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Apps Playground - Helping you find the best apps for kids

Apps Playground - Helping you find the best apps for kids
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Educa Apps de 6 a 12 años. Apps Educativas gratuitas Bits de lectura e inteligencia, vocabulario, cuentos interactivos, juegos de aproximación a otra lengua son algunas de nuestras propuestas para esta categoría. Recuerda que aunque son juegos muy intuitivos es importante acompañarles y servirles de modelo al comienzo. Por otro lado, para el desarrollo lingüístico lo más importante es hablar con ellas y ellos. La Inteligencia Lingüística supone una sensibilidad al lenguaje oral o escrito y la capacidad de usar el lenguaje para lograr éxito en cualquier cosa. “50 of the best teaching & learning apps for 2016” plus 12 other resources re: tools 50 of the best teaching & learning apps for 2016 — from teachthought.com Excerpt: What are the best teaching and learning apps for 2016? Every year, we put together a collection of what we believe are the best teaching and learning apps for that year. This year, we were asked by the good folks at Easelly (the infographic and visual data platform) to create a collection of resources that while including their apps, would curate a lot of good stuff teachers would benefit from in 2016. 6 ed tech tools to try in 2016 — from cultofpedagogy.com by Jennifer Gonzalez About a year ago, I published an e-book called the Teacher’s Guide to Tech. In the process, I discovered some tools that I absolutely fell in love with, and I wanted to share them with you here. Let’s take a look. Visit Shakespeare’s London at FIU’s new virtual reality facility — from cec.fiu.edu It’s 1598, and you’re on your way to the Globe Theater to watch one of Shakespeare’s plays. Codespark.org Codemonkey Addendum on 2/1/16:

Una app gratuita con juegos de matemáticas para niños Animal Math Toddler Games es una app gratuita para iOS que propone a los padres pasar un momento entretenido con los pequeños de la casa, jugando con las matemáticas. Muchos colores, dibujos y música pegadiza encontrarán en esta app que promete ayudar a los niños a aprender sin darse cuenta. Cuenta con diferentes grados de dificultad, según la edad de los pequeños y las habilidades que los padres o maestros desean que vayan desarrollando. Por ejemplo, hay juegos para identifiquen y vayan reconociendo los números. Tendrán que poner determinado número en una cesta, elegir el que se les indique entre un grupo, colocarlos en orden, seguir una secuencia, etc. Hay algunas opciones que permiten personalizar la dinámica de los juegos, además de un sistema de recompensa para animar a los niños a participar. La app está en inglés, pero con la ayuda de los padres o algún responsable que les indique la dinámica del juego, podrán realizarlo sin problemas.

Top 5 Unexpected Apps for STEM Education - StratoStar STEM Education Blog In today’s world, we use apps for everything from managing our bank accounts to expressing our thoughts via tweets, so why not use them for our STEM education projects? StratoStar has compiled a list of our top 5 favorite apps will make tracking, solving equations, and creating reports simpler. 1. WolframAlpha This genius app focuses on mathematics, statistics, chemistry, and engineering. 2. All the core curriculum subject areas are covered by this innovative app. 3. Take advantage of this interactive periodic table. 4. Exploriments is an interactive science app that provides students with simulation-based learning units. 5. This app was made for a younger crowd, but can still be fun for all ages. The Benefits of Using Apps For Learning So why use an app? Would you like to learn more about engaging students in STEM education?

The Periodic Table of STEAM iPad Apps I recently published a post showcasing a collection of some pretty amazing apps for enhancing teaching and learning displayed in a periodic table-style infographic. Check it out here. Due to its popularity, I’m revisiting this topic, except the focus has shifted this time around to apps that address STEAM—the addition of art/design into the interdisciplinary approach of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). As you take a closer look at this super cool guide, think about this: It’s never just about the apps. Click here to view and/or download a high resolution file of this image, which was created and compiled by ICT Evangelist Mark Anderson. Full STEAM ahead toward your next app adventure!

7 apps para flipear tu clase ¿Quieres flipear tu clase pero sigues preparando únicamente el contenido en PowerPoint? Las nuevas tecnologías no son la solución para mejorar la educación en sí mismas, pero sí que son una gran ayuda gracias a la cual las metodologías más innovadoras pueden llevarse a cabo de una manera más sencilla. ¡Atrévete a dar la vuelta a tu clase! El listado de propuestas que te presentamos a continuación es parte del taller que Rosa Liarte impartió el pasado 20 de octubre en el marco del SIMO Educación 2016, en Madrid; una experiencia de la que también ha hablado en su blog y que te animamos a visitar si quieres acceder a la presentación completa. ¿Por dónde empezar para aplicar la metodología flipped en tus clases? Explain Everything es una herramienta de grabación de pantalla y pizarra electrónica e interactiva con un diseño fácil de usar, que permite al usuario hacer notas, crear animaciones, narraciones, así como importar y exportar casi cualquier cosas desde y hacia casi cualquier lugar.

