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top 10 best tech tips.
This app is great for helping kids further their reading abilities as well as being able to stay up to date on current events. This app lets students ask questions directly to the editor. It also shows where exactly on the map the event is taking place. As well as how to say hello in the language where the event is taking place.
https://newsomatic.org/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-o-matic-daily-reading-for-kids/id578023255?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.press4kids.newsomatic.schoolpro&hl=en
Khan academy, is one of the best apps out there. It has a wide array of subjects and great ways of keeping track of a students progress. This app really helps teachers provide additional help for students. It features quizzes, games, as well as small lectures.
https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/khan-academy-you-can-learn-anything/id469863705?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.khanacademy.android&hl=en
Story bird is a website where you can make your own story using images that are provided by artists. Students can collaborate with each other to make better stories. Students can even publish the stories when they are done. It is great for the teacher as well, because he or she can have a class account that can hold up to 30 students. Its a great way for students to learn how to write different stories and it forces the students to put their best effort in.
Little bird is a great way for students to be able to learn how to properly write a story. As well as gain a little bit of technical skills. This allows the student the ability to narrate, upload pictures, and add music in order to make a proper story. The site even provides the ability to make your story public so that other people will be able to read it.
https://littlebirdtales.com/
This app is a very interactive and creative powerpoint type app. It allows students to collaborate and be creative when making their boards. Students can add on to other students work in this app. They can add video, change colors, and even draw to make their presentation better. It seems like a more creative version of powerpoint.
http://popplet.com/
This app is very similar to kayoot. It is a great way to check on students learning in a fun and interactive way. It provides feedback in the way of memes; so most kids will have a good time whether they get the right or wrong answer. The teacher can create quizzes or even use pre made ones. It is very easy to use, even students can use this with ease to create their own.
https://quizizz.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quizizz-student/id1160249042?mt=8
This is a fun app for kids. It allows kids to use there problem solving skills to figure out each challenge. This app also allows students to be creative; as they can make there own levels for there peers to try and figure out. It is a great way to get the students thinking as well as collaborating with each other to figure out how to get past each level.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inventioneers/id926202053?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.filimundus.inventioneers&hl=en
http://filimundus.com/inventioneers/
This is another great app that really focuses on storytelling and creativity. In this app, students use their imagination to draw characters and use special effects to help make a story. It is very collaborative because you can share your stories to friends and family. It provides a fun and very interactive experience for the student when they are making their own creations.
https://toontastic.withgoogle.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.toontastic&hl=en
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-3d/id1145104532?mt=8
If the teachers want to use an interactive video during the class this app is highly recommended. It allows teachers to take videos from the internet and add additional commentary, questions, or explanations while the video is going on. This helps the student to stay engaged as well as providing feed back both to the teacher and the student. Really great for classrooms that want to have students learn at their own pace.
This is a really fun quiz app that covers just about every single subject there is. It even has questions about movies and sports. If for some reason a topic isn't already on there then you can create your own questions. Its a very visual based quiz app that makes the student enjoy using it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etermax.kingdoms&hl=en
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trivia-crack-kingdoms/id1002597082?mt=8
http://www.triviacrackkingdoms.com/en/home/
