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- 1. Great Tools for Kids and Schools by Gail Lovely Gail@GailLovely.com
- 2. Web 2.0 Tools… a few. Just a few…
- 3. Textivate http://www.textivate.com/ http://www.textivate.com/menu-2ddjn1
- 5. Duolingo http://duolingo.com/ Apps are in the works…
- 6. Croak it! http://croak.it/ Also apps….
- 7. I fake text http://ifaketext.com/
- 8. The App Store… Like a box of chocolates… Like a box of chocolate
- 9. Some stats… Apps available for download: 659,936 Education Category: 65,530 (active) Average App price: $1.99 http://148apps.biz/app-store-metrics/
- 11. Clash of Clans – a “free” app
- 12. “All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?” Nicholas Johnson
- 13. Educational Criteria • Teach or practice curriculum or skills of value • Create evidence of knowledge or skills • Produce materials to learn with or from • More than CUTE, ENGAGING, FUN.
- 14. But, cute is okay too. • Teach or practice curriculum or skills of value • Create evidence of knowledge or skills But • Produce materials to learn with or from • More than CUTE, ENGAGING, FUN.
- 15. You HAVE to be Careful… There is a reason 30% of apps are opened only once.
- 16. Reading Level Mismatch Screenshot from Casey’s Contraptions
- 17. Confusing…? Screenshots from Live ABC
- 19. Technical Criteria Ability to get files off device Screenchomp (free) – Output to link on their site (with ads) – On the iPad on which it was made Explain Everything ($2.99) – Output to: Email, Dropbox, Evernote, Box, YouTube…
- 23. Apps and Application of Apps Educational researchers and practitioners alike assert that the potential of new technologies for learning is likely to be found not in the technologies themselves but in the way in which these technologies are used as tools for learning (Means & Olson, 1995; Owston, 1997; Valdez et al., 1999). From NCREL: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li300.htm
- 25. Additional Criteria • Ability to play well with other files and apps • Appropriate learning curve • Useability
- 26. “Don’t bring in an elephant to teach the color gray.” Madeleine Hunter
- 27. StoryKit
- 28. Book Creator
- 29. Format matters Does the app consider multiple users? Bluster and Futaba are examples of this…
- 30. Pedagogy and Strategy matter Does the app target the users appropriately? Toontastic
- 31. Lets Look…
- 32. Apps I Planned to Share (may be updated after the session)
- 33. Drop Box free File management Gail@GailLovely.com
- 34. AudioBoo free Audio recording Gail@GailLovely.com
- 35. Explain Everything $2.99 Annotation on almost anything, and so much more Gail@GailLovely.com
- 36. Zapd free Almost instant image-rich websites or blogs Gail@GailLovely.com
- 37. sling Note $2.99 capture and annotate parts of websites Gail@GailLovely.com
- 38. Zapper Scanner free The best QR code reader and creator so far! Gail@GailLovely.com
- 39. Book Creator $4.99 My current favorite book making tool. http://www.padgadget.com/2011/09/20/publish-ibooks-with-book-creator-for-ipad-ipad-app-review/ Gail@GailLovely.com
- 40. Collin’s Big Cat Books free picture books PLUS - record your own audio, make your own books Gail@GailLovely.com
- 41. Futaba Games for Children (upgrade) $2.99 A reading game – worth upgrading to paid version Gail@GailLovely.com
- 42. ArtSet $.99 A full collection of art tools yet easy to use. Gail@GailLovely.com
- 43. Fotopedia - Heritage (free) Amazing images from World Heritage Sites Gail@GailLovely.com
- 44. Tools4 Students $.99 Graphic Organizers for students to use Gail@GailLovely.com
- 45. Today’s Front Pages free Front pages of newspapers from around the world and the nation for the day searched. Gail@GailLovely.com
- 46. TourWrist free 360 panoramas around the world… OR make your own Gail@GailLovely.com
- 47. Math Doodles $2.99 Interesting math practice and problem solving with a variety of number systems Gail@GailLovely.com
- 48. Wikipedia (Offline) $9.99 Wikipedia… offline, just what it says! Gail@GailLovely.com
- 49. The End Made in Art Set
- 50. Great Tools for Kids and Schools by Gail Lovely http://LovelyLearning.com
Notas del editor
- As we work to develop a criteria for the selection of apps for learners 3 - 7 years of age. The intended bias is for apps which are not just tools for learning something, but for practicing or learning things we value.