Region 7 ESC Core Curriculum Conference
Keep Calm and Teach on
June 24, 2014
Below is an extended list of the Apps we discussed in the session entitled BYOD in the ELAR classroom. These apps can be used for reinforcing reading skills, writing skills, and TELPAS skills.
Apps
for ELAR Skills: Reading
Apps
and Programs for Vocabulary
Quizlet (Free app and website) Quizlet
allows students and teachers to create vocabulary lists that students
can learn and study in several modes: flashcard mode, learn mode, and
scatter game mode. The words and definitions can be read aloud in
learn and flashcard mode. Tests and quizzes can also be generated and
printed on the website.
Dictionary.com- (Free) This app works
offline. A student can look up definitions, synonyms, and word
origins. Students can also listen to the audio pronunciation of the
word. This app also has daily word slideshows and a word of the day
feature. This app can be upgraded to include a rhyming dictionary and
example sentences.
Word Ladder (Free or $.99 versions)
This is a word game in which students can change letters of words to
form different words. The goal is to change enough letters in a
starting word to reach a final given word.
Bluster- (Free) This is a vocabulary
game from McGraw Hill with over 800 vocabulary terms. The game can
be played in single player mode, team mode, or opponent mode.
Students are asked to match rhyming words, synonyms, or words that
share prefixes.
Google Voice (Free) This is not an app
but a function of gmail. A teacher can set up a google voice account
and create a phone number to link to his/her gmail account. Students
can then call in and leave a voice message reciting a journal prompt
or vocabulary sentence. These messages can be forwarded to your cell
phone or emailed to your account in .mp3 format. This feature enables
teachers to save the files of their students reading and speaking
skills.
Google SMS- Students can send a text
message to 466453 define (word) or translate (word) to (language)
They will receive an automated reply with the definition or
translation.
Apps
and Programs for Struggling Readers
Prizmo ($9.99)- This app allows
students or teachers to scan any document and enable a text-to-speech
feature. Reading selections can easily be scanned and sent to a
student's device so the student can hear the text as they read it.
Reading Trainer ($4.99) This app
provides exercises in reading speed and retention.
iPrompt (Free)- This app turns an iPad
into a teleprompter. Students can type in their papers, speeches, or
scripts and use the app to scroll through the paper as they read or
perform.
Itranslate (Free) The app can translate
words in over 50 languages. Many of the languages have sound clips of
the translated words. The translation provides sound clips of the
words and part of speech. Words can be saved as favorites. Words and
their translations can also be emailed to the student.
Closed captioning- This is a feature
that can be enabled on some video clips, tv shows, and movies. Try
playing a clip using closed captioning and turning off the sound to
see how much the students were able to retain before playing it back
with sound.
Subtext (Free) In subtext teachers can
embed instruction and scaffolding right in the pages of almost any
digital book or document. You can layer in web links, videos,
assignments, and quizzes. Teachers can create classroom groups so
students will only see notes from their teacher and their fellow
classmates within the text the class is reading. This e-reader is
compatible with edmodo.
Apps
and Programs for Beginning ReadersAlphabet Zoo ($.99)
This app tutors students in recognizing letters sounds.
Booksy (Free) This app is a
learning-to-read platform for students grades K-2. The free edition
comes with two free books. Additional books can be purchased.
Teachers can receive emails with recordings of the student's
reading. This app includes quizzes and reading awards. The school
edition is $9.99, and comes with 14 books.
K12 Timed Reading Practice ($1.99) This
app contains 250+ stories for readers in grades K-4. This app can
track the reading speeds, levels, and progress of multiple readers.
Apps
and Programs for Teaching ShakespeareShakespeare
(Free) This app includes the complete works of Shakespeare. And a
searchable concordance of words and phrases.
Shakespeare in Bits ($14.99 for each
play) A free 2-week educator tiral is available. This app provides
several of Shakespeare's more popular plays entirely in an animated
format. The clips can be played full screen or side-by-side with the
script. The script contains interactive hints on Shakespeare's
vocabulary and historical context. An analysis is available for each
scene.
