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The Wizer app allows for me to make interactive worksheets that can be accessed on the web. Students don’t need to have a certain device to access the information which is very helpful. The app automatically grades the sheet as soon as the student finishes so they will be able to understand what questions they need to work on. I will use this app in my classroom for my math students and in addition to having them answer the questions online will collect their work so that I have additional information to understand where students are struggling most with the material.

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Flocabulary is a website that contains thousands of music videos for all subjects. I think that certain videos for certain topics can be very helpful for students to understand material. Even now at 21 years old, I can still remember songs that my teachers had me listen to as a younger student and I will never forget the information. The videos are usually very corny, but they are catchy enough for students to remember the content contained in them.

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Instructables - is an easy to use app/website where users can upload videos and DIY tutorials on various subject matter, ranging from recipes to science projects.  Students of all ages can benefit and learn from this website as well as giving teachers new educational techniques.

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Draw and Tell is a great tool that encourages students to be creative.  It is an interactive app that allows students to draw a picture, write a story about it, and share it.  There are a number of backgrounds, characters, and colors to choose from so the student can create whatever they can imagine.  After creating their pictures, they can add sound, record a story, and move their characters around in their scenes, creating their very own movie.  For the younger students, there is also the option to just color in pictures.  This is a great way to start to learn how to use the program and to promote creativity in all ages.

English Central - Christina Vunk
English Central is an amazing tool that can help bridge the gap between languages while ELL students are learning to speak English in the classroom.  There are thousands of videos to choose from that can teach language and grammar in all kinds of scenarios, such as informal, conversational, or formal settings.  It can help students with their pronunciations, listening skills, and vocabulary.  There are assessments that the students can take so the teacher knows their progress.  Since there are multiple levels that range from beginner to advanced, an added bonus is that the students that are using this app in school can bring it home to share with their families; possibly helping with their language learning as well.

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Vocabulary.co.il
There are many digital websites available for secondary ELLs that aid and reinforce academic language acquisition. Vocabulary.co.il has an abundance of educational games that foster and encourage vocabulary and language proficiency. This site helps students recall what they have already learned and apply grammatical rules in an entertaining way. It has 24 games geared towards increasing vocabulary and language proficiency. Who doesn't enjoy playing a pleasant game with the added benefit of learning a second language?

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Learning English Vocabulary
Vocabulary.co.il is a leading vocabulary website worldwide with the best flash online word games. The vocabulary games include an online word search, an online crossword puzzle, and hangman online (our version is called HangMouse). Users choose the vocabulary list that the online word game will use in the word game. The vocabulary games are popular for use on smart boards for word games to build vocabulary skills in classrooms.
Many people build their English vocabulary through a blend of methods - by taking English classes, reading books, watching movies in English, and studying English with English language software. Playing word and vocabulary games is a valuable part of learning English. There are thousands of vocabulary words in our vocabulary lists.

Vocabulary.co.il is a fun educational website dedicated to helping you build reading, phonics, or English language skills. We offer Free Online Word Games which are specifically designed to build vocabulary skills and to motivate people to learn through fun practice in spelling, phonics, and vocabulary.

Whether you are studying vocabulary as part of a homeschool curriculum, for afterschool enrichment, or a summer academic skills program, Vocabulary Learning Fun provides the premier free vocabulary-building resources and games.

If you are applying to American universities, you will probably have to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL test. Most American colleges, as well as schools in England, Canada, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand require all non-native English speakers to take the TOEFL exam, and a high score can be critical to admission. Vocabulary.co.il can also help build vocabulary skills for other high-stakes, vocabulary-rich exams such as the GRE, the SAT, and PSAT.

Many of Vocabulary Learning Fun's vocabulary word games are organized with dozens of categories of vocabulary lists. By making connections between words and ideas, and between words and pictures, we build vocabulary skills. Connections between vocabulary words make the process of building vocabulary skills faster and more efficient. This grouping of knowledge by topic is a cornerstone of the vocabulary.co.il learning website.

