21 Things for iPads - Thing 16

Content Area

Evaluating Apps

Finding Apps

Pocket Law Firm app

 This app teaches studnets about the Bill of Rights. Students act as lawyers, and clients come into the law firm with different cases/problems. You have to match the client to the correct lawyer who has expertise with that area of the constitution, and then send them to trial. The correct lawyer and correct client, earn the firm more prestige points which are used to purchase more lawyers and more expertise.

 This app was listed on AppoLearning for Elementary students who are learning about the government.

SplashMath Third Grade Lite app

 The lite version of this app allows students to work on limited skills at the third grade level, based on the Comon Core. For $9.99 I can purchase the full version. It still looks like with the full version only five students can have their information saved and progress monitored. With the lite version students are limited to 20 problems a day, with the full version they can do unlimited problems a day.

 This app came recommended from my daughter. Her school has it installed on their classroom iPads and complete 20 problems every morning for their morning work. 

SparkleFish

 Think MadLibs only better!!! Students select the type of story they would like to create from a preprogrammed list, then record their own voice to given prompts.When they are done, they select "SparkleFish it!" and the app reads the story they created back to them. Students can save their finished recorded stories to share with others.

 This app I found through AppoLearning under writing and story telling. I was originally looking for an app that would help studnets learn parts of speech, but this app caught my attention and is very easy to use!!

Evaluating apps definatly takes some time, but I feel by using the checklist I got a better understanding of what the apps were able to do and spent more time looking at it and playing around with it then I normally do when I download a new app that has been recommended to me. 

Unfortunately I do not have a laptop or desktop computer at home to be able to look into volume pricing on SplashMath, but defintly would llike to look into purchasing the app for all of my class, should I get a grant to fund my iPads for the fall.