Mobile App Madness

MobileApp

MadnessThe Busy Teacher’s Guide to Mobile Learning

By Angela ClarkJanuary 2014

Alabama NBCT Network Conference

Apps for Education

Instruction Organization

Creativity Innovation

• Nearpod• Educreations• Ask3• DocsTeach• Duolingo• Planets• Bluster

• Google Drive• Evernote• Dropbox• CloudOn• TinyScan• TeacherKit

• Haiku Deck• DoodleBuddy• ScreenChomp• VoiceThread

• Edmodo• Socrative• Splashtop• iTunesU• Aurasma

QR Codes Engage and excite students with codes – QR codes!

Get a scanner• i-nigma• Red laser• Kaywa• Or other scanner app

Scan the code on the right

Tech Treats – our SCS Tech Blog

Part of the excitement is the mystery of what is behind the code

http://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/techtreats/

o Create enriched multimedia presentations with interactive featureso Share content with students and control the activityo Student learn curricular content and submit responses using their appo Teachers monitor classroom activity and measure learning results.

http://www.nearpod.com/

o Teach what you know. Learn what you don’t.o Create and share amazing video lessons with your iPad or browser.o Use like an interactive whiteboard while mirroring to your projector.o Browse the gallery of teacher-made content for any topic.

http://www.educreations.com/

o A smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage all users.o Use a series of educational exercises and games via mobile devices or PCs.o Quick and easy set up of quizzes or exit tickets for students to complete.o Enter my class

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http://socrative.com/

The Other Awesome Teacher Apps• Dropbox – store files in the cloud and have anytime, anywhere access

to the most recent version on your PC or mobile device• TinyScan – freemium app that lets you scan a printout to pdf in black &

white, photo, or grayscale, then send to email, dropbox, google drive, or camera roll

• TeacherKit – add your students by name and organize seating chart and document behavior

• Kaywa – free QR code generator and reader; paste the URL and click generate static code, then save the image to your folder or camera roll

• Splashtop – add Splashtop Streamer to your PC or laptop and enter the security code to protect your connection; open Splashtop on your iPad and control your computer desktop from it

• Evernote – cloud storage for your files; take notes and save it for annotating with Skitch. Use the other Trunk apps with Evernote too.

• Edmodo – an interactive social learning environment where teacher and students can connect, share, and publish in a safe virtual classroom

Create with iPad• Haiku Deck for short presentations• VoiceThread for audiovisual projects• Google Docs for text-based products, spreadsheets, or

presentations• Toontastic for digital storytelling activities• Doodle Buddy for simple drawings and writing

practice• Screenchomp for student-created screencasts (short

narrated videos)• Hopscotch or Daisy the Dinosaur for coding projects

and student-created animations

My Contact InfoAngela ClarkTechnology Resource TeacherShelby County Schoolsa2clark@shelbyed.k12.al.us

Check out Tech4All Bloghttp://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/a2clark/

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