Thursday, July 4, 2013

iPad Apps for High School Educators

This list is modified from an article from TeacherHub.  For a full list and a more thorough understanding of the apps in this post, please refer to the article.  Each app below is linked into the Apple store for easy purchase.

  • Teacher's Assistant Pro: Allows teachers to track and monitor student behavior, assessments, and also organize important documents online.
  • eClicker: Teachers can receive immediate feedback as the application allows for class polling to occur.
  • Mathematical Formulas: contains any mathematical formula that might be needed (for science applications as well) for quick and easy reference.
  • Free Books:  Great for English teachers as well as reading enthusiasts that want easy access to books for free (23,469 books currently on file).
  • LanSchool Teacher's Assistant:  Teachers are able to monitor student computer use through real-time interaction to redirect or provide one-on-one help.
  • The Elements: A Visual Exploration: Great for Chemistry teachers as a reference but also allows students to obtain more information about specific elements in new and unique manner.
  • History: Maps of the World: Provides interactive maps to see boundary changes, population changes, and location of music, art, literature, and many other items.
  • Keynote: Allows teachers to use premade themes to add pzazz to their notes as well as connection to external drives which allows the presenter to showcase information to a large audience.
  • Molecules:  Students can view 3-D views of molecules and are able to interact with it by altering their view.
  • World Book: This Day in History: Users are not only regulated to the day at hand but also to the past and the present.  The application shows important births, deaths, and events that occurred on specific days and later updates will include many visuals and interactive materials.

2 comments:

  1. Clemson University created three virtual field trip apps called SaltMarsh, SwampForest and CoveForest that I think are quite well done and I regularly recommend!!!

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  2. Nice list of apps! High school often gets missed on the lists of great apps for iPads, so this was nice to see.

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