CCR+Apps

Common Core Apps that is. Math and ELA apps are abundant but how do you evaluate apps to make sure they enhance your curriculum and require thinking on a variety of levels? We'll use Kathy Schrock's app evaluation guide as we look at several apps that will engage your students and enhance your lessons rather than simply replace worksheets.

English/Language Arts
iPads in the ELA Classroom Wiki The pages of this wiki are the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. Judy Beam and I have attempted to align iPad apps with each standard. There will be overlap - one app may meet more than one standard. This is the part of the journey that never ends. There are thousands of apps for the iPad. Name Dice (free) Random first and last names are on each dice. The purpose of the app is to help students create names of story characters. This might be just the thing to get their creative juices flowing. Learn Zillion This is a fabulous with 'zillions' of screencasts that are aligned to College and Career Ready Standards. Lesson Plan on the mood of a poem.

Math
iPads in the Math Classroom Wiki This is an attempt to match math apps with the College and Career Ready Standards. Sums Stacker Coop Fractions

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