This Monday was an amazing day for me and (hopefully) the teachers at Denton Creek. The only thing that would have made it better was if the Cottonwood Creek teachers could have been there. My mobile device hero, Tony Vincent came to present a full day workshop on ways to integrate iTouches and iPads in the classroom. He shared many great apps and ideas!
That said, it was hard to select my top 5 apps of the week! Here are some that excite me right now!!!
1. Skitch (iPad only) - Use drawing tools to annotate screenshots, websites, pictures and more. Great for students to practicing labeling, locate text features, etc. Students can save pictures with annotations to the camera roll of the device for later. Simply plug in the device to save pictures to the network or use Bump to send the picture to someone else's device.
2. Tour Wrist - Use this Map app to go on virtual field trips, discuss landforms, observe different kinds of rocks, etc. Great 360 panoramic views!
3. Splice - Film videos, edit, add transitions and titles all on your device with this app!
4. Socrative (Student) and Socrative (Teacher) - Think you need clickers for student response? YOU DON'T! Socrative is a response tool that can be used on any device or computer to poll, question, test and discuss concepts with students. Login as a teacher to create your "room" and post questions, exit tickets, quizzes, etc. The students then can use the app on an iPad/iTouch or navigate to the room on a desktop or laptop to answer! Learn more at www.socrative.com/ or ask me for a quick demo. :) You have to see this in action!
5. Sparklefish - This Madlibs-style game teaches parts of speech using audio. Students can create funny stories and then listen back to them!
Happy Apping!
YOU are amazing, Alli!
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