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Classroom Organizer

A tool to organize your classroom library. The app easily allows for books to be scanned and uploaded into your personal classroom-library database. Then, students can use the app or the website to check out and return books.
Cost: Free. They are selling books.

A classroom library is a vital part of a literacy rich environment. Keeping it well organized, balanced in both genres and reading levels is important and a nightmare.  I have seriously considered doing away with it, especially as we are blessed with such an outstanding school library.  But a tool that helped with organization and the eliminated the disappearing books would make the difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K40VIIIdIGQ

I was inspired to continue with my classroom library. I do think it has value and doesn't need to mean more work for me. I was not surprised that the real purpose of the app is to sell book to teacher for their libraries, but I was surprised that I could use their app without buying any books.
I don't know if I will take the time to create this database any time soon, but it is good to know that such a tool exists.

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Class Dojo

This app is a classroom management tool. ClassDojo allows teachers to gather more data about individual students and give them feedback nearly instantaneously. Teachers can use a phone, tablet or computer and walk around the classroom with the app open, privately awarding and subtracting points. Each student’s points can be displayed, and teachers can generate reports to send home to parents. Points could also be used for rewards. Students design their own avatar as part of the buy-in.

Cost: Class Dojo proudly boasts that it will always be free to teachers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4Sslf4kko

On the surface I like the ease at which this app allows me to collect data on classroom behavior.

At first I was very intrigued by Dojo. It seems like a good fit with our PBIS program, but after doing this research I found significant push-back by experts and parents. First of all there is the displaying of points. This seems like a very, excuse the pun, old school method of classroom management. Very unnecessary, but apparently some teachers did it. This entire system is based on extrinsic motivation. By middle school you want students to be intrinsically motivated. I was surprised to learn that there are even accusations of teaching blind obedience and mindless compliance.

My questions would be for school administration. Do they support the use of this app? Do they want to set some guidelines. I see this app as possibly creating conflict between the school and parents. Parents also would need to be educated as to how it is used in the classroom.
Using it only to reward the positive is also not real world learning. Finally if school administration doesn't use the data collected - why collect it? We already spend time collecting similar data but we don't really apply it in a meaningful way.

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App 4
This is a free app that allows you to customize a sand timer. You may choose the color of sand and set the timer up to 60 minutes. I would use this app for my students who struggle with staying on task while completing an assignment. Using the timer, they would be able to adjust their work rate to finish the assignment in a timely manner. I also like this app for Guided reading centers. While students are independent reading, I will ask for a reading response about the book or article they are reading. They will set their timer for 20 minutes when they start reading, and once the hour glass is empty they will know when it is time to transition into their reading response.  This will allow for the teacher to continue to work with their small guided reading group without any distractions.

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4.. Student Callout by Teacherkit - Random selector tool for teachers in class

This app is a management tool for randomly selecting students during an activity which will allows for student participation.  This app should keep students engaged and enhance their learning opportunities.  This app picks students randomly, can enable/disable repeating names before others are called, and can reset to start over again.  This is a free app.  I think this would be a great way to start my year off with getting to know my students and have students feel like you are not playing favorites.  It can be used as an icebreaker at the beginning of the year for grouping, for determining order of presentations, and for reviewing for assessments.

Tutorial: n/a

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3.  Schoology

This is an app that is a great management tool that allows collaboration amongst students and colleagues if used for this purpose. Also it allows teachers to create assignments using various types of media for students to be assessed on and to interact with their peers. I have used this and will continue to use this in my class room for different types of assignments such as literature circles, social studies, and debate topic writing. Students are able to access not only at school but it is also web based so they may access it outside of the classroom. Students like to read other people's
comments and reactions to posts.  The free version is what I have and it works great.  There is a pay version that will do grading and a few other things but for collaboration and assignments and activities, the free version works nicely.

Tutorial:
https://youtu.be/J9D4xaRQSS4

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APP 3
Plan Board.
Have you  been looking for Apps that help you create lesson plans that you may share with other teachers?  This App not only allows you to import Common Core Goals, target skills, and goals from published curriculum, it allows you to import lessons from previous years.  It has the ability to store photos. This feature allows you to show students examples of previous students' work samples without having to find them tucked away in a file cabinet.   Best of all, you are able to share your weekly lesson plans with other team members. As well as special service teachers. Therefore, all support teacher wil know exactly what target  skills you are working on each day of the week, and they will know how best to reinforce what skills you are working on in class.
Cost is Free
$5.00 for collaborative planning abilities.
School Discounts apply

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‎Plan lessons in an easy to use editor with curriculum standards and attachments. Planboard organizes your lessons, subjects, and semesters in a beautiful timetable that is with you everywhere. Over 200,000 teachers around the world are already using Planboard to cut down their classroom prep time!...

