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First Class Apps for Teaching and LearningAlex Fegely
Lecturer & Instructional Technology Specialist
Coastal Carolina University
IntroductionInformation
agfegely@coastal.
edu
info@appedreview
.com
Presenter:Alex Fegely
Team Member of App Ed Review:www.AppEdReview.com
Coastal Carolina University:Lecturer & Instructional Technology Specialist
ObjectivesBy the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:
Identify educational apps by purpose and function
Integrate an app highlighted in the presentation into their instruction
Navigate an online resource for finding educational apps and app lessons
Classifying Apps
*Cherner, T., Dix, J., & Lee, C. (2014). Cleaning up that mess: A framework for classifying educational apps. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 14(2). Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/vol14/iss2/general/article1.cfm
Created with SimpleMind+, a Function-Based app
• Framework developed by Cherner, Dix, and Lee (2014)*
• Four main categories • Content-Based• Skill-Based• Function-
Based• Teacher
Resource
Content-Based Apps
Research
Browse
Read text
View images
Listen to audio
Watch videos
• Apps that present material for students to read, watch, listen, memorize, and recall
• Bloom’s Taxonomy• Applying• Analyzing
Content-Based Apps
EnglishThe Poetry App
MathKhan Academy
ScienceNASA App
Social StudiesWhite House
Have students investigate lesson topics and material
Differentiate lesson with videos, sound bites, blogs, articles, and more
Use as a hook, discussion starter, or warmup exercise material
Pair a content-based with a function-based app so students can demonstrate understanding
Integration“Students will search for episodes, images, and clips related to the space topic they selected from the prior step and learn more about it using both the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and NASA apps.”
http://appedreview.com/app/app-lesson-space-explorers/
Skill-Based Apps
Lower-order
thinking
Provide
remediation
Test preparation
Multiple choice
Matching
Interactive
Timing
• Apps that build users’ subject knowledge via interactive skill and repetition games/functions
• Bloom’s Taxonomy• Applying• Analyzing
Skill-Based Apps
EnglishSimplex
Spelling
MathTodo Math
ScienceKodable
Social StudiesZondle
Get students’ engines goingAlternative to paper and pencil
practice problemsFill in down time with
educational skill gamesStart classroom competitions
for most progress or highest score on skill apps
Integration“Students will use the Math Workout app to sharpen their multiplication skills.”
“Students will use the Counting Coins app to review the values of the different coins, add the values of multiple coins together, and match coin values.”
http://appedreview.com/app/app-lesson-money-money-money-mon-ay/
Function-Based Apps
Differentiation
Presentation Audio
Video
Images
PBL
Collaboration
• Apps that students can use for creation of learning artifacts
• Bloom’s Taxonomy• Evaluating• Creating
Function-Based Apps
Interactive
VideoTouchCast
Audio/Image
Pres.Adobe Voice
PresentationHaiku Deck
Graphic Org.SimpleMind
Brainstorm for essays and other projects with mind mapping apps
Students record each other explaining class concepts for their peers
“Making of” documentaries explaining group’s process in project-based learning
Pair with content-based apps for students to demonstrate understanding
Integration“Students will use the TouchCast app to record themselves giving newscasts explaining the chosen current event/policy debate and how it links to previous U.S. history, incorporating webpages, videos, and other Internet content they have curated…”
http://appedreview.com/app/white-house-policy-app-based-lesson-plan/
Teacher Resource Apps
Assessment
Gradebook
Classroom mgmt.
Attendance
Instructional tools
Lesson planning
Standards guide
• Apps that help teachers accelerate classroom functions, aid classroom management, augment instruction, or lessen professional workload
Teacher Resource Apps
AssessmentSocrative
Teacher
Class Mgmt.ClassDojo
AttendanceChartkeeper
InstructionNearPod
Streamline attendance with student check in
Keep students on task with screen mirroring apps
Gauge need for re-teaching with informal, anonymous questioning
Collect student data for Blended Learning groupings
Favorite AppsMemeatic
Chartcube
Jimdo
Vivavideo
Create memes!
Create websites!
Create charts!
Create videos!
Resources www.AppEdReview.co
m/app
App reviews
Search for app reviews by:
Operating system
Subject
Grade level
Price
Skill, content, function,
teacher resource
Resources www.AppEdReview.co
m/app
App Lessons
Three or four
complementary,
sequenced apps
Mix skill, content, and
function apps together to
form cohesive lesson
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