Graphite - reviews and ratings on apps, games and websites

Graphite is a nice site by Common Sense Media that has reviews and ratings on apps, websites and games for educational use. You can search for them by content, price, platform, grade level, and Common Core State Standard. Each resource is rated by educators too.

If you sign up (free) you can create boards and favorites, review resources and create something called App Flows. This looks like a great resource.

An App Flow is an interactive framework tool that enables teachers to seamlessly flow apps, websites, and games throughout lessons. Starting with the familiar five-part lesson plan, an App Flow provides scaffolding to think with purpose about where, why, and how to integrate digital tools for learning into the curriculum.

The flow follows five teaching components:
Hook
Direct Instruction
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Wrap Up
Teachers choose individual apps, games, or websites that match each component.

This is a great resource for busy educators looking for apps and websites to use in school.

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Subscribe to premium Pocket, Evernote, Wunderlist, and LastPass for just $60 - great deal!

Evernote, LastPass, Pocket, Wunderlust, and the New York Times have team up to launch the Productivity Pack, a promotional bundle that includes premium subscriptions to each service at a 68% discount ($185 savings for a year). The apps are available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

Evernote is the "remember everything" app - create text, audio and image notes, clip web content and so much more. The premium subscriptions gives some nice added features and limits. I use the premium version.

LastPass is a password manager. 

Pocket is another app I use to save web pages and articles to read later (saves offline too) as well as share through other apps. 

Wunderlust is popular to-do list with some great features. 

Included as a free bonus is an eight-week digital subscription to The New York Times, opening up access to the main website and available smartphone apps.

This offer ends on February 13, 2015. Go here for more information on and to purchase The Productivity Pack.

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Wolfram launches iOS app for Geography

Wolfram Alpha, the computational search engine has a new iOS app. Wolfram Geography Course Assistant App allows you to compare socioeconomic, demographic, and geographic data for any country in the world.



The app is $4.99 and available for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

This could be a great app for Geography and Social Studies teachers and students.

To purchase the app, visit the iTunes App Store:
http://url.wolfram.com/2E.QkQ1m/

Lifehacker App Packs for Students

 

Lifehacker is a great site with tips, information, and resources on pretty much everything, from cooking to travel to technology to education. They have a great resource called the Lifehacker Packs for Students. These are lists, with links, to great apps for students. They are sorted by operating system and then by category. There are some great apps here and it's a great place to find great apps for students all in one place. This is also an excellent resource for anyone looking for some great apps.

Check them out here: http://lifehacker.com/5933059/the-lifehacker-pack-for-students

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Chalkable - educational apps and classroom management system

Chalkable is a site that lists the best education apps in one place and lets you buy it through the Chalkable site. You can search apps by keyword, or browse by categories like Math, Science, History and more.



It is also a learning platform, providing a calendar, messaging, grade book, and attendance for teachers and students to use.



Teacher and Administrator versions are in Beta and free. The student version is in beta, is $10 per year, and includes $5 towards apps.

It could be a nice way to have classroom management system and apps all in one place.


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