The fun of English vocabulary games can help both native and foreign speakers of English build their English language vocabulary skills. There are vocabulary word games for all levels of English.

For more vocabulary fun and games, visit our sister site VocabularySpellingCity. Students can learn literacy skills, in addition to word study. You'll find engaging vocabulary games like HangMan, Word Search and Word Find.

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Vocabulary Games, English Vocabulary Word Games

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Learning English VocabularyVocabulary.co.il is a leading vocabulary website worldwide with the best flash online word games. The vocabulary games include an online word search, an online crossword puzzle, and hangman online (our version is called HangMouse). Users choose the vocabulary list that the online word game will use in the word game.

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FluentU
FluentU is a free application that reinforces language acquisition.
This app utilizes real life videos on various topics of interests and reinforces the vocabulary used in the videos. The audio is clear and has several levels of difficulty to choose from. FluentU is a wonderful app that can be downloaded onto your mobile device so one can learn on the go!

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I. The New Immigrants: NYC 1880-1924 by Vanguard Direct/New York City Department of Education
I like this immigration app because I’d be able to use it in a social studies or ESL class. I think this app would allow me to make the lesson more fun and engaging, and not boring. Students could certainly use their imagination to put themselves into the shoes of the immigrants, of what it felt like leaving their homelands to come to a new city in a different country. And ESL students could maybe do a presentation and share what it was like for them. Did they want to leave? Did they like the new country? Are they happy to be living in America? It’s a great tool for learning because it is visual (pictures, documents, etc.) and also audio, where students can watch videos of the true immigrants and also listen to some of them who spoke of their experiences traveling to the USA. This app has plenty of content for students to learn such as immigrant arrivals, how and where they lived, where they worked, the assimilation process, etc. I believe that there is a lot of hands-on learning and activities that could be done using this app, such as immigrant interviews, family projects, presentations, etc. Furthermore, this app includes a section for teachers that shows sample lessons, discussion questions, assessments, and strategies for building thinking skills.

II. English Central by English Central, Inc

The second app that I have interest in is this ESL app, since ESL is what I teach. I like the description of this app because it contains so many videos (visual/audio) that include formal/informal speaking situations, grammar, pronunciation, common expressions, and assessments. Some features that I like about English Central that I found on their website, are that it includes resources and portals for teachers, and teachers can create video lessons, as well. When I further explored the website, I discovered an interesting page with something that I wanted to share: “Whether EnglishCentral is used as a purely homework supplement, an extension of textbook and class curriculum or as a blended solution, integrated with a coursebook – it truly gets students practicing and making quick progress faster than other online tool can match” (“Why English Central, 2017, para. 2). The best practices section includes all the steps for a teacher to create lessons, and also how to use the videos. There are 3 ideas for using the videos: blending them into the curriculum, using videos as a flipped classroom approach and also as supplements for engagement or reinforcement. Thus, a teacher can choose a video that best suits a chapter and the goals of a lesson, review time can be performed during class, and objectives can be reinforced. When I opened the course catalog, I saw that adults and young students can study. There are so many kinds of English courses such as media, business, or social English. The entire website is full of a lot of information about what can be done and learned with this app. I will definitely want to try this one out!

https://cdna.englishcentral.com/pdf/best-practices.pdf

https://www.englishcentral.com/academic/index#/!

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Bird Brain Science

In short, this is a science – based application that provides information to students of all grade levels.  This app takes into account the fact that not all students learn at the same pace, and reading levels differ especially person to person.  Taking this into account, the application provides articles and questions that ‘increase linguistically’ as a user moves up.  It can help bridge the gap between students in a classroom where a singular text book may not be able to reach every student the same way.  The texts within the application also are interactive, and the student can highlight, underline, and circle anything as well as take notes and add annotations which the teacher can see if it is shared.  As a teacher, it comes with features such as exportable gradebooks, feedback on parts of readings that students struggled with the most, and printable PDF’s of each reading on the application.

