Well, education is an area I've explored a lot. I've been an educator for 28 plus years...and I've always been interested in technology. This year my job titles include Teacher Librarian and Technology Integrationist. As I looked over the list, I was familiar with at least a third of the suggested apps, so I decided to focus on apps I haven't tried before.
I started at the top with 3D Brain. This was interesting for me personally in looking for family history of Parkinson's Disease. It covered all areas of the brain and linked out to studies and other information. The links I followed led to the National Center for Biotechnology Information. This could be good for upper level science classes.
Fooducate and Eat This Not That interested me because our phy ed/health teacher is very interested in using the iPads and has focused on nutrition this year. I found I could only find Fooducate on my iPhone...maybe more portable for checking out products in a store. I can see where this could be a good educational tool. Some foods I scanned were a wake up call. Others...a pleasant surprise! I liked seeing the alternative choices... I found something as an acceptable alternative on almost every list I've tried so far. The Eat This Not That game sounded like it had great potential, but has several drawbacks. First of all, the foods came from restaurants not found in the area. I must say the healthier sounding choices were often the worst, but both choices usually looked pretty unhealthy. And that is the other main drawback. Neither choice given in the game seemed like a particularly healthy choice. I would have had to share the app via social media to unlock the kids food portion of the game, and I wasn't impressed enough with the original to do that. So in the end, it's Fooducate that may be the most useful app...too bad I couldn't find it for the iPad. I think upper grades may have found it interesting to experiment with and learn from. I will still share it with my coworker.
Finally, I tried Quizlet, a flashcard app. I could see this being useful both for the existing sets as well as the power of entering information to be quizzed for individual students.
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