Technology Tuesday
May 14th 2013
Free Apps
Kids Boats
Kids Boats strives to teach kids about the world geographical diversity and animals living there.
Vocab Junkie
Improve your vocabulary FASTER than with any other vocab app. Applying the latest in cognitive science techniques, Brainscape helps you efficiently learn over 1,300 dynamic flashcards covering both vocabulary words and their roots.
Sugar Shake
Shake and tilt sugar molecules to set off chemical reactions and earn points! This game features a cast of protein characters based on real structures found inside our cells.
Leaf Snap
Leafsnap is the first in a series of electronic field guides being developed by researchers from Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and the Smithsonian Institution. This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species from photographs of their leaves.
Websites
Go Social Studies, Go
http://www.gosocialstudiesgo.com/
Free classroom resources for World History, US History, World Geography, Religion and more.
The Economics of Seinfeld
This website breaks down Seinfeld episodes to demonstrate economic lessons. If you click on a concept, you will be provided a list of episodes that demonstrate that concept.
TED Ed
TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. TED-Ed's videos aim to capture and amplify the voices of the world's greatest educators. To achieve this, we pair extraordinary educators with talented animators to produce a new library of exceptional educational videos.
Michael Fowlkes
Arab City Schools
Email: mfowlkes@arabcityschools.org
Website: www.arabcityschools.org
Location: 511 Arabian Drive Northeast, Arab, AL
Phone: 256-931-9321
Twitter: @arabcitytc