MATH:
IMathematics is
free educational app used to help teach students mathematics. IMathematics has
a wide variety of information on different types of math. The app surpasses information
on just overall categories like Geometry and Algebra, and goes further into specific
lessons like plane, solid, and analytic geometry. Then each one of these
specific forms of math have multiple options for studying and allows for
choosing particular weak subject knowledge. The lessons are set up, so that
only weak or unknown areas of math are studied. Several options are locked for
the free option, but many of the key math subjects are still available. I
definitely believe I could use this app in my future classroom. IMathematics is great tool to assign to students
after initially teaching the subject. A teacher could assign particular parts
of the subject that will help each individual lesson. Then the students would
do their specific subject area, so that each student would only focuses on what
is important to them (Using time efficiently). Also this app would be a great
tool to recommend to parents for students to use at home to study. A teacher
could tell parents who have struggling students or recommend to the entire
class, and then parents could have their students learn and prepare for class
at home.
SCIENCE:
EMD PTE is free
educational app used to teach students about the periodic table. The app allows
for students to explore different elements on the periodic table. Each element,
if clicked, describes its scientific name, atomic number, classification, and
its group/period. There are several options to then look at general information
for each element. The app shows what the element’s name derives from, who found
it, and interesting facts about each element. The app also shows information
like the boiling or melting point, and other unique qualities for each element.
The app can search for any element, sort by certain properties. Atomic radius,
physical description, decay over time, and allows numerous ways to compare different
elements. I think EMD PTE is great
app to discover information about different elements and the periodic table.
The app could be used for general discovery or for class activities. Teachers could
use this app as individual source to find any information on elements. Teachers
could ask questions like, “Does --------- or --------- have higher boiling
point,” or “Name five elements in the alkali earth category.“ Students could
use this app to do research on a specific element project. Overall, I think
this app may be simple but technical enough to make students interested in
elements or a good tool when their extra time in class.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
The Civil War Today
is purchased app for teaching about the civil war up until this year. The app
has the ability to describe what each individual day’s newspaper might have
looked like. The app describes key figures, events, and even maps. It describes
battles with details about death tallies, who won or loss, and other interesting
details. There is a quote from a famous figure, and a picture for each day as
well. The app also gives personal testimonies given from that time period. The
app also uses a quiz of the day to act as an assessment for learning about each
day. The app does a great job of putting someone in that era. The app also
shows multiple actual newspapers from each day. I definitely see the potential
of using The Civil War Today app in
my future classroom. The app would be great tool to create interest in any
history topic. The app could also help break the divide that students feel
about history and our modern society. The daily facts could be used to start or
end any class and/or to start any topic in the Civil War. The app also allows
for students to experience the Civil War from a day by day basis, and doing so
makes students experience the war differently. The daily assessment allows
teachers to test whether students truly read about that day, if the teacher
assigned it. The app also could be used to assign students different days in
the Civil War to do projects on. The app provides newspapers and other fun
things to make students more creative in creating projects. Overall, the app
might also be a great tool to spend extra time in any class.
ART:
Doodle Buddy is an
app that allows for drawing and creativity. This is free and can easily be used
for students in any grade. The app allows for students to explore art through
drawing different lines, shapes, and other things. The app allows for changing
the color and different brushes. Someone can also add aspects to drawing like
glitter. Plus there is an easy to use eraser for mistakes or starting over.
Stickers can add extra dimensions to the art. Backgrounds allow students to
create unique pictures. Anything created can easily be saved, printed, or
emailed to anyone. I believe that Doodle
Buddy is great app for art and other class activities. The app could be
used as an easy to make and resource saving art device. The app allows for students
to create as much as they can imagine. The app could also be used with specific
criteria. For example, “Make a picture with _____, ______, and ______ in it.” The
app might especially be good for an art class with not many materials or students
who usually make a big mess. The app also could be used similar to how a dry
erase board is used in the classroom. Students could write answers and hold it
up in the air. Students could also use the app to fill extra time in class, if
the lesson goes a little short.
I think one of the most common problems in the classroom is
trying to reach all the students with out leaving students behind or not going
fast enough. ESL students often struggle to define new words and understand new
ideas during a lesson. The iTranslate
app allows for on the spot translation to many languages. Students choose their
home language, then the student uses the app to translate new ideas. The app
works by translating audio or visual content. The app works on over thirty
languages. The app can also have direct types of input for translations. The
app can translate single words or entire sentences. I definitely think the app
is a great tool for ESL or any classroom. The iTranslate app would allow for many of the problems that stop class
during a lesson to be overcome. Students could use the app at any moment of
time, and many of the questions would be stopped. Often teachers struggle or
are slow to give a definition to complicated or even simple words. Teachers
could simply speak the word and the students would have a quick audio
translation. The app could also be used at home when the teacher is not available.
The student could also use the app to translate a word he knows in his language,
but does not know or forget in the stress of class. The app is great tool for students
in any educational situation that uses one of its translatable languages.
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