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Ginger Lewman

100 Apps for Tech-Savvy Teachers - 20 views

  • 100 Apps for Tech–Savvy Teachers Teachers have one of the most difficult jobs out there. As an educator, you have to manage a classroom of boisterous students, organize heaps of data, stay up–to–date with current events and plan lessons day in and day out. In today’s technologically linked world, the ability to use web applications is at your advantage as an educator, and we are here to tell you the best tools to use. Here is a collection of 100 web and iPhone applications that make the grade for tech–savvy teachers:
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    100 Apps for Tech-Savvy Teachers Teachers have one of the most difficult jobs out there. As an educator, you have to manage a classroom of boisterous students, organize heaps of data, stay up-to-date with current events and plan lessons day in and day out. In today's technologically linked world, the ability to use web applications is at your advantage as an educator, and we are here to tell you the best tools to use. Here is a collection of 100 web and iPhone applications that make the grade for tech-savvy teachers:
Kathleen N

World eBook Fair - 0 views

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    Welcome to the 4th Annual World eBook Fair July 4th to August 4th Download Your Selections from (2,000,000 PDF eBooks) Two Million eBooks Titles
Cyndi Danner-Kuhn

ShowMe - Interactive learning community with the best teachers in the world - 5 views

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    Patent pending Reimagine the Classroom We are creating a global learning community with the best teachers in the world. Easily record interactive lessons on your iPad and share them instantly online - reach more students, more easily.
Fred Delventhal

ShowMe - Interactive learning community with the best teachers in the world - 5 views

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    We are creating a global learning community with the best teachers in the world. Easily record interactive lessons on your iPad and share them instantly online - reach more students, more easily. Get early access to the ShowMe App
John Evans

7 Best Apps for High School Theatre Teachers - 13 views

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    "productions and readings of classic and contemporary plays. Unfortunately, funds are often limited and not only can you not take them to see high-end shows, you also often struggle to find a suitable performance space and quality works for them to perform. The 7 best apps for high school theatre teachers provide you a way to bring new dramatic experiences into the classroom for your students. Through the apps students will learn to express their creativity and also learn from some of the best in the world of theater."
Allanah King

iPads 'speak' for non-verbal, autistic kids - thestar.com - 6 views

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    For many young children, tablets technology means games and entertainment. For those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, iPads can be a conduit to the outside world. And they are transforming lives at the Beverley School.
John Evans

8 Must-Have Apps for Geography Class - 19 views

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    "Ask a student what the capital of Burkina Faso is and most will give you a blank stare. Most would be lucky to even tell you the continent the country is a part of. With these 8 must-have apps for geography, not only will students learn the capital of Burkina Faso (it's Ouagadougou by the way), but they will learn a lot of geographical facts, as well as information that will help them navigate and better understand the world."
John Evans

Top 10 Things NOT to do in a 1:1 iPad Initiative « - 10 views

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    "Part of the benefit of jumping forward with a 1:1 iPad deployment like we have tried is that we get the opportunity to impart knowledge to other districts looking to do a similar initiative. While that might not seem like a benefit, it actually also means we can make some mistakes because there is not a long history of this type of deployment in the world. "
John Evans

IBM's 'Minds of Modern Mathematics' iPad App Celebrates the History of Math | PadGadget - 5 views

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    "If you're a lover of math and want to know more about the ways that math has shaped our world throughout history, then IBM's new app, Minds of Modern Mathematics, is an app that you will want to check out."
John Evans

iCloud, Not the New iPad, is Apple's Real Key to the Post-PC Revolution - 1 views

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    "Apple's new iPad goes on sale today. People - already lined up around the world - will likely buy more than a million of them this weekend, and tens of millions this year. And there will be much talk about Apple's "post-PC" revolution."
John Evans

Flip Note Card learning now available on the iPad | iGo With My iPad - 2 views

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    "Some paper is hard to give up. Little notepads and sticky notes keep coming back even when a iPad is available. One area that has a strong 'love of paper' is flip notecards for learning. While there is many options in the electronic world for better learning methods, the action of flipping a card over for an answer is familiar and thus hard to give up."
John Evans

7 Awesome iPad Apps for Bloggers | iPad App Finders - 7 views

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    "The blogging world is changing all the time. Today's bloggers are much more sophisticated than ever before. Many of them have a more mobile work style. Just because you spend a lot of time on the road, that does not mean you can't keep blogging using your iPad. Here are 7 apps that bloggers can use to blog, edit photos, and product videos on the go:"
John Evans

8 apps for food lovers - The Online Mom - 4 views

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    "There are dozens of cooking apps to choose from, with many of them featuring thousands of beautifully illustrated recipes from all over the world. The apps will help you with everything from buying ingredients to making sure you use the right equipment to choosing the right wine. Here are a few of our favorites:"
John Evans

App Showdown: Google Readers | Mac|Life - 0 views

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    "RSS is a great way of catching up with news in this fast-paced world. We've taken a look at apps that turn your RSS feeds into magazine layouts, but maybe you don't have an iPad or maybe you want a more stripped down list for your news. Whichever your flavor, there are more than enough to choose from. All three apps this week feature list organization and caching of articles for offline reading, but what sets them apart and turns a good RSS reader into a great one?"
Dean Mantz

Apps in Education: Immersive History Experience on the iPad with Lesson Ideas - 6 views

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    "Virtual History Roma presents a fantastic voyage to Ancient Rome, the capital of the largest empire in the ancient world, which has been reconstructed in virtual form and which you can explore in a "full-immersion" panoramic experience. This app allows you to fully appreciate the building construction, scale and atmosphere that was Ancient Rome. At the higher end of the app market at $10.99 AU it is a bit expensive but it certain has the capacity to entice students into the ancient world."
John Evans

Apple Introduces Free iTunes U App | Mac|Life - 9 views

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    "Apple has set the stage for a textbook revolution with the new iBooks 2 and free iBooks Author software, but as it turns out, that was only the first of the company's plans to unveil in New York City today -- Cupertino is also introducing a new iTunes U app for allowing colleges and universities to share their knowledge with the world."
Mu He

Spelling Apps for the iPad and iPhone - 7 views

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    In a world with spell check, why is studying spelling still important? It aids in reading. It helps cement the connection that is shared between sounds and letters. Learning high-frequency sight words also has been shown to help with both reading and writing. Not only is the ability to spell necessary in most occupations, but a person also needs to be able to spell well in order to be able to communicate and take notes and directions. 
John Evans

10 Timers And Clocks For iDevices You Can Download [iPhone, iPad, iPod] - 0 views

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    "All versions of the iOS for the iPhone include Apple's default clock app that features alarm settings, a timer, a world clock, and a stop watch. The clock app works well, but there are several pages of other free and inexpensive timer apps in the iTunes Store for both the iPhone and the iPad, the latter of which does not include a timer by default."
John Evans

StoryKeepers - iPad StoryTelling APPS - 14 views

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    "Now digital storytelling has gone mobile - so get ready for the many varied ways students find themselves expressing their world. Here are a number of iPad / iPhone apps that provide tools for these emerging mobile devices enabling students to participate in the long and rich history of storytelling."
John Evans

The Numberlys: With New iPad App, Ex-Pixar Designer Unleashes A Masterpiece | Co.Design - 2 views

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    "I wrote about an iPad app last summer called "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore", which was basically the acme of interactive storytelling on the iPad to date. In November, I visited the company that created it, Moonbot Studios, and saw what they were working on as a follow-up: a story-app called "The Numberlys," about a group of cute misfits who invent the alphabet in a gray, stern world inhabited only by numbers. "
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