Session Details
Monday, September 16, 2013, Mobile Learning Experience 2013, Tucson, AZ, 3:15PM-4:15PM – Room: Canyon I
Session Description
There are so many applications available for mobile devices and not enough time to use them all! Teachers are pursuing the magic app that will motivate their students, help them achieve, develop their digital age skills, and sustain their interest. In this session, determine new ways to hunt for apps; investigate their potential strengths and weaknesses; and capture some great apps from your colleagues. Come prepared with an app to share, and maybe you will even discover the magic app!
Session Outline
Focus on Digital Age Skills
- Above & Beyond by Peter H. Reynolds
- The 4 C’s of Digital Age Learning
- Communication – Edublogs
- Creativity – Green Screen Studio
- Critical Thinking – Socrative
- Collaboration – Wikispaces Classroom
Engaging New Strategies
- QR Codes – ScanLife
- A Menu of QR Codes
- Organizing Thinking – Evernote
- and Early Learners – Skitch
- Student Choice – Pic Collage
- Build It – Minecraft
Throughout the School
- With the Band – inTone, Metronome
- In the Gym – RunKeeper, Instant Heart Rate, virtuagym, Stopwatch & Timer
- In the Schoolyard – Leafsnap
- In Math Class – join.me
- In Language Arts – VoiceThread
App Management Strategies
- Show What You Know – Doodle Buddy
- Design a Game – My Doodle Game
- “I’m an expert…”
- Wall of Apps
- Apps of the Week (Class Websites/Class Newsletters)
- Apps of the Week (Social Media/Student Notes)
Strategies for Finding Apps
- From Twitter
- Teacher Sharing
- School/District Support
- Blogs
Where can you really find the magic app that engages student learning?
BYOT Network 