Saturday, October 22, 2011

Apps, Apps, Apps!

An amazing presentation at the LWP Technology Conference on Sunday by Amy Vujaklija enlightened me to a number of amazing smart phone applications that can be utilized in the classroom.



Common Core

View the standards for math and literacy by grade level - no more lugging around heavy and cumbersome binders!



GoodReads and GoodReads BookScanner

Check your students' comments and track their reviews with GoodReads' App, and scan the barcode of any book to read the GoodReads review. Great for book talks!



Home Library

Scan in your classroom library and keep track of all your titles and their costs. You can actually check books out to your students on your iPhone, so you'll know who's reading what at all times, and be able to decrease the number of "lost" books, or even hold students accountable. You can even send them a friendly reminder about the book right from this application!



TeacherPal

A personal organizer for teachers. You can track attendance, grades and behavior. It creates data you can share with students, parents and administrators to make sure all kids are successful.




Edmodo

A way to stay connected with students. Send notes, reminders about homework or assignments due, be accessible to your students for homework questions.



Dragon Dictation

Great for special needs students who have "scribe" as an accommodation on their IEP. Students can dictate their writing, and the application records it as they speak. Unfortunately, the only way to punctuate is to manually add periods, commas or other punctuation.



Dictionary.com

A great ap for teachers and students for building vocabulary. The word of the day is an added bonus!

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