Thursday, September 3, 2015

Gaffclass' Recommended Apps & Extensions

I'm not getting paid for any of these recommendations (I wish they would!), but these are the best tools I use with and without students in my classroom.

Symbaloo--My Symbaloo says a lot about the websites I use, and it's updated constantly.  Of course, these are web-based, but some also come as apps in the iTunes, Google Play, and Chrome Web store. I use all of these with my students.


Chromebook apps in addition to the ones listed above:
Notetaking/Organization:
Google Keep (available in iTunes & Android stores)
Dropbox

Student Assignments/Teaching:
Edmodo
Google Classroom
The QR Code Generator
Pear Deck

Video Projects:
WeVideo
TechSmith Snagit
Voice Recorder
PowToonEdu
Pixton for Google Chromebooks

Writing:
Tweetdeck
DuoLingo
Piktochart
MindMeister
Sketchpad
Storybird

iProducts:
Creation:
YouTube Capture App
Prezi (available on web)
GarageBand
iMovie
Thinglink (available in iTunes & Android stores & web)
QuickVoice
Canva
Book Creator
Assessment:
GradeCam (available in iTunes & Android stores & web)<--ASSESSMENT HEAVEN!!
Reference:
iPromptPro--a teleprompter for speeches
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Google Earth
TEDTalks
Kindle (available in iTunes & Android stores & web)
Booksource Classroom--my entire classroom library is digital & sends reminders when books are due!
Audible
Google Translate

Gaffclass' MUST HAVE Chrome Extensions: (I use them daily!)
Awesome Screenshot
TechSmith Snagit
Google Translate
Pinterest
Google Calendar
Send to Google Classroom
Save to Google Drive
The QR Code Extension
Goo.gl URL Shortener