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Bloomsapps. Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available. While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom. This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps! If you find any that you have worked with in your classroom please email dmileham@e1b.org or tweet @bloomsapps or @dmileham75 with your suggestions.

Thanks for checking the site! Two Links to some iTunesU courses relating to iOS Integration: 1 iPad by Erie 1 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services ( Movie Making\Digital Storytelling Camera to PDF Free - cool little app that turns your device into a scanner. iPad Applications In Bloom’s Taxonomy. This has bubbled up in my feeds not once, but several times now. It’s an interesting graphic that actually places example iPad applications into Bloom’s levels of performance in the cognitive domain. Focussed around students, and not really workplace learning, but interesting nonetheless. Check it out. October 2 & 3 (NEC Birmingham), Booth #D250 | Register (Free) Leave a Reply. Blooms Taxonomy with Apps. iPad Apps and Bloom’s Taxonomy   I felt it was worthwhile to update the Top Post (over 25,000 views) on Langwitches: Bloom’s Taxonomy for iPads I have added links to each app represented on the visual.

Remember: Exhibit memory of previously-learned materials by recalling facts, terms, basic concepts and answers. describenamefindnamelisttell Suggested apps: Understand: Demonstrative understanding of facts and ideas by being able to: explaincomparediscusspredicttranslateoutlinerestate Suggested Apps: Apply: Using new knowledge. Showcompleteuseexamineillustrateclassifysolve Analyze: Examine and break information into parts by identifying motives or causes. Compareexamineexplainidentifycategorizecontrastinvestigate Evaluate: Present and defend opinions by making judgments about information, validity of ideas or quality of work based on a set of criteria justifyassessprioritizerecommendratedecidechoose Suggested Apps Create: planinventcomposedesignconstructimagine Related Bloom's Taxonomy and iPad Apps 21.

In "Featured Carousel" 7. 29. Blooms infographic.JPG 645×802 pixels. Creation Apps Used On The iPad. My technology integration specialist asked me to provide a list of creative apps that we have used in our classroom. All the apps are in our tool box, have been used, or will be used. I have included some of the many videos that show students actually using the apps. I have also included the original post if you would like to read the details surrounding the use of the app. Important! These apps are worth the prices because they are able to be used across the curriculum! I have two folders with creative apps on my iPad. ShowMe (Free) One of the free apps that allow for students to verbalize about a concept.

SonicPics (2.99) Photography effects PhotoComic (1.99) Creating comic strips from our own photos. Whiteboard (Free) Original Post Allows for a white blank screen for writing and for importing photos. Pic Collage (Free) Original Post Original Post Combine multiple photos onto one screen.Pottery HD (4.99) Original Post Create pottery and sell it! StoryBuddy (4.99) Create a picture book. Faces iMake HD | Teachers with Apps. Faces iMake – Right Brain Creativity </b>*}, by , is a modern day take on the beloved and all time classic – Mr. Potato Head – our generation’s mainstay toy for creative play! This app is a great way for kids to relax, unwind, have some fun, and most importantly use their imagination! Faces iMake – Right Brain Creativity stays true to it’s name.. it truly is a perfect way to develop right brain creative capabilities and we lefties know just how important that is. There are literally endless possibilities with all the options provided and each child will have their own take on what to make, using over 200 everyday objects.

We worked with a cross-section of students over time and were amazed at the scope of creativity displayed by each and every one. By using the touchscreen and a set of very intuitive tools these objects can be manipulated by size, rotation, color, and made into faces, landscapes, patterns, etc. Joel's Math Eyal's Rendition of a TEACHER More Student Creations: Piano Partner. Creative Apps To Use With Students On The iPad. Digital Art using the Art Set App. For as long I've been teaching ICT, all of my painting lessons have involved children moving digital brushes around on a computer screen using the mouse. With younger children, I'm fond of the 2Paint Projects before I then introduce 2Paint a Picture as they get older. Today however, I tried something new - creating digital artwork using the touch screen on iPads - and it was very successful.

There are wide variety of apps available that let you paint on an iPad but my app of choice today was Art Set because I felt that it offered the best balance between variety of tools and value for money. I began by asking the children to visit the Olympics website and to find a photograph of a sport that they are particularly interested in. I also showed them a few more 'advanced' tricks, including how to: Once they had created their picture, I then asked them to share their picture with me by sending it as an email attachment: Click here for more examples. Creative apps for digital storytelling.

Welcome to Creative apps for digital storytelling, Part 11 of “There’s A Special App For That” series on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad apps for students with special needs. Have a look at our others in the series: Digital storytelling – why we need to focus on creative apps In August 2010, iEAR (Education Apps review) published an article entitled, “What Do Teachers Really Want in An App?” They list seven preferences that educators would like to see in app development. The article brought forth the challenge of finding apps that are truly educational in nature and not simply “drill and practice” apps but are more creative (like digital storytelling as we will discuss). There has been a lot of development since that time and we are seeing an increase in “constructivist” apps.

What is digital storytelling? Digital storytelling is a first person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds. Digital storytelling resources: 1. 2. 3. 4. Hot Apps for Higher Order Thinking. 10 Apps For Inquiry Learning. This post will show 10 apps or ways that iPads and iPods become powerful learning tools in an inquiry-based learning environment, tied to sound research by a leading education network, the Galileo Network. They offer up a rubric to determine how well a lesson aligns with the inquiry learning process. According to the rubric, there are 8 dimensions of inquiry: AuthenticityAcademic RigorAssessmentBeyond the SchoolUse of Digital TechnologiesActive ExplorationConnecting with ExpertsElaborated Communication The iPad can easily support any of these dimensions, and I want to share 1o ways that it might do it best.

Authenticity 1) Popplet (4.99 or Free) Using popplet students can create media based brain storms and mind maps, organized by colour and size, connected with lines. 2) Blogging (Free) (Blogger+, WordPress, and others) I believe writing is one of the most academically rigorous things that students can do. Active Exploration Beyond The School, Organizational and Self Management Skills. Murky Reef Lite - Grade 1-2 Reading, Science and Math. Apps for multiple intelligences. What makes the iPad brilliant is that it caters to all different intelligences. In fact most apps touch upon all different types of intelligences. I’ve tried to match all of my favorite educational apps with their corresponding intelligences. For those apps that matched with more than one, I’ve used equivalents.

For example, Showme and Educreations are interactive whiteboard apps that have got the same functions and both fit in the Visual and Aural box. Just like I don’t believe all students fit only in one intelligence box either. All skills need to be developed and the iPad especially makes it do easy to jump from one to the other and more importantly incorporate the different intelligences. Students can use whichever app they chose to study.

Take the brilliant app “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. The debate whether Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences really excist or not has been contested quite a few times. Click on the app icons to see the app in the App Store. Related posts: Critical Thinking Apps | Teacher Reviewed Educational Apps for 2012 - We Are Teachers. 7 Great iPad Apps to Improve your Kids Critical Thinking. Critical thinking is a skill much solicited in today's instruction. A general fallacy particularly among parents is that kids learn critical thinking when at school receiving formal and structured education, while in fact much of the thinking abilities are shaped first and foremost at home where the environment that surrounds kids play a decisive role in the development of their cognitive capacities.

There are many games, brain teasers, and activities that we can employ with our children to help them develop the necessary sound skills that can be detrimental to their overall academic achievement once they join school. In this regard. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has compiled a list of some awesome apps that seamlessly clicks in with the objective mentioned above. These apps are for iPad users. They can help you improve your kids critical thinking and consilidate his memory powers. 1- iCreate iCreate is a great iOS app that provides kids with tools to create anything.