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2.  Smartseat

This is an app that is used to document students seating location, great way to take attendance and be able to document attendance, and set up seating arrangements.  It is a very basic and easy app to learn and allows a great advantage for substitutes. I used it when I had more than one class that I saw a day.  It was helpful and it allowed me to get to know pretty much all of my students that I taught before the quarter ended.  I would highly recommend it if you struggle with names and faces - after this app, you will be an expert in recognizing former students.  It was a  free app so the price was right when I needed it. The cost is now $4.99. I am not sure that I would pay for the app at that price but keep an eye on it to be reduced.   I would recommend this to administrators as well to get to know their staff.
Tutorial:
https://youtu.be/yhrmrlnyN8g

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1.  Nearpod

This app allows teachers to create multimedia presentations with some interactive features such as quizzes, videos, polls, and drawing tools.  Teachers may also incorporate other presentations from certified publishers and other teachers.  Teachers have the ability to see students' work in real time as well as in post curricular activities.  This app allows teachers to determine what content and what questions/assessments their students are engaged with.  I would use this app as a formative assessments to tier content as well as use the data from the assessments to create groupings of students.  I think this app may help my students stay more engaged in their learning because of the different ways to present the information.  I like the option of being able to broadcast this app on the devices we have available at our school - iPad, iPod, and laptop.
This is a free app for single iPads with 20MB of storage but more storage would require a purchase.  For schools, the company would have to be contacted.

Tutorial:
https://youtu.be/2TBKvTKuHBg

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Bring student engagement into every classroom with Nearpod.

Nearpod is a student engagement platform built to make teaching with technology easy. It's designed to work with any classroom technology, from iPads and iPhones to Macs and Chromebooks. With Nearpod you can control what your students see and get feedback in real-time.

Sign up for FREE today to create interactive learning experiences students will love! Our award-winning solution is used in 97 of the 100 largest U.S. school districts.

Nearpod's formative assessments create a safe environment for students to learn and share. You can create and import your own Google Slides, Powerpoint of PDF lessons in minutes and add interactive activities such as:
VR Field Trips: Take your students anywhere using virtual reality, without leaving your classroom
Time to Climb: Assess student understanding with a game-based activity.
Draw It: Have students draw, highlight, type, and add pictures on an interactive whiteboard
Collaborate! Board: Create collaborative learning opportunities where students can share ideas in real-time.
Quiz: Assess students' understanding through multiple choice questions and receive instant feedback.
Polls: Highlights student opinions, check for understanding, or provoke discussion.
AND MORE!

Nearpod has over 7,000+ ready-to-run, customizable K-12 lessons for all grades and subjects. Find something for ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Computer Science, Digital Citizenship and more! Lessons are created in partnership with respected and trusted publishers such as:

Flocabulary
PhET
Desmos
Teaching Tolerance
Common Sense Education
iCivics
ReadWorks
Participate
AND MORE!

Nearpod offers supplement curriculum that aligns to state and districts priorities and goals:
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
College and Career Exploration (CCE)
Historical Perspectives and Literacy (HPL)
English Learners (EL)
Digital Citizenship and Literacy (DCL)
Learning Labs (LL)

To make your technology integration as seamless as possible, Nearpod has partnered with:
Apple
Google
Microsoft
Canvas
Schoology
Clever
ClassLink
Itslearning
Remind

What teachers are saying:

"Having students with varying needs and abilities, I was struggling for a way to keep them all engaged in the same lesson. Nearpod allows the students to all feel successful and like they are part of the lesson."
-Amy Benner, Language Arts Teacher

"I use VR headsets and @Nearpod app to organize virtual field trips to English speaking countries & interesting places in the world!"
-Hanna Dudich, EFL teacher

"Time to climb + A virtual field trip = maximum student engagement. Thanks Nearpod for making lesson planning a Breeze."
Michelle Gaetjens, Elementary Media Specialist

SUBSCRIBING IN-APP:
- Subscribe to Nearpod Gold Edition annually ($119.99). You will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing exchange rate as defined by iTunes.
- Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
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- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription.

Download Nearpod now and sign up for a FREE account to start experiencing the magic of Nearpod!

Version 11.9.8

With this release:
- Students can submit audio responses, when enabled for the open ended question activity.
- Students will be required to respond to certain activities before moving forward in lessons, when enabled by the teacher.
- Teachers will have wider access to content.
- Nearpod teaching mode names have been updated.
- Students can participate in interactive videos.

Editors' Notes

For classrooms with access to iPads, iPhones, or Macs, Nearpod is a terrific way for a teacher to manage what everyone sees on their screen. With this invaluable app, an instructor can give a presentation as students follow along on their individual device or computer, or track pupils' progress if they're watching separately. To keep lessons engaging, educators can include fun activities like creating drawings related to the subject at hand, and even incorporate polls and quizzes that record students' responses.

Inconvenient

The computer website is great as far as I'm aware. My teacher uses it in class but I don't always have a computer available so I downloaded this app. It's pretty neat but it's a bit inconvenient. We do a lot of interactive stuff so we type a lot on "drawings" but I can't figure out how to change the settings like color etc for the text. After tapping it at least 20 times, I got the color choices to show but I haven't been able to open it again. Also when attempting to resize the text box, it goes absolutely wild. Long story short: the user interface needs a LOT of tweaking. I'm using iOS

Glitchy

I have loved using Nearpod in my classroom for the past year. However, we recently switched to iPads and it has been so difficult. It works much better on the browser. The most recent problem is that it glitches out on draw it slides by adding a million text boxes when you touch the screen. It's been over a week, and it's very disheartening to not be able to use it during math or other subjects. I'm using it less and less because I just want my lessons to go smoothly. Please update the app quickly.

