Teaching+with+Handhelds


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 * Smartphones, Handhelds & PDA’s in the Classroom **
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 * Handhelds and personal digital assistants (PDAs) manufactured by companies such as Palm, Handspring, Sony, and Casio have been used in the classroom for many years. The recent advent and increase in popularity of smartphones (thought of by many as Personal Pocket Computers or PPC) and tablets has revolutionized how handheld devices are used in the classroom. No longer are teachers and school districts requiring students unplug from technology during instruction, instead many are choosing to incorporate the use of smartphones (Blackberry, iPhone, Android) and other advanced handhelds (iTouch, iPad, Android Tablet) into their daily activities and lessons. [[image:apple.jpg width="161" height="216" align="right"]] **


 * Apples aren't just for teachers anymore! **

**Apple's iPod touch and iPhone have proven themselves as incredibly powerful learning tools despite their diminutive size. With thousands of application (many of them free) teachers of all subjects can use these increasingly popular devices to revolutionize how they teach and how their students learn. **


 * The newest line of Apple iPod Touch and IPhone devices allow students to do most everything they can on a much larger desktop or laptop computer. The devices come with Apple's FaceTime application which allows for live face-to-face communication (real time collaboration for cooperative learning projects). The devices also record in HD, have built in WiFi capabilities, and many other organizational applications such as calendar and e-mail functions. **


 *  The Apple products shine as educational tools with their vast and varied educational applications. Many of which can be loaded onto the devices with little or no charge. Most apps can be downloaded onto all Apple product and can be accessed on desktop computers via the free iTunes downloadable program. **

Apps for Science

=Brain Tutor 3D- **Allows students to interact with rotatable 3D models of the human brain. **= =Convert ~ the unit calculator- **Allows students to quickly made scientific conversions** **. **= =**NASA App- The first official NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information. **=

Apps for Math

**AlgebraPrep- Review, practice, and prepare for your algebra tests with the #1 Education app series. Take practice tests, get answer feedback, and watch instruction. **

**Math Cards- Quick quizzes in basic math for iPhone and iPod touch. Improve math skill with the built-in lessons on arithmetic, percentage, and letter grades.**


 * Equation Genius- ****<span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Equation Genius will help you do you math in seconds. **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Apps for Social Studies


 * <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Geomaster- **<span style="color: #898989; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Map quiz game and this one is easily the best out there.

<span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">**We The People-** **Carry a copy of the United State's most cherished documents with you wherever you go. 'We The People' is an application that gives you access to the documents that define the United States of America.**


 * <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">U.S. Geography by Discovery Education- Quizzes students on maps and geographic regions. **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Apps for Communication Arts-
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Shake and Spell Pro- ****<span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Shake & Spell is a fun and addictive spelling game that will boggle your mind! **

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Shakespeare Pro™ <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 14pt;"> **includes all the features of the free Shakespeare app; the complete works of Shakespeare.**


 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">SAT® Vocab Challenge Vol. 1, by The Review- ****<span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Take the SAT® with confidence after mastering 250 of the most frequent vocab words encountered on the exam. **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 27px;">Apps for the Fine Arts

<span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 36px;">**Musée du Louvre-a virtual field trip of the Louvre.**


 * <span style="background: white; color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 27pt; margin: 0in 18.75pt 10pt 0in;">SketchBook Mobile- Drawing and art applications. **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Click the apple to visit the Apple Education Store
 * <span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 16.5pt;">Karajan® Beginner -Music & Ear Trainer- <span style="color: gray; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">lessons for learning to recognize intervals, chords, scales, pitch and tempo (bpm) with detailed statistics. **

** Google Android Phones in the classroom **


 * <span style="color: #632423; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">With its rainbow colored logo, Google is one of the most recognized companies with both teachers and students. While it is one of the most used search engines, Google is quickly becoming known for its web search engine Chrome, its web enabled telephone service, and for its productivity applications. Using their mobile platform the Android phone, and recently released Google Tablet Google is putting its colorful logo on many useful educational devices and applications. **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 27px;">Google Applications & Education

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 27px;">For detailed application information and information on how Google Applications can be used in the classroom (complete with lesson ideas) visit the Google for Educators website.

=<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 29px; line-height: 43px;">A Few Google Android Applications =

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Capital Quiz- used to learn state and national capitals.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">GeoQuiz- Help students learn geography terms and concepts.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Kids Numbers and Math (free)- Help young learners grasp early math concepts.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Formulas Lite- Gives students access to major math & science formulas.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Mathdroid- This basic scientific calcula﻿tor application allows students to perform math tasks.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Dictionary.com- This app is a version of the popular online dictionary.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">CoursePro- This homework application allows the user to keep up with school assignments and tasks.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">StudyDroid- This application allows the user to create study flashcards.

<span style="font-family: Century,serif; font-size: 35px; line-height: 52px;">Handhelds in the Class


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Handhelds and personal digital assistants (PDAs) manufactured by companies such as **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Palm, Handspring, Sony, and Casio have been used in the classroom for many years. While they are no longer as hip as Apple and Google products these reliable products are affordable and still effective as tools in the classroom. **


 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> Handhel ****<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">ds are still commonly used in the classroom and a lot of web sites offer lesson plans and activity ideas. **

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 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Interactivity Across the Curriculum -Web site offers many ideas for using PDAs in the class. **

= = <span style="color: #440844; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Te**acher Tap- a web site that offers information on the different types and manufatorers of handheld devices as well as activity ideas and links to other helpful sites.**

<span style="color: #440844; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Education World- this offers offers articles detailing how school districts are using handhelds in the classroom.**

<span style="color: #440844; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">**For those teachers interested in learning more about handhelds in the class watch this video presentation on integrating handhelds into the class. Click here to watch.**



Wiki By Danny Zull and Josh Patrico


The Following are Apps offered by Apple for teachers and students to aid them in education. We listed three for each subject and a brief description about each one.

