Trading Cards on the App Store on iTunes.
ReadWriteThink’s Trading Cards app allows teens a unique way to share their understanding of various topics, to build study aids for school, or to create their own fictional world of characters.
Categories include: Fictional Person, Real Person, Fictional Place, Real Place, Object, Event, Vocabulary. Each offers guiding questions along the way.
Discovr Apps – discover new apps on the App Store on iTunes.
“Discovr Launches Awesome Tool To Find New Apps On iOS” – Techcrunch
Simply search for an app that you like or choose from one of our featured apps. We’ll show you how the apps you choose are connected in a massive, never-ending map of the App Store, and we’ll give you great recommendations for other apps to download.
NOTE: This App costs $3.99, but it is absolutely worth it!
Snapguide on the App Store on iTunes.
Snapguide is a simple, beautiful way to share and view step-by-step how to guides. Discover new things to cook, build, wear, play and more. Create your own guides and share what you love making with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and more. Discuss your interests with other people who share your passions.
Creating an account on Snapguide.com is free and easy!
RWT Timeline on the App Store on iTunes.
Timeline allows students to create a graphical representation of an event or process by displaying items sequentially along a line. Timelines can be organized by time of day, date, or event, and the tool allows users to create a label with short or long descriptive text. Adding an image for each label makes a timeline more visually appealing.
Visit ReadWriteThink.org for further information and ideas revolved around using the app
Tools 4 Students by Mobile Learning Services
Download the Tools 4 Students App in the iTunes Store
A repository for graphic organizers which can be saved on student devices and shared with the teacher through Google Drive
MyCongress on the App Store on iTunes.
This app provides in-depth information about Congress. It allows students to research the latest issues in Congress or follow Congress members through Twitter feeds, news articles and You Tube videos. It links to each member’s website, contact information, and Open Congress, a resource for following the voting patterns of Congressmen.
National Archives DocsTeach on the App Store on iTunes.
Engage in activities that will help you make sense of stories, events, and ideas of the past using documents from the holdings of the US National Archives. Choose an historical topic and challenge yourself with an activity. Or, find activities in a classroom set up just for you, using the code provided to you from the DocsTeach.org web site.
DocsTeach.org is an online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives. On the web site, you will discover thousands of primary sources and learning activities. When registered for a free account, teachers can borrow from and modify an ever-expanding collection of activities, plus create unique ones using the online tools. Log in and create classrooms full of activities, then share the classroom’s auto generated code with your students to access on their iPads.
Eidetic – Remember anything on the App Store on iTunes.
Students could use this app across disciplines which require memorization of core concepts: equations, vocabulary, quotations, and more.
Eidetic uses the iPad’s notifications to remind you when it is time test yourself. By spacing the tests out over time it helps you to retain the information in long-term memory.
This YouTube Channel is organized into different subjects such as biology, world history, and literature, and the author John Green works to cram a lot of information into about 10 minutes. There is an element of humor mixed in with a mild amount of confusion, but the content provides for great overviews or even final summaries or analysis.
I often ask my class why they think he chose to highlight the parts that he did or what they think he should have spent more time explaining.
View CrashCourse – YouTube Channel
Report Monster allows you to turn pictures into real-world problems for your students to solve, or you can take map images and annotate directly on top of them. For more information visit the Report Monster website or view the video below.
Create and view beautifully informative animated maps, for free!
Obviously, there is a seemingly endless amount of useful information in the form of videos on YouTube. Below is a playlist that is in the process of being compiled to help you narrow down your search.New videos can be added at any time, so if you find useful video tutorials, send them to asauline@bishopgorman.org
Clicking on the word Playlist in top left corner will display a drop-down menu of all available videos
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