Information

Compatibility

Requires iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Languages

English, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Copyright

© Nearpod Inc. 2018

In-App Purchases

1. NPP "CCP Multiplication & Division: Part A" $4.99

2. NPP "CCP Multiplication & Division: Part B" $4.99

3. NPP "CCP Fractions - Addition & Subtraction: Part A" $4.99
more

Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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App 2
Remind App
This is a free app for both educators and parents.  This allows teachers to get information to parents in a text life manner. Parents may log in with either their phone number or email address.  Some of the  features include sending reminders about upcoming events at scheduled times. For example, if you wanted to remind parents about an upcoming field trip on Tuesday, you are able to set a time and dated  email in advance that will be delivered on Monday night. You may also easily send pictures, class links, and voice messages.

What I like best about this app is being able to send out notices while you are doing your weekly lesson plans, but the messages  will be sent at the exact time and date you  request. The only question I was unable to find was, can parents respond to your messages through the app?
Overall, this sounds like a very effective and easy to use app.

https://youtu.be/486gZe0wCbU

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‎Remind Me is a "must have" app that lets you make simple, beautiful notes that you can save as a wallpaper and see every time you unlock your iPhone or iPod Touch! Its insanely useful. Its great for jotting down a quick reminder, a shopping list, or a To Do list.

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App 4:  Kahoot

Use:  This website is a fun way to practice knowledge by answering multiple choice questions, competing against others, and getting immediate feedback.
Cost:  free
How I plan to use it:  I will quiz students on their knowledge of the story Pobre Ana that they will read.
Tutorial link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFFv6_6was4
Reflection:  I know students will love the competition against their peers (as I did in class!).  Even if they don't know the answers, they will learn with immediate feedback.

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Create a fun learning game in minutes - we call these 'kahoots'. The format and number of questions is up to you. Add videos, images and diagrams to your questions to amplify engagement.

How to create a kahoot on your computer
How to create a kahoot in the app

Kahoots are best played in a group setting. To join a game, you need a unique PIN. If you're the game host, you need a big screen. Players answer on their own devices, while questions are displayed on a shared screen. In addition to live games, you can also send kahoot challenges that players complete at their own pace - for example, for homework or remote training.
How to play a live kahoot
After a game, encourage players to create and share their own kahoots! With one of our premium plans for schools or business, you can co-create games with your colleagues and save time on finding relevant kahoots for your class or training session.
How to help learners become leaders in class

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App 3:  ClassDojo

Use:  This app is used to help manage classroom behaviors and communicate them with the student, parents, and other teachers.
Cost:  free
How I plan to use it:  I can use it for Check In Check Out students, whole class participation when working independently and/or in small groups, and at parent/teacher conferences.
Tutorial link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23bnZaWHNE
Reflection:  I like the fact that it gives parents daily feedback.  It can also be modified to fit the classroom's needs.

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Management APPS
Teacher Kit

Teachers often forget that substitutes don't automatically know each student in their classrhoom upon arrival. This App is wonderful to make class seating chanrts with each of the students photos . This App allows you to track attendance along with behavior, by keeping anecdotal notes by each student's name.  This is a great reference to use during  parent/ teacher conferences . I would use this as a way to take daily anecdotal notes in an organized manner.
The cost of this APP is free, but you are able to upgrade to the premium package for $39.99/ year.
Management

TeacherKit by ITWorx Egypt SAE
https://appsto.re/us/QBjox.i

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http://www.ipadagogy.com.au This app review and tutorial looks at TeacherKit, a great app for teachers to replace their planner, mark book and classroom organiser. It can track attendance as well as marks and includes assessment weighting and student photos. https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/teacherkit/id389584618?mt=8

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App 2:  Socrative

Use:  This app is used to formatively assess students through exit slips, games and activities.
Cost:  free
How I plan to use it:  I will use this app to see my students' level of understanding and mastery after learning vocabulary or a grammar concept.
Tutorial link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlnI1f-Q1JM
Reflection:  I think students learn faster and stay more focused when they play games.  An added bonus is using iPads!  They can also do this at home and send me a screen shot.

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Michelle Valderrama 

30/30

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/30-30/id505863977?mt=8

1. 30/30 help with classroom time management.  It is simple for the students to read how
much time has passed and how much time they have left for a particular
task.  It allows you to set multiple
tasks with different times for an array of activities.  

2. Free

3. I would use 30/30 during my Daily 5 time.  With so many groups and activities going on
at once I like the feature of not only the time but how you can add the time
for transtions.  I also like that you can
set different groups with different times. 


4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsBfcoG83gY

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Michelle Valderrama 

30/30

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/30-30/id505863977?mt=8

1. 30/30 help with classroom time management.  It is simple for the students to read how
much time has passed and how much time they have left for a particular
task.  It allows you to set multiple
tasks with different times for an array of activities.  

2. Free

3. I would use 30/30 during my Daily 5 time.  With so many groups and activities going on
at once I like the feature of not only the time but how you can add the time
for transtions.  I also like that you can
set different groups with different times. 


4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsBfcoG83gY

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I had been looking for an app that would allow time management for daily 5. Often I found timers where you could only count down 1 item at a time. I'm hoping this will also help my classroom aide to help manage her time with her individual groups.

