AppEducation

Dr. Seuss Day

Dr. Seuss day a 21st Century celebration goes digital with AppEducation lesson ideas for you to use all week long APP lessons

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education." Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.

San Diego County Salute to Teachers of 2013

Anthony Bayro
Tim Dobbins
Emily Jimenez
Jennifer McSparran
Martin Reisert

Flash Mob to Motivate

Educators plan secret flash mob to help motivate their students to "stand up and be champions" on the California Standards Test. Collaboration at it's finest! North County Times Article

Storyrobe

Storyrobe is considered a CREATIVE app. A creative app is an app that can be used in a variety of ways. (Versus some apps that only allow you to practice one skill like grammar or math facts.) This app is open ended and is only limited to your own teacher creativity.

http://www.storyrobe.com/storyrobe/Home.html

How this app works:

With this app you can take pictures (or retrieve pictures from your photo album) and create a slideshow. With each picture in the slide show your student can record their voice. There is a 3 minute limit to the slideshow.

How have I used this app?

I have used this app across the curriculum from reading, to social studies, to math. In language arts I have had my students take pictures from the story they are reading. First, they take pictures of the main events of the story. Then they record their retelling of the story. In social studies I have used Storyrobe for my students to monitor their understanding of the content area. They take pictures of what they have learned (right out of their social studies book) and then they record their understanding of the content. In math, I have had my students take pictures of each step of a math problem on a small whiteboard (we were working on adding two digit numbers with regrouping). Then they record how to solve the problem step by step.

This app really allows you to have a quick assessment of your students' understanding. It also provides a safe and secure way for your introverted students to have a voice.