Finding and Evaluating iOS Apps
TCEA 2015
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How to Find Educational Apps
*Participate Learning - Allows you to search by topic similiar to Fnd, but all of the results on Participate Learning have been recommended by an educator. Less results overall, but possibly better quality finds. Search results can include apps, videos and websites.
*Bridging Apps Dashboard - Find apps for students with special needs.
https://insignio.bridgingapps.org/dashboard
APPitic - Directory of education apps from Apple Distinguished Educators.
Merlot - App recommendations by grade level. Allows for keyword search or browsing.
http://mobileapps.merlot.org/find/iosapps.html
Common Sense Media - Reviews and recommendations of apps, games and websites.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/learning-ratings/reviews
Check the top charts in the App Store - You can look at the top chart for the education category and see what is the most popular and also which are free.
Check out Apple's recommendations - https://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/ios-education/id6017?mt=8
*TCEA's Ipad Apps List - Let the folks at TCEA do the leg work for you! They have apps categorized by subject and topics. Note: this is a member's only area
*Free Must Have Ipad Apps - These lists on various education topics are available for FREE from TCEA.
How to Evaluate iOS Apps
*http://www.kathyschrock.net/storage.html - Several rubric options from Kathy Schrock.
http://ly.tcea.org/dnmeg - iEvaluate Apps for Special Needs.
* http://mobilary.wikispaces.com/apprubric - Google Form iPad rubric for librarians.
http://eskillslearning.net/uploads/Selection%20Rubric_Scoring%20Rubric.pdf - Mobile Application Selection Review.
* http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/04/a-great-student-rubric-for-reviewing.html - Rubric for student evaluation of apps.