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Michelle Valderrama

Random name selector

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/random-name-selector-pro/id599531491?mt=8

 

1. Random name selector will 
randomly pick  students to answer
questions.  You can also use it to form
different groups with specified number of students.  The app also allows you to exclude students  who might be absent or might not be in a
certain group. 

2. 3.99

3.  I would use this
app for choosing students but also for vocabulary lessons.  Instead of 
using student names I could use vocabulary words for the week to pop up
for the students to read.  An alternative
to just having the words hung up around the classroom. 

4. No video is found

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Michelle Valderrama

Random name selector

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/random-name-selector-pro/id599531491?mt=8

 

1. Random name selector will 
randomly pick  students to answer
questions.  You can also use it to form
different groups with specified number of students.  The app also allows you to exclude students  who might be absent or might not be in a
certain group. 

2. 3.99

3.  I would use this
app for choosing students but also for vocabulary lessons.  Instead of 
using student names I could use vocabulary words for the week to pop up
for the students to read.  An alternative
to just having the words hung up around the classroom. 

4. No video is found

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I was planning on trying this app for calling on students but after reading some reviews I like the idea of using it more for other lessons. I like how they suggest to use for showing different vocabulary words. I have to display words in English and Spanish in my classroom and I like that I can make different lists to randomly practice words.

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Michelle Valderrama

Stick Pick

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-pick/id436682059?mt=8

1. Stick pick is a random name generator.  If is different from other name selectors in
it that you can differentiate students with different questions to meet their
needs.  Questions can be based on bloom’s
taxonomy , ESL skills, and other differentiated levels.  It can also be used for formative assessment
data.  

2. $3.99

3.  I would use stick
pick in the classroom to randomly call on students.  This would help for those students who think
they are never called on and for those students who never raise their hands to
participate.  I would also use this for
teachers who push into my classroom to see what skill the students are working
on. 

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvjcgLa5ofo

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Michelle Valderrama

Stick Pick

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-pick/id436682059?mt=8

1. Stick pick is a random name generator.  If is different from other name selectors in
it that you can differentiate students with different questions to meet their
needs.  Questions can be based on bloom’s
taxonomy , ESL skills, and other differentiated levels.  It can also be used for formative assessment
data.  

2. $3.99

3.  I would use stick
pick in the classroom to randomly call on students.  This would help for those students who think
they are never called on and for those students who never raise their hands to
participate.  I would also use this for
teachers who push into my classroom to see what skill the students are working
on. 

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvjcgLa5ofo

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I didn't realize you can customize different questions that would pick students that are working on a particular skill or group students by bloom's taxonomy questions. This would be especially helpful for small group reading work.

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Michelle Valderrama

Quick voice 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickvoice-recorder/id284675296?mt=8

1. Quick voice is an app that allows you to record memos,
lists, or up to entire lectures.  Quick
voice is easy to use for students as they can scroll through different
recordings they have done to listen to or to add on to. 

2. Free with in app-purchases

3. I would use this app for conferences.  Often it is difficult to explain some of the
reading problem their child is having. 
With this app I could record students to play to parents to help them
hear and listen to difficulties their child is having while reading and ways
they could help improve their reading.  I
would also use this with students to record themselves.  This would work great for helping them work
on their fluency.  This would also be
helpful for students to record themselves reading a book for another student to
listen to. 

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zxXGeNmbg

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Michelle Valderrama

Quick voice 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quickvoice-recorder/id284675296?mt=8

1. Quick voice is an app that allows you to record memos,
lists, or up to entire lectures.  Quick
voice is easy to use for students as they can scroll through different
recordings they have done to listen to or to add on to. 

2. Free with in app-purchases

3. I would use this app for conferences.  Often it is difficult to explain some of the
reading problem their child is having. 
With this app I could record students to play to parents to help them
hear and listen to difficulties their child is having while reading and ways
they could help improve their reading.  I
would also use this with students to record themselves.  This would work great for helping them work
on their fluency.  This would also be
helpful for students to record themselves reading a book for another student to
listen to. 

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zxXGeNmbg

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This is an app I am particularly excited to use in my classroom. I have been looking for a way to record students with an unlimited amount of time not only for them to work on fluency but also to show parents students strenghts and weaknesses in their reading. I also feel it is very easy for a 1st grader to use. It will also record my students in Spanish.

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App 1:  Google Forms

Use:  This app is used to create forms and surveys that teachers and students can access from any device with Google.  The information is then processed to be analyzed by the "owner" of the form/survey.
Cost:  free
How I plan to use it:  I can use this app to make pre- and post-tests for my PERA evaluation and to streamline Check In Check Out for our school.
Tutorial link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPv9CPSxsSc
Reflection:  I think students will be engaged in this activity because it involves technology and immediate feedback.  I am also hoping that teachers would respond better to quick clicks rather than finding a pen and circling numbers.  This could be used with our Tier 2 intervention surveys. The only negative is that you can't create a form on an iPad although you can fill one out.

