There’s an app for that!Donterio PorterKerric TurnerMichelle Poe

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• TED•High School

Biology Study Aid• Frog Dissection• Scoodle Jam

•Apps for Biology

TED• Middle school & up• All content areas• Used to engage

students in discussion• Develops critical

thinking & analyzing skills

• No feedback• Easy to use• No information is

shared• Can find topics related

to your lesson plan

High School Biology Study Aid

• High School• Biology• Review in the classroom• Provides feedback• Develops remembering &

understanding skills• Easy to use• Does not share student’s

info• Curriculum is reinforced• Easy instructions

Frog Dissection

• Middle school & up• Biology• Learning organ

systems• No feedback• Allows students to

apply, analyze, and evaluate information

• No info is shared• Skills are reinforced• Easy to use & follow

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Scoodle Jam• All grade levels• All content areas• Graphic organizers• No feedback• Allows students to

create• Easy to use & follow• Video chat for 13+

users• May be used to

reinforce curriculum skills

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Apps For Physical Education and Health

• Intervals• VBS Physical Education• First Aid

First Aid by American Red Cross

Image courtesy of www.americanredcross.org

• Secondary School• Health and Physical Education• Enrichment of Lecture and Review• “Test Yourself” feature for each category• Application of real life skills• Ease to use• No data imputed for privacy issues• Aligned with Arkansas State Frameworks

Health and Wellness Strand• Easy menu with easy navigations

Intervals

• Elementary and Secondary Schools• During Circuit or Interval Training Also effective in classroom setting for stations• No Feedback Provided• Does not offer any higher level thinking• Very easy, just tap circle to start and stop• No privacy issues due to no data imputed• F.I.T.T. Principle in P.E.• The only instruction is “tap circle to begin”

VBS Physical Education• Secondary Schools• Lesson Enrichment, review or homework• “Take The Quiz” at the end of each lesson• Application of visual to kinesthetic learning• East to use, just click on lesson to view or read• Register once by setting up email and password• Arkansas State Frameworks Physical Education and Leisure• Easy to follow instructions

•Apps for Social Studies

•Atlas•History Maps of the World•Socrative Teacher

• Free app!• Large political maps• Zoom in capability• High-quality maps• Flags of over 250 countries• No student data required for use• No internet connection required• Country information includes population, languages spoken,

government, and more!

•Atlas

• Helps develop geographic literacy through a historical lens• Illustrates how maps have changed over time• Yields itself to development of Common Core competencies• Helpful for any history student• Maps can be sorted by category • Maps can be grouped by era• Interactive

•History Maps of the World

• Ask open-ended questions and vote on the results• Share quizzes and info with other teachers• Student answers anonymous to class • Visualize student understanding• Immediate feedback• High yield strategies• Interactive

•Socrative Teacher

•Rubric Rating of AppsTED Study

AidFrog Dissection

Scoodle Jam

First Aid Intervals VSBPhysical

Education

Atlas History Maps of

the World

Socrative Teacher

Criterion 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5

Authenticity 5 4 5 3 5 3 5 2 2 5

Feedback 3 5 4 3 4 0 5 0 0 5

Differentiation 0 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5

User Friendliness 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Instructions 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Higher Order Thinking

5 2 5 5

5 0 4 3 5 5

Student Motivation

3 4 5 4 5 3 5 2 2 5

Total Score/40 pts. 30 35 38 35 38 22 38 25 28 40

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