https://edshelf.com/tool/birdbrain-science/

https://www.rocketlit.com/?rebrand=birdbrainscience

Quizlet Live

I like using Quizlet on the computer enough that having it in the form of a portable application sounds very useful.  This application works like a game, so a set of questions can be picked or made by the teacher or students, and the students will have a certain amount of time to answer.  Immediate results are posted for the teacher to see.  I think that a game like this would make a competitive collaborative atmosphere that would encourage student learning, as well as team work and enthusiasm for a subject.

https://edshelf.com/tool/quizlet-live/

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1. Quizizz App for iOS and Androids. Quizizz is an app that allows students to take quizzes and/or assessments, but in a game format. Teachers use the website to create quizzes, duplicate and edit quizzes made by other teachers, and track your students progress on assigned quizzes with instant grades. You can assign students homework via the website, which consists of them having to complete a quiz by a set time on certain date. Overall, it allows you to tailor your lessons to your students, and easily track their strong and weak areas before they have to take an actual test. https://quizizz.com/admin

2. Google Arts and Culture Website. Google Arts and Culture is a website designed by Google specifically to bring the enormous world of art into your classroom. Your students can now access many forms of art from a diversity of cultures, and now you can let them loose in this digital museum, where touching the paintings are encouraged. Available both on Google Play and the Apple Store,  it is a great way to spend time looking for primary sources that relate to your lesson. You can search by time period, artist, or keyword, allowing your students to chart their own path towards knowledge. https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/

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Writing Wizard - Review

This app, as rated by Common Sense Media, is appropriate for kids ages five and up. The Writing Wizard allows kids to practice tracing letters, numbers, and words. It also offers opportunities to practice phonemic awareness and to learn letter names and sounds. The app is customizable and offers different options like a left-handed mode and time limits for games. It's pretty affordable, only costing about $5. That might be expensive for an average app, but when you consider you also get worksheets with this app, it's not so bad. That's one of my favorite things about Writing Wizard. Tracing on the app can help learning letters and spelling, but something kids in this technology age struggle with is dexterity in things like holding pencils and scissors because they're on screens all the time. With this app, you can print out worksheets, so students can practice fine motor skills while still being able to practice things from an app that is already familiar to them.

Mystery Math Town- Review

This app is for students ages seven and up. Mystery Math Town is an interactive game app that allows students to explore and discover secrets within a fictional town, all while practicing their math skills. It's a mystery game where students will encounter talking portraits, hidden fireflies, and funny, witty comments from the town's residents. All of this happens while students are practicing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Kids will really enjoy this game because of its air of mystery and funny encounters with the characters of the game and educators will enjoy it because it gives students really good math practice. It's a great balance of both a fun game and a good educational experience.

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1. Duolingo-I choose Duolingo because it is familiar and user friendly app that I have used successfully in the past. I like how this app combines a game style learning approach with strong educational content to learn another language.
2. Slack- I choose Slack because I like the idea of combining the benefits of communication through social media. Effective communication during group work is imperative and most apps in software associated with coordinating group projects leaves something to be desired. I have not used Slack in the past but think it could be a good opportunity to improve team communication in my education and profession.

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1. Google Tour Builder
I really liked Google Tour Builder and think that it would be an excellent addition in a History lesson. Google Tour Builder connects a slideshow to Google Earth. It allows the user to click through a series of locations as if they are on a tour through a certain area. I like that this app allows the user to add pictures, videos and links for additional resources, to each location. These additional resources can come from Google, or from your own library. I really like that history teachers can use this tool to give students a better context on where in the world their history lessons/stories occur. For example, when learning about WWII I could use it to take students to each battle site virtually. Students would get to see where these things in history happened, instead of feeling like they are learning it from the outside. I also really like the fact that both teachers and students can use this tool. Students can use this tool for presentations and take their fellow students on a tour of their own. Lastly, I like that this tool can be used on a wide array of devices. This makes it easy to integrate into the classroom environment and gives every student the opportunity to reap its benefits.
https://edshelf.com/tool/google-tour-builder/

