Nearpod Teacher & Student By Panarea

Nearpod Teacher & Student By Panarea

iTunes Link: 

• Teacher App - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nearpod-teacher/id523540409?mt=8
• Student App - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nearpod-student/id480295574?mt=8

Website Link: http://www.nearpod.com/

Description: Nearpod lets you show interactive presentations on your device and have the students participate on their own devices! You control the pace of the lesson through your iPad or iPod Touch. Students participate each on their own devices. There are a lot of multimedia and interactive elements that make these apps quite engaging.

Hints/Tips:

• You will need to create a Nearpod account through the teacher app. Just click the sign up button on the log in screen of the app.
• Once you have created your account you can go to the Nearpod website and upgrade to the "Silver Edition" for FREE!
• The Basic Edition includes has only the ability to show presentations available through the Nearpod store (most are FREE).
• The Silver Edition gives you the ability to use the website to create your own presentations!
• Up to 30 students/devices can sign into your presentation at one time.
• Nearpod has FREE webinars available online to help you get started using it!

Integration Ideas:

• Can be used in any subject area to engage students and make EVERY lesson more interactive!

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!

Stack the States Lite By Dan Russell-Pinson

Stack the States Lite By Dan Russell-Pinson

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stack-the-states-lite/id390058619?mt=8

Description: A fun game to learn about the 50 states' shapes, names, capitols, and other interesting facts. Earn states by answering questions correctly. Stack the states you earn up to the line to advance to the next level.

Hints/Tips:

• You can create up to 6 player profiles on each device or play as "guest".

Integration Ideas:

• Social Studies
• Students play to reinforce and learn facts about the 50 states.

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!

JigsawGeo US 13 Original Colonies By squishLogic

JigsawGeo US 13 Original Colonies By squishLogic

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jigsawgeo-us-13-original-colonies/id503731991?mt=8

Description: How fast can you identify and place the 13 original colonies on the map? Play this game to find out!

Hints/Tips:

• You can control the difficulty in the options menu. Try all 4 levels!

Integration Ideas:

• Social Studies
• Use this app to introduce the 13 original colonies of the U.S.
• Practice identifying states by their name/shape/and flag!

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!

Beyond Planet Earth Augmented Reality By American Museum of Natural History

Beyond Planet Earth Augmented Reality By American Museum of Natural History

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beyond-planet-earth-augmented/id465877873?mt=8

Website Link: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/beyond/

Description: This is an Augmented Reality (AR) app that allows you to point the iPod Touch/iPhone camera at a printed target to see a 3D space object. Information about each object is included in the app.

Hints/Tips:

• Print these paper targets (images from American Museum of Natural History):
• Beyond Planet Earth Targets (click here)

Integration Ideas:

• Science
• Place targets around the room/school and have students go on a treasure hunt to collect them all!
• Create a learning station for each target and have students research one item for each station and report back what they have learned.

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!

My Pet Rex By Denver Museum of Nature & Science

My Pet Rex By Denver Museum of Nature & Science

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-pet-rex/id475896855?mt=8

Description: This is an Augmented Reality (AR) app that allows you to point your camer at a printed target (advertisement) and see a 3D dinosaur appear on your screen.

Hints/Tips:

• Print this target (image provided by Denver Museum of Nature & Science):
• Dinosaur Advertisement (click here)
• You can rotate the target to get a different view of the dinosaur.
• If you or a student stands next to the target (in the camera frame) you can take a screenshot of you with the dinosaur.

Integration Ideas:

• Science
• A great way to introduce or wrap up a lesson about dinosaurs!
• Use your observations skills to watch the dinosaur and write about you what you see and hear.
• Language Arts
• Take a picture with your pet dinosaur. Write a story about having a dinosaur as a pet.

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!

Dinosaurs - Live! By Magma Studios

Dinosaurs - Live! By Magma Studios

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dinosaurs-live!/id463198136?mt=8

Description: This is an augmented reality (AR) app that allows you to point the camera at a printed target (see below) and watch a 3D dinosaur on your screen.

Hints/Tips:

• Print these targets:
• Dinosaur Poster (click here)
• Tiny Hunter (click here)
• Styraco (click here)
• Ornith (click here)
• T-Rex (click here)
• Spino (click here)
• Note: images from Science Centre Singapore & Magma Studios


• If you or a student stands next to the target or holds the target you can take a screen shot of you with the dinosaur. Like this:

• Rotate the paper target to see different views of the dinosaur.

Integration Ideas:

• Science
• A great way to introduce or wrap up a unit about dinosaurs!
• Have students take a picture with a dinosaur and then write about why it could never be real.
• Language Arts
• Creative Writing - Have students take a picture of their pet dinosaur and write a story about it.

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!

Skitch By Evernote

Skitch By Evernote

iTunes Link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch-for-ipad/id490505997?mt=8

Website Link: http://www.skitch.com/

Description: Annotate photos, camera shots, screenshots, websites, and maps. Or create a drawing from scratch.

Hints/Tips:

• If you create an Evernote account for your class, you can send your Skitch images to Evernote. No more plugging in the iPad to download the images you need!
• You can also send images to Twitter or to the iPod camera roll.

Integration Ideas:

• Math
• Students take a picture of a workbook page then answer it using Skitch. They can turn it in by uploading it to your Evernote account.
• Take a photo of an object. Measure the object and record the measurements on the photo.
• Science
• Students take photos during science experiments and label the important parts.
• Social Studies
• Students find and label important events/places on a map.
• Language Arts
• Students take a photo and write a story about it.

Feeling inspired? Comment below with your ideas!  OR try it out with your class and leave comments about what you did and how it went!