A Quick Guide on Blooms Taxonomy Apps for iPad iPad is a promising mobile gadget in education. It has already started revolutionizing the way instruction is delivered .Some schools, particularly in the United States and Canada,have taken the initiative and commenced to employ the iPad as a learning and teaching tool . Although it is too early to talk about any scientific studies confirming the educational usability of this tablet , yet it would be unfair to ignore its prevalent use among students and teachers. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is strongly committed to helping teachers and educators make the maximum benefit from iPad by providing reviews of free educational apps covering different areas such as : storytelling, video editing, professional development,, presentation apps and many more. Just a little reminder, Blooms HOTS ( higher order thinking skills ) are : Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating. Here are the apps according to the HOTS mentioned above : 1- Remembering
Top iPad Apps for Making Musical Slideshows and Videos By Juli | July 30, 2012 | No comment yet Are you the family photographer at events and gatherings? Do you often take vacation photos and then share them with friends? Do you want to spice up your photo slideshows with music or record your own music videos? If you answered yes to any of these questions, take a look at this list of slideshow and video apps that we compiled. Video Star (Free) – It’s easy to make fun videos with Video Star, you simply select a song from your music library, and then start shooting video. Fotovidia HD ($2.99) – Photo slideshows can be notoriously boring, but this simple app changes that. ReelDirector ($1.9 9) – ReelDirector is a powerful video editing app for the iPad. Videolicious ( Free) – Videolicious is a popular photo and video editing app that helps you to instantly combine your videos, photos, and music into a complete masterpiece. Photo Table ($9.99 ) – This app is pricy, but before you buy it for the full price, check out the lite version.
The Must-Have App Review Rubric Added by Jeff Dunn on 2011-11-22 So you just downloaded a few educational apps that you think might be useful in your classroom. How do you accurately compare and contrast them? On a related note, the Edudemic Directory features many educational apps and lets you quickly compare them to see how they stack up. I’ve rewritten the original rubric from eMobilize and tailored it to fit all school districts. Download The Rubric Here (PDF) Overview of the App App Title: App Publisher/Developer: Version: Link to App Store: Curriculum Compliance Yes/ No – Is it relevant to the curriculum framework? Operational Yes/ No – Is navigation easy? Pedagogy Yes/ No – Does the material accommodate diverse ways in which students learn? Comments are closed.
30 Useful iPad Apps for Business & Presentation Apple sold more than 1 million copies of iPads in the first 3 months. This gadget is definitely more than just a larger version of iPhone or iPod touch. With 4x the screen of an iPhone, the iPad’s display is ideal for reading and for presentations. In today’s post, we’d like to highlight some really useful iPad applications that might replace the things you do daily with your laptop or netbook. Full list after jump. Presentations KeynoteKeynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. CorkulousCorkulous is incredible idea board for iPad to collect, organize, and share your ideas that feel completely natural. Power Presenter This application is used for Presentation. Sadun’s WhiteboardTransform your iPad into a presentation screen with Whiteboard. Graph, Charts, Diagram & Statistic Analytics HDThe premier app for Google Analytics, Analytics App, now debuts on the iPad as Analytics HD! Idea BoardsA simple easy way to put your ideas somewhere. Planning Meetings
7 Great iPad Apps to Improve your Kids Critical Thinking Critical thinking is a skill much solicited in today's instruction. A general fallacy particularly among parents is that kids learn critical thinking when at school receiving formal and structured education, while in fact much of the thinking abilities are shaped first and foremost at home where the environment that surrounds kids play a decisive role in the development of their cognitive capacities. There are many games, brain teasers, and activities that we can employ with our children to help them develop the necessary sound skills that can be detrimental to their overall academic achievement once they join school. In this regard. These apps are for iPad users. 1- iCreate iCreate is a great iOS app that provides kids with tools to create anything. 2- iKids Puzzle This is an awesome app that offers several puzzles and games to develop your kids critical thinking. 3- KidMath KidMath helps your kids learn basics of Math from counting and sequence to the concept of addition and subraction.
