Apps That Rise to the Top: Tested and Approved By Teachers
Michelle Luhtala/Edshelf With the thousands of educational apps vying for the attention of busy teachers, it can be hard to sift for the gold. Michelle Luhtala, a savvy librarian from New Canaan High School in Connecticut has crowd-sourced the best, most extensive list of apps voted on by educators around the country. “I wanted to make sure we had some flexibility because there’s no one app that’s better than all the others,” Luhtala said. Some apps are best for younger students, others are more complicated, better suited for high school students.
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PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be "Authentic"?
Everyone thinks that Project-Based Learning has something to do with "authentic" learning. But not everyone agrees what this means. Take this quick quiz. Which of the following projects could be called authentic? a) Students learn about endangered species in their region and take action to protect them, including a public awareness campaign, habitat restoration fieldwork and communication with local government officials. b) Students design and create a calendar with pictures and information about endangered species, which they sell at a pre-winter break community event and donate the money to an environmental organization.
Must-Have iPad Apps for Content Creation - TechNotes Blog - TCEA
With more than 1.3 million iPad apps now available in the App Store, it can be difficult for a busy educator to find the best ones for a particular lesson or purpose. But don’t worry; with TCEA, you’ve got this! Below is our list of absolutely must-have iPad apps for when students (or educators) need to showcase their learning with content creation. The apps take a variety of inputs, from audio to stories to digital images, which is great for differentiation. And they’re all free! Adobe Spark Video – Pick from over 25,000 beautiful iconic images to show your ideas and Spark will automatically add cinematic motion and a soundtrack.
How to Use the iPad with a SmartBoard - Connecting the iPad and SmartBoard
As you know, I offer professional development sessions to help others become more efficient and effective with the iPad. (I’d be happy to talk to you about working with your staff). Many of the groups I work with are composed of teachers and school personnel. Faculty development on the iPad is one of my favorite professional activities. Yesterday I worked with a great group of some 30 teachers at a local school. One of the questions I got following the workshop concerned how to use the iPad with a SMART Board.
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Create Beautiful Presentations with Haiku Deck
Haiku Deck is an iPad app that all students and teachers should have installed on their iPads. Haiku Deck enables anyone to create beautiful slide presentations. It's so easy to use that when I was describing the app to someone last week I said it was like "Animoto for slide decks." Like other slide presentation apps Haiku provides templates for creating your presentation. But there are some significant differences between Haiku Deck and other presentation apps.
10 Awesome Apps to Remotely Control your Laptop or PC from iPad
So you have bought your iPad and thinking about important apps to install there. Of course you want just apps of highest priority . You might have already done some Googling but was disappointed by the bulk of the articles and posts all talking about hundreds of top apps but when you try them you find out that they are not what you are looking for . As an educator myself, and as an iPad user I would suggest some apps resources to start with .
Finding an Authentic Goal for Your PBL Classroom
When we talk about project-based learning (PBL), we focus our curriculum on finding real-world ways for students to learn problem-solving and communication skills. When doing this, authenticity is key. When you are first developing a PBL unit, you must begin the journey by establishing an authentic goal. By the end of the unit, you want students to have solved something.