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2. Tynker
I really liked the idea of utilizing the app Tynker in the classroom. This is a free app that can be used as a website app and as a mobile app. I really like this app because, for the most part, any platform can use Tynker. Therefore, it can be easily incorporated into the classroom.  I think that students should have a basic knowledge of coding and this is a great app to introduce them to it.  I like that students can learn the basics of coding in a fun, engaging and interactive way. I like that Tynker has built in lessons, which range from games to interactive quizzes. Kids think they are playing a game, but in reality, they are being introduced into the concept of programming. Students drag blocks of code and connect them together to represent code. Students learn sequencing, reception and conditional logic, while using code to play a game. For example, there is a story-based puzzle where students connect code blocks in a computer game to help a lost puppy find his way home. What I really like is that students are introduced to the fundamentals of coding. If they really love it, then there are many tools and resources for them to learn more about coding in depth and acquire a new skill.
https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/tynker

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1. Hopscotch

Hopscotch is an app which introduces students to the idea of programming and coding in a fashion that is similar to kids who later became architects or engineers playing with legos when they were growing up. Hopscotch does this by allowing students to use their mobile device to create anything from art to games to funny videos. This is a very basic tool, but when used at the middle school or elementary school it can prove useful as students use their creative intuition and determine if coding and programming is something which is interesting to them - maybe they would want to follow this through secondary education or even for a degree.
2. Instructables

Instructables is a really cool website. I think instructables is useful for any creative class, math class, or science class. For any mechanical, electrical,  or wood working class it is very obvious why this site could be a benefit to students. In a physics class it could be even more particularly useful as a means of allowing students to do their own experiments in a fun way. Suppose a physics teacher wanted their students to make a car using mouse traps - something I did in high school. Instructables is an easy way for students to get ideas or even instructions. If an instructor wants to make it so that their students have to be creative, they could mandate revisions to the designs. Either way instructables can provide blueprints for students to find the most effective principles to meet their goals (speed, distance, time, etc.) and apply those to real principles such as friction.

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Khan Academy App review - Matthew Kingsbury

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Khan Academy App review - Matthew Kingsbury

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The Khan Academy App has the knowledge base of the website in a easily navigable app that is sorted categorically and by grade level. This sorting makes it extremely effective to find something and easy to use. The subjects are also sorted in order of topics which a student can go through. A student can then even bookmark something they liked for later use. Also the app has all the same quizzes the main website has.

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1. Sugarcane
Sugarcane  is a fun website for students to find games on different topics. Some topics include geography, math and biology. The teacher can either make games for their students or have students create games for their peers. One can also access the games other people have made as well.  This site encourages student learning by having the students review material learned in class in a fun way. This is a great way to get students to practice concepts outside of school and allows for students to strengthen their communication and problem solving skills.

2. Wizer
Wizer is a website where teachers can create interactive worksheets for their students. There is an abundance of options to create these fun interactive exercises that include embedding different kinds of media, matching and sorting. Teachers can see what other teachers make and use these for their classroom or create their own and share it. This is a more hands on way for students to learn as they are using many skills all in one activity. They could be looking at and labeling pictures, sorting out objects and typing paragraph responses to questions all in the same place.

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LightBot

I love using visual apps that teach kids important real-world skills. LightBot is a free app that teaches coding to students in progressively more complex challenges. Students have an animated robot they need to direct around a digital obstacle course, and the app teaches coding concepts like loops, if/else statements, and other code logic processes that students can build upon for other purposes. The app utilizes click-and-drag coding blocks that provide students with a set of predetermined code sections that they can manipulate to see how their robot accomplishes their challenge. The app provides instant feedback that also teaches students the incredibly important skill of debugging their code, which allows them to see how they can improve in real-time to build their skills.

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I personally like this one because it provides an awesome way to learn math. The student can simply take a picture using their mobile phone and get a step by step answer. So while it can be used to cheat and skip homework a student who uses it properly could use it to learn how to solve a problem and complete the others. It also has graphing options so students can utilize it also as a graphing calculator rather than spending $100 on a graphing calculator when an app can do the necessities of most math courses.

