Generic+Apps

Please try to inform us whether the app is free or not, and also a short description of how we can use it in our classrooms! //Use this template for an app suggestion://
 * We will use this page to add app-suggestions!**
 * Name of app:**
 * Free or not:**
 * Relevant to which subject area/s:**
 * Description of learning activity or link of idea to pedagogy:**

__**App suggestion #7:**__
 * __Augmented Reality Apps recommended by Lynda:__**



__**App suggestion #6:**__ Well this is the iPad app for one of the most common cloud storage services. Dropbox is very easy to use and you can also download the desktop app to put on your computer, and that would eliminate the need of using a USB Flash Memory Stick. You can upload all sorts of documents and media to Dropbox, and a lot of apps can be linked to your Dropbox account to back up your work. You start off with 2GB of free storage, which is sufficient for school work, but there are ways of increasing your storage by purchasing a plan through the app/website. Here are a few screenshots to show how it works. Dropbox is also a very good app for students to keep backups of their work, and to organise it for them. Additionally, by placing a document/file in the 'Public' folder, you can generate a hyper-link that can then be embedded into a blog/wiki. So, a student could create a blog and embed video, photos, documents and files from Dropbox using the auto-generated hyperlinks.
 * Name of app:** Dropbox
 * Cost:** free
 * Relvant to which subject areas:** ALL
 * Suggested uses:**







__**App suggestion #5:**__ Well this app turns the iPad screen into a cork-board and you can double-tap to get sticky notes of multiple colors pinned on the board, and use a marker to draw lines between them! Basically, it's brainstorming made easy and fun!
 * Name of app:** iBrainstorm
 * Cost:** a few dollars, very cheap
 * Relvant to which subject areas:** ALL
 * Suggested uses:**



__**App suggestion #4:**__
 * Name of app:** Numbers
 * Cost:** about 10 dollars
 * Relevant to which subject areas:** ALL
 * Suggested uses:** Basically Numbers is Apple's substitute for Excel. It's a spreadsheet app. But I believe it is most useful for keeping attendance and assessment records. The app allows recording/inputting data in a variety of ways. You can create assessment forms for every student, and input data through pop-up menus, check boxes, star rating scales and many more. The app makes keeping attendance and assessment records a much much easier task! Definitely a must-have for all teachers!











__**App suggestion #3:**__ 1- It allows you to import whole PPT or Keynote presentations, or even PDF files, and record your annotations and voice over them 2- It can be linked to Dropbox 3- The output can be saved as a VIDEO FILE that can be uploaded on YouTube or saved to your photo library (much easier for sharing!) This app can be used by the teacher to explain difficult concepts and upload them to a YouTube channel that students can access. Also, the students can use them to create their own presentations and share them with the class!
 * Name of app:** Explain Everything (very cheap, but not free)
 * Relevant to which subject area/s:** ALL
 * Description of learning activity or link of idea to pedagogy:** This is another "screencasting" app just like ShowMe and ScreenChomp. However, this app has several advantages:





__**App suggestion #2:**__ My favorite, it turns the iPad screen into an interactive whiteboard that combines annotations, photos, recorded audio and saves it as a video-file (ShowMes) that can be uploaded onto the ShowMe community website (great for sharing with people). ShowMe provides the students to draw and add photos while recording their voices and so can be used by them to demonstrate their research and understanding of a certain assigned concept. For example, I have a unit of work on Commedia dell'Arte and I assigned one student to create a ShowMe about the history of Commedia dell'Arte, another student to create a ShowMe about the stock characters in Commedia dell'Arte etc... You can also introduce an element of competition by getting students to compete for the best ShowMe to teach a certain concept! ShowMe can also help you in your teaching as you can record mini-lessons and upload them on your website for students to access anytime to review concepts etc... Best news is ShowMe is FREE, both the app and the account registration!
 * ShowMe**



__**App suggestion #1:**__ Students love this one. It's an iPad app linked to a web 2.0 community known as audioboo.fm Audioboo allows students to create short three minute podcasts (the evolution of radio shows) about anything and, better yet, upload them on their personal profile. Students can "follow" other students, much like Twitter! I used it with my year 10 Islamic history class during revision. I took every "key event" on their revision checklist and turned it into a podcast, which is very useful for the auditory learner. There is nothing to stop you from letting the students create the podcasts themselves. Assign one key event, or key definition, or key concept to each student and allow them time to write the script for their podcast and record it! I also use it in Drama in a unit or work on "Radio Drama" and students record their own radio shows, radio commercials or radio plays! Awesome fun! There is almost everything in every subject that can be transformed into a podcast, examples: - a role-play interview with Isaac Newton about gravity (science) - a role-play interview with Einstein about relativity (maths) - a role-play interview with Julia Gillard about refugees (humanities) - a commercial about a business product (business management and economics) - a commercial about recycling (science and humanities)
 * Audioboo**

Do I need to go on? :) Best news? Audioboo is FREE, and so is membership into the audioboo.fm community! Check out my audioboos: []