7th Grade Math Survey

Attention 7th Graders:  

Please take the following survey.  This will allow me to once again get to know you and better serve you this school year.  Be truthful and thorough with your answers.

7th Grade Math Survey

Technology in the Classroom (free) iBook

Here is a link for an awesome (free) iBook that one of my co-teachers created. She put some great apps that I strongly recommend in it!  It's worth checking out.  Just click on the link below to get the free download.

Technology iBook

IPAD Presentation - App Recommendations

App Recommendations

Don’t overwhelm yourself with this list.

“Try one idea, per month, for three years.” – Rick Wormeli

Notice:

To see a list of subject specific apps visit www.tcea.org/ipad 

All of the apps listed below are ones that I have found valuable and I have personally used on my own IPAD.

All app descriptions are courtesy of http://itunes.apple.com

Discovering Apps

App Shopper   Keeps you up to date on the newest App Store apps, sales and freebies. Organize apps in your own customized Wish List and automatically get notified when there is a sale or update. 

               

App Miner      Why pay full price for apps? We have HUNDREDS of apps ON SALE, NEW and FREE every day!

Honor Roll     An annotated and expertly curated catalog of educational and family-friendly apps. It offers parents and educators an improved way to identify apps tailored to a student's specific needs.

                Website:      appitic.com

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Organizational and Professional Development Apps

Pocket             When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet, or computer so you can view it any time, even without an internet connection.

Flipboard       Creates a personalized magazine out of everything being shared with you. Flip through your Facebook newsfeed and Google+ Circles, tweets from your Twitter timeline, photos from Instagram friends, videos from YouTube, and much more. 

Zite                 A free personalized magazine for your iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter every time you use it. Zite delivers all the great news, articles, blogs, and videos you want – and helps you discover new stuff that you'll love.

Dropbox         A free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. Any file you save to your Dropbox is accessible from all your computers, iPhone, iPad and even the Dropbox website!

Evernote         An easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. 

LessonNote    Supports effective classroom observation. It is the best tool for documenting what matters most in a lesson: the flow of the lesson and its impact on students. LessonNote lets you track who is talking to whom, when, and for how long, and lets you jot handwritten notes about what is being said and what students are doing. iPad 2 users can also record photos of student work.

Twitter            Follow your interests: instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what’s happening around the world. Get short bursts of timely information on the official Twitter app.

Edmodo          Award-winning Edmodo for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad 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. 

iTunes U         Gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools — plus the world’s largest digital catalog of free education content — right on your iPad.

Pages ($9.99)  The most beautiful word processor you’ve ever seen on a mobile device. This powerful app has been exclusively designed for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Create, edit, and view documents wherever you are. Pages works with iCloud, so your documents stay up to date on all your devices — automatically. 

Communication and Exploration Apps

               

Skype               Call, video call and instant message anyone else on Skype for free with Skype for your iPhone or iPod touch.

               

TourWrist       TELEPORTATION IS HERE! With TourWrist®, iOS devices become portals. So when you point your device up, you’ll truly appreciate a new property’s grand staircase. Turning around will give you the full stadium seating experience. And looking down will reveal just how much leg space a vehicle has to offer. You can also view "tours" through our intuitive, touch-based controls.

Creative Creation Apps

Show Me         Allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely easy to use, regardless of age or background.

Puppet Pals    Create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time! Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later.               

Sock Puppets  Lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.

               

Toontastic      Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons through imaginative play.

               

Subject Specific Apps

Math Apps

Number Line  An educational game app to help students learn about fractions, decimals, and percents by ordering equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents on a number line. The app features multiple levels where the player must drag circles with either a percent, decimal or fraction onto a number line in the correct sequence.

              Fraction Factory Enter the Fraction Factory and use your math skills to place fractions into their correct positions on a number line. When the game begins, fraction gears will move across the screen on a conveyor belt. Use your finger and drag the fraction gear to where you think they should go on the number line at the top of the screen.                    

Oh No! Fractions Explore and learn about fractions with a simple and intuitive interface.
Compare and visualize two fractions and guess which one is greater.

Slice It!           Fast Fun with a Geometric Flair!  "Slice It!" is all about slicing shapes into pieces that are equal in size.  Sound easy? It may start out that way, but soon you'll be cutting shapes that will puzzle you like never before. Brainteasing puzzles: over 200 Basic Stages and a five-star rating system so you can play until you get it right! 

Mad Math       Mad Math is perfect for kids to practice their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and Division Facts. Students can even draw right on the flashcard!

Social Studies Apps

               

iTeachStates   A fun and easy way to learn the United States of America. iteachStates includes game modes such as Pop Quiz, Study Hall and Detention. With a unique design and multiple question formats, you and your family will have a blast learning the US state names. 

English Apps

Shake a Phrase ($1.99) Shake-a-Phrase is a fun language app that teaches vocabulary and parts of speech for ages 8+. Perfect for learning and laughing in the classroom or on-the-go, this lightweight app features over 2,000 words and definitions in 5 colorful and engaging themes.

Whirly Word  How many words can you discover from six letters? Solve the puzzle instantly by finding the six-letter word or step up to the challenge of finding all possible words with the letters given. 

Science Apps

Science 360    The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science360 for iPad provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from around the globe and a news feed featuring breaking news from NSF-funded institutions. Content is either produced by NSF or gathered from scientists, colleges and universities, and NSF science 

Star Walk ($4.99)Do you like stars? Star Walk is a stellar augmented reality app that labels all the stars, constellations, and satellites you point your iPad at. You can track the ISS, find out what constellation you’ve been looking at from your bedroom window and get a lot of exciting and educative information. Combine that with the amazing Apple Design Award winning graphics and highest quality content, you get the magic so highly praised by our customers:

Music Apps

My Note Game 'My Note Games!' comprises a suite of simple games to teach music theory and instrument mastery. 

Every Subject

NearPod         This iPad/iPhone/iPod touch app allows students to participate in any class where the teacher uses Nearpod as a presentation, assessment and collaboration tool.

               

Kindle             The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You’ll have access to over 1,000,000* books in the Kindle Store plus hundreds* of newspapers and magazines.

PicCollage     The best way to create awesome collages of your friends and favorite stars using stickers, text, web images and freeform cutouts! 

Dragon Dictation An easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.

               

Qwiki             Curious? Explore 3,000,000 topics in a format perfect for the iPad: learn about what's near you, across the world - and everything in between. Labeled "a seed that will blossom into an Internet wonder" by the NY Times, Qwiki combines thousands of sources to present concise, interactive summaries of millions of people, places and things in an experience optimized for the iPad.

QR Reader      A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobiles phones with cameras and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data. 

                               

iBooks            an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.

Fun Team Building Apps

VidRhythm     Remix your world! Welcome to VidRhythm, the fun and easy way to MAKE VIDEO MUSIC! 

Ipad Presentation Survey - Gates Elementary Staff

Here is the link for my Ipad Presentation feedback survey.  Thank you for taking time to answer the questions!

Ipad Survey