11 Awesome Apps for Students To Try On Their New Android Devices. Yesterday, I published a list of eleven apps for teachers and school administrators to try on their new Android devices. If one of your children or students received a new Android device during this holiday season here are eleven apps that you and they should check out. 1. Math Workout is a free Android app for practicing your basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills.
You can choose from six different practice activities. Each activity has its own series of progressively harder challenges. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. iStoryBooks is a free Android app that offers two dozen free digital storybooks for kids ages two through eight. 7. 8. Â 9. 123s ABCs is an Android app for handwriting practice. 10. 11. Tags: Drawing, flashcards, free apps, games, math, vocabulary. Some of my favorite Mac apps in 2011. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite apps from 2011. I wrote a TextMate command to link all of these1 (60+ links in four minutes!) , so if you spot any misfire links that I missed, let me know in the comments. This isn’t an all-inclusive list (despite its length), but it’s a good chance to highlight some gems that may have passed under the radar of the big sites. No fancy awards here, just a grateful mention of apps that make my life better. Glaring ommisions (like the unbeatable 1Password) are only because I assume you’ve already heard of them.
Absolutely no slight intended to anyone not on this list. Well, except for a few. Graphics/Design Skitch - My favorite way to quickly communicate screen-based information with annotations. flickery - The best Flickr experience I’ve found. Developer AppStar - Selling anything on the App Store? Utilities MailTags - Yes, I still use Mail.app. Writing Music Simplify - An awesome addon for the Spotify app. Video Productivity Honorable Mentions. QuickVoice2Text Email (PRO Recorder) Using Speech to Text Apps on your iPad. There are a number of apps that are available that let you record your voice in order to convert it to text. I find this helpful when I need to transcribe longer pieces or even if I need to transcribe multiple entries. This technology is not yet perfect but it has improved considerably since these apps first came on the market. The first time I tried these app I got about 30% of the words correct, that figure is now more like 85% and with some effort on your part can be as high as 95%.
Even with the minor inconsistencies it is still a quicker way for me to do larger pieces of text. I find these good when I want to just get the text down for a piece that I will spend some time formatting later. These are great for students as well, especially those kids who display great verbal intelligence but struggle with the written word. Voice to Text Apps Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages.
10 Best Apps 4 Teachers. Most of what we do is for the students. The focus of this and many other blogs and websites is about learning, and rightly so, but there are also apps that will make our jobs easier too. I am talking about that catergory of apps that are designed specifically for the classroom teacher. Those apps that will assist us in the everyday little jobs that need to be done, often on the run and often while 10 other things are also happening in the room.
There are plenty and I am sure as more and more teachers gain the confidence to design their own apps, there will be more suitable one to come. Keynote: $9.99 Keynote for iPad is almost as powerful as the desktop application. Since one of the first jobs you have to do each morning is to take the role Attendance is a great solution for the iPad.
TeacherTool saves grades and makes suggestions for grades. iAnnotate is a PDF reader and annotation tool for the iPad. GradePad: $2.99 Attendance is a universal iOS touchscreen application. Flipboard: Free. Apps for Professional Development. Twitter App (free) Twitter is one of the most active and beneficial social networks on the web. All educators would be wise to join the conversation. If you haven’t used Twitter yet, I would recommend that you read these excellent blog posts: Google Voice (free) Text and call for free! Also allows you to read transcribed voicemail messages or listen to them. Skype (free) A beautiful app that allows you to make and receive VOIP calls on your iOS device.
HeyTell (free) A fun “walkie-talkie” app for quick voice communication. Consumption Apps FlipBoard (free) A beautiful app that turns your RSS reader (such as Google Reader) into a magazine. Zite (free) Similar to FlipBoard, however instead of just providing a beautiful interface to view content you select, Zite tries to introduce you to new content sources based off of sources you currently read. QR Code Readers Diigo (free) Research Apps: Google Search App (free) Genius Scan (free)