Best Android apps of 2016: 27 apps you must try Jump to section: Editor's Choice: our favorites of 2019 Over the years, some titles have been dropped from this list, as they are overshadowed by new contenders or fall behind in updates or features. Google Trips Recommended by David McCourt The Trips app has been around for a while but has Google rolled out a huge update that dramatically improved this app for me. What I love about the app is how well curated all of the information is. Period Tracker Flo, Pregnancy & Ovulation Calendar Recommended by Silvia Santos This period tracking app is really easy to use. It offers you related articles with useful facts you need to know more about, in order to improve living with your period. When you open the app, you receive information on which phase you are in (ovulation and so on) and it also offers you info about how likely you are to get pregnant. Best mobility apps for getting around town Uber Who still takes regular taxis? Speak freely with these messenger apps for Android WhatsApp Telegram Fleksy

7 of the Best Android Applications for Students It has become the norm for students to possess smartphones and tablets, but how many are using them to enhance productivity at school or college? Here are seven superb Android applications that can make learning significantly easier and fun. If you don’t have Wolfram Alpha, you’re definitely missing out. It’s an app that can solve difficult math problems and even show you how to work out the answer for yourself. Price: $2.99 Timetable is a fully-featured app for organizing your school or university life. Price: Free Real-Calc Scientific Calculator is a definite must for any student’s mobile toolkit. Price: Free ($3.10 for premium version) My Study Life is available as a cross-platform planner designed to make your school life a lot easier to manage. MyHomework is another very useful application for students of all levels which could help increase your study habits significantly. Price: Free (Pro Version: $4.99) Have you used any of these Android apps?

15 Good iPad Apps for Students Projects and Real World Learning February 11, 2017 Here is a collection of some very good iPad apps students can use in their classroom projects. The apps, which are curated from Apple's Real World Learning collection, are geared towards enhancing a number of key skills that include: creative thinking, design skills, literacy skills, coding, and many more. Some of the things students can accomplish using these applications include: create beautiful ebooks to share with others; create visual sketches to record notes; design educational video clips, screencasts and presentations; capture and organize ideas in diagrams and mind maps. 1- Book Creator ‘Book Creator is the simple way to make your own beautiful ebooks, right on your iPad. With over 25 million ebooks created so far, Book Creator is ideal for making all kinds of books, including children's picture books, comic books, photo books, journals, textbooks and more.’2- Paper by Fifty Three ‘Paper is the best way to capture and connect your notes, photos, and sketches.

The 20 Best Augmented-Reality Apps Augmented reality has long sounded like a wild futuristic concept, but the technology has actually been around for years. It becomes more robust and seamless with each passing decade, providing an astonishing means of superimposing computer-generated images atop a user’s view of reality, thus creating a composite view rooted in both real and virtual worlds. Although AR apps run the gamut, from interactive map overlays and virtual showrooms to massive multiplayer skirmishes, each piece of software hones in on smartphone GPS and camera functionality to create a more immersive experience. The available selection of augmented reality apps is diverse, encompassing both premium and freemium offerings from a variety of big and no-name developers, but sometimes choosing which apps are worth your smartphone or tablet’s precious memory is tougher than using the apps themselves. Pokémon GO (free) Download now for: Android iOS Ink Hunter (free) Android iOS WallaMe (free) Android iOS Star Chart (free) iOS

20 Cool Creativity Apps for Tech-Minded Teachers Tech-savvy teachers incorporate apps into their teaching practices with ease, and creativity apps are a favorite for students who want to do something special for a class project. Here’s a list of 20 different creativity apps for the tech-minded educator to utilize in a range of creative classroom learning adventures. We often speak about Creativity Fluency and its role in shaping holistic modern learners. It refers to using artistic proficiency to add meaning to something through design, art, and storytelling. It is about using innovative design to add value to the function of a product through the form. The process of Creativity Fluency is defined by the 5Is: Identify, Inspire, Interpolate, Imagine, and Inspect. Enjoy this list of creativity apps for using with your students’ next big projects.

20 Educational iPad Apps Perfect for Every Classroom January 18, 2017 Here is a list of some useful iPad apps we have been working on over the last few days. We tried to come up with what think are 20 educational apps perfect for every classroom. We were actually inspired by iTunes app list under the same title but the apps included there were definitely not what we expected to see. So we went ahead and dived into our archive and picked out the titles below. We know there are several other wonderful apps to be added here but for practical reasons we only limited our collection to 20 apps. If you are a teacher using or planning to use iPad in your instruction, the list below is definitely a great place to start with. You can download the visual below in PDF format from this link. 1- iBooks Author ‘Now anyone can create stunning iBooks textbooks, cookbooks, history books, picture books, and more for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. 2- Skitch ‘See something that sparks an idea? 3- Explain Everything 4- Book Creator 5- Google Keep 7- Classroom 8- iTunes U

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