the development of smart phones and tablet technology

TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

BYYASOTHAI D/O NATHAN

3D Brain

This is a 3D model of a brain that shows people the various parts of the brain and explains what they do. It also explains things like what happens when various parts are injured and each part’s role in mental illness. 3D Brain isn’t as in depth as some other resources but it’s a fun start.

Amazon Kindle

Most people associate Amazon Kindle with leisure reading and that’s not a bad thing because it’s mostly true. However, there are a wide range of educational books, how-to books, and self-help books available on the Amazon Kindle platform and those can be genuinely useful when learning a new skill or just learning new things in general.

Dictionary – Merriam Webster

The Merriam Webster dictionary is a well-known dictionary but the app isn’t just that. It also contains synonyms and antonyms, example sentences of words, a word of the day, and a scrolling index that lets you browse the entire dictionary (a feature for tablets).

Tozzle- Toddler’s Favorite Puzzle

A drag and drop shape puzzle made especially for toddlers. It keeps your toddler entertained and helps in improving shape recognition and motor activity at the same time. The pictures cover a wide range of subject matter, including animals, transportation, the alphabet, food, and holidays and celebrations.

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Duolingo

Duolingo made a huge splash and remains one of the highest rated and most popular education apps of all time on Android. With this app you can learn different languages and it supports eight languages. It’s easy to use for most ages, it’s totally free, and there’s a web platform so you can continue your lessons anywhere.

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eduDroid

eduDroid is an application designed to be used by teachers in a school setting but it can also be great for home schooled kids or parents who want to give their kids a leg up. It features a breathtaking number of lessons ranging from spelling to math and more. It’s a solid app with some good lessons for kids and definitely worth a shot. Especially if you’re a teacher.

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Udemy

Udemy is a learning platform that allows you to purchase and take “courses” on various subjects. Udemy focuses more on skill-based learning so you’ll find classes on programming, learning to use things like Adobe software, and more simple things like cooking or speaking in public. They do have free courses as well so you can check one of those out and experience the platform before buying them.

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WolframAlpha

With WolframAlpha you can find out a great deal of information including things related to math, statistics, physics, engineering, astronomy, Earth science, life science, computational science, and the list literally goes on and on and on. if you’re looking for an app that can educate you on some stuff very quickly and it’s an amazing reference guide for just about anything.

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13000 English Vocabulary Video

This is an application for learning vocabulary english by videos, more than 13000 videos and 500 playlists which are classified orderly for common topics in English such as:

Practice english examination Toeic, Ielts, Toeft, Gre, Sat. Every subject provides a series of well-known channels for learning vocabulary english such as australian network, english ryan, accademic english help...Learning vocabulary by common topics with many levels elementary, intermediate, advance.Learning vocabulary by english majors such as business, IT, tourism, medical.In addition, the application also provides some features:

- Taking notes videos learned, and review it again in Note screen.- Add favorite playlists.- Search videos and playlists.

English Grammar TestThis grammar test is the best way to improve your English grammar knowledge. Stunning minimalist design and clear user interface make it easy to test your English language skills.This English Grammar Test app is perfect for pre-intermediate level. When you complete your English test you see which aspects of English grammar you are good at and which of them require more practice.When you make a mistake the app explains you why your answer was not correct. Simple explanations will help you revise information about grammar details. With the progress page provided in the app you can see your total score and result in each english test.

YouTube

Last and certainly not least is the venerable YouTube. There are entire YouTube channels dedicated to educating people on almost every topic you can imagine. Even if it’s presented in a goofy fashion like NurdRage, there are tens of thousands (if not more) of videos that can teach you something.