Web & Mobile Apps
Tools for Enhancing Student Engagement
Tools for Enhancing Student Engagement
Poll Everywhere
- multiple choice, open-ended, word cloud answers
- www.polleverywhere.com
- Video demo: https://youtu.be/dT3aZ5Ph8e8
- Poll Everywhere adds live surveys
- 40 students free when you register for an Educator's account
- Chrome/Google Slides, PowerPoint, and Keynote PollEverywhere app
- Pocket lets you save any Web content. It can be tagged and searched.
- Saves web pages to be read offline.
- www.remind.com/teachers
- Use the Remind app to send updates to students.
- PDF instructions: http://bit.ly/1L1uAjz
- Wordlewww.wordle.net
- Create WORD CLOUDS based on frequency of word use in chunks of text.
- 125 Ways and Counting to Use Wordle in the Classroom from 21st Century Ed Tech
Apps with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
Apps with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
The following apps are even better with the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.
- www.showme.com
- iPad app for creating video tutorials through screen capture, voice, and still images.
- Instructor Sample
- www.gingerlabs.com
- iOS/Mac app for note taking with handwriting, photos, and typed text using multiple colors and fonts.
- Zoom in and out; take notes on PDFs
- Use to create sketch notes
- Share with Google Drive, AirDrop, Email, Dropbox
- AppChasers Review of Notability (18 minutes...but a good overview)
- Can sync to Mac
iAnnotate
iAnnotate
- https://www.iannotate.com/
- iPad app for marking up and sharing PDFs
- Will also convert Word docs and Web pages into PDFs & allow to markup.
- Integrates with Cloud storage e.g. Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, etc.
Web Apps vs. Mobile Apps
Web Apps vs. Mobile Apps
What's the difference?
- Web-based (Google Apps for Education)
- Mobile Apps for Google Products on Android
- Mobile Apps for Google Products on iOS
- Using Mobile Apps to Engage Students in Learning
Resources for Finding Apps
Resources for Finding Apps
- Teachthought.com: Top 50 iPhone Apps for Educators (2016 list)
- Apps for Higher Ed by Sue Ordinetz, Delaware State
- 17 Apps for Education by Higher Ed Tech Decisions
- 20 Apps for Academics in Higher Ed by the Marketing Prof
- 25 Apps You'll Need to Survive College
- Kathy Schrock's Bloomin Apps
New Teaching Tools
New Teaching Tools