Manga Shakespeare- ($4.99 for each
play) This app has abridged and adapted several of Shakespeare's
plays into graphic novels. These graphic novels are very interactive.
SwipeSpeare- Modern Shakespeare (Free)
This app allows readers to swipe their fingers over lines of
Shakespearean English to reveal the modern English equivalent.
Apps
for ELAR Skills: Writing
Apps
and Programs for Journaling and Creative Writing
MaxJournal (free) This is a journaling
app that allows writers to include photos to create a scrapbook
within their journals. Multiple student accounts can be created
within this app. Journal entries can be emailed when completed.
Name Dice (Free) This app is a name
generator for fiction writing.
Name Box ($.99) This app is a name
generator for fiction writing that includes background information on
the name such as language of origin and meaning.
Story Dice ($1.99) and Story Cubes
($1.99) These dice generate images that can be used as story
starters.
The Brainstormer (Free) This app has
several wheels that you can spin to generate themes, adjectives,
settings, and characters for stories. This app would be most
effective in higher grade levels due to the themes available in the
app.
Write about This (Free) This app is for
younger students. It includes more than 50 leveled text and voice
prompts and the ability to create custom prompts.
Lists for Writers ($2.99) This app
provides lists of character names, occupations, personality traits,
conflicts, dramatic situations, settings, landforms, objects, action
words, nouns, prepositions, and much more.
Writer's Hat ($.99) This app is a
prompt generator.
Storywheel Lite (Free) Multiple players
take turns to spin the wheel to get a picture. The player record his
her voice telling a portion of the story and then passes the device
on for the next person to continue the story.
Word Faucet (Free) This app sends
random words spinning across the screen as story starters.
Story Starter (free) This app contains
several galleries of images that can be used as story starters or
journal prompts.
Story Spark ($2.99) This app is another
app full of writing prompts.
Create-o-Mat (Free)- This app is a
writing prompt generator.
Apps
and Programs for Pre-Writing/Brainstorming
CompareNContrast ($.99) This app
presents 35 sets of photos connected to a graphic organizer where
students list traits that are the same and different about the two
photos. The completed graphic organizers can be mailed to teachers or
submitted to dropbox. Teachers and students can also create their own
graphic organizers using their own photos.
Popplet Lite (Free) This is a
brainstorming app that utlizes mind maps. The lite (free) version of
this app allows you to create one popplet at a time. The ($4.99)
version allows you to create unlimited mind maps which can be shared
and edited by multiple users both on the web at popplet.com and on an
ipad. Popplets can be exported as pdf and jpeg files.
Idea Sketch (Free) This app lets
students create mind maps and convert them into text outlines and
vice versa. Students can also copy and paste text outlines and
instantly convert them into mind maps. Ideas can be emailed, saved
as photos, or uploaded to facebook.
MindMeister (Free) This is a mind
mapping app that requires a free account registration. It is a
companion app to the website mindmeister.com. This app lets you
create, edit, and share mind maps.Colors and styles of mind maps can
be changed in this app. Maps can be exported in a variety of file
formats. Images can be added to mind maps.
Brainstorming Canvas (Free) This app
lets students brainstorm ideas using a virtual whiteboard and sticky
notes. These boards can bee shared on facebook twitter, or email.
Apps
and Programs for Drafting
Essay Punch (website) This is an
online writing tutorial that guides students through every step of
the writing process.
How to Write an Essay (Free app with
optional in app purcheses) This is a ready-made lesson plan on how to
write an essay.
Questia Library- Scholarly Sources for
Writing Reasearch Papers (free) Thiss app gives students access to
thousands of resources for research papers.
IEW Writing Tools (Free) This app
includes charts and lists to guide students through the writing
process with focus on structure and style.
Apps
and Programs for Handwriting
Handwriting Worksheets (Free) – This
app allows young students to practice cursive letters in both upper
and lowercase.
Handwriting (free) This app allows
children to practice their writing skills on different sheet using
different size and color pens. This app has a save feature.
Handwriting without Tears (Free) –
This app allows students to sign in to practice writing their
letters. This app will track student progress and errors. The
teacher can access reports and data for individual students or whole
class data.
Letter School Lite (free) This is a
bright and colorful app that students can use to practice writing
their letters.
