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FREE APPS & WEBSITES
To Make the Teacher’s Life Easier KYSTE Conference 2013
Teacher Kit
• Teacher Kit is a personal organizer for the teacher. It enables the teacher to organize classes and students. It’s simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students.
App Store
• Pinterest is a tool to find your inspiration and share it with others. Use it to collect things you love, organize and plan important projects. Pinterest offers many ideas for teachers to use in the classroom.
App Store Website
• Flipboard is a personal news magazine filled with everything being shared across the Web. Pick topics and your Flipboard is instantly populated with the news you want.
• App Store
Skydrive
• Skydrive is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device. • • App Store Web
Dropbox
• Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all your computers, iPhone, iPad and even the Dropbox website.
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Symbaloo
• Symbaloo is an easy to use app. With Symbaloo all your favorite websites are at your fingertips, anywhere and always. You can access Symbaloo on any iPhone, iPad and tablet.
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Dragon Dictation
Dragon Dictation is an easy to use voice recognition application. It allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. It is up to • App Store
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Science 360
The National Science Foundation’s Science 360 for iPad provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from around the globe and a news feed featuring breaking news.
• App Store
Edmodo
• • • Edmodo makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Use your iOS device to send notes, submit assignments, post replies, and check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom.
Teachers can: post messages, keep tabs on recent assignments and grade assignments.
Students can: turn in and view assignments and check their latest grades.
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Spelling Free
Spelling Free allows the user to create a test, take a test, see scores and even email the results to teachers or parents.
This is the free version. There is also a paid version which will allow you to add additional lists.
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Vocabulary/Spelling City
Vocabulary/Spelling City is a fun way to learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing engaging learning games using any word list. Teachers can create word lists for students to have access to.
• App Store Web
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Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader makes essential reading practice more effective for every student.
It allows teachers to personalize practice to each student's current level.
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Screen Chomp
Screen Chomp is a simple doodling board that allows users to record it, sketch it and then share it. Users can create a video to ScreenChomp.com
and generate a simple web link you can paste anywhere. Teachers can use to tutor students away from school or record a few tips for parents to have access to help with homework.
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ShowMe
• Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard. • • ShowMe allows your to record voice over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. This is a great program for teachers to use who wish to incorporate Flipped Classroom.
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Educreations
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is a s simple as touching, tapping and talking. You can incorporate voice recording, realistic digital ink, photos and text.
You can share through email, Facebook or Twitter.
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OneNote
Microsoft OneNote for Ipad is a note-taking app for capturing all your ideas and to do’s on the go.
You can take notes and pictures.
• App Store Web
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Vimeo
Vimeo allows the user to create, manage and watch all your videos on the go. You can upload easily from your camera roll or shoot straight from the app.
Videos can be shared by Facebook, Twitter, email, iMessage, or copy the link and share how you want.
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ClassDojo
• • ClassDojo helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators.
• App Store Web
Jing
• This is a completely ready application that allows you to instantly catch pictures and videos, then share these with anybody. Jing is a superb tool to include simple graphic elements to all of your on-line conversations. If you can see it in your monitor, it is possible to capture it and save it in just a minute, totally awesome and very useful.
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Edu-Blogs
• Write posts, moderate comments, upload photos and videos. • • Free for Teachers!
Manage and update your Edublog right from your iOS device. The app works perfectly on iPads, iPhones, and iPods.
• App Store Web
Nearpod
• The Nearpod platform enables teachers to use their iPads to manage content on students; iPads, iPhones or iPods.
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