Carol

Assignment 1 iTunes U is a great place to go for content from academic areas. 1. Basic Fractions - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. I will use this with many of my students who are struggling with fractions. It has a number of areas students can choose to work in. Nice! 2. FlashToPass - Free Math Flash Cards - Works without Wi Fi access. I will use this for students who are working to memorize their multiplication tables. They can choose from any of the four operations. 3.Orange Tycoon - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. I will use this to help students work on problem solving skills. It is a nice exercise to work on these skills which many of my math students have little success in so far. 4. Subtraction Free - Works without Wi Fi access. It is a step by step working of how to subtract with and without borrowing. It takes a person through the steps. 5. Division Free - Works without Wi Fi access. I takes a student through the steps of long division. I like the way it presents division in easy terms to understand. 6. Blow Burst - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. It works on least to greatest including negative numbers. One has to click on the numbers in order to gain points and time. 7.Math 7 - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. It works on Negative Numbers, Absollute Value and Order of Operations (for free). It take a Monkey through different ladders asking questions along the way. Correct answers allow you to proceed. 8. Math vs Zombies - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. It is a take off of Plants vs Zombies which many of my students already like. This game adds math questions to help defeat the Zombies. 9. Long Division - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. It has some nice ways of presenting visually the steps in long division which so many students struggle. It also takes them through the multiples in each step - Wonderful! 10. Sudoku - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. I will use this for those students who are the first ones done with the work. It will give them additional problem solving skills. 11. Multiplication - Free - Works without Wi Fi access. I will use this for my students who are struggling with multiplication tables. They can set it to work on which ever ones they wish. 1. Dragon Dictation - Free - Needs Wi Fi to work. I think I will use this instead of typing on an iPad which appears to be such a pain :). It will save time and frustration. 2. Sky Walk HD 5 Stars Astronomy $2.99 - I would use this to help ID the night sky. I think this is a amazing resource. 3. Angry Birds Rio HD - Free - I found it and have been addicted to it since. It is a wonderful "figure it out" game with many levels. It is funny and entertaining. 4. Backgammon HD - Free - It is not as good as my Hoyle Board games for the pc but it works in a pinch. Helps when I have time to wait for things or can not sleep. 5. Spades - Free - It is not as good as my Hoyle Card Games for the pc but also works in a pinch. Helps me relax.
 * Assignment 2**
 * Educational content specific 10**
 * 5 personal applications**