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I don't allow gaming during instructional time in my Library Media Center. To curb this, I allow students to use the Scrabble app as a educational gaming tool for use during the student's 'down time'. At first the students groan and complain but eventually they do enjoy the app and the challenge of identifying words that can be used to win the game with a partner.

Yes, Twitter is a powerful educational tool that can be used with students. My students use Twitter as a promotional tool for their student news program and to share current event announcements. Please keep in mind, it is very important to have an initial lesson and ongoing conversations with your students about Cyber online behavior. Check it out for yourself - https://twitter.com/PhillipsHSBTP

My "Behind the Paws" student news crew uses this app heavily. Current events are presented for student reading in a clear, concise and visual matter that all students can understand. Moreover, the sharing to other apps such as the student Twitter account is helpful tool for sharing current events with their peers

Try this: log onto this app, connect is to a projector and play one of the games with a group of 16 years....talk about fun. I used this app with my beginning Spanish classes at the beginning of the year to reinforce sight words taught in class. The students really enjoy this game, the competition, the stop clock and the whole group fun. Just try this app, you'll be hooked.

This app has been very helpful with producing several school related videos. Besides shooting and editing video for school events, projects I have used this very powerful app for recruitment and administration encouragement prior to students taking the practice ACT this year. It's a somewhat pricey app but worth the cost.

GarageBand is amazing, and we think it's worth $14.99 because it's used so much with our music students. But, we've used it as our main voice recorder in Spanish classes, and in library, because of its high quality recording. It's easy to use and easy to export audio tracks. Obviously would be too expensive just for this one use-- but If you use it across the curriculum like we do, it is perfect!

To use GarageBand for voice recordings, a few changes need to be made. My students picked this up quickly, and even though it sounds like a pain it really takes just seconds. (1) Touch the wrench in the top right. You will need to turn the metronome 'OFF' for voice recordings, so you don't hear the tick tock while you are recording. My students like to leave the 8 beat intro on, to give them a countdown and make sure they don't start talking too soon. 2) Touch the puzzle piece in the top left. You will need to set the track length from the default of "8 bars" to "automatic." This way the recording doesn't stop after 8 bars but continues for as long as you want.

Our preschool autistic students love GarageBand more than many other touch/music type apps. They know how to choose an instrument (guitar, keyboard, drumset, etc.) and then they can touch the iPad and hear the sounds. The drumset is a clear favorite, followed by the keyboard!