7 Ways to Collect Student Work in an #iPad Classroom #staar Next week, I'll be facilitating a short one-hour workshop on a topic that is deceptively simple on a computer, but can be complex on an iPad--how to get student work off an iPad in a place where the teacher can get to it in ONE place. This short blog entry tries to offer some solutions. Let me know what you think, ok? Many apps--here's a short list--will output to WebDav, video or image format that ends up in your Camera Roll. For schools deploying iPads in carts, some options are outlined below: WebDav Server - This is the best option because you can show students how to put/get their content in a central location. When considering HOW to get information off your iPad, you need to remember the following: Terms of Service for various solutions may prevent K-7 (ages 5-12) students from using online, or cloud, storage solution. This list below is no particular order of preference. Update: You may also find this blog entry with video tutorials worth your time. Read more about it here
Apps in Education ShowMe - The Online Learning Community iPads in Education- Examples from the Classroom Alternative iPad Browsers with tricks Safari can’t do Educational Flash web sites aside, the iPad is a great device for browsing the internet. At the heart of this is Apple’s flagship browser, Safari. Overall, Safari is a capable browser on the iPad but there is some functionality missing from the app when compared to its big brother on Macs. Fortunately, iOS has enough tricks available for third party apps to fill in the gaps that Safari for iPad doesn’t address. Here are three alternative browsers that I use regularly to perform tasks I think are necessary for educational use and general use that I can’t do using Apple’s default browser. iCab This fabulous app has become my default browser on my iPad. The big winner for me with iCab is its ability to download videos, including from Youtube. Once the video is downloaded, it can be added to the Photo Library on the iPad by going to the Downloads icon and saving to Library. Another great feature of iCab is its multiple search engine access. Diigo Browser Photon
An iPad in Every Classroom: Teacher Tested, Student Approved! « Wired Educator We’ve moved! Wired Educator’s new site is: really want you to see the new site. It looks better, reads better, and contains our most recent articles.Please consider:• Subscribing to our email updates at the new site.• Bookmarking our new site address.• Adding our RSS to your feed.• Recommending our new site to a friend. On opening day I stood in line at my nearest Apple Store for the release of the iPad. Sure, I was anxious to experience the latest and greatest from Cupertino, but I also wanted to test its capabilities in the classroom. For the past two weeks I have been evaluating the iPad’s capabilities in my seventh grade English class. •Where does the iPad fit in education? First and foremost, the iPad is a great addition to any classroom. Fast and Easy to Use: When I passed my iPad around the room there was absolutely no instruction needed. Great Content Viewer: The iPad is an incredible device for viewing content. It’s on INSTANTLY! Like this:
iPad As.... iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. As teachers seek ways to integrate these devices, we recommend focusing on specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments. In other words, begin with..... 25 Ways To Use iPads In The Classroom by Degree of Difficulty In case you haven’t heard the news, we’re putting out a special mini-issue early next week. It’ll be available in the Edudemic Magazine iPad app and, best of all, FREE to subscribers! If you’re not (yet) a subscriber, it’ll be just $0.99. The following is an excerpt from just one of the articles in the mini-issue. So you’ve got one or a few iPads that you want to use in the classroom.
10 Incredible iPad Apps for Education Learning is rarely fun; it’s even less fun when being taught within the confines of a lecture hall or classroom. While this may be true, there’s no reason why you can’t make the process more entertaining and challenging. The tablet market has paved the way for educational resources in the form of slick, new apps, with text-books now being replaced by online downloadable versions of themselves. An array of stunning apps are at your disposal waiting to be exercised, so with this in mind, we decided to whittle down our top 10 iPad educational apps for students. It seems wherever you look nowadays, there’s Evernote. Winner at the 2012 Apple Design Awards for Best iPad app, Paper has taken creativity of app development to new heights. Bamboo Paper – Notebook Famous for its pen graphic tablets, Wacom’s first foray into the app market is quite an impressive one. ➤ Bamboo Paper – Notebook Price: Free iA Writer ➤ iA Writer Price: $0.99 SimpleMind ➤ SimpleMind: Free version, Paid version EasyBib ➤ EasyBib