There’s an APP for That!By Marci Nalley and Joe Gafford

An intuitive easy way for students to engage.Test preparation through interactive quizzes and gamesSelf-help study guides and quizzes to improve gradesPlay interactive games between students with Quizlet Live.

Teacher friendlyMillions of study sets or create your ownCollaborate with other educators and share information.Use inside or outside the classroom to increase enthusiasm and participation.

User FriendlyEasy comprehensive instructions that improve any learning skill level at any age.AND IT’S FREE! This app offers standard privacy with information only shared

among users.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quizlet-learn-flashcards-study/id546473125?mt=8

Randomly is a free app through itunes that allows teachers to call on students, well...randomly.

Teachers enter student names and classes into this app. When the time comes for verbal class participation, the app chooses the student. This tool can be set up with audio so that the teacher’s smart phone calls on the student.

This handy technology allows teachers to engage all students to assess knowledge and show unbiased selection. It can be used in any classroom setting.

This app is user friendly and offers standard privacy. Its use is limited to random selection of students so it does not allow for any student feedback on the app.

For use with iphone or ipad.

RANDOMLYhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/randomly-randomly-call-on/id843986848?mt=8

Specifically used for Social Studies and/or History classes.

This is a free, intuitive tool that allows students and teachers to explore historical events, people, and quotes on specific days. The app opens with events that occurred on that specific calendar day, but can also be used for other dates by searching specific days of the year.

This is an excellent “Bell Ringer” tool to actively engage students in the classroom by introducing fun facts and trivia, but does not allow for student feedback other than classroom discussion.

It is user friendly with a large database of historical information. Use with iphone or ipad.

This app does not require a login, so standard privacy practices apply.

Today in Historyhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/today-in-history-free-world/id312028719?mt=8

EasyBib is a free bibliography generator.

Use in any classroom where research and writing are required.

It allows students to correctly cite and reference works for research papers, books reviews, or any other writing assignment involving reference material.

EasyBib generates bibliographies for most writing styles (Chicago, APA, MLA, etc.), as well as 59 forms of documentation (video/audio, journal, book, website, database, etc.)

As the website is not interactive and only specific to citations, there is no form of student feedback. It is user friendly and easy to navigate. It provides standard privacy practices since it does not require a login. Simply open the app and input the requested reference citation.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/easybib-automatic-bibliography/id436768184?mt=8

Excellent tool for High School research papers and projects. Students no longer have to spend money on copies for reference material. Although the app is not free, it is still a better savings than manual copies.

CamScanner allows students to use their smartphone to photograph pages from books, magazines, journals, etc., as well as primary source documents and converts the image to a pdf that can be saved and shared.

This tool allows students to share images with their other smart devices or other students and teachers.

With easy to use instructions, the app turns the student’s smartphone into a scanner simply by aiming the camera at the image.

A user login is required for this app, but standard privacy practices apply. Privacy can be manipulated because it does allow for image sharing.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camscanner-free-pdf-document/id388627783?mt=8

Civil War Today

This app is perfect for studying the Civil War in the classroom. The app is filled with thousands of original documents, photos, maps, diary entries, quotes, and newspaper broadsheets.

The app is intuitive and has appropriate instructions that allow the student to select a year, month and day to look at what happened at that day during the Civil War. The app also allows students to take quizzes to test their knowledge.

The app reinforces the content of a history class and allows student to interact with primary sources.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-civil-war-today/id428812156?mt=8

Timeline World War II

This is app is perfectly suited to studying the Second World War in the classroom. It allows students to interact with a massive timeline of the Second World War.

The app features many maps, pictures, and videos from WW2. The app does not any direct feedback to students, but it does provide instructions and is rather intuitive. Students have the ability to view the content in a day-by-day view but it is also equipped with a search feature as well.

This app reinforces the historical context of class and allows students to interact directly with the material.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timeline-world-war-2-robert/id516540098?mt=8

YouTube

YouTube is one of the greatest apps that can be utilized in the classroom for both the teacher and the student.

In the classroom, a teacher can create and upload their own videos and allow students to review the material at their own time or discuss the material in the comments. This would allow the teacher and other students to provide feedback.

Students have the ability to use the app with or without an account. There are few instructions, but the app is easy to use.

YouTube’s video library can provide educational content to students and reinforce curriculum standards.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/youtube/id544007664?mt=8

Evernote

Evernote is a note taking app. In the classroom it would allow students to take notes on their electronic devices. Notes are saved online and can be accessed from any device after the student logs in.

Students could easily share their notes with someone who missed class that day.

The app has thorough instructions and many tutorial videos about how to get the most out of Evernote. The app is very intuitive and easily navigated.

The app is private and secure. Students create their own Evernote account that is password protected. Evernote makes sure that all notes are safe and secure.

This app is perfect for note taking and allows student to have access to their notes from any location.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote-stay-organized/id281796108?mt=8

iTunes U

This app can serve many roles in the classroom. It can serve as a place where student see what assignments are due and where a teacher can grade those assignments. Teachers can notify their students of upcoming work and provide instant feedback to student work. Students can also participate in group discussions

One of the greatest usages for this app is all of the educational content that can be accessed on the app. There are more than a million free lectures, books, and other resources on thousands of subjects from leading educational and cultural institutions around the world.

To use or download the app one needs an iTunes account. The app is secure and relatively intuitive,

This app serves many purposes in the classroom and is extremely valuable for both students and teachers.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-u/id490217893?mt=8

Why we chose these appsQuizlet: This app provides an excellent way for students to make flashcards and study for their quizes and tests. In our opinion, it is the best flashcard app currently available.

Randomly: As a teacher, this is an app we agreed we could use in the classroom. When students do not volunteer to answer a question this app can randomly select a student. It can also recall who has been picked before and ensures that questions are answered by different people.

Today in History: Our group was made up of two history teacher so we thought this was a useful app. It is perfect for bell ringers and quick facts or quotes to reflect on at the beginning of class.

EasyBib: In history classes it is important that students are required to write papers. For historical writing the system used is Chicago; EasyBib helps students cite their sources.

Cam Scanner: Research is an important part of studying history and this app allows students to take high quality photos of books and other documents. This is especially useful for sources you cannot check out.

Why we chose these appsCivil War Today: As we are both History teachers we wanted to include some history specific apps. This app allows students to see what occurred during each day of the Civil War and allows students to interact with primary sources.

Timeline WW2: Once again, we wanted to include apps that were specific to our field of study and thought this was an extremely valuable app for studying the Second World War.

YouTube: It is difficult to imagine a modern classroom without YouTube, there are millions of educationally relevant videos. For history specifically - Crash Course History.

Evernote: One app that we found extremely valuable was Evernote. It is a standard note taking app, but it syncs notes across multiple devices and is perfect for taking notes on in the classroom.

iTunes U: This app was so versatile we had to include it. It is both a huge repository of educational content, but also could be used to give and grade assignments or chat with students.