My Geometric Universe is a cool iOS app for helping students draw geometric shapes. This works by supplying a bunch of drawing tools such as: pencil, ruler, compass, etc etc. Once a shape is created it can then integrated into one of three digital environments: kids room, Middle Ages, or Ancient Egypt.
Phrasalstein is a free iPad app after my own heart. This app designed by Cambridge University Press, is a fantastic app that helps students learn vocabulary and phrases in a fun mid-evil/horror setting. The way this works is a user selects a verb and a preposition and then watch as an animation occurs. Also, there are definitions, examples, and exercises that students can complete to help reinforce their Language Arts skills.
Quizsocket is a nifty little site that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. This site is designed for educators to assess students in real-time by having them login to a site (teacher generated code) on any device and then answering questions. A teacher can give these multiple choice quizzes either orally or on a board and then have students answer on their code specified Quizsocket page. One item to note, is that a quiz can not be created on Quizsocket it is only used for gathering answers and assessing students in real-time.
Otter is a neat little site that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers for creating a teacher webspace/page to host information for students. This site allows educators to create a space where they can create events, add them to calendar, share announcements, and upload files/homework. While it might not be as robust as other sites like Weebly or Wix, it does create a nice place to create an online syllabus.
Sentence Reading Magic is a wonderful free iOS app that I just found out about from Edshelf. This is a great app for beginning Readers that helps them build sentences as well as work on their Reading skills. For building sentences a student has to move the words into the correct position and the Reading section has users reading a sentence (2-3 words) and then tapping on a picture to see if they are correct.
World's Worst Pet is an excellent free iPad app for vocabulary. This common core aligned app lets students play through 4 different games to learn over a 1000 words. This is done through a variety of activities such as: word context, word sort, synonyms and antonyms. Finally, there is a nice section on writing prompts which is ideal for educators looking to spark students creativity in writing.
