25 STEM Education Apps You Need in 2015

As the new year approaches, the thought on everyone’s mind is how to make 2015 even more interactive, educational, and engaging for STEM students than the past year. Indeed, it has become a national priority to develop new ways to entice students to STEM careers and offer engaging ways to teach STEM that dismantles old and less-effective learning methods. From flipped learning to incorporating Learning Management Systems (LMS), to augmented reality, teachers are talking about how to keep moving STEM education forward. According to a recent Teachercast article, 5 EdTech Trends Changing Education for the Longterm, one of the biggest trends for 2015 will be the incorporation of more apps into classroom curriculum including gamification, collaboration, self-learning and assessment apps. Terry Heick (@terryheick) at TeachThought echoed similar sentiments in his post 30 Trends in Education Technology for 2015 while pointing out the challenges of technology integration: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Integrating Tech: More Than Just Having Computers Technology has become part of the educational process, but too often it is separate and not integrated into the learning experience.Today, Education World offers easy and painless ways to integrate technology into your daily routine. Included: Nineteen activities and nearly 50 Web sites. Integrating technology into the curriculum is a priority -- if not a mandate -- in most schools today. For many teachers, a lack of personal experience with technology presents an additional challenge. Used properly, however, technology can be a tool for teachers as well as for students. Access an online weather forecast. Article by Linda Starr Education World® Copyright © Education World

Periodic table of #STEAM apps updated! Back in early July I created the periodic table of STEAM (that’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics for those who think I’m full of hot air) apps in the same format as my previous two periodic tables. This time the various sections were different to what I had and based around different areas of ‘STEAM’. When I made this one (and the previous one too) I had meant to put them both on ThingLink and then add links to all of the different apps to the images. It was one of those things that ends up on your ‘to do’ list but you never actually get around to. I was contacted recently by Wendy Torres from Baltimore, MD via my website who asked if she could do exactly what I had never actually got around to and link up each and every one of the 82 apps on the table. She has now very kindly done that and shared it with me on Twitter. My thanks to Wendy for taking the usefulness of the resource one step further. Periodic table of #STEAM iPad apps First things first. July 9, 2016

7 Great iPad Apps for Learning to Read (Most Free!) | Kindred Spirit Mommy Today I want to share some of our favorite kids’ apps for iPad and iPhone that are wonderful for budding readers! Build a Word Express iPod/iPhone/iPad Get it here for free! Reinforces phonics and sounding out letters as well as parts of words. Hooked on Phonics iPod/iPhone/iPad Get it here for free! LOVE this app for learning word groups and reading practice! Phonics Town iPad Get it here for free! This one is good for reinforcing each letter sound and recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters. Sight WordsiPhone/iPod/iPad Get it here for $4.99. This one is simple but if you’re working on recognizing sight words then it’ll be very helpful. Hop on Pop – Dr. I am so impressed with the way they’ve put the Seuss books on iPad! Bob Books Reading Magic Lite iPhone/iPod/iPad Get it here for free! Practice reading and spelling short words with these BOB Books stories and activities! ABC Spelling Magic (Short Vowel Words) iPhone/iPod/iPad Get it here for free! It’s your turn to share!

Top 5 Unexpected Apps for STEM Education - StratoStar STEM Education Blog In today’s world, we use apps for everything from managing our bank accounts to expressing our thoughts via tweets, so why not use them for our STEM education projects? StratoStar has compiled a list of our top 5 favorite apps will make tracking, solving equations, and creating reports simpler. 1. WolframAlpha This genius app focuses on mathematics, statistics, chemistry, and engineering. It produces instant expert knowledge to all your questions, computes an answer with a step-by-step solving method, and generates a report to help you track your progress. 2. All the core curriculum subject areas are covered by this innovative app. 3. Take advantage of this interactive periodic table. 4. Exploriments is an interactive science app that provides students with simulation-based learning units. 5. This app was made for a younger crowd, but can still be fun for all ages. The Benefits of Using Apps For Learning So why use an app?

50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About via Edudemic Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved. Yet as with anything related to technology, new tools are hitting the market constantly and older ones rising to prominence, broadening their scope, or just adding new features that make them better matches for education, which can make it hard to keep up with the newest and most useful tools even for the most tech-savvy teachers. Here, we’ve compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher’s tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or as educational aids in the classroom. Social Learning These tools use the power of social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Learning Lesson Planning and Tools Useful Tools