Jun
2014
BYOD toolchest: 51 teaching and learning tools for mobile devices
The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-epic-byod-toolchest-vicki-davis
Formative Assessment
Screencasting and Capturing What Happens in Class
Content-Sharing Platforms
- Sophia: Nudged along by my friend Todd Nesloney, I use Sophia for my computer applications instruction and am very pleased with the results.
- Haiku Learning: This is the full content management system that I’m trying to get our school to adopt. It’s multiplatform and robust, which makes it a great fit for our BYOD environment.
There are many other apps like Moodle, Canvas, and Coursesites. The point is that you should have one in a BYOD environment.
Assessment Aids
All three of these apps — Quick Key, Grade Ninja, and WISE — are available on iTunes and Google Play, but there are more.
Electronic Note Taking
Expression
Students need multiple ways to share and express themselves, particularly verbally and with pictures. This is part of transliteracy.
- Voicethread:
- I love Brad Wilson’s Write About This and Tell About This iOS apps for kids of all ages.
- Thinglink:
Cloud Syncing
Graphic Design and Infographics
- Canva:
- The infographic makers of choice these days include Easel.ly, Visual.ly,Infogr.am, and Glogster.
Color Selection
Presentations
Blogging
Written Expression
Link Sharing
- MentorMob
- Symbaloo
- LiveBinders
- Google Spreadsheets: See Annie Cushing’s Must-Have Tools for the power of sharing links in this way.
- Diigo:
- Flipboard:
More (from the blog section)
If you’re working with multiple apps like Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, Evernote and need to search across them in one shot, take a look at Xendo (http://xen.do) – gives you a personal, private Google-like search across all your apps.
8 Interactive Video Tools for Engaging Learners
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/film-festival-interactive-video-tools-resources