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Martin Burrett

App Inventor for Android - 20 views

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    Help your students make their own Android apps with this useful tool from Google Labs. The site comes with some good tutorials and guides with example projects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools
Margaret Moore-Taylor

Download thousands of Android apps from the Android Market - AndroidZoom.com - 53 views

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    a place that bookmarks your favorite android apps and it can sent you updates on new apps and other information.
Sandy Munnell

Teaching and Learning: Using iPads in the Classroom | Edutopia - 158 views

  • Most students today would be classified as bodily-kinesthetic learners.
    • Miss OConnor
       
      Why?  What has changed and if this is true, what are the implications in the classroom when most teachers are visual/auditory learners?
    • Sandy Munnell
       
      I would agree - making this assumption leads to other assumptions that have no scientific basis. It's a reaction to a supposed change in student learning behaviors. But it is the kind of statement that let's technology advocates jump on the bandwagon and sell their technology.
  • An app called Field Notes LT not only allows students to take copious notes of their observations, it attaches the date, time, GPS location and photographs of what is observed. These notes can be instantly shared, collaborated, and published in the field.
  • Perhaps a better question is what would I do with them that I could not do with other tools that are available and cheaper?
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    This article explores various iPad apps that could "transform" the classroom.  
Rachel Hinton

Five mobile reference apps for quick access to the info you need - 53 views

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    From identifying fonts to monitoring data usage to tracking package deliveries, these apps can simplify the job of keeping up with vital info.
Martin Burrett

EdTech Tools: How To Choose The Right One by @guruteaching - 21 views

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    "dTech tools themselves are simple to use, the real challenge is knowing where to start. I don't know about you, but I get completely overwhelmed by the number of EdTech tools out there. I'm bombarded constantly by emails and tweets telling me I *have* to sign up to the latest app or website. I'm no technophobe and I know it can save me time, or help me create more engaging lessons, but where do I even begin?"
Marc Patton

BLOOM'S TAXONOMY AND THE iPAD - 145 views

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    In an effort to help teachers identify apps and Web 2.0 tools that can be used to attain various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, we have re-constructed the Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel for the iPad with apps that Zeeland students have available on their iPad.
Martin Burrett

Muzy - 81 views

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    This is a wonderful photo designer site with a range of web apps. Design a photo collection using the 'PhotoBox' tool which uses a range of templates by Upload images or finding photos lots of places online. Make a mini poster with the 'Thoughts' app. Design a 'verses' poster where you set two things side by side. You can also make collages, photo piles, edit images with PicMonkey and many more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images
Steven Engravalle

13 Must-Have Gadgets and Apps for Educators -- THE Journal - 9 views

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    T.H.E. Journal asked Leslie Fisher and Hall Davidson, presenters at FETC's popular Tech Shootout session, to share some of the tools they're still excited about. From apps to gadgets, here are their must-haves for educators.
raya samet

50 Open Source Tools That Replace Popular Education Apps - Datamation.com - 170 views

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    50 open source educational apps from a variety of categories that can replace popular commercial software.
Leanne Grandjean

Extensions, Add Ons and Apps, Oh My! How to Utilize Google in Your Classroom | EdSurge ... - 104 views

  • Google Chrome also has a library of special tools you can access through the browser called Apps, Extensions and Add-ons that can make your life in the classroom easier.
  • Extensions are mini programs that modify and enhance the functionality of the Google Chrome browser.
  • Add-ons are extra features within Google Drive that enhance its functions.
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  • Google Chrome Apps are like desktop software programs you install on your computer, except that you use them directly within your browser.
  • it allows you to take one article and differentiate it in up to five different lexile levels, which Newsela does by changing vocabulary and sentence structure.
Rachel Hinton

Five apps for creating timelines - 88 views

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    Specialized tools make it much simpler to build and modify timelines of all kinds -- from charting career growth to showcasing the progress of a project.
dmassicg

The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now) | Edutopia - 149 views

  • The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now)
  • You've got every device under the sun in front of you. Now what apps are you going to use? Here are the apps or app categories that I recommend you test for your school. There are lots of apps, and these are just my opinion based on what I've used with my students or successfully tested.
ashleecopper

KUSD Google Apps for Education - 41 views

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      Check out this link (https://www.google.com/edu/products/productivity-tools/) and other Google Apps for Education links. What are some ideas for ways that you could use this in your classroom?
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    Google Apps provides filtered email to individual students in grades 2 and higher (and to classrooms of kindergarten and 1st grade students). Collaboration and other tools that are available that can be used across all subject areas.
Rachel Hinton

Music Memos (iOS) Release Date, Price and Specs - 14 views

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    "When a bolt of musical inspiration hits, many musicians will reach for their smart phones, pop open the built-in voice-recorder app, and make a quick recording of some combination of guitar, voice or piano, hoping to capture the essence of the idea before it fades. But a voice memo is a blunt tool for capturing a song idea, and the artist is left on their own to figure out how to translate a rough recording into something more substantial -- or even to remember what chords were played."
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    "When a bolt of musical inspiration hits, many musicians will reach for their smart phones, pop open the built-in voice-recorder app, and make a quick recording of some combination of guitar, voice or piano, hoping to capture the essence of the idea before it fades. But a voice memo is a blunt tool for capturing a song idea, and the artist is left on their own to figure out how to translate a rough recording into something more substantial -- or even to remember what chords were played."
Susan Saunders

BridgingApps | Apps for Special Needs - 4 views

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    BridgingApps is a program of Easter Seals Greater Houston that provides access to educational and therapeutic tools-anywhere, anytime-allowing parents, teachers, and therapists to effectively use mobile devices and apps to target and improve individual skill development to help children and adults with disabilities reach their highest levels of physical and cognitive development.
Melissa Ebeling

Google For Educators - 14 views

  • 7/9/2009Google Apps Tips, Tricks and Even Lesson PlansWant to learn the best ways to use Google Apps in your classroom?  Visit our new Education Community Site, where you can learn tips and tricks on using Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Sites, join our education forum and read news all about Google Apps.  Or check out standardized lesson plans at the new Google Apps Resource Center - for classroom use of our tools across K-12.
  • 7/9/2009Sites for TeachersCheck out the new Sites for Teachers page to see how teachers, students and administrators are using Google Sites to create their class sites, organize school trips, and run school projects. 7/9/2009Books, Books, BooksGoogle has reached an agreement with authors and publishers that will make millions of books more accessible in the U.S.  You can view full pages from and purchase complete access to millions of in-copyright, out-of-print books  or your school can purchase institutional subscriptions to offer your students and teachers complete access to millions of  books.
  • At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why we’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on this
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    Homepage for Google for Educators. Here are links to many of the tools and applications availbable for educational use.
ourdavidteacher

A Comprehensive List of Apps and Tools to Flip your Classroom ~ Educational Technology ... - 171 views

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    Comprehensive list of tool for use with use with Flipped Classroom
anonymous

Five Great Android Education Apps Search tools - 51 views

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    An informative list of sites to successfully search for Android education apps for tablets and phones.
Thieme Hennis

Fingerprint | The First Mobile Learning & Play Network for Kids and Their Grownups - 3 views

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    San Francisco-based kids' app platform Fingerprint is teaming up with UK educational app maker Mindshapes. The two companies are collaborating on a series of new digital learning activities called "appisodes," which combine both storytelling and games.
N Carroll

The History 2.0 Classroom: Back to School App-pack - 35 views

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    Great list of apps to use in the classroom. Categorized by what you want students to do.
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