9 McGraw-Hill APPS FREE!

Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know that there are some Literacy and Mathematics McGraw-Hill apps FREE. I have been using a lot of the McGraw-Hill apps with students for awhile and they are wonderful. I hope you are able to download the apps listed below and use them with your kiddos.

Click on the images below to download the apps.

Happy Downloading!!

Literacy
    

Mathematics

          

Triptico...Awesome Technology Resource

Have you heard of Triptico? I love using this program with students and teachers. It has been very successful and to mention it is FREE, yes I said FREE!! You do have to download it, but it is well worth it.

Here is description of Triptico:

Triptico's desktop app contains over twenty interactive, fully-customisable resources for you to use in your classroom... and it's completely free!

Download Triptico

I  would say it is one of the Best Web 2.0 resources out there. It has a sleak and sophisticated look. When you see it, you won't even believe that this is FREE. I had spent so much time looking for free interactive activities to use to meet the needs of my students and teachers, with little luck. When I found Triptico, I was so excited and I had to show the class I was teaching at the time and they were so pumped. I had some teachers yelling out with excitement!!

I hope you enjoy it!

Apps for the One-iPad Classroom

from Tech Notes (TCEA)

If you only have one iPad, what are the best apps to put on it for student use? The apps below come highly recommended from TCEA, and they're all FREE!

BrainPOP Featured Movie, BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week, or BrainPOP: Pelicula del Dia are great for centers. Develop a set of standard questions for students to answer about the movie each day. The questions can focus on whatever comprehension or writing skill you are practicing at the time, such as main idea or vocabulary.

SpellingCity is a tremendous way for students to practice spelling words, and it works for grades K-12. Students can access lists created by others to study through one of the seven included games. Vocabulary practice, including for the SAT, is also included. 

Have students in grades 2 through 12 create a fast puppet show about something they are currently studying using the appPuppet Pals HD. One free theme set is included; others may be purchased. If you want more sets, look at buying the Director's Pass, which includes all current and future content for $2.99.

Students can access Flash-based web games and practice many different skills by using Rover - The Browser for Educationinstead of Safari. From Discovery Education, Rover streams filtered educational Flash content to the iPad. 

Create a fast book with more than 50 story starters usingScribble Press. Scribble Press for iPad is a book creation platform that allows kids to imagine, create, and share their own stories with great drawing and writing tools. Students can use their own photos, the included sticker album, or the 500 drawing tools in the app to illustrate their stories.

Students of any age can practice their vocabulary words or math facts together using the app StoryLines for Schools. One student selects a vocabulary word from several included lists or types in a word and definition of his own. The next student must illustrate the word The final student gives the drawing a title. The storyline then is played back for all to see.

Have a "Scribe of the Day" whose responsibility it is to take notes of what the class does that particular day using QuickVoice Recorder. This one-touch app is simple enough for even a first grade student to use. When the recording is done, it can be emailed to the teacher to post on a class website or blog.

Practice knowledge of important dates in U. S. history by playing others on the History Line app. A series of historical events are presented on the screen; students place the events onto a timeline at the bottom of the screen in the correct sequence. When the event placed on the line is correct, the date appears.

Free Apps Today

The following educational iOS apps are free. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.

These apps are really good and you know as teachers it seems like nothing is free and everything teacher wise is expensive. When I saw this list, I jumped on the chance. I hope you do too! 

ABC Champ (spelling game; normally $1.99)

ACT (math lessons; normally $9.99)

Algebra Card Clutter (fast math game)

Astronomical Terms

Ben & Bob Chipmunks (interactive book)

Biology Glossary

Bodie, California (Museum Planet presents a narrated, digital photo tour of the historic ghost mining town Bodie, California; normally $2.99)

Buzzle (normally $1.99)

Cars in Sandbox: Space Rover (normally $8.99; introduce young children to the Mars Rover and the Moon Rover)

Cyberchase: Ruckus Reader (interactive book; one free story included free; others available for in-app purchase)

Different Book (opposites)

Earthquake Terminology

Elements App - Chemistry Periodic Table (very nicely done)

Explore with Farmer Jon

Fox and the Grapes by Tinytapps

Hide Run Growl (interactive book; normally $1.99)

Hookitty-Tookitty-Tah (interactive book; normally $2.99)

Hurricane by American Red Cross (great for tracking hurricanes, emergency preparedness, and more)

IBM Think (a wonderful app about how progress is made)

iReading HD - Sleeping Beauty (interactive book)

iStory Bally, the Balloon Dog (interactive book; normally $2.99)

iStory to the Rescue (interactive book; normally $2.99)

Jeff the Mis-Fish (interactive book)

JM Abel with No Navel (interactive book)

JM The Naughty Eagle Chicks (interactive book)

JM Untying the Knot (interactive book)

Kids iHelp - Analogy 1.0 (free set with more available through in-app purchase; excellent for practicing logical thinking skills)

