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Assignment 2-iPads in the 21st Century Classroom By Bill Rogan 10 Education Apps Here are the 10 educational apps that I would recommend for teachers. Some of them I have grouped together due to similarity. Timed Test Arcade by Form Soft 1. Khan Academy-This app is broken down into numerous subjects, topics, and grade levels. There are numerous tutorials and some provide opportunities for students to solve the problems. I use this a great deal, especially in math. 2. BrainPop-Check to see if your district subscribes to BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. Again, this app allows students to watch animated videos on different concepts in different subject areas. 3. Google Drive and/or Dropbox-These apps allow you to save documents, files, etc. without the need to use a flash drive. They also allow you to share with colleagues, and possibly edit work that has been done. Tell your family and friends about these. Seriously, do it because it helps you to increase the amount of storage you can have. 4. Explain Everything, EduCreations, or Show Me-Students can use these apps to demonstrate what they have learned either individually or in a small group setting. Teachers can use these to make tutorials that they may or may not want to use as tutorials. 5. Stack the States-Student enjoy this app. It helps them to learn about the different United States in a fun way. 6. Tap Quiz Maps-Another social studies app. It helps students with identification of the different United States, and where they are located, as well as different countries, and where they are located in the world. Students are timed, and the United States are broken into the different regions of our country. The countries are broken down by selecting a continent that you want to practice with. 7. Common Core Standards or Common Core State Standards- As a teacher, I find it helpful to periodically look over what I should be teaching. The standards are broken down by subject and grade level. 8. Subtext- This app allows students to analyze what they read, share what they think, and make connections between books or articles and the outside world. Teachers are able to reply directly to students, add articles and books to those already provided, and give students other options for nonfiction reading. 9. Flipboard- This app provide students with the opportunity to read articles that are broken down by areas of interest, such as sports, music, gaming, news, auto, and business, as well as social media articles from Google, Twitter, and Facebook. 10. Kindle and/or Nook- I use e-readers, such as two Kindles and one Nook in my classroom. With these two apps, you can sync your libraries on the e-readers to the apps, therefore allowing the students to use the iPads to to use the as e-readers. 5 Personal Apps 1. Flick Kick Field Goal by PikPok- I used to kick field goals and extra points in high school and college, so I enjoy using my finger to kick field goals from different lengths, different angles, and varying wind conditions. 2. Watch ESPN- this app allows me to watch a large volume of football, basketball, and other sporting events that are telecasted by ESPN, whether on the cable channels or not. There is a slight delay for the events that are on the different family of channels. I am able to hook up my iPad and show sporting events on the SmartBoard during lunch time. 3. TMJ4.com app- I use this app mainly to check the radar, so I can see if precipitation is on the way either at home or when I am up north. I can also look at the forecast. 4. Jeopardy/Wheel of Fortune- I enjoy watching the shows, and these apps gives me the opportunity to play and answer the questions, or solve the puzzles. 5. Flow Free- this app was shown to me by a colleague. The object is to connect dots of the same color with straight lines. However, you can not cross over any lines. After completing each round, the level of difficulty increases.