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The best teaching and learning App!

//Find an App that you think may potentially be useful in your classroom. Describe it below. Provide details of where it can be downloaded and outline how it can be used in teaching and learning. Don't forget to let us know who you are! Your colleagues in other classes will have a look at your App and rate it.//

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 * Star & Planet Finder- $0.99**. This app displays facts about planets and stars such as mass, diameter and range as well as locating the planet/ star in relation to the iphone's GPS location. This app would be great to use in conjunction with library research to complete a class project. Whether the students created creatures to live on a certain planet or if they displayed the facts relating to certain planets/stars in a creative or written manner. The interactive planets on this app could inspire and captivate students and encourage them to marvel at the Earth's wonders. Marion Gehrmann, Monday 4.30


 * iProcrastinate**- This is a great app for students and teachers. Its a great task manager that can aid in helping students complete tasks and assignments step by step, as well as being able to add priority settings to each task. Using iCloud you can sync it to all your devices to ensure you don't miss out on anything. Students in class would be able to manage their work more efficiently which many students have trouble with. Available at iTunes app store, 4 1/2 stars on itunes and i also use it and give it the same rating. Sarah Deacon Mon 1:30


 * NASA App HD** - available from iTunes App Store (free). The NASA app would be a useful teaching aid when talking about Earth & Beyond in Science. It has nice graphics and is easy to navigate around. Susannah Monday 1.30 group.

S**how Me Interactive Whiteboard- Avaliable From the iTunes App Store (Free).** This app is only for IPAD's, however becuse alot of schools are obtaining ipad's i feel it would be a valuable resource. It is basically a portable whiteboard, which then loads the screen onto the internet. I think it would be beneficial in a PE environment, as a teacher, or a group of students can draw a simple sketch of a drill (Whilst out on the field). This then can be accessed and reviewed at a later stage in a classroom, or right then on the spot. Cassandra Monday 1:30 "little speller: Three letter words." - This app I think could be useful to students that have difficulty in learning literature (spelling, reading) and need extra help. Young students who find it fun reading and spelling in their spare time would appreciate this app too. It's very easy to use and shows the pictures of the three letter word as well which encourages learners without pressure. Jo Monday 8.30am


 * Runkeeper (found in app store)**

I have used runkeeper many times over the last couple of years. It can track your distance travelled by GPS, give you a map of where you travelled, tell you how many calories you have burnt, plus gives you an live and average reading of what speed you are travelling at (in km/min). I have found it useful not only when I have gone for a run or walk somewhere, but also if I am involved in any type of physical activity where I can just keep it in my pocket as I go. This could be beneficial for a PE teacher to help kids to understand the distances that they are travelling while being involved in phys ed, and the teacher could also use the information to relate it to health lessons that they are teaching, in order to help kids understand the benefits of exercise. The app is available for free (which is what I use with no issue) or you can purchase the app also which includes coaching etc. Simon


 * Intro to Letters -** Intro to Letters is a great application for junior primary school students to be introduced and experiment with letters and the formation of the English alphabet. Students are able to trace, read and write letters in visually creative ways. The Intro to Letters app also helps students with pronunciation and learning phonemes. Alice


 * IfYoureHappy -** (yes its all one word) This is good for very young students i.e. k-pp. It has many different educational games across all learning areas. I think the graphics and music used in the app are appropriate for young children and that they would enjoy it. However personally, I would not use apps in my classroom because I don't think there is really a place for them (in early childhood). Or if there was it would have to monitored very highly as in one teacher works with one student at a time, which would not work for a number of reasons. I only thought of this app for the purpose of the exercise . - Alice F

I don't really use many educational apps but I
 * Number Line**


 * Maths Trainer** - Available from iTunes App Store (Free)

Maths trainer is an app designed for primary school students. It lets you choose the areas of maths that you wish to improve, namely: multiplication, division, addition and subtraction. It also lets you choose any combination of them. Maths Trainer has two levels of difficulty, and it offers a great way for students to improve their basic maths skills. It is an app that also provides a high scores table. Here, parents can check their child's progress. - Benjamin Paterniti - 20081243 - Monday 4:30.

