There’s an app for that

There’s an App for ThatPaige Hale

Jennifer Holladay

Top 10 Apps

1. Comic Life

2. Quizlet

3. StoryKit

4.ThingLink

5. Class Dojo

6. Evernote

7. Notability

8. RefME

9. Aurasma

10. iMovie

Comic Life1Authenticity: Students use the app to create their own product, so not applicableFeedback: This app does not provide feedback

Differentiation: Students have the options to create a variety of different types of comic strips. User Friendliness: App is user friendly and easy to understand. Help option is also available.

Higher Order Thinking; Create, Analyse

Rational: Comic Life lets students show mastery of a concept by using creativity. Students analyze the picture and determine if it fits their idea.

Instructions: Choose template and layout, use tool bar to style your comic, The Script Editor is the built-in word processor, the Element Well is to add captions, inspect your comic, the keyword function chooses pictures relevant to your comic, edit your images, save and export.

Student Motivation: Comics provide authentic language learning opportunities for all students and act as a scaffold to student understanding

Quizlet 2Authenticity: Students use the app for self-assessment and test preparation.

Feedback: Provides answers to study games and scores within the pre-test feature. Scores can also be emailed to teacher if login feature is used.

Differentiation: Students can create their own study sets of what they need to study based on their individual needs.

User Friendliness: Extremely easy to operate, operation cues can be enabled through settings.

Instructions: Login, choose study sets using search tool and choose method of studying.

Higher Order Thinking: Evaluate

Student Motivation: the interactive

experience of studying encourages them that with small

amounts of practice, they can be successful

Rationale: Quizlet aides students with tools to promote

good study habits and prepare them for upcoming exams. They

can self evaluate for upcoming assessments, making them

responsible for their learning.

Story Kit3Authenticity: Students use the app to create their own content in a storybook format

Feedback: Feedback is not provided within the app

Differentiation: Students have the option to upload their own photos, add their own text, add their own audio, or “paint” their own illustrations within the app

User Friendliness: Inside the create a book option, buttons are not labeled. Students may need assistance determining which buttons perform which tasks.

Instructions: Instructions are not provided

Higher Order Thinking: Create, Analyze

Student Motivation: Students can use the app to create stories assigned during class time or to create fun stories during free time.

Rationale: Story Kit encourages students to not only create a story with essential story elements, but it also encourages students to illustrate the story in a way that supplements the story. Students use analyzing skills to determine if the illustrations fit the store and add or take away from the characters.

ThingLink4Authenticity: Students use the app to create their own idea board to collect video, audio, and pictures on a given topic.

Feedback: Feedback is not provided within the app

Differentiation: Students have the option to upload their own photos, add their own text, add their own audio, or given illustrations/ music within the app

User Friendliness: There is a tutorial and if using the templates provided, it is very easy to complete.

Instructions: Upload media content, arrange within the chosen template, add links to websites, Choose background image and theme, save and export file.

Higher Order Thinking: Create, EvaluateStudent Motivation: Students are motivated to use the app to create a bank of information on one topic using an organized format.

Rationale: Thinglink allows the student to be the master of the lesson by providing their knowledge in a visual format.

Class Dojo5Authenticity: Students are taught to learn authentically by being actively engaged in their learning.

Feedback: Feedback is included within the app by “rewarding” the students for good behavior, “caught you being good” moments.

Differentiation: Teachers can communicate with parents on the individual behavior of students.

User Friendliness: Easy to understand with kid friendly graphics and instructions.

Instructions: App opens with a tour, students create their avatar, change their moods, and communicate with classmates and teacher. Teacher rewards students for being engaged and for staying on task.

Higher Order Thinking: Evaluate

Student Motivation: Students are motivated to learn authentically by being actively engaged in lesson.

Rationale: Class Dojo provides students with positive reinforcement and lets parents feel more of an active participant in their child’s daily school life.

Evernote6Authenticity: Students take notes in an environment encouraging listening and note skills

Feedback: Feedback is not included within the app

Differentiation: Students can create personal notes, use photos, and set reminders

User Friendliness: Clear labels make the app user friendly for students

Instructions: App opens with a tour, giving clear instructions, walking students through the uses of the app

Higher Order Thinking: Understand, Remember

Student Motivation: Students are motivated to use the app to create easy to access notes within their own, personal Evernote account. Notes can be accessed on desktops as well.

Rationale: Evernote provides students with an environment to personalize their notes. Adding photos and reminders allows students to take their note taking beyond simple written notes. Evernote is also available on a desktop computer, allowing students access to their notes even without a device that has the app.

Notability7Authenticity: Used to create and annotate notes in an environment that encourages learning

Feedback: Can be used to create audio feedback within the app

Differentiation: Allows students to insert photos, “handwrite” notes, change fonts, and create audio

User Friendliness: Clear labels make the app user friendly for students

Higher Order Thinking: Understand, remember

Instructions: Opens with a tour of the app upon first use, walks students through uses of the app

Student Motivation: Students are motivated to use Notability for its ease of note taking features, including access to Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud

Rationale: Notability provides students the opportunity to create their own notes or annotate notes provided to them. Teachers can also use the app to provide audio feedback to their students. Notability works with Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud, allowing students to access their content from multiple applications.

RefME8Authenticity: Provides students with citations for references needed in papers

Feedback: Feedback is not included in the app

Differentiation: Providing profile information customizes the app for students

User Friendliness: Clear labels make the app user friendly

Higher Order Thinking: Understand, Remember, Evaluate

Instructions: Instructions are included throughout the app, including arrows guiding students to buttons they need

Student Motivation: Students are motivated to use RefMe during research papers or other papers needing citations

Rationale: RefMe aides students with citations while writing reports and research papers. Proper citations encourage students to give credit where credit is due while also discouraging plagiarism.

Aurasma9Authenticity: Students

Feedback: Feedback is included within the app

Differentiation: Students can work at their own pace revealing new information as they are ready. They can also subscribe to different channels based on their learning needs.

User Friendliness: Takes some skill to create, does have examples and tutorials available.

Instructions: App opens similar to a QR reader, you point the app at an “aura” and the graphic transforms into an augmented reality piece through an external link

Higher Order Thinking: Create, Apply

Student Motivation: Students are motivated to create an interactive learning model using modern technology.

Rationale: Aurasma provides students with an augmented reality learning experience. The students use this app to become more a part of the lesson, a new experience for learning. This non-traditional teaching method keeps learners interested and wanting more. Looking for the auras makes a fun learning experience.

iMovie10Authenticity: Students use the app to create

their own content in a book, movie trailer, or music video format.

Feedback: Feedback is not included within the app

Differentiation: Students can use their different levels of knowledge to create a product.

User Friendliness: Tutorials and tips are given throughout usage of the app.

Instructions: App opens with an optional tour, choose desired format or theme, upload content, add audio, save and export.

Higher Order Thinking: Evaluate, Synthesize, Create, Apply

Student Motivation: Students are motivated to create a product to demonstrate their skills in technology while using their learning from the classroom.

Rationale: iMovie provides students with a chance to use technology to illustrate mastery on a topic. Also,

to allow students to present ideas and concepts to other students it that

it allows student who might afraid to present in public the chance to

correct mistakes and to self edit their presentation or material