Science Resources

"Social media provides a variety of tools, commonly referred to as Web 2.0, that educators can use to engage students and enhance essential skills (communication, collaboration, creativity, media literacy, technological proficiency, global awareness. Other tools can be leveraged to become more efficient and effective at what we do in education."

"Showbie makes it easy to assign, collect and review student work in iPad classrooms."

"instaGrok is an educational (re)search engine that lets students (any anyone else) research any topic in an engaging, visual way. instaGrok finds the best information on the topic and presents it as interactive concept map ("grok"), showing key facts, concepts and relationships, videos, images and more. Users can pin their favorite materials to their grok and take notes in the built-in journals."

"the list below features 4 interesting iPad apps that have recently gone free. Apps Gone Free is a wonderful app that provides daily news on apps that became gratis."

" two awesome iPad apps to use with your kids and students to create posters.The process is very easy and  kids will definitely enjoy them. The apps provide a wide variety of pre-made styles and templates to choose from and any poster created via these apps can be shared through social media websites like Twitter and Facebook, emailed, or printed in different formats. Have a look and share with your colleagues"

"Plickers: Classroom Clickers without the Clicking"

"7 Free iPad Apps for Science Lessons"

"A Video Guide to Using the Google Drive iPad App"

free app for making slide shows

examples of Thinglink images

"11 (Almost) Free Mind Mapping Apps for the iPad"

"The Best Free Interactive Presentation Tools for 1:1 Classrooms"

"Remind101 is a great web tool that provides teachers with a way to safely text message students and stay in touch with parents. You can send your Remind101 messages from your computer or phone. Remind101 apps for iPad, iPhone and Android are now available. One of the best things I like about this tool is the unanimity feature. Neither students nor teachers could see each others phone numbers"