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HourglassThe Emporium-Free
Summary: Very basic hourglass timer that a teacher can display on the class screen.  This one is cute because there's a little mouse in the hourglass.  When you want to use it again you can just physically flip the ipad and the sand starts pouring down again.  You can set the timer for 10 seconds - 24 hours.  It is very limited that you only have the cute mouse hourglass timer, but it does the trick
Cost:  8Emporium is free
Tutorial: no tutorial, just click the cog wheel and you can set the time limit.
Use in Classroom: Teachers could use this to time student reading silently or a timer for centers.  Since it is free, students can have it on their iPad and can time themselves
Reflection:  I like this because of it's simplicity.  I'm disappointed that you can't change the character without paying a fee, but 'you get what you pay for.'  I also like this because there is NO sound as the sand pours, the only sound is when the timer goes off.

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Socrative
General usage: This app is a student response system that provides real time data on current instruction. The student responds to teacher questions through a wireless device such as an IPad.  It can be used as an exit slip or a short assessment as to what the students understand.
Cost:  Free
Link:Socrative Teacher by Socrative, Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/yE-DC.i
In ELA class I could use this app to see how well the students read and understood a section of a novel or a grammar concept such as types of sentences.  It would be 5 questions or so.
I learned that this can be an engaging app that the students can use their phones on. It is quick and gives the teacher visual feedback in a report.
What surprised me was that the set up is suppose to be easy.  The teacher will have to come up with the few questions.
I would like to incorporate this more often in ELA class to determine who is understanding the concepts taught and who is not.
The findings will help me do individualized instruction before a final exam may be given.
Tutorial link:  Socrative Teacher by Socrative, Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/yE-DC.i

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App3: Class Dojo:
Summary: Classroom management tool that can be personalized.  Students get points for their behavior.  They can have as many points as you want assigned to a behavior and they can have points deducted or just give zero points to record their behavior. There can be at least 20 skills you can add in here.  Parents can be invited to see their child's progress, as well as invite teachers to collaborate within a class that you have set up.
Cost: Class Dojo Free!
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/PJWuwCXkfXg
Use in Classroom: Teachers could use this with their PBIS matrix.  I am trying to set something up now to see if we could do this with check-in/check-out and have the Main behavior specialist controlling the names in here and she could share this out with all the teachers.  The teachers could simply mark it on the ipad and students can see their progress.
Reflection:  I've heard some controversy surrounding this app.   I think if the teacher uses it in a professional manner-ie not showing the entire room everyone's points.  This could be powerful.  I think the kids would love seeing their progress and be excited to save points to 'buy' something.  I could see this being used instead of behavior tickets. Questions I still have- can 1 student be assigned different classes and have more than one class on their ipad.  Also parents HAVE to answer an email even if they sign a sheet at the beginning of the year, the email must be answered and the account MUST be set up or it will be DELETED

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‎Ready to build an amazing classroom community? ClassDojo is a beautiful, safe, and simple communication app for teachers, parents, and students. * Teachers can encourage students for any skill, like "Working hard" and "Teamwork" * Teachers can bring parents into the classroom experience by sharin...

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Cost: Free
Cute app to choose a student, divide teams or choose pairs or groups.

All you do is touch your iPad or iPhone screen for a choice to be made. It is animated and fun.

I am looking forward to using this app with my students because it is different from what they are used to. It is animated and interactive, which makes it more appealing. I am always pairing students, making groups and calling on students to share. This will make it fun, random and fair.

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‎Want to take the luck randomly? Touch your iPhone or iPad screen and the choice will be made. What about dividing teams or choosing pairs in a much more simpler way than playing "Head or Tails" or even "Rock, Paper, Scissors" ? Just select the 'Groups' mode and the teams are automatically divided....

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App2 Socrative
Summary: a quick assessment tool that can be done with an entire class or individuals or small groups.  Teachers can create multiple choice questions that can be answered in a quiz-like format or played like a game against other students.  Students can be added in as individuals or groups could play together.  The only thing the students need is the socrative student app.  Teachers create the 'quiz'  on the teacher app or online.
Cost: Socrative is free
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/WlnI1f-Q1JM
Use in Classroom: Teachers could create a pretest for students to see where their knowledge is on a certain subject.  It can be also used as a fun way to work on math facts because the students are suppose to have them memorized, fast.
Reflection:  With so many formative assessments tools out there I'm happy to have one that does a lot of what I need.  It has the game-like aspect if I need, it can be used as an actual quiz and I can keep the results, or there is a quick template for an exit slip.  I think teachers will like this because it will keep all the information and results they've collected in one place.  This is easy for students to get on and the teacher controls how much the students see.

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‎Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats: quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races. Once students launch the Socrative Student App, they'll be prompted to join the teacher's room via the teacher's unique code. No stude...

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Sand timer
General usage:  This app is  used to count down time.
Cost:  Free
Link:
How I plan to use this app: There are multiple uses especially for work time.  During ELA we would like to have the students write or reflect in their journals. Setting a sand timer allows them to relax and write rather than say....get back to work or you have 15 min. left to write.
I have learned that the "sand" are animated pixels. The sand timer can be used with an iPhone  or iPad.  One can also change the color of the sand using 5 different colors.
What surprised me was that there are 30 sounds that can be used to accompany the sand timer.
I think using a sand timer can be more relaxing than a regular timer in some instances due to the loud bell sound.
I will use this sand timer in resource to create a more relaxed atmosphere.

