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FREE APPS
&
WEBSITES
To Make the Teacher’s Life Easier
Gail Lanham
Melanie Roberts
KYSTE Conference 2013
Teacher Kit
• Teacher Kit is a personal
organizer for the teacher.
It enables the teacher to
organize classes and
students. It’s simple and
intuitive interface enables
teachers to track the
attendance, grades and
behavior of students.
App Store
Pinterest
• Pinterest is a tool to find
your inspiration and share
it with others. Use it to
collect things you love,
organize and plan
important projects.
Pinterest offers many
ideas for teachers to use in
the classroom.
App Store
Website
Flipboard
• Flipboard is a personal
news magazine filled with
everything being shared
across the Web. Pick
topics and your Flipboard
is instantly populated with
the news you want.
• App Store
Skydrive
• Skydrive is the place to
store your files so you can
access them from virtually
any device.
• App Store
• Web
Dropbox
• Dropbox lets you bring all
your photos, docs, and
videos anywhere and
share them easily. Access
any file you save to your
Dropbox from all your
computers, iPhone, iPad
and even the Dropbox
website.
• App Store
• Web
Symbaloo
• Symbaloo is an easy to
use app. With Symbaloo
all your favorite websites
are at your fingertips,
anywhere and always.
You can access Symbaloo
on any iPhone, iPad and
tablet.
• App Store
• Web
• Demonstration
Dragon Dictation
• Dragon Dictation is an easy
to use voice recognition
application. It allows you to
easily speak and instantly
see your text or email
messages. It is up to
• App Store
Science 360
• The National Science
Foundation’s Science 360
for iPad provides easy
access to engaging science
and engineering images
and video from around the
globe and a news feed
featuring breaking news.
• App Store
Edmodo
•
Edmodo makes it easy for teachers
and students to stay connected
and share information. Use your
iOS device to send notes, submit
assignments, post replies, and
check messages and upcoming
events while away from the
classroom.
• Teachers can: post messages,
keep tabs on recent assignments
and grade assignments.
• Students can: turn in and view
assignments and check their
latest grades.
• App Store
Spelling Free
• Spelling Free allows the
user to create a test, take a
test, see scores and even
email the results to
teachers or parents.
• This is the free version.
There is also a paid version
which will allow you to add
additional lists.
•
App Store
Vocabulary/Spelling City
• Vocabulary/Spelling City is
a fun way to learn spelling
and vocabulary words by
playing engaging learning
games using any word list.
• Teachers can create word
lists for students to have
access to.
• App Store
Web
Accelerated Reader
• Accelerated Reader makes
essential reading practice
more effective for every
student.
• It allows teachers to
personalize practice to
each student's current
level.
• App Store
Web
Screen Chomp
• Screen Chomp is a simple
doodling board that allows
users to record it, sketch it
and then share it. Users
can create a video to
ScreenChomp.com and
generate a simple web link
you can paste anywhere.
Teachers can use to tutor
students away from school
or record a few tips for
parents to have access to
help with homework.
• App Store
• Web
ShowMe
• Turn your iPad into your
personal interactive
whiteboard.
• ShowMe allows your to
record voice over
whiteboard tutorials and
share them online.
• This is a great program for
teachers to use who wish to
incorporate Flipped
Classroom.
• App Store
• Web
• Demonstration
Educreations
• Educreations turns your
iPad into a recordable
whiteboard. Creating a
great video tutorial is a s
simple as touching, tapping
and talking.
• You can incorporate voice
recording, realistic digital
ink, photos and text.
• You can share through
email, Facebook or Twitter.
• App Store
OneNote
• Microsoft OneNote for Ipad
is a note-taking app for
capturing all your ideas and
to do’s on the go.
• You can take notes and
pictures.
• App Store
Web
Vimeo
• Vimeo allows the user to
create, manage and watch
all your videos on the go.
• You can upload easily from
your camera roll or shoot
straight from the app.
• Videos can be shared by
Facebook, Twitter, email,
iMessage, or copy the link
and share how you want.
• App Store
• Demonstration
ClassDojo
• ClassDojo helps teachers
improve behavior in their
classrooms quickly and
easily.
• It also captures and
generates data on behavior
that teachers can share
with parents and
administrators.
• App Store
Web
Jing
• This is a completely ready
application that allows you
to instantly catch pictures
and videos, then share
these with anybody. Jing is
a superb tool to include
simple graphic elements to
all of your on-line
conversations. If you can
see it in your monitor, it is
possible to capture it and
save it in just a minute,
totally awesome and very
useful.
• Web
Edu-Blogs
• Write posts, moderate
comments, upload photos
and videos.
• Free for Teachers!
• Manage and update your
Edublog right from your iOS
device. The app works
perfectly on iPads,
iPhones, and iPods.
• App Store
Web
Nearpod
• The Nearpod platform
enables teachers to use
their iPads to manage
content on students; iPads,
iPhones or iPods.
• App Store
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You-Tube
QUESTIONS?
LET’S SHARE….
WHAT APPS/WEBSITES
DO YOU USE THAT ARE FREE?