I recently attended one of Bryan Alexander’s Future Trend’s Forum webinar session (recording on youtube) on apps educators use in their work and in their life and learned about some very interesting apps.
Anti-app App:
- ?Forest: an app to monitor time off phone (for personal use or group use, family use, etc.).
- ? Flora: (free app) helps you and your friends stay focused on the task together (recommended by my wonderful co-worker Dorothy Loftin)
Apps for teaching and learning:
- ? Desmos: Graph functions, plot data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and much more – for free!
- ➗Algebrabyhand: The most advanced drag and drop algebra tool for the web.
- ?♂️Fabulous is a science-based app, incubated in Duke’s Behavioral Economics Lab, that will help you build healthy rituals into your life, just like an elite athlete.
- ?Calm: App for meditation and sleep.
- ?Meet Libby: a ground-breaking ebook reader and a beautiful audiobook player to read any book from your local library.
- ??Vuforia Chalk: Vuforia Chalk makes it easy when troubleshooting or expert guidance is needed for situations not covered in training or service manuals.
- ?Lingrotogo: language learning app. LingroToGo is designed to make time devoted to language learning as productive and enjoyable as possible. (The difference between this app and other language learning app is that it is based on educational theory, the developers claim.)
- ?Newsmeister: stay current with news challenge quizzes.
- ???Studytree: StudyTree analyzes students’ grades and behavioral patterns to construct customized recommendations to improve their academic performance. Additionally, StudyTree serves advisors and administrators by providing them managerial access to the application, which enables insight to useful statistics and an overview of each student’s individual progress.
- ?Nearpod: Synchronize and control lessons across all student devices
- Flipgrid: video for student engagement (recently purchased by Microsoft, not sure if any feature will change soon).
Fun Games:
- Marcopolo: face-to-face messaging app for one-to-one and group conversations—bringing family and friends closer than ever with genuine conversations and moments shared. It could be used for student mock interviews and direct messaging within a group.
- goosechase: scavenger hunts for the masses.
Productivity:
- ?Tripit: find all your travel plans in one place.
- ?rememberthemilk: the smart to-do app for busy people.
- ⌛wunderlist: the easiest way to get stuff done.
- ?Stitcher: Podcast aggregator allows you to get the latest episodes of your favorite podcasts wherever and whenever you want.
- ?inoreader: The content reader for power users who want to save time.
- ?Overcast: A powerful yet simple podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, which dynamically shortens silences in talk shows.
Where to keep up with all the new tools and apps?
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If you have handy apps that make your life easier, feel free to share with us. We’d love to hear from you.