined as Quizlet but there are
less prompts to try the premium service.

5. TED: ALL CONTENT AREAS 9-12
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ted/id376183339?mt=8&ign-
mpt=uo%3D4
 Inspiring and interesting lectures, or TED talks, that cover a wide
range of topics that could be relevant to your class. You can use it
to begin a class discussion, debate, or to answer questions over.
 It doesn’t really provide student feedback.
 Higher learning skills - understanding and analyzation of
information with classmates
 It’s easy to navigate and allows you to search whatever topic your
lesson is covering.
 Privacy - students would not need to give personal information and
no grades or comments would be posted on the actual app.
 The skills reinforced are connected to the standards and student
outcomes. It provides a way to initiate conversation between
students - analysis and evaluation of information.
 The app provides easy instructions for use and is easy to search for
the topic you are looking for.

6. BRAINPOP: ALL CONTENT AREAS K-8
 https://www.brainpop.com
 BrainPOP is an always appropriate opener to a new topic in class. I
would use it at the beginning of a unit because these cartoon
videos deliver a fun summary of the topic that you are about to
study. School systems must buy a subscription but it’s useful in
class lectures.
 Feedback: None
 Higher Learning Skills: videos prime the brain for learning by
giving a preview of some of the topics that may be discussed in
class. It is very useful for comprehension purposes.
 Privacy - The student will always be anonymous because they will
either be shown this video in class or access it on school
computers using a school account.
 Curriculum is reinforced because these are little 5-minute
glimpses into what class time will be about. You can never go
wrong with extra material.
 Ease of use: Enter the site, click on the subject area, and see if
there is a video about what you are studying. (There are A LOT of
videos)

7. YOUTUBE: ALL CONTENT AREAS K-12
 https://www.youtube.com
 You can learn anything on YouTube for free. People make videos about how to
complete tasks or how to do a math problem just because they want to. Most of
our students already know how to use this application.
 Feedback: If it is a video created by the teacher the student is always able to
comment on the video for more information. If a student still has questions, there
are thousands of other videos that may describe the subject differently or in a way
that they understand better.
 Higher Learning Skills: You can watch YouTube videos explaining astrophysics.
These videos do not just outline easy topics but difficult ones too.
 Privacy: YouTube can be accessed without setting up an account. The only reason
you must set up an account is to view age restricted material, which is unnecessary
because that material isn't appropriate for school anyway.
 Curriculum: As a teacher you can seek out a video that meets your planning needs
or you can create one yourself.
 Ease of use: If you have one student that doesn't know how to use YouTube I will
be surprised, but if that is the case you just search the title of the video that you
are looking for. If you are just looking for a general subject, you type that into the
search bar and thousands of results will appear.

8. GOOGLE CLASSROOM: ALL CONTENT AREAS K-12
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-classroom/id924620788
 Distribute and grade assignments, organize class materials on
Google Drive, communicate easily with students.
 It provides student feedback through grades and class or personal
communication from the teacher.
 Higher learning thinking skills - understanding, application, analysis,
evaluation, creating
 It’s very easy to navigate and anticipates using different forms of
assignments.
 Privacy - students can privately communicate with the teacher if
necessary, grades are not posted for the whole class to see, and
student’s personal information is not needed.
 The skills reinforced are connected to the standards and student
outcomes. It provides many forms of interaction, learning, and
creativity.
 The app provides a tutorial if you are unable to figure out how
something works, but it is a simple app to use for both teachers
and students.

9. PADLET: ALL CONTENT AREAS 6-12
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/padlet/id834618886?ls=1
 Teachers create a comment wall for students to post responses to a
question or assignment in the form of text, drawing, or video. The wall
is a creative board that correlates to the lesson. They can interact with
students in their own class or in other parts of the world.
 Student feedback is given by the teacher in response to their post.
 Higher learning skills - students must understand the information,
analyze it, and produce whatever response is needed for the
assignment.
 It is very easy to read the boards and pages as well as use it.
 Privacy - Padlet has a setting specifically for schools so that it is more
secure and visible only to those in your school. You can remove
students after they graduate, filter content, and limit access to the
website to within the campus.
 The skills reinforced are connected to the standards and student
outcomes. Students can better understand information and further
their knowledge through interaction with other students and creative
responses.
 The app provides very easy to understand instructions. They want it to
be as simple as possible, so they list step-by-step instructions.

10. TRELLO: ALL CONTENT AREAS 9-12
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trello-organize-anything/id461504587?mt=8&ign-
mpt=uo%3D4
 Allows students to create an organized group for projects. They can create checklists,
upload images, and sync it across the cloud so each student receives it.
 It provides student feedback via themselves. They can give feedback to each other
and in turn the teacher will provide feedback for the overall project.
 Higher learning skills - this app encourages students to work together and be creative
in their project. They must understand the material they are presenting.
 It is easy to use, and they anticipate group members not being in the same place all
the time; therefore, it stays in sync with each device so that they are always on the
same page and up to date.
 Privacy - They do not require personal information for students under the age of 16,
so they would be able to be under the teacher’s account.
 The skills reinforced are connected to the standards and student outcomes. It
provides a method of cooperative learning and allows students to think critically and
creatively.
 The app provides easy instructions for use. There is full “tour” available in order to
understand how everything works.

11. CANVA: ALL CONTENT AREAS 6-12
 https://www.canva.com/
 Students and teachers can use this app to design different types of
graphics. They can be used for a lesson, reports, projects, and other
assignments. You can share and download in various formats for
whatever works best for the assignment or lesson.
 It doesn't provide student feedback within the app.
 Higher learning skills - encourages critical thinking and creativity.
There must be knowledge and application of the information they
are learning.
 It is easy to use if you have worked with graphic design before and
if it’s the first time.
 Privacy - they don’t collect information for students under age 13,
but all that is needed is your name and email!
 The skills reinforced are connected to the standards and student
outcomes. It provides a way for students to analyze information
they have learned and to create something that explains it in a
visual form.
 The app provides somewhat easy instructions. It’s not at all difficult
to use, but some things could be explained a little better.