Class Resources
Notability
From App Store: Powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking and PDF annotation.
Students, teachers, and business professionals use Notability daily to take notes, sketch ideas, annotate PDFs, mark-up photos, record lectures, provide audio feedback and more. It is uniquely designed for each device to provide the best note taking experience at school, at home, and at work. And with iCloud, your notes are always up to date.
Remind
From App Store: Remind (formerly Remind101) offers teachers a free, safe and simple way to instantly text students & parents. Teachers, coaches, or administrators can send reminders, assignments, homework, assessments, or motivational messages directly to students' & parents' phones. Messaging is safe because phone numbers are kept private. Teachers save time because they can send quick, one-way Announcements, or opt-in to Chat for personalized communication with a student or parent. For students and parents, Remind provides an easier way to stay informed outside of the classroom.
Explain Everything
ANIMATE YOUR THINKING
"Explain everything is a stunning peek into a cutting edge new paradigm of communicating…”*
• Create slides using an infinite canvas, use a laser pointer, draw in any color, add shapes, text,
math equations, videos, images and audio files
• Rotate, move, scale, flip, copy, paste, clone and lock any object added to the stage,
• Record everything you do within the app (even yourself while using the front-facing camera)
to create high quality, creative and valuable content for others to learn from!
IMotion
iMotion is an intuitive and powerful time-lapse and stop-motion app for iOS.
Take pictures, edit your movie and export 1080p & 720p HD videos to your device or directly to Youtube.
KAHOOT
From Kahoot website: Create a fun learning game in minutes or choose from millions ready to play or adapt. Works on any device with an Internet connection. Fosters social learning and deepens pedagogical impact.
FLOCABULARY
Flocabulary creates educational hip-hop videos, interactive activities and online assessments for students in grades K-12.
CLASS DOJO
Classroom management site/app that allows teachers to encourage their students, track their progress, take photos, make announcements and engage students quickly and easily. Seating charts, behavior management etc...
THINGLINK
Site that allows you to add easily accessible links direclty onto a background picture. Can be used to add information to maps, pictures etc...Easy to use and free. Links can lead to websites, pictures, videos, music etc.
NEWSELA.COM
From Website: Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing.
Most importantly, allows readers to read the same article but select their own reading level. Entire classes can read the same information at a higher or lower complexity.
BrainPop.com
From Website: BrainPOP engages students through animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, concept mapping, and more. We cover topics within Science, Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Music, Health, Reading, and Writing. Our content is carefully mapped to the Common Core, aligned to academic standards, and searchable with our online Standards Tool