Mixing It Up With Apps
February 24, 2011
Jayne Clare and Anne Rachel are two inspiring, experienced classroom teachers who’ve got their finger on the pulse of apps! We regularly refer to their website, teacherswithapps.com, a credible resource to help educators wade through the vast educational apps out there and share tips on using them effectively and responsibly. We think what they are doing is amazing and are thrilled they’re sharing their expertise with us! Last weekend was spent downloading FREE apps from the iTunes store. We were inspired to explore more free apps after working with and reviewing the FREE BrainPOP Featured Movie App because we saw our students returning to it over and over again. The BrainPOP app offers a new movie everyday, and the content is always pertinent to what’s going on. For example, on Super Bowl Sunday, the Featured Movie was all about Football! Downloading sixty+ free apps was painless… until we began the review process! Then the real work began. We culled the apps we had downloaded, covering all different subject matters and age levels, looking for a handful worthy of a review that go hand in hand with BrainPOP’s free app. There are many; this is just a beginning. We promise to get… Read the Rest»