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__**Ten iTunes Apps to Use in the Classroom**__

1. **What App is This: Stick Pick**

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-pick/id436682059?mt=8



I would use this app when I randomly choose students for group work. It would also be useful when calling on students to line up at the door. You could also use this to keep track of student responses. It could also be a way to use starter questions or review concepts.


 * 2.** **What is this app: iReward chart**

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irewardchart-parents-reward/id341306389?mt=8

This app allows you to keep track of student behavior or accomplishments and rewards their achievements. It could be a great motivator for some students. I could see using this with students who need extra reminders or incentives to complete and/or turn in homework. It would be helpful when keeping track of certain behaviors that you want to establish with the class or with individual students.


 * 3.What is this app: Toontastic**

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-free/id404693282?mt=8



This app allows students to create stories in cartoon form. It teaches the basic elements of writing a story with setting, characters, beginning, climax, ending. This would work well with a story writing unit in English. This could be used two ways. You could have them create the cartoon story and then write it or write the story and then make the cartoon as a way of publishing the story.


 * 4. What is this app: Spin Decision**

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spin-decision/id306468435?mt=8



Spin Decision uses the Wheel of Fortune-like Wheel to make deciding fun and interactive. The "wheel" could be used in a variety of ways in the classroom. You could use it as a way to call on students. It could also be used as a way to create review games for various subjects. It could be used across the curriculum not just in one subject area.


 * 5. What is the app: Songify**

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/songify/id438735719?mt=8



Songify allows you to turn ordinary speech into a song. This would be a great app to use to help students learn math facts or learn other facts such as states and capitals. This would be another tool to help students who learn through music. It would be a way to reinforce concepts or to demonstrate newly acquired knowledge. The teacher could review the songs at a later time to monitor learning.


 * 6. What is the app: Too Noisy**

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Too Noisy is an app that attempts to keep noise levels under control. If the noise level is acceptable a happy graphic appears. As the noise level grows, the graphics change to indicate unacceptable levels. It returns as the noise level drops. This app would be useful during times when the teacher is working with small groups of students while the rest of the class is working at their desks. This would also help control noise levels during times when talking is allowed within reason. It is a way for students to self monitor as well as motivate each other to stay within acceptable levels.


 * 7. What is the app: Math Bingo**

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Math Bingo is an excellent app to use for review of math facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. You can choose levels of difficulty and keep track of up to 30 players. Math Bingo rewards users by giving them Bingo Bugs for high scores. They can collect the bugs and interact with them by tapping or tilting the ipad. I think you could use this to review or teach the facts in a fun interactive way. I have personally used this with my own children who don't like math and they beg to use it. What a great way to learn math and have fun too.


 * 8. What is the app: Mathmateer**

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Mathmateer allows students to build their own rockets and fly them to the stars. Students play one of 56 different math missions. Each mission has floating objects in space that you touch for your answers. This app allows you to change the game as you learn new concepts or review old ones. The math missions include numbers, fractions, decimals, counting, telling time, money, shapes, patterns, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square roots, and more. This app has a variety of uses within the classroom. It could be used to challenge students who have mastered easier levels. It could be used to reinforce concepts for those struggling.


 * 9. What is the app: Chicktionary **

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Chicktionary allows you to create as many words as possible. Each chicken has a letter on it. Touch each letter to spell a word. The more words you create the more points you earn. This app could be used to reinforce phonics and spelling skills. It also allows students to feel successful because it works at their own skill level.


 * 10. What is the app: Bluster!**

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Bluster! is a vocabulary building app. It is a word matching game that helps develop word understanding and vocabulary. This game practices word skills such as rhyming, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives, etc. The game can be played with a single player or as a team. It would be a great way to review phonics and language skills.

__**Five Personal/Professional Apps**__


 * 1. What is the app: 30/30**

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This app allows you to set up a list of tasks and the length of time for each task. After the timer begins, it will let you know when your time is up and time to move on to a new task. The app shows you what you are supposed to be doing at the moment and the amount of time left to do it. I can see using this app for personal/professional use or for students as well. 30/30 could be used in the classroom when working on specific projects or to help students manage their time. I think it would be a great tool for those students who have trouble staying focused. It gives them direct feedback as to what they need to be doing. It gives them time limits in which to work. Personally, it will keep me focused on priorities for the day and will help me to manage my after school hours more efficiently.


 * 2. What is the app: Office2 HD**

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Office2 HD will allow me to do word documents on the ipad. This will come in very handy when I need to make weekly letters for parents that includes spelling words and memory work. I can also view or edit other Word documents which I have saved on DropBox. This could be a lifesaver!


 * 3. What is the app: Groovy Grader**

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The Groovy Grader is an app that allows you to have the grading scale on your ipad. It replaces the paper one. I like that this has the option to display the grade up to 2 decimal points or to the rounded whole number. This will help when I grade papers at home. Another feature that will be helpful is that it allows you to turn off the auto-dimming screen.It also has options for grades that have over 100 questions.


 * 4. What is the app: Dropbox**

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Dropbox will be very useful for me to create documents at home and to be able to access them at school. It will help me to be able to use my time more efficiently. It will help me to be able to work on things at home and save them to Dropbox instead of emailing them to myself. I like that you can access photos and videos too.

5. What is the app: Pinterest

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The Pinterest app is a wonderful tool to get many wonderful ideas to use in the classroom. I love that you can search for general topics or that you can be specific about grade levels or specific subjects. You can learn alot from other teachers and it leads you to find blogs that give even more ideas to try. I like that there are pictures of art projects or classroom decor ideas. The options never end.