practical apps for school librarians and the 21st century learner
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Stacy Cameronwww.notyourmamslibrary.com
@stacycam@txla
#txla14
Practical Apps for the School Librarian and 21st
Century Learner
getkahoot.com
Fun and colorful! Kids enjoy playing the games
and earning points. Don’t want to create a new quiz?
Edit an existing one!
This changes with each game
you start.
Alternatives to Kahoot
Pros Cons
Socrativesocrative.com
● works on any device with Internet access
● Space Race feature runs like a game
● Your room number never changes
● new version of Socrative (beta) has some bugs - use older version
Infuse Learninginfuselearning.com
● works on any device with Internet access
● not as well-known as Socrative
padlet.comExcellent way for students to post their
work to ONE location as well as get their videos, pics, etc. off a mobile device.
Alternatives to Padlet
Pros Cons
Dropboxdropbox.com
● save work in the cloud● share with others
● does not put all student work on one page like Padlet
Google Drivedrive.google.com
● save work in the cloud● share with others
● does not put all student work on one page like Padlet
User-friendly, clean,
free, keep constant
URL just change
content, plenty of
themes - no need to
upgrade
smore.com
Example:My school’s weekly newsletter
Alternatives to Smore
Pros Cons
Tackktackk.com
● easy to use● free● works like Smore
● backgrounds are more colored textures than pics like Smore
● I had trouble with the changes saving with Tackk
Saves to Google Drive, easy to use, fun style. Works well on an iPad and can embed URL
and images. Use for brainstorming with students
before research projects.
mindmup.com
Alternatives to MindMup
Pros Cons
Mindomomindomo.com
● been around for awhile - well-known
● part of Google Apps for Education, but… (see cons)
● Not a free service
Mind Meistermindmeister.com
● add as an app to your Google Drive for quick access and to save directly to Google Drive
● uploading files is not free● cannot add hyperlink?
thinglink.comExamples:8th grade ILAHealth class Thinglink
Use as a fun alternative to a
research project. Students add
text evidence to support the
pics and can make their own
videos or upload from
YouTube. Teachers can use to
teach info and post to class
website.
Alternatives to Thinglink
Pros Cons
Preziprezi.com
● fun alternative to Power Point or Google Presentation
● can upload video, images and links
● definite learning curve to Prezi - more so than Thinglink
Stipplestipple.com
● works a lot like Thinglink - same idea of tagging images
● looks like it’s more for commercial/business use
● not as user-friendly as Thinglink (IMO)
Questions?
Access all of these online resources @ bit.
ly/PracticalApps