Kids iHelp - Analogy 2.0 (free set with more available through in-app purchase; excellent for practicing logical thinking skills)

Luna Kettlebottom and the Magic Cauldron Society - Vlad and the Beanstalk (very cute interactive book; normally $2.99)

Luna Red (very cute interactive book about Red Riding Hood; normally $2.99)

Magic Clothes RD (interactive book)

Make A Scene: Farmyard

Meet Heckerty (interactive book)

Minds of Modern Mathematics

Mink (interactive phonics book)

MuseumApp (create your own museum exhibits; free registration required; normally $5.99)

My Vehicle Universe - an Interactive Educational Game

NASA Be a Martian

North Wind (interactive book)

Open Wide Snap (interactive book; normally $1.99)

PeterPan(Unabridged) (audio book; normally $16.99)

Princesses Learn German (interactive book)

Puss in Boots (interactive book; free the whole month of August)

The Race by Lily (interactive book by a little girl)

Reading for All Learners Little Book Free (interactive book)

Slice Wood (puzzle game)

Spacecraft 3D

Spanish Lingo - Numbers & Colors (normally $2.99)

SpellingCity

Spot the Jungle Animal

Star & Planet Finder HD

The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare (interactive book about finance for children; normally $1.99)

Tickle Stomp! An Educational Story (interactive book for preschoolers)

Vermeer (art works; normally $1.99)
World Explorer (normally $2.99)

Fuel the Brain...Interactive Games and More

Hi everyone, it's Kristen Hernandez from the Teacher Playground. I wanted to share with you one of my favorite educational game sites. I really love www.fuelthebrain.com. Fuel the Brain has numerous games, interactive activities, as well as printables to help enhance and practice key skills in the Math, Science, and Language Arts classroom. This site is mainly for elementary, but middle school level students could benefit from the review. The printables are great and you can easily make them into interactive flipcharts. 

Also if you like to embed flash into flipcharts, Fuel the Brain games embed very nicely.

Have fun with it!

Spelling City App

Spelling City allows kids to play six different word games using 10 different word lists from colors (K-1) to SAT Words (grades 10-12). The games include a really cool hangman-like game which, instead of a man being hung, involves a mouse stealing cheese from a plate right next to a sleeping cat. Get too many letters wrong and the cat wakes up!

The word lists also include one called "Hunger Games" and parents may also add their kids' own vocabulary/spelling lists (to use in the games) by signing up for a free account at www.vocabularyspellingcity.com.

Good Free Language Lab App: Core Words

Good Free App of the Day - Language Lab: Core Words

PrcPRC Core Words helps special needs individuals build their expressive vocabulary to direct activities, make requests, and reject and label common objects. It introduces 13 common words

(more, eat, drink, sleep, don't, play, make, work, read, stop, go, no, help) through a series of cute animations and offers the ability to customize by adding your own categories and photos.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/language-lab-core-words/id474446989?mt=8&uo=4

Super Teacher Tools

As an educator it can be hard to find free technology resources to use in the classroom, so when I stumbled upon Super Teacher Tools a year ago, I quickly bookmarked it and I have been hooked ever since. It is definitely a keeper! I love everything about it especially the Random Facts Desk screen saver. You should check it out if you haven't.

SuperTeacherTools.us is dedicated to providing technology tools for teaching that are quick and easy to download, learn, and start using in your classroom.

In the site, you will find a variety of review games, classroom management software, and other miscellaneous tools for educators.

My Histro

Hey everyone! I wanted to tell you about My Histro (interactive timeline) as this was brought to my attention from a poster. I thought I would check it out and I am very impressed. I think it would be great to use with your students, so they can have an up close and personal connection with history which includes the use of technology and media. I also love the collaboration aspect of this tool. My Histro also has an App you can download.

http://www.myhistro.com/

From: http://www.myhistro.com/blog/interactive-timelines-for-teachers-and-students
In today's Web 2.0 world, user generated content and collaboration are what drives knowledge and knowledge sharing. The time of passivity and being subjected to what the web has to offer is long gone. Even "interactive" has been replaced by "social". -Enter myHistro- MyHistro focuses on content creation rather than content consumption. Teachers and the students alike can create free interactive timelines in a few easy steps. 

"Studying a timeline" vs "Creating a timeline"

Now teachers have two great ways of using our timelines to engage their students:

1. Teachers can create specific timelines, present them in the class using a projector like they would do with a slide deck or let the students navigate the timeline freely on their own in the computer room. Students will be able to find those same timelines later at home and use them as studying material.
2. Teachers can ask their students to create timelines on a particular subjects as homework. Timelines can also be created with the collaboration of other students. They are a great way of consolidating what has been learned in the class and with them teachers can evaluate the research and writing skills of the student. See this example of timeline created by a student:

eLections...Great Interactive Experience

I have been using eLECTIONS for many years now with students. The kids love it and the educational experience is great. With the elections coming up I thought this would be a wonderful site to blog about.

