Mobile Learning

Edmodo

A quick tool that enables students to enter the classroom through an app. A teacher can use this application and create quizzes, online discussions, homework folders and even to post lessons online for students to review and look at at home to stay on track. This is a great application if a teacher wants to be able to quickly monitor the progress and work of their students as well as a funner way for children to be assessed then using a paper and pencil.

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Showme

Showme is an application where a teacher can present their lessons using visuals. It can bring a lesson to life using pictures, colours, lines, scribbling tool, and a voiceover. By using a voiceover, students are able to focus in a new way and it can be more interactive and engaging. Not only can the teacher use this application, but students can also present their work and ideas to show they understand the material by using Showme.

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Evernote

For those classrooms in which the desks are messy and the duotangs have papers flying all over the place, Evernote is the perfect solution. It's a tool to store all the notes away on an online platform so students don't have the "I lost my homework" excuse anymore. It's a good way to keep track of notes, but also organize notes according to subject. This application is especially good for grades 7-8 during mobile classes where they have to move around a lot for different subjects.

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iPlay&Sing

This application is a great start for children who are just beginning to learn how to speak and read in English. If they love using the iPad, it's a good use of technology and fun to teach children how to read. With it's colours and interactive games, it will maintain your students' focus on what you want to teach. After teaching a lesson, making young students use this application is a smart way to get them to engage in what they are learning and apply it so they can remember it.

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Mindmeiser

In most subjects, connecting ideas and building off of them is a strong way to help students understand a concept. With Mindmeiser, students can create mindmaps that allow them to build off of ideas and concepts and make connections. They can use this application individually or as a group in subjects like Biology, Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and much more! G

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