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<span style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px;">"With so many education apps available, you can carry an entire library of reference materials with you anywhere. Apps help transform the way teachers teach and students learn. And there are apps for every subject and every stage of learning" (Apple) ===== Here is a link to the apple website for more information []

=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">****__Health and Physical Fitness__**** = Besides the following Apps smart phones, IPods, and IPADs are very valuable to P.E. teachers. They allow for constant communication with parents, peers and students. This communication includes twitter alerts, being able to send direction to parents to sporting events, updating grades quickly for instant feedback to students and being able to contact teacher for multiple reasons. We are just begining to understand the many ways to use these gadgets to our advantage, and we learn more and more everyday. =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__ 1. Calorie Tracker- __ This app is meant for the user to track their calorie intake throughout the day. By doing this you are then able to set goals in which you lower your calorie intake and increase the amount of exercise you do. This app is gauged to track a person’s progression over time and is a great motivator to get fit.** = =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__ 2. Fitness Plan __- This app works great for trips. It is a way to track your exercises daily and modify them if need be. Along with this you can also enter in new exercise regiments to keep mixing it up and not plateauing in one area.** = =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__ 3. iWorkout- __ This app is a great app for those who love to workout. It has hundreds of different exercises in all different sorts of ranges. This app also has videos that show you how to perform different lifts and exercises. It is basically having your own personal trainer in the palm of your hand.** =

=//__English Language Arts__//= = 1. __Achievers Writing Center__ - This app is for the college and high school students who have trouble writing essays. This app teaches you how to write the perfect essay. This app also includes a live personal writing assistant that will help those who struggle with writing. This app is a great resource to use if you do not have someone to help or proofread your work.= = 2. __Clifford’s BE BIG with Words__ - This app is meant for younger children who are beginning to read. This app essentially helps with spelling and the words are only in letters of three. To keep the attention of the children learning they also interact with Clifford and his pals as they learn how to spell and sound out new words.= = __3. Shakespeare Pro__- In this app the user will be able to view all of Shakespeare’s work; from his 41 plays, 154 sonnets, and 6 poems. The user is also able to enter in a phrase from Shakespeare’s work and they will be taken directly to the quote is. This app is great for those who are studying early English literature.= =//__ Mathematics __//= =__ 1. Algebra Prep: Graphing __- This app is great for students who want to study or practice their algebra skills. Along with this app students are also able to receive help and feedback for their work. They can also take practice tests and watch helpful videos pertaining to the subject.= =__ 2. Grover’s Number Special __- This app is meant for younger children who enjoy Sesame Street. In this app you have to help Grover sort and count ingredients in the kitchen while you are preparing meals for customers. It is a fun app for children and it is also interactive, because you have to physically move the iPod while playing and learning.= = __3. KidCalc__- This is a number one selling app for children who want to learn mathematics. In this app you learn to add, subtract, multiply, and divide while witnessing engaging artworks and animations. This app is said to suit pre- schoolers, kindergarteners, and elementary aged children.= =//**__Science__**//= =__ 1. 3D Sun -__ In this app when there is a solar flare on the sun you receive notification. Once you get this message you are able to view the sun from satellites in space. You can scroll on your iPod to see different angles of the sun and it ever-changing surface.= =__ 2. Brain Tutor 3D __- This app is cool because you can view the brain from all angles. You can dissect the brain just by a touch on your iPod and look deep into it by using MRI technology. It is a great way for students to study if they are covering the anatomy of the brain.= =__ 3. The Chemical Touch __- In this app you are able to view the periodic table and with a touch you can view each element of the table. This is a great review app for those who are chemistry and need to know this table front and back.= =//**__History and Geography__**//= =__ 1. All the Countries Pro __- In this app you are able to view all the countries of the world. This app also has national flags, official languages, largest cities, populations, and ethnicities of every country in the world. It is a great app to have when studying geography.= =__ 2. Geo Master- __ This app is a quiz based app in which the user only has ten seconds to locate the destination that was given. It is very challenging and fun at the same time. This is a great app when you have to know your geography.= =__ 3. U.S. Geography by Discovery Education __- In this app the user can explore the United States from coast to coast. This app contains videos, games, and quizzes that are related to national standards. This app applies to all who want to learn about the United States, not just students.= = = =**__//Art, Music, and Creativity//__**= =__ 1. Adobe Photoshop Express __- This app lets you quickly edit and share photos from your mobile device. You can have your photo and video library right in your hand. It is a great tool to use when on the run and in a hurry.= =__ 2. Band __- In this app you can create your own music by touching the iPod and strumming your fingers across the screen. It is a neat app for music buffs who like to play and create their own music. Each instrument on the app can play up to five different notes.= =__ 3.Brushes- __ With this app the user is able create different works of art on their iPod by touching the screen. There is an assortment of different brushes that you can use to create different kinds of art. This is a great app to show your creative side.= = =

**__Language__**
=__ 1.Byki Arabic __- This app teaches you how to speak Arabic. It does this by showing you words in distinctive ways so that you can easily recall them. This app has been used by millions and is very effective in learning a new language.= =__ 2.Byki Italian __- This app teaches you how to speak Italian. It does this by showing you words in distinctive ways so that you can easily recall them. This app has been used by millions and is very effective in learning a new language.= =__ 3.Latin-English Translation __- In this app you can translate over 95,000 different words between both languages. It translates proper words along with slang as well. This is a good app for those who are in a bilingual setting at school or anywhere else.=