what’s ‘app-ening in ag ed: ipad apps for the agriculture classroom

Presented by

Dr. Robin McLean

at theNYAAE

Summer Conference

Beaver Hollow Conference

CenterJava, NY

June 2013

WHAT’S ‘APP-ENING IN AG:

IPAD APPS FOR THE AGRICULTURE CLASSROOM

iCellScience36

0Elife Forms

Sampler

THE SCIENCE OF AGRICULTUR

E

Plant, Animal & Bacteria CellsRotate cellsZoom in on organelles

Three definition/ explanation levels:Basic IntermediateAdvanced

ICELLBY HUDSONALPHA

COST: FREE

A partnership with the National Science Foundation

Videos, news and images of the science around us

Overview created with ExplainEverything App:http://youtu.be/FAziXevIPwc

SCIENCE 360

BY BOTTLE ROCKET

COST:FREE

Plants and AnimalsSearchable by names or decision tree process

Taxonomic Classification

Regional MapsWritten

descriptions and overviews

ELIFE FORMS SAMPLER

BY SEARCH LIFE FORMS

COST:FREE

Focus on Plant

Landscaper’s Companion

PLANT SCIENCE

Includes:Basic plant structure

Details on structure & function

Life Cycles of Moss, Fern, Conifers and Flowering Plants

Plant Cell AnatomyGlossary of Plant Terms

FOCUS ON PLANT

BY TOUCHAPP & BIOCOURSEWARE

COST:$4.99*

Database of over 26,000 plants

Over 21,000 pictures

Searchable

LANDSCAPER’S COMPANION

BY STEVENSON SOFTWARE, LLC

COST:$4.99

*

Grow it Know It

Growing Degree

DaysSpotzi

GENERAL AGRICULTUR

E

Great intro to Ag products app

Multiple correct answers

Wrong answers kicked out of cart

GROW IT KNOW ITBY UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA -

LINCOLN

COST:FREE

Can choose date range

Shows as maps or text

Can specify area

Uses 50 or 60

GROWING DEGREE DAYS

BY FARM PROGRESS

COST:FREE

Map appThematic areas:

Agriculture, climate, economy & more

US, Europe, Some Asia and Africa

Nine Agricultural Areas Arable Land, Imports,

Food Production, & more

Descriptions, Videos, Wiki links

SPOTZI ATLASBY D-BASE

COST:FREE

NatureTapPocketZo

o

ENVIROSCIENCE

Bird and insect “pack” included: Can purchase additional ID

packs – more birds, wildflowers, mammals, and reptiles & amphibians

Information includes: common name, family, ID and range

Sort by shape or color to narrow search

Games include – memory challenge, photo quiz, puzzles and sound ID (on birds)

NATURE TAPBY GREEN MOUNTAIN

DIGITAL

COST:FREE

Assorted wildlifeInformation includes:

scientific name, size, diet, location, life span, survival status, descriptions and fund facts

ImagesVideosSome live camsSound

POCKETZOOBY TINYHEARTS

COST:$4.99

Pocket Money

Animoto

CHAPTER TOOLS

Accounting appCategorize expenses and incomeMultiple accounts kept on one app:

Ex. FFA Chapter & Ag Department can be separate

Generates ReportsPhotograph receipts, etc. and include

with transaction reports

POCKETMONEY

BY CATAMOUNT

COST:L ITE IS FREE BUT

L IM ITED

$4.99 FULL

POCKETMONEY

(CONT.)

Get educator account – allows longer video creation

Can create sub accounts for students

Add photos, video clips, text

ANIMOTO COST:FREE

http://animoto.com/play/4B8x0bJK1PYmB3QLm07E5A

PHOTO APPS

CEV Multimedia

ID – Wildlife, FloricultureAsk the

CheeseMonger

CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT

PREP

Tools include glossary, flashcards, 10 question practice quizzes

ID has item # on National FFA List, name, category and will pronounce the item for you

Practice quizzes identify ones you got wrong and show correct answer

Floral ID also available Note: They entered app world briefl y

and no longer making, so no updates

WILDLIFE IDBY CEV MULTIMEDIA

COST:$4.99

Glossary of cheeses with image, flavor description, country of origin, facts

Cheese Challenge = cheese related quiz questionsTells you what you got wrong but not correct answer

Warning: Has wine and cheese matcher!

ASK THE CHEESE MONGER

BY

COST:$1.99

Explain Everything

Tiled

CREATE AND

ENGAGE

Can save projectsEditable

recordingsCan insert

pictures, text and hand write

Can upload videos to YouTube

Good for “flipped classroom”

EXPLAIN EVERYTHINGBY MORRIS COOKE

COST:$2.99

*

Add photos and text

Assorted layout styles

Good to add comments to visuals

TILED BY MOTION ONE LTD.

COST:.99*

Apps Gone Free

HOW DO I STAY UP TO

DATE

IT’S THE TRUTH

PINTEREST FOR THIS WORKSHOPHTTP://PINTEREST.COM/RCMCLEAN/WHATS-APP-

ENING-IN-AG-ED/

Leaf SnapGestate

APPS OTHERS

HAVE SHARED

PLANTS

Leaf Snap• Identify a tree based on photo of a leaf

o Need to take picture on white backgroundo After you take an image, it ranks possible

types by probability

• Provides detailed information about leaf type, placement, arrangement, & flower type

• Developed by a partnership of Columbia University, University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institute

Thanks M. Coley for this info

Gestate• Gestation calculator

• About 50 presets species & gestation lengths

• Can add custom species

• Can edit gestation length

• Displays o Days into pregnancy o Days left

• Price = $0.99

Thanks M. Coley for this info

ANIMALS