APPY Hour
Apps and Websites for Teachers
Professor Garfield's Online Safety
Digital Citizenship app; addition apps for free included types of media and cyber bullying
LiveBinders
Search by content area or specific skill; Requires registering; livebinders.com
Bloom's Taxonomy
search by level for verbs, lesson ideas, or question stems
Cool Tools
ShadowPuppetEdu
Resource heavy video making app; Download Shadow Puppet for Edu for all free resources;
PBS Kids Video
www.pbs.org; Large library of videos; searchable by content area or by show; also an app
Trading Cards (readwritethink)
Create Trading Cards for fictional/non-fictional characters;
Word Clouds
create word clouds using app
News-O-Matic
Daily news update with links to articles; Non-fiction text features; Free-$$
WolframAlpha
wolframalpha.com; Outstanding research site;
Science and Social Studies Apps
Science 360
Searchable science content; videos
Who Am I-Animal Lite
Clues to guess animals; Free-$.99
Kids World Atlas Game
Geography games using animals on world maps.
Kids Discover
Non-fiction content specific app; $3.99 per subject
Mr. D's Science Club
TEKS based science experiments
Classify-It
Students classify animals using critical thinking;
Reading/Math
Phonics Genius
Phonics sight with word practice. Free.
Word Games for Kids
Language games for kids; free version for 2 players; $$ for more players
Dragon Shapes Geometry Challenge
Problem solving based on geometry