{"id":1512,"date":"2018-04-03T07:30:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2019-04-05T10:02:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:02:39","slug":"educational-ipad-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/educational-ipad-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk About: Educational iPad Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-APR-Lets-talk-about-Educational-iPad-Apps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1529 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-APR-Lets-talk-about-Educational-iPad-Apps-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-APR-Lets-talk-about-Educational-iPad-Apps-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-APR-Lets-talk-about-Educational-iPad-Apps-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/2018-APR-Lets-talk-about-Educational-iPad-Apps.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s hard to imagine that the iPad was only released eight years ago. \u00a0The fundamental shift in technology use in those years has been absolutely staggering. \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4-iEMW_5Ols\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows how the first purchasers believed the tablet should be used: to check email, watch movies and to read in bed among other things. \u00a0While initially a convenience device, educators around the globe saw the potential for educational use of the iPad. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone has favorite apps, so I thought that I would share mine today as we celebrate this technological milestone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/plickers\/id701184049?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plickers<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/do-i-have-a-right\/id504300118?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I have a right?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/professor-garfield-online-safety\/id369161715?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Garfield Online Safety<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/adobe-spark-post\/id1051937863?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adobe Spark<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/educreations\/id478617061?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educreations<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/shadow-puppet-edu\/id888504640?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shadow Puppet Edu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/chatterpix-kids-by-duck-duck-moose\/id734046126?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChatterPix<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/superhero-comic-book-maker-hd-by-duck-duck-moose\/id547117153?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superhero Comic Book Maker HD<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/door-24-plus\/id950043113?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Door 24<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/chicken-coop-fraction-games\/id484561886?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicken Coop Fractions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/sushi-monster\/id512651258?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sushi Monster<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/fetch-lunch-rush\/id469089331?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fetch! Lunch Rush<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/loyal-books-free-audiobooks-and-ebooks\/id926748917?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loyal Books<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/epic\/id719219382?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epic!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/write-ideas\/id1146631940?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write Ideas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/bluster\/id416160693?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bluster<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/worlds-worst-pet-vocabulary\/id730540095?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World&#8217;s Worst Pet<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/duck-duck-moose-reading\/id573696065?mt=8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duck Duck Moose Reading<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When choosing apps for the classroom, it is important to make sure that the app is able to further your educational objectives before introducing it to the students. \u00a0Your students will love the idea of using iPads no matter what app you choose. For more information on how to choose\u00a0an appropriate app look at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripleeframework.com\/triple-e-printable-rubric-for-app-evaluation.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Triple E Rubric for evaluating apps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to imagine that the iPad was only released eight years ago. \u00a0The fundamental shift in technology use in those years has been absolutely staggering. \u00a0This video shows how the first purchasers believed the tablet should be used: to check email, watch movies and to read in bed among other things. \u00a0While initially a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/educational-ipad-apps\/\" class=\"more-link\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[108,70,11],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lets-talk-about","tag-ipad","tag-tech-tools","tag-technology-implementation"],"modified_by":"Karen Streeter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}