The grade levels are listed below, but don't be afraid to try it with your kids as I used this with 4th and 5th graders as well.

http://www.ciconline.org/Resource/elections-your-adventure-in-politics

eLECTIONS: Your Adventure in Politics

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Subjects: Civics, Social Studies, Technology
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Source: Cable in the Classroom

Inspired by the classic board game "The Game of Life," players will role-play their own virtual candidates running for President. The one or two-player game is both genuinely entertaining and genuinely educational - with emphasis on delivering a fun learning experience. Kids can play with parents, students with teachers, users of all ages with a friend, classmate, or with a computer-generated opponent. The latest edition of eLECTIONS also offers a computer-generated Third Party candidate.
eLECTIONS is:

• Accessible: Available for free to anyone with a high-speed internet connection.
• Multi-sensory: Players see, read, hear and interact with multimedia content from CNN Student News, C-SPAN and History™.
• Content Rich: Players explore independently how a presidential campaign works - through a fun and interactive experience.
• Self-directed: Players make the choices that influence the outcome of the game. They continue to learn and explore fundamental election concepts with the "LEARN MORE" content - all at their own pace.

Dippity...Interactive Timeline

Check out this really neat interactive free digital timeline website.  Users can create, share, embed and collaborate on interactive, visually engaging timelines that integrate video, audio, images, text, links, social media, location and timestamps.

Timelines can be an excellent way to add features to a multimedia story, as long as there’s an interesting time element. 

This site is are also good for multimedia journalism classes, as using them can force students to think chronologically about a story outside the narrative writing process

http://www.dipity.com

AutoRap App

I am loving AutoRap!! I have used it for many things, but I am now using it for vocabulary. It is a great way for students to practice and review their vocabulary words. Your students will also love to hear their teacher rap = )

Check it out!

http://www.smule.com

The app lets users talk into the app and then maps their words to the beats of different songs, creating a syncopated stream of lyrics that repeat and stutter. The app also latches on to phrases and words and turns them into musical auto-tuned hooks for the intro and chorus. You can rap to a list of generic beats or there’s a library of premium tunes that you can rap over. It is available for Apple and Android products.

QR Code Love

I love QR codes as they are amazing in what you as an educator can use them for in the classroom.

I also love QR Voice, but I was hoping I could find something that I could use that would allow me more than 100 characters. I found one, but it was blocked here so I was on the look out for something that would work. I stumbled across a site that would allow me to record my voice for as long as I need to and when you save it gives you a link. I think took that link and put it into a QR code maker and BAM..I got what I wanted.

Here is the site I use: http://vocaroo.com/

Here are some great resources for QR codes in the classroom:
https://pinterest.com/jnase1/qr-codes-lessons-and-activities/

http://enchantedwithtechnology.blogspot.com/2012/06/qr-cubes.html

http://flapjackeducationalresources.blogspot.com/2012/02/qr-code-math-freebies.html

http://ipodtouch4elementary.wikispaces.com/QR+Codes+Activity

Teacher Page

When you get a chance, check out my Teacher Page site. You will find lots of wonderful resources there as well.

If you are looking for a free webpage builder site, this one is fantastic. It is user friendly and is great for the beginner and the advanced user.

www.teacherpage.com/mrshernandez

Interactive Thinking Maps

Are you looking for some great technology resources by subject area?
Check out my Interactive Thinking Maps using www.thinglink.com (love this site).

http://www.teacherpage.com/mrshernandez/interactive.htm

Great Technology Lessons (K-5)

I came across this site awhile back and I have loved it ever since Steve Lee Ignacio has worked really hard on his site to provide wonderful resources for educators. 
Major Kuddos to Steve!

Check out his site!

http://oakdome.com/k5

Featured Blogger

I am featuring a great blog this morning that I love. She also happens to be one of my best friends. She does an amazing job with her blog. Check her out!

http://enchantedwithtechnology.blogspot.com/

Cuberts Cube...Free until the 31st

CubertsCube is a excellent site for creative writing for kids aged 7-12 yrs old. This is all done online in a user friendly environment where kids can write/draw a rough draft, get feedback, revise, and then publish and share a finished product.

It is FREE until July 31st = )here!!!


I highly recommend checking out CubertsCube by clicking

Here I Go!

Hi everyone! I have decided that I should start blogging as it seems to be pretty popular. I have been sucked in as I love going to and reading others blogs.

I want to begin by offering a freebie to everyone. On the link provided I have instructions on inserting the cube into ActivInspire, but please NOTE that you DO NOT have to have ActivInspire to use these on your computer. All you need is Adobe Flash =)

I hope you enjoy these and let me know if you have any questions.

http://tinyurl.com/vcubes

Make sure to stop by my Teachers Pay Teachers Store for some freebies. I will continue to add some goodies.