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Too Noisy Pro
Summary:  Basic app that lets you see how loud your class is.  You are able to set this up on your iPad and reflect it to your projector so the students can see.  There is a little needle that moves to the right as the noise level increases.  In the settings, you are able to set the 'warning' limit.  There is a warning message that comes up after a certain noise level is reached.
Too Noisy Pro is 3.99- look for it to go free not sure it's worth the 3.99
Use in Classroom: Teachers could display this on their board when they are working with small groups or if they were doing silent reading.  Since the sensitivity for the warning can be changed, a teacher could use this for different things- REALLY quite for silent reading, but a little louder for group activity.
Reflection:  I was excited to find this because I've used the bouncy balls on my computer and the kids love it. I think the teachers will like this because they can set it up in different parts of their room with the iPad for a 'quiter' area.  This is one I will share with the elementary teachers.

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‎Anyone who has attempted to keep the noise levels under control of a group of youngsters will appreciate this simple, fun and engaging app. This is a fun app that children enjoy and respond to. It's a real boon to any adult who needs to control the levels of noise of a group of children.

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App 4:  Remind: Safe Classroom Communication
Summary:  This app allows teachers to send a quick message to parents or students via the phone.
Cost:  free
Game Plan:  Knowing sometimes that email is not as important as text messages, I would like to incorporate this as my parent announcement tool instead--letting them know of upcoming tests, quizzes, projects, and hey, just a reminder to check Power School.
Tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=486gZe0wCbU
Link:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remind-safe-classroom-communication/id522826277?mt=8
Reflection: I think this would be a great tool especially with 8th graders. I would not only send the message to their parents but also to them since most have phones. It would be a reminder for all so that all will be on the same page--hopefully cut down on excuses. The only worrisome thing is the time spent to import all the phone numbers.  Maybe I could get them to do it as their first assignment.........just a thought!!!

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Dawn Hein-App 3 MyHomework Student Planner

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The Cost: Free
This app is for organization and allows you to track classes, assignments, homework and projects. This is a good app for both, students and teachers. The calendar is visually aesthetic. It uses colors, steps, flags, etc.
This app received the 2014 USA Today Best Back to School App.

Universal Compatibility(iPhone, iPad, iPod touch.)

Can plan without network connectivity.

I plan on using and sharing this app with my students and their parents. Currently, many of my students struggle with the use of their assignment notebooks. They would be more likely to keep track of their assignments if they could use their device, whether it be iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. I think they would be excited to use this app. It is also a good app for me to use to keep track of what is going on in the core classes. I have a paraprofessional that is in the core classes. I will have her keep track of the classes using this app and share it with me.

I was surprised at how user friendly and aesthetically pleasing this app is.

Link to tutorial:
https://youtu.be/df_hPoKlIXk

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‎What makes myHomework the best student planner? * Beauty, Simplicity, and Reliability - myHomework has a gorgeous appearance and simple interface making it easy for anyone to use. Our apps fill their role as a planner without network connectivity. * Amazing Anywhere - With highly rated cross-plat...

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Teacher Kit
General usage:  It is a personal organizer.
Cost:  Free
Link:
How tTeacherKit by ITWorx Egypt SAE
https://appsto.re/us/QBjox.io use this app:  It is a great way to keep track of attendance, students' behavior and a gradebook  without carrying classroom binders around.
Reflection: I can see this app would be great for a 1st time, self-contained classroom teacher. In one place a teacher can have student names, photos, emails, behaviors, and grades all in one place.
What surprised me was the ease at setting this up.
A question that I have is does this also keep track of homework assignments?
I currently will not alter my practices of recording attendance since the school handles this well.
I would recommend this app to a new teacher just joining my team, however.
Tutorial:https://youtu.be/THy9Oo64JFI

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4.  Teacher Kit
Cost:  Free. However, there are in app purchases that may provide upgrades that are desirable.  The premium subscriptions run $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year.

Summary: This app helps a teacher manage time and routine administrative activities in the classroom.  It can create seating charts, organize attendance, track behavior,  manage grades, and inform parents of grades.  A teacher can also use this for time management or tracking a daily plan.  It allows a teacher to import students rosters.

Uses:  If a district has not provided a management system for their teachers, this app would cover the basics a teacher needs for these routine administrative  duties.  Even if a district does have some sort of management  system, this app may provide a better way of handling seating charts or provide another way to take attendance.

Reflection:  For me, I could see using two aspects of this app. Since I do not have a homeroom, taking some form of attendance is up to me. I could use this for attendance and be more accurate. I really like the seating chart option since student pictures can be used which would be very helpful for a sub. I have my math students change seats after every chapter/unit, so this would be a handy way to create new charts during the year.

Tutorial Link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KpC_Fj9Tiuw

App Link:

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‎Over a million educators worldwide trust TeacherKit with managing their time and activities. TeacherKit helps you organize classes and students easily. Create a seating chart, record attendance, log behavior, and track grades all with few taps. TeacherKit lifts the headache of routine administration...

