ipad apps for teaching v.3
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Keynote
Easy to create compelling presentations, even while waiting in the copy room
PowerPoint compatible
Embedded laser pointer and drawing tools
Control from iPhone
Email as PPT or PDF to staff and students
Freedom to "walk the room" with AppleTV mirroring
See your notes on iPad while students see only your slide
FlashcardsLearning vocabulary and unit concepts in a fun way
Students can practice on their iPhones and Android devices at any time
Use as formative assessments on projector
Import from Excel and export via email
Lots of different functions, such as ability to view Side A, Side B--or both.
Use app to Cold Call students
Great way to learn student names
Uses the vocabulary to create matching, crossword, and other fun games
NotabilityImport PDF/Word docs and draw, highlight, and type text directly onto them.
Voice record lectures and sync your notes to it
Fill out forms, sign, and then email as PDFs. Great for HR and IEPs.
Use on the projector to show students how to fill out an assignment or go over a quiz / test
Use your finger, stylus, or on-screen keyboard to take meeting notes.
Insert or take live pictures to add to your notes
Notability
Sign forms and email as a PDF
Grade presentations by importing student PPT, recording audio, and writing rubric notes; jump to a specific time to see your notes sync to the audio.
NotabilityGrade essays and quickly email them back as PDFs to your students
Import Word docs., PDFs, or simply take a picture of a printed essay and correct
Model an essay to your class on the projector and instantly annotate
NearpodImport your PPT / PDF into Nearpod
Insert quiz questions, polls, free text responses, drawing prompts
Insert mp4 videos and YouTube links, and they'll instantly play. No more switching between apps. Students can watch at home as hw.
Students see only your current slide
Your presentation is downloaded onto their devices for later viewing
Assign as homework or self-pace
Formative assessments: as students answer questions on their devices, teachers get instant feedback
Merge pre-assessment, direct instruction, and a review session all in one Nearpod presentation
It's fun and engaging for students
So easy to use it's like magic
Great for unit tests and quick formatives
Use phone or iPad to instantly grade answer sheets. No doc cam needed, and you can walk around to students and grade
Error on key? No problem! Change key and all scores are instantly updated.
Eraser errors on student sheet? No problem! Instantly see original student sheet and correct answers in a second.
Item analysis can show you how many students marked each possible answer.
Syncs on all devices: phone, iPad, Internet
Import student rosters
Easily correct student errors with just a tap based on original image
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Haiku Deck
Make beautiful and simple presentations from your iPad or computer
The presentations are pre-formatted so all you have to do is select a picture and text
Simple text and/or bullets
No need to resize pictures or insert text boxes
Type a keyword and the app will locate stunning pictures for you to use!
Perfect for students to create presentations if they don't have a lot of experience with PowerPoint
Trello
Best way to collaborate on projects. Visualize your individual or group projects, insert checklists, attachments.
Comment, collaborate, support
PlanbookEasy to set-up classes
Email daily plans
Embed documents into daily lessons
Attach links to Dropbox docs and videos
Change times for special days
Automatic Dropbox back-up
Explain EverythingCreate Webinars directly on the iPad
Using a projector, show students the various components to a lesson on one screen
Show students: documents, graphic organizers, a web browser, video files, or even live video using the cameras--all at once.
Pinch to zoom in and out to showcase different items
Hit 'Record' to make a video file of everything you and the students say and do on screen
Export video quickly to your iPad camera roll, Dropbox, or even your class YouTube account
Perfect for flipping your classroom or recording events of a lesson or field trip for parents and absent students
Tired of PD binders?
Evernote syncs all of your notes
Email directly to your Evernote notebook
Attach PDFs and Docs
Take pictures of meeting handouts, notes, people
Tag notes so easily search later
Decide Now Turn It In
Fun way for class to randomly make decisions, or randomly choose topics
or groups
Sync student submissions to view offline, view similarities, grade
work, use rubrics to issue grades
Remind 101Safely text your students and their parents
No one can see one another's phone number
Students and parents cannot reply via text
Students register once by texting a code
Teachers can text one class or multiple classes
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"We are meeting in the Library this morning."
"Don't forget there's a quiz this afternoon."
Exit Ticket
Formative Assessments that are fun for students and informative for the
teacher. Perfect if your class has computers for the period
Classroom management tool that tracks positive and negative
behaviors; students and parents use the mobile app to monitor
progress, too.
AV Player HDStore and play almost any video file
On laptop, drag video files directly to the app (and vice versa) via iTunes
Or, just use wifi to transfer video files to or from iPad
Play video on classroom projector via cord or wirelessly through wifi/AppleTV
Easily adjust picture size
Play video from 0.50x speed all the way to 2x the speed (great when there's a lot of boring horse riding)
iBooks TextbooksTextbooks are $14.99, no expiration date
The Americans, World History available (plus most math and science textbooks that schools use)
Dozens of History channel videos throughout the chapters and sections (2min - 60min)
3-D images / other fun learning aides
Multiple-choice quizzes throughout the sections
Embedded voice narration of chapter summaries
App recognizes individual post-its and saves them
Export collection as a PDF
Display later on projector
Create a Facebook group to post discussion topics and
help students practice academic online etiquette