I do not have an iphone, ipad or ipod touch, so found it very tricky to download an iTunes app to actually try it out, but I found this website which has videos that describe some of the apps which are useful for students with special needs. I was amazed by what is there, for example : Overall a FANTASTIC site, and I love the videos which outline and demonstrate how to use each of the apps, so you can try (or at least see) before you buy. Anna, 8;30 Monday.
 * Apps for Children with Special Needs Website-** http://a4cwsn.com/apps/apps-a-z/
 * First then visual routine (http://a4cwsn.com/?p=1085) - which creates visual and verbal cues to help students with communication problems, developmental delays, spectrum disorders or children who rely on schedules. It allows routines to be established and clearly outlines the order for tasks to be completed.
 * Assistive Chat (http://a4cwsn.com/?p=3086)- which turns text into verbal speech for children who have speech problems and allows them to type what they want to say.
 * See, touch, learn (http://a4cwsn.com/?p=3101)-teachers and parents can access picture cards to help teach children, particularly those with autism.

The Times Tables App is a quiz with a timer, it is a great way to quiz children and to get them to use their mental maths fast. I would use this for the later years in Primary School, it wouldn't be appropriate for Early Years. Cassandra D.
 * Times Tables - Available from the iTunes App Store (Free)**

This app is available from the iTunes store for $1.99. However despite the fact that many people won't purchase it because of the price, I think it is definitely worth it. It is the only app currently on iTunes that uses Australian education approved font, that teaches children between the ages of 3-7 how letters and numbers. It would be a great app to utilise ICT within a ECE environment especially. It's graphics are stimulating and engaging also. The way the game is able to captivate children through the orientation of the game is great. I would definitely use this within a early years classroom. Five stars! Shani 20110906
 * rED Writing - Learn to Write**

This is a great app for early childhood students to use to practice their handwriting, spelling and counting. The app involves students helping 'Mr.Crab' collect the seqential numbers by dragging their fingers along the shape of a letter or word. Once it has been drawn, a big images comes up as a reward. It has 70 levels of words and 20 levels of numbers, which means students at a variety of levels can use it. Although it is not handwriting in its traditional form, it heps students to be able to subconsciously recognise letters, spelling of words and sequential numbers, which can aid them with this when technology is not in use.
 * iWriteWords Handwriting - $2.99**

This app is very simplistic, it allows young children to trace or 'touch' the outline of a letter. The child is given a white letter on a black background and whilst they trace the letter it changes to a combination of colours. I would use this in an early childhood setting with fairly young children for both letter identification and general awareness. If I could modify the app I would perhaps provide a starting point for students either above the letter or beside it, hence guiding them further. The creator of this app also made the apps; Touch Follow Numbers, Baby Moving Shapes and Baby Touch Shapes, these apps are very similar to the Touch Follow Alphabet app as children are required perform similar tasks whilst engaged with them. Liz 8.30 Monday
 * Touch Follow Alphabet- $0.99**


 * Mathematical Formulas** is an i-phone application (free) which allows students to gain access to hard to remember formulas – handy for secondary and tertiary students. Formulas are easily grouped together under topic headings - Algebra to Trigonometry. Really useful for those students that never bring their text books or notes to classes – even for Teachers that have to cover a year 10-12 maths class at short notice. Michael 20122260

iPhone/ iPad application. Allows teachers to record students technique and play it back, compare it side by side or overlaid. Would be useful for athletics training and improving performance. Monday 1.30- 20112559
 * Sports Cam-**

This can be used on bothe the iphone and the ipads. It is a free app that can be gotten on itunes. This can be used in the classroom for students to create their own music. Monday 8:30-11:30 Kaylee
 * Magic Piano**