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Bamboozle:

Bamboozle is a game based learning tool that allows the teacher to create games that can be used to introduce, review or even assess a topic. The teacher also has the ability to assign point values based on how difficult a question is. This website has a search feature which allows access to games of the same topic that have already been created. There is a study mode option that can help students, or players in this case, review before taking a test or giving a presentation. Bamboozle allows students to keep track of their progress and is also convenient because no student accounts are needed. No preparation is needed, as teachers can open the website and find multiple games for one particular topic. No two games are the same, so two students can’t copy off of each other, either. There is an option for students to work in groups, as well, which can be great for collaborative work. As a future math teacher, I definitely plan on using this website as a way for my students to review the material and study for exams. I can assign a certain amount of games for homework and students can also work in groups to play games in class in order for students to better understand the material. I think this can be a fun way for students to be motivated to learn and to remember what they have learned.

Wizer:

Wizer is a platform that allows teachers to create easily accessible and engaging worksheets. These worksheets are interactive and video, audio, images, as well as a variety of question types can be added to them. Teachers can share these worksheets with students via Google Classroom. They can also save time by using automatic checking and grading. This can definitely benefit the students, as they will be able to see what questions they got wrong as soon as they are done with the assignment; therefore, they can see their mistake and work to fix their errors and better understand the material immediately. Teachers also have the ability to review each worksheet to give personal feedback. They can add audio and dialogue to their feedback, as well, which can help with younger students who may be learning to read. Teachers can also search other worksheets that are already created on the easily accessible mobile app. Wizer can be accessed from any device. I can use this application in my math classroom to create interactive worksheets for my students. These worksheets can be worked on collaboratively in groups and also as homework assignments. I can also upload video, which means I can use Wizer for flipped classroom lessons, as well as review for exams

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Lyne Chacko-Explain Everything and Schoology

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Lyne Chacko-Explain Everything and Schoology

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Explain Everything
Explain Everything is a great tool that can be used for all grade levels.  One of the beneficial features of this app is creating explanation videos that show how to do something step by step as they watch a visual.  This could be useful if a student is absent from school and misses a lesson.  For example, if a student misses a math lesson, they can watch an interactive whiteboard video where the teacher explains and writes out each step in order to understand the lesson.  I also like how the app allows teachers to provide immediate feedback to the students.  By having this, students do not need to wait until they come to school to see their feedback from an assignment.

Schoology
Schoology is also another great tool that can be used for all grade levels.  Teachers are able to create lessons for the students to easily access.  The lessons are engaging because students can post on discussion boards not only their thoughts, but pictures as well.  Teachers can also keep track of their students’ progress.  Teachers can see how their students are scoring on assignments as soon as they complete it, which can help teachers decide how they want to continue teaching their lessons to meet the needs of those students.  Schoology comes with course analytics and students mastery reporting, which can also help when deciding how to plan.  The report is also a useful tool to provide parents with during conferences so they can see what areas their child is struggling with.

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Quizlet Live

Quizlet Live, from Quizlet, is a program for group work.  Students work in groups to answer questions.  Each student sees a group of possible answers, but not always the same choices that are presented on their teammates computer.  So basically one group has multiple answers to chose from among each others computers.  I like that in addition to the subject being tested, the students learn how to collaborate together for a common goal. For those who already use Quizlet, the material can be pulled into Quizlet Live.  One of the biggest benefits?  It’s free!

https://quizlet.com/

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Flocabulary

Flocabulary is a fun video based learning app for students K-12.  There are a wide variety of hip-hop, rap videos to serve as learning tools.  The raps, although slightly corny, act as earworms and help students retain the information.  There are videos in multiple subjects for all levels.  I like that the videos all meet Common Core standards.  A negative to Flocab is that it is not free, not overly expensive, but still a cost for the teacher to have to pay out of pocket.

https://www.flocabulary.com/