News-O-Matic is an app I absolutely love! It is fantastic for placing current events in the hands of your students and makes reading the news an engaging and exciting experience for children. News-O-Matic provides daily news stories for students and now they offer each one of their five articles in both English and Spanish every […]
If you’re a regular reader of ClassTechTips.com you know how much I love scannable technology! I’ve had the opportunity this past year to work with LitWorld as they’ve developed iPad literacy programing for children and families. One super fun set of posters we’re using this fall let’s students scan a poster to access a video of a […]
Classrooms looking to use their iPad as a document camera will absolutely love MONKEYmount 280 by GORILLAdigital. MONKEYmount turns your iPad (or any tablet) into a document camera that works in both portrait and landscape mode. It lets teachers make a 360° pivot and 360° rotation. The MONKEYmount also has a vertical adjustment arm and can be attached […]
Lumio Farm Factor is a fun and colorful app that helps students understand the basics of multiplication and division. Straight forward and easy to use, this factor app for iPads is perfect for elementary school students working with number sense and operations. Math Factor App Students can work through different problems by moving objects across the […]
I’ve shared some of the reasons why I love Drawp for School and this includes how easy it makes workflow in an iPad classroom. With Drawp students can swipe across their screen to turn in work or share with others. They can easily send their creations to teachers, other students in their class or even […]
Shutterfly has a fantastic app called Photo Story that engages and motivates students while promoting student achievement. It helps facilitate learning and lets students demonstrate their creativity. Students can easily document their projects and publish their stories with text, photos, audio clips and Doodles in a digital book. Teachers and families can even order hardcover or paperback copies of […]
If you are looking for a tool for students to practice learning a new language check out Babbel. Similar to Duolingo – another language learning app I love – this app gives users the opportunity to work through activities to learn a new language. Babbel has apps for iOS, Google Play, and the Windows App […]
I love tools that turn your tablet into a content creation tool. Thinglink is a fantastic example of an app that lets users become creators. With this app teachers and students can layer information on top of any image that they like – making interactive images. They might find a primary source document and add questions […]
Chronicle is a powerful conferring app for Reading and Writing Workshop. With the ability to easily associate and share pictures, videos, and audio recording with any individual or group note, Chronicle is also effective for communication and data documentation in any subject. Designed for the iPad, this app gives teachers space to stay organized and […]
There are some great brainstorming and planning apps for iPads (sticky notes, GRID, Popplet) and a new app from the makers of Post-it Notes combines the traditional tool with a digital platform. Post-it Plus is a super cool app that lets users snap a picture of their post-it notes and the app will recognize each […]