11 Free iPad Apps for Teaching Grammar. Christopher Pappas Christopher Pappas is founder of The eLearning Industry's Network.
Currently, the eLearning Industry has a network of more than 75,000 professionals involved in the eLearning Industry and runs the following sites: ► The eLearning Industry 150+ eLearning Bloggers“The Leading source on All Things eLearning. Find 1st and publish all the latest trends, articles and news.” With Just One iPad, Teachers Improve Classroom Lessons. Contact: Katie Neal, nealkc@wfu.edu, (336) 758-6141 Newswise — Winston-Salem, NC, Jan. 4, 2012 - While K-12 schools around the country search for funding to provide iPads to every student, an education researcher in North Carolina has found that even a single iPad can make a huge difference in the classroom.
The results of her experience with student teachers at Wake Forest University appear in the December/January issue of Learning & Leading With Technology, the magazine of the International Society for Technology in Education. “Because they’re truly part of the digital generation, our pre-service teachers and the K-12 students they teach have a natural aptitude for tablet devices,” said Kristin Redington Bennett, an Assistant Professor of Education at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Ipads in the Classroom. iPods, iPhones in Education - home. Learning: Is there an app for that? A mobile media revolution that is changing the lives of adults, and now children of all ages, is under way across the globe.
This report focuses on how new forms of digital media are influencing very young children and their families in the United States and how we can deploy smart mobile devices and applications-apps, for short-in particular, to help advance their education. It does so in three parts: Part One discusses new trends in smart mobile devices, specifically the pass-back effect, which is when an adult passes his or her own device to a child. The Top Five Reasons I love teaching with an iPad. Hi, This is an edited version of a post I did on my own blog last month, but I'd love to get some feedback on it.
I got 200 views, and no comments. It has some strong opinions but all are views I can defend. Soon I will post some questions to get feedback about designing and delivering Professional Development for teachers. Thanks. 62 interesting ways_to_use_an_i_pad_in_the_cla. Apptivities. Padagogy-version2.png (Image PNG, 4281x4280 pixels) - Redimensionnée (18%) Teachers Easy Guide to The Most Important Web Tools in Education. When it comes to using web resources with our students, time plays a decisive role.It is next to impossible for a busy teacher restricted by curriculum constraints, day to day lesson preparations, assignment corrections, to mention but a few of his chores, to effectively search the web and find the adequate resources to share with his/ her students.
Teacher's Guide on The Use of Podcasting in Education. What is a Podcast ?
According to the New Oxford American Dictionary a podcast is a " digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio payer. " in other words, it is a digital audio file that is created, shared and heard. Podcast can also be in the form of videos streamlined online, however, video podcast is known as vidcast or vodcast.
Educational Uses of Podcasts Podcasts can be used for several educational purposes. Here are some of them : 1- Recording for this you will need a microphone and an audio recording software like the ones mentioned below. 2- Test your Podcast Always make sure you listen to your podcasts and redo the parts that you dont like until you finally get the vesrion you want then move on to the next step 3- Publish your podcast You can use online platforms for publishing your podcasts.
Tools to create your podcast. Bloomin' Apps. This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Android, Google and online tools and applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite online tool, iOS, or Android app with others.
10 Free Educational Game Sites. These free sites provide students an opportunity to learn in a fun, interactive environment.
I searched out and visited a bunch of sites with free educational games and selected the ten I thought were most useful and appropriate to education. In addition to a brief overview of each site, I have also attempted to define the grade range that each site is applicable to. I made my own judgement for most sites since it often wasn’t indicated (feel free to weigh in if you think I’m off target on any of these).
Most of the sites listed here are geared towards K-12 (with many leaning towards K-6 or so), but some do have fun games that will challenge the Higher Ed student and adults as well. Take one for a spin today! Funbrain (Grades K through 8): This popular site from Pearson Education features ‘Arcades’ specific to Math and Reading, along with the ‘Classic Funbrain’ games such as Math Baseball and Grammer Gorillas.