OK, so I will admit ii, I could care less about the Super Bowl!!
But for those of you that are interested, Mac|Life Magazine has a good list of apps for the occasion.
“The Super Bowl — still our annual sports fixation after all these years — is this Sunday, and the match-up between the New England Patriots and New York Giants should be a real barn burner. Like many of you, we anticipate spending the day staring at the TV, ingesting questionable foods and liquids, and waiting for the commercial that’ll outdo them all, but a handful of apps on both iPhone and iPad can help improve your Super Bowl experience. Between apps tied into the event, NFL-licensed touch screen games, and a couple other curiosities, we’ve picked out eight apps to check out in anticipation of Sunday’s showdown.”
Give Students Mobile Devices to Maximize Their Learning Time
In a blog post, Chris Dede, a professor in learning technologies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, advocates the use of mobile devices in education. The devices, which allow students to learn any time and anywhere, expand instructional time beyond the classroom and the teacher and help increase students’ motivation to learn, Dede writes. NBC.com/Education Nation blog
Shelly Terrell DOES IT AGAIN……
Recently, I presented a webinar with Simple K12, Holiday Apps for Creating Gifts. Children, adolescents, and teens can create very meaningful gifts for friends and family members using several fun apps. The apps are very easy to use, often free, and have various multimedia options. Many integrate images, audio, text, video and extras. Moreover, students write, read, and present digital stories that tie into their real world experience! Children can also easily send the messages, videos, and cards Christmas morning for parents to wake up and see on their phones. Many of these apps have the ability for users to share their productions through online communities, e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter! Some even allow editing online on a website and embedding options.
Text your classroom.
Broadcast updates to parents and students.
Engage any student on any device — during or after school. Ask and answer questions, individually or with groups of students. Incorporate modern technology in your teaching safely and easily.
Examples……
Problem: Students and parents keep forgetting about homework changes and schedule changes.
Solution: Use ClassPager to instantly message everyone’s phone — where you know they’ll read it.
Stuck On Earth
Free
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stuck-on-earth/id478313722?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
A new kind of travel app that brings you the best places in the world to visit, photograph, and experience. It’s the ultimate app for explorers, photographers, and daydreamers.
