5 Apps for an Elementary Classroom
Apps to engage students and simplify teaching
#1: Remind
The first app is Remind. This free tool allows teachers to securely interact with parents and/or students through mobile devices. It sends instant reminders of homework assignments, exams or simply just updates to those who have signed up using the unique class code. This allows for extremely efficient communication. Remind is also very secure. It allows for this communication to be done without any party seeing the other's phone numbers or emails.
Remind can be used in the classroom in several ways. As mentioned before, it can be to alert students or parents about upcoming events such as homework assignments or exams. To me, the best part about Remind is that it communicates quickly. The way I would use Remind would mostly be to communicate with parents. As a future elementary school teacher, I realize that a lot of the communication between children and their parents gets missed or simply skewed. There are students who are especially poor at communicating school information to their parents, and this tool would help these children by informing the parents directly about small or large assignments, or any other communication that might have been forgotten on the way home.
Sign up for teachers, students and parents is found at https://www.remind.com/
#2: Rhythm Cat
More information about Rhythm Cat can be found at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/rhythm-cat-lite-hd-learn-to/id505012140?mt=8
#3: Monster Physics
Check it out at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/monster-physics/id505046678?mt=8
#4: I Can Write 2
Download it here https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/i-can-write-2/id500152476?mt=8
#5: The Grouchies
This app can be downloaded at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/grouchies-by-debbie-wagenbach/id385919059?mt=8
Below are examples of each app being used!
#1: Remind
#2: Rhythm Cat
#3: Monster Physics
# 4: I Can Write 2
#5: The Grouchies
Image Reference List
I Can Write 2 [App Image]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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Monster Physics [App Image]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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Remind 101 Logo [App Image]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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Rhythm Cat [App Image]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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[Untitled Image: I Can Write 2 Example]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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[Untitled Image: Monster Physics Example]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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[Untitled Image: Remind 101 Example]. Retrieved November 9, 2014, from:
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[Untitled Image: Rhythm Cat Example]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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[Untitled Image: The Grouchies Example]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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The Grouchies [App Image]. Retrieved November 10, 2014, from:
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