Mobile

Teacher Clicker - Socrative [] Great for keeping students engaged in the classroom. This app can be used as an informal questioning as to whether students are understanding or not. Every student now has the opportunity to answer questions and not be self-conscious about it. The teacher has a great idea as to how many in the class are or are not understanding a concept.

Evernote [] There are many note taking apps, but this one has been around a while and has continued to come out with newer updated programs to get within it. One of the biggest reasons for me to choose this note taking app was because your notes are accessible anytime on the Internet. When the program is opened from any device, laptop included, all of the updates on Evernote sync up. However, you aren't able to draw on it, but there is an app within Evernote, called Skitch. This is an annotating app. There are others as well that have other tools that are downloaded within Evernote. Students, especially in grades 4 and above will need an app to be able to take notes, save, and find. I think this one is functional, yet easy enough for an elementary students to use.

Photogene for ipad [] App for saving, editing, and creating photo collages. It seems to be easy to use and will be able to take care of students' editing needs for projects.

Doodle Buddy for ipad [] This is a drawing pad app, where you can paint, draw, scribble, and sketch. Students draw on the screen with their finger. It could be used as a small white board for answering questions and holding up answers in class.

Idea Sketch [] Create mind maps in color and be able to change them into a text outline. App is able to create a mind map, concept map, or flow chart, then convert it to an outline.

Quicktext2Voice Email [] Handy voice recorder that can turn verbal messages into text emails. It can also be used for storytelling strategies within the classroom.

Dropbox [] Storage app that will save all of your documents, pictures, and videos. Files are able to be accessed any time on the Internet.

K12 Timed Reading Practice [] This app times and records students' reading fluency. It also keeps track of their progress and those reports are available to teachers. The reports detail areas where improvement is needed.

Slice It! [] Math problem solving app. Required to continue slicing the number of times as asked. There are harder levels as well, so it turns into a critical thinking/problem solving game. Students are able to learn about fractions and thinking about problems and how to solve.

Mathmagics Mental Math Tricks [] Learn and practice tricks to use lightning speed mental math to solve larger problems. Students who have memorized their facts need more challenging math problems for mental math. This app would be great for students to continually challenge themselves with some harder problems.