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App 3:  Canaryflow Teacher
Summary:  This app allows a teacher to create an assignment and it automatically downloads to the student's devices.  When submitted back, the program automatically remembers frequent comments (helps with grading) and manages students' incomplete or late assignments.
Cost: free
Game Plan: By allowing the students to have a digital assignments and their own management page, it will hopefully have them be more accountable for their work.  Also, I can quickly annotate on their work for instant feedback.  Doing this digitally will hopefully make them more apt to look back over their work.
Tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlpDBBbDRWc
Link:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/canaryflow-teacher-classroom/id940272918?mt=8
Reflection:  Honestly, this one freaks me out the most because of my technology skills (or lack there of).  I would love to see if there is a difference of homework completion based on whether it is digital or paper.  I think I will give this a try by first testing it out once a week and then increasing it to more once often once I get more comfortable with it.

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3. Socrative
Cost:  Free

Summary: This is a teacher initiated formative assessment app that allows a teacher to create and give quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races.  The app will grade, aggregate the data, and create visuals of the results.  It works with other Socrative apps and via all browsers.  The questions created an be multiple choice, true/false, and open-ended.  Quizzes can be shared with other teachers.  Reports can be downloaded, emailed, or sent to drive.  Students do need to have Socrative Student downloaded on their iPads.

Uses: This is a great way to set up quizzes if they are not heavy on long written answers. Used as a quick check to drive instruction, would be a good app to use.  The space races are more of a game-style format that students would enjoy while working on skills or reviewing information.  I especially like the exit ticket option to provide students with a quick question or two to be sure they really got the concept or skill we covered in a lesson.  While I do this in several ways already, this is another option to add to my "toolbox."

Reflection:  Socrative provides another way to create quick formative assessments that is technology based, which students enjoy. I can see using the results data to help me form the next lesson and/or group students for further instruction.

App link. :Socrative Teacher by Socrative, Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/yE-DC.i

Tutorial link:

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Cost: Free
This app allows you to create, edit and share spreadsheets. You can create and edit with or without Internet connection.
I plan on using this app for creating and sharing behavior data with my immediate colleagues that work with students, on my caseload, behavior goals and behavior plans. These students have daily point sheets and this would be a great way for me to keep track of their daily, weekly and monthly progress. I need this data when updating goals, writing new goals and transition plans.

I was surprised at how much simpler the layouts seem, in contrast to excel. This app works great for working on sheets from multiple devices.

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App 2:  Random Number Generator
Summary:  This app will randomly choose a number, roll dice, activate a spinner, choose cards from a deck, toss a coin, and choose yes or no.
Cost:  free
Game Plan: On Fridays, my class starts with a warm-up that is usually a game. Allowing them to use this app will keep the warm-up time to a minimum (less clean up--won't find a card on the floor and wonder what deck it belongs to) and alleviate the noise of rolling dice.
Link:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/random-number-generator-+/id634324938?mt=8
Reflection:  I think that this will help make games on Friday be a little more exciting because the students will feel that they are actually playing a "computer" game when are still playing a game that reinforces the unit's concepts.  Teachers just have to keep on being sneaky!!

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Groupmaker

Allows teachers to create groups, take attendance, set time limits, and control noise levels. After entering your students, you can add a picture and indicate some demographic data such as gender, ethnici and miscellaneous: 1, 2 or 3 (performance levels).

You can choose to form groups that take into account all, some, or random.
Cost: Free

What appealed to me about this app is the ability to set performance levels within a group. You could put students at the same level together or spread them out. This is very helpful for some tasks like literature groups. It also is useful for applying the data we learn from NWEA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twrmmk4Drfc

I searched for a group maker that allowed for ability levels to be a factor in grouping and it wasn't easy to find. it will involve some set up time as you will need to set the indicator for each student but it is a very effective way to demonstrate that you are using data in your instruction.
It surprised me that there aren't more apps that meet this need.
I plan to use this tool as part of my yearly evaluation to demonstrate data based instruction. I am hoping that such instruction will result in improved scores for the students as I target their weaknesses.

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Teacher Assistant

In this PBIS era this app allows for the easy documentation of student behavior - both good and bad plus it allows easy notification to the parent. It can also be used for other purposes - accounting of funds collected from students, send an email blast and it has a randomizer.

Cost: The price is listed as $5.99 but you would want an account for every teacher. I didn't see that a school wide option was available.

Unlike our current PBIS system, students can lose points as well as earn them. Currently we use a combination of a Word.doc form and email to document poor behaviors. Then that form is used to enter data into another  school wide tool. This app would allow the collection of data and communication to be a little easier. It is allows for customization in all sorts of ways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQDyIoiOeOQ

I think I've learned that schools are really struggling with PBIS requirements to document behaviors. This tool is very popular but I was very surprised to learn that it doesn't collect the data school wide for reporting purposes.
Why not is my question.

I doubt I would use this tool simply because it wouldn't eliminate the need to also follow our school wide program. I will mention this app with our PBIS team representative because I doubt any such technology was considered when the program was first designed.

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App 1:  Otus
Summary:  This app allows teachers to manage the students' participation, to format what apps to use during class, and to assess students by looking at their responses.  One of the great features is a student poll which lets students see what their class is thinking.
Cost:  free
Game Plan: I plan to use this app by recording students' participation and by taking notes on responses. This will help me understand when I need to reteach a concept or differentiate within the unit.
Tutorial:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grS7SAixZZ8
Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/otus-teacher/id827403487?mt=8
Reflection:  I am very excited to be able to use this to make recording students responses in an effective way.  Also, students love to take polls or vote on things so it will be a great way to start discussions about concepts.