Cursive Practice (Free) This is a free
app for practicing cursive using letters, words, and famous quotes. I
use this for my High School students when their handwriting gets too
sloppy to decipher.
ABC Cursive (Free)
Apps
and Programs for Revising and Editing
Voice-Over- Once students type their
essays, they can use the Voice Over tool on the Ipad to listen to
their essay read aloud. Students can often catch mistakes by
listening to their papers.
My Grammar Lab (Free) This app has
hundreds of free practice exercises to improve grammar.
The Grading Game (Free and $.99
versions) This game is a race to find typos and grammar errors.
Peer Edit ($3.99) This app uses
pre-written comments to assemble a comprehensive feedback document.
Sentence Builder (Various versions)
These apps allow students to practice building grammatically correct
sentences.
Mobile Mouse ($2.99) This app turns
your ipad into a mouse/trackpad for your computer. You can project a
paragraph onto your interactive whiteboard and have students pass
around your ipad to remotely correct the mistakes in the sentence as
a class.
Daily Sentence Editing ($2.99) Grades
1-6 These apps include hundreds of sentences that need to be edited.
Students can click to get hints on the locations of the mistakes.
This app can be used on individual devices or on a whiteboard for
whole group instruction.
Docscanner (Free) You can turn any
document into a PDF file by snapping a photo. Students can snap
photos of their essays and then take turn correct mistakes or making
suggestions for revisions in the PDF file. The PDF files can be
emailed or posted to facebook or twitter.
Apps
for TELPAS Skills:
Apps
and Programs for ListeningVoice Over
Adobe Reader
Apps
and Programs for SpeakingDragon Dictation (Free) This
app allows you to speak and it will record your voice and dictate
your words into text format.
iPadio (Free) This app provides an easy
and fast way to create and share audio clips. This app lets you
record up to 1 hour of audio, then add titles, descriptions, and
images before uploading it to the internet. Students can call your
ipadio account using a PIN number and whatever they recite will be
recorded to your ipadio account.
Google Voice Google Voice (Free) This
is not an app but a function of gmail. A teacher can set up a google
voice account and create a phone number to link to his/her gmail
account. Students can then call in and leave a voice message
reciting a journal prompt or vocabulary sentence. These messages can
be forwarded to your cell phone or emailed to your account in .mp3
format. This feature enables teachers to save the files of their
students reading and speaking skills.
Misc.
Apps and Programs
Screen Shot- By pressing the power and
the home button on the ipad simultaneously, a screenshot image is
saved in your photoroll. These photos can be emailed or posted to
facebook or twitter. Students can take screenshots of their progress
and email it to the teacher.
Animoto- Using the animoto.com website
students can upload images and assign subtitles to create amzaing
videos. This is a great tool for making video book trailers.
Join.Me (Free) Share your screen with
your students no matter where they are. Students can type in a code
that lets them instantly join your presentation.
StickPick ($2.99) Pick a student at
random by tapping the screen. Stick pick suggests question starters
for learners at different levels and records how well students
respond during classroom discussion.
Google Drive or Dropbox (Free) Google
Drive and Dropbox both let you bring all your photos, docs, and
videos and share them easily. You can access your dropbox from all
your computers and devices. You can create shared folders for
students to drop docs into your folder.
Safari- Save to home screensFor a
classroom set of ipads, have your classroom website saved to the iPad
desktop.
Game Buzzer (Free) Game buzzer allows
you to turn one ipad into a game buzzer for students to compete head
to head on questions. The game buzzer will keep team scores.
Pearltrees- Pearltrees is a website
where teachers can keep links to all of their favorite websites in
one simplified location.
ClockPro (Free) This free app allows
teacher to set countdowns, or alarms for student tasks.
Groovy Grader (Free) This is a grade
slide in digital format so you can grade on the go.
Nearpod( Free) This app works with the
nearpod website. Teachers can upload their favorite powerpoints and
display them right on the student devices. This works great for
powerpoints that students have to copy notes from. It helps the
students to have the slideshow right on their desk. In nearpod you
can also embed quiz questions and polls into your powerpoints.
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