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Apps for Learning

40 Best iPad/iPod Touch/iPhone Apps for High School Classrooms

By: Harry J. Dickens, Andrew Churches

This book offers practical strategies for integrating 40 of the most effective applications—or apps—for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone to cultivate 21st century fluencies.

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12, Secondary
ISBN: 9781452225326
Published By: Corwin
Series: The 21st Century Fluency Series
Year: 2011
Page Count: 224
Publication date: October 20, 2011

Price: $28.95

Description

How to teach "generation app"

This first book in a three-book series offers a wealth of strategies for integrating 40 of the most effective applications—or apps—for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone into K–12 classrooms to cultivate 21st century fluencies. The authors show how to use them to enhance teaching and learning and to address curricular objectives in an engaging, relevant, real-world environment. Written by practitioners for practitioners, key features include:

Apps with an extended shelf life, such as Pages, Keynote, iMovie, and Google Earth
An overview of each app's cost, application type, curriculum area, basic functions and features
Examples for using each tool in practice

Key features

Offers apps that have considerable staying power, (e.g., Pages, Keynote, iMovie, Google Earth) in order to give teachers a resource that will have an extended shelf life.
Includes snapshots of some of the best and most appropriate applications for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone for use in the classroom.
Written by classroom practitioners for classroom practitioners.
Demonstrates ways to harness the power of mobile digital devices for learning, creativity, and discovery in classrooms.
Provides cost, application type, curriculum area (where applicable), basic functions and features for each app.
Includes an example of classroom application in each app module that shows how to use the tool in practice.

Author(s)

Harry J. Dickens

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Harry Dickens is an Instructional Technology Consultant for several school districts in Arkansas and other states. Previously, he was the Technology Director for the Arkansas Public School Resource Center. Prior to his position at the center, Harry was a classroom teacher in Texarkana and El Dorado, Arkansas. He left the classroom to become the instructional technology director for the Texarkana School District. Harry teaches professional development classes on infusing technology into instruction throughout Arkansas, as well as at national conferences. He is a member of the core Technology Infused Education (TIE) team, a technology group of more than 100 instructional technology trainers in Arkansas. Harry is also a member of the Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL), which is a cadre of administrators that contributes new technology resources and provides orientation and training sessions throughout the state. He is currently serving on the Arkansas State technology planning committee and is chairing the teaching and learning subcommittee. Harry believes that receiving education content extends beyond district or state boundaries. He also believes we must embrace mobile technologies as a teaching tool, as well as a delivery mechanism for relevant content for classrooms. Harry has a wife named Quita and two young sons, Harrison and Jordan.

Andrew Churches

Andrew Churches is a teacher and ICT enthusiast. He teaches at Kristin School on Auckland’s North Shore, a school with a mobile computing program that sees students with personal mobile devices and laptops. He is an edublogger, wiki author, and innovator. In 2008, Andrew’s wiki, Educational Origami, was nominated for the Edublogs Best Wiki awards. He contributes to a number of web sites and blogs including Techlearning, Spectrum Education magazine, and the Committed Sardine Blog. Andrew believes that to prepare our students for the future we must prepare them for change and teach them to question, think, adapt, and modify.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Apps at a Glance: Quick Reference Chart

I. Utility Apps

1. Atomic Web Browser

2. Box.net

3. GoodReader

4. Print nShare

II. General Apps

5. Adobe Photoshop PSExpress

6. Dragon Dictation

7. eClicker Host/eClicker

8. Evernote

9. Garage Band

10. Google Earth

11. iBooks

12. iMovie

13. iThoughtsHD

14. iTranslate/iTranslate Plus

15. Keynote

16. Keynote Remote

17. Lynkee 2 QR Barcode Reader

18. Note Taker HD

19. Numbers

20. Pages

21. Skype

22. TED

23. Teleprompt+

24. Whiteboard HD

25. Wikihood/Wikihood Plus

III. Specialty Apps

26. Algebra Touch

27. Comic Touch/Comic Touch Lite

28. EMD PTE

29. Frog Dissection

30. gFlashPro

31. iMathematics

32. Manual for the United States of America

33. NASA App HD

34. Play2Learn

35. Rory's Story Cube

36. Shmoop

37. Stack the States/Stack the Countries

38. StoryKit

39. VideoScience

40. World Factbook

Index

Reviews

"With the push for a technology-centered classroom, it is useful to have a book such as this one to help teachers navigate through the applications available to determine their usefulness in the classroom."

Melody L. Aldrich, Teacher
Poston Butte High School, San Tan Valley, AZ

"The authors clearly describe the apps and highlight connections between classroom instruction and student learning."

Sally Bennett, Curriculum Coordinator
East Poinsett County School District, Lepanto, AR

"The chapters provide comprehensive information on each app including the subject areas, cost (if any), developer address, background information, and how to use the specific app. This is an important contribution to the myriad resources available for teachers who like to use technology in their classroom."

Karen Chenoweth, Assistant Principal
University High School, Orange City, FL

"The authors encourage educators to think outside of personal comfort zones to capitalize on young learners’ inquisitiveness."

Judith A. Rogers, Mathematics Specialist
Tucson Unified School District, AZ

"This is a very important resource for teachers. The authors offer many creative uses for these apps, the ideas are easy to implement and are sure to increase student engagement and excitement about learning. An outstanding asset for the teacher who wants to build a foundational toolkit that will support 21st Century learning."

Sara J. Stewart, Instructional Technology Project Facilitator
Clark County School District, NV

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