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2.  Stick Pick
Cost:  $3.99

Summary: This app allows you to pick students at random by tapping, swiping or shaking the virtual can. It would replace a teacher's can of Popsicle sticks! Stick Pick also has the option of using question starters when you do call on a student. The question starters are based on Bloom's Taxonomy, Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, or ESL; whatever you need for your class. These allow a teacher to differentiate and change levels of questions as they go. Formative assessment data can be collected and progress can be recorded. A teacher can rate responses on a scale of 0 to 5. Teachers have the options of peeking into a can to deliberately call on a student and choosing sticks only without the questions.

Uses: This app will allow a teacher to choose students at random to call on and to choose appropriate question stems once they are called on.  This allows for equality when calling on students and for differentiation with types of questions.

Reflection:  Because of the options above, I can see this replacing my literal can of sticks.  I like both the random fashion of the app which is why I use sticks anyway, but also like that I can peek in and choose a student who may be less engaged or eager to respond.  The question stems are a great way to remind myself to ask those higher level questions.  I could also see sharing those with students in small groups so that they keep level of their questions at a higher level.  Plus the fact that this app keeps track of who has been called on and who hasn't is great.  It was always messy to keep sticks separate, especially over the course of a class to call on students equally.  I wonder if there is a way to carry the can over to another day or if it starts fresh each time you log into a class.

Link to app:
Stick Pick by Buzz Garwood
https://appsto.re/us/l1ZbA.i
Link to tutorial:

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In a classroom, asking students the right questions is important for checking their understanding and identifying any misconceptions they might have. In this tutorial, learn how to use Stick Pick, an iPad application that assigns questions to students randomly, while tracking student progress. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/iPad-tutorials/iPad-Classroom-Apps-Educators/142960-2.html?utm_campaign=2wjcJDMCd3M&utm_medium=viral&utm_source=youtube.

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Class Dojo
General use:  Manages character development.
Cost:  Free
Link:ClassDojo by Class Twist Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/iNa8G.i
Usage:  Reward positive behavior, takes attendance, can randomly select students in class, can reward or assign negative points to a student's behavior, also reports to parents.
How I would use this app:
As a special educator I would use this app to monitor my students who are on behavior plans. I would input the behaviors on their IEPs and monitor these individuals within the classroom, especially in a co-taught class. The data would also be important to report home to parents and use as a record sheet for IEP information.
I would also use this app for attendance taking, randomly selecting students in my co-taught class, keeping track of who has completed homework in a class and with a class that is having transitioning problems.
Reflection:  I have learned to be sensitive to students'  feelings and publically  praise yet speak to individuals privately on behaviors they may need to work on.
What surprised me is that the symbols used by the student's names can be modified.
I would alter this app to not include the sound as I feel it would be a distraction.
With the findings I would use the data to report to parents and see how effective my teaching style is with how well kids stay on task.
Tutorial link:https://youtu.be/f23bnZaWHNE

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1.  Best Sand Timer:
Cost:  Free
* May want to download Best Timer for $0.99 if you want a clock, stopwatch, hourglass/sand timer and countdown options.

Summary:  This digital sand timer gives you numbers and a visual representation.  It will time up to 60 minutes and allows you to change colors (five options).  Works on iPads and and iPhone.

Use: This app can be used to help students manage their time either as a class or individually. I could see using this to time math fluency with my 5th grade accelerated math students where they each set their timer and try to beat their time on subsequent tries.  There are many times I give students 10 minutes to work on something or have silent reading time.  It is easy to lose track of this time without the visual reminder the sand timer would give.  Finally, with gifted students, I often need to tell them "stop working for now" or they will keep going.  The sand timer would help with this, too.

Reflection:  I used a digital timer this year for my silent reading and can see where this would be better for the students to know how much (or how little) time they had left. When I went to the tutorial, I had the pleasant surprise of finding the Best Timer alternative that isn't very expensive and offers flexibility of modes of timing. There are competitions we run in Middle School AIM when a stopwatch would be a better choice. I'd definitely have students download the sand timer so that they can use it to help them manage their time more appropriately.

Link:  The tutorial link is for Best Timer, but you can just watch the part about the sand timer if need be.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BrClbQAG2Zk

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‎Digital sand timer with artistic design. Time flows and does it stylishly. This digitized hourglass can be used to time anything for up to 60 minutes. It's like having a nice looking visual indicator of how much time is left on your task. * KIDS FRIENDLY Timer visualizes time to kids and lets the...

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Cost: Free
Engages and assesses student learning with instant feedback using personalized content designed by the teacher. Reports are available in seconds, so you can see student understanding immediately.

I plan on using this app in my resource classes to reinforce skills. My special education students have difficulty with motivation. Anything interactive and fun will keep them engaged. The competition factor will also help to keep them motivated. I really like the fact that the struggling students won't feel bad since the students in last place are not visual.
This app is compatible with any device or browser.
Link to tutorial:
m.socrative.com/#create-quiz

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‎Engage, assess and personalize your class with Socrative! Educators can initiate formative assessments through quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races all with their Socrative Teacher app. Socrative will instantly grade, aggregate and provide visuals of results to help you ident...

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