Showing posts with label ipad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ipad. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Science Probes for the iPad
Science is one of those subjects that really excite students because they get to see cause and effect, they get to create, record and then document results and they get to manipulate the variables that produce the data. Students then get to make connections between what they do and the real world.
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Add an iPad, a series of carefully chosen apps and a couple of probes and you can make all of these observations happen in a mobile environment - outside, at home or even on an excursion. I would love to be a student in a classroom with these tools!
iSeismometer: FREE
iSeismometer stores 10 seconds of data and you can drag the screen to re-track the previous data. Submit data on the website with your location info. You can also customize the target URL. Send the URL to your email address so that you can easily download the data as csv file.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/iseismometer/id304190739?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/iseismometer/id304190739?mt=8
Accelerometer Data Pro: $2.99 and $5.49
The Pro version saves the collected data on the Flash file system of the device allowing a very large amount of data to be collected, and allows the data to be accessed after the application is restarted. The Accelerometer Data application gives you direct access to the iDevice accelerometer data. The data can be streamed to your computer using UDP over wifi.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/accelerometer-data/id305088642?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/accelerometer-data/id305088642?mt=8
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| iCelsius with Probe attachment ( 4 models between $50 - $100) |
iCelsius: FREE + Probe
iCelsius is a temperature probe that turns the iPad into a digital thermometer. The app will read the temperature, create graphs and set up alerts. The iCelsius measures temps between -22°F to 158°F (-30°C to 70°C) and is suited for many applications.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/icelsius/id434212879?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/icelsius/id434212879?mt=8
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| Sparkvue Wireless Probes |
Sparkvue: FREE + Probe
SPARKvue brings real-time measurement, data visualization, and analysis to science education everywhere. Students can use the new PASPORT interface to connect to over 70 sensors, measuring pH, temperature, force, carbon dioxide level, and many more.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sparkvue/id361907181?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sparkvue/id361907181?mt=8
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| Oscium Osilloscope Probe attachment $298 |
IMSO-104 Osilloscope: FREE + Probe
The Oscium scope can also do all of those things you would expect from any scope: triggering, running measurements, the ability to freeze the display, screen shot, data capture, e-mail, and configuration saving. The unit supports a single analog probe and four digital probes, all included in the kit.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/imso/id411757356?mt=8
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/imso/id411757356?mt=8
Accessing Students Work on the iPad Digital Roadtrip
I saw this link on Twitter this morning via @jnxyz @digitalroadtrip. This is the sort of workflow that will make things easy for teachers. It is one of the concerns the new or reluctant teachers are concerned about. To be honest moving students work samples is something that, until you try it, you do not realise how time consuming it can be. I have included an image as a link back to the original site. Make sure that you have a look at the rest of the site for some good resources. Digital Roadtrip - Another great catch from the PLN of twitter.
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http://digitalroadtrip.tumblr.com/post/25602693682
Monday, March 9, 2015
10 Mind Mapping Tools 4 the iPad 2011
Brainstorming is a way for an individual or group to collect ideas about a specific problem or situation. The goal is to collect as many as you can and then go back and evaluate the ones that might be worth developing further. These ideas can then be developed, enhanced and modified.
Brainstorming is a great tool for educational situation where you want to develop and stimulate the creative process. The idea is that a shift in thinking can occur by collecting many ideas together around a particular concept. The process itself often spurs further ideas and so the process continues.
So if we have access to iPads then what apps are available for us to utilise the benefits of mind mapping. Here are a collection of apps that your students can use to create mind maps quickly and easily on their iPads.
Mindnode: $7.99
Mindmeister: FREE
Popplet: $4.99
Idea Sketch: FREE
Simplemind: FREE
iMindmap: $39.99
Total Recall: FREE
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Brainstorming is a great tool for educational situation where you want to develop and stimulate the creative process. The idea is that a shift in thinking can occur by collecting many ideas together around a particular concept. The process itself often spurs further ideas and so the process continues.
So if we have access to iPads then what apps are available for us to utilise the benefits of mind mapping. Here are a collection of apps that your students can use to create mind maps quickly and easily on their iPads.
Mindnode: $7.99Mindnode is a very easy and intuitive application for collecting, organising and outlining your thoughts and ideas as mind maps. Mindnode makes creating mind maps on the iPad extremely easy. Drag out a node from the well and off you go.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/mindnode/id312220102?mt=8#
iThoughts HD: $9.99 US $12.99 AU
A mind mapping tool for the iPad that allows you to visually organise your thoughts, ideas and information. Great for task lists, brainstorming, project planning, goal setting, concept mapping or meeting or course notes. One of the best respected apps.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ithoughtshd-mindmapping/id369020033?mt=8#
Easily create, view, edit and share mind maps in this intuitive app. Seamlessly sync with your online account. Share maps directly from your device, full drag and drop support, edit colours icons and styles. Very intuitive to use, easily used by students.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/mindmeister-mind-mapping/id291226775?mt=8#
Super simple interface allows you to move at the speed of your thoughts. Capture your ideas, sort them visually, and collaborate in realtime. You can also sign up for an online account with the app featured in “New and Noteworthy”and “Whats Hot”.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popplet/id374151636?mt=8#
Maptini: $5.99
Maptini lets you build mind maps collaboratively on your iPad, syncing data in real time as you work from anywhere. It’s a simple and intuitive tool for organising and sharing your ideas from a lecture, a project, or a brainstorming session.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/maptini/id368351155?mt=8#
Mindo: $6.99
A mind mapping tool that allows you to organise your thoughts and ideas intuitively wherever you are. External VGA equipped for presentations. Create boundaries and collapse branches, assign priorities and attributes for maximum functionality.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindo/id355182443?mt=8#
Ideas Sketch lets you easily draw a mind map and convert it to a text outline and vice versa. You can use Idea Sketch for brainstorming new ideas, illustrating concepts, making outlines, planning presentations, creating charts and more.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/idea-sketch/id367246522?mt=8
Drag and drop mind mapping tool with templates and clipboard for brainstorming or thought structuring. Large mind map support only limited by memory. Download to desktop. Styles, colour changes and border all supported within the node well.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simplemind-mind-mapping/id305727658?mt=8
This app allows you to use Tony Buzan’s unique interface for creating mind maps on the go. This app is only available on the iPhone right now but an iPad version is due soon. If the desktop version is part of your workflow then iMindMapPro will appeal.
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/id369341391
A elegant solution to mind mapping for the idevice. You can instantly create and share beautiful mind maps. Intuitive touch interface with automatic layout allows for mind maps with a few simple strokes. Great colourful mind maps for students.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/total-recall/id360443748?mt=8#
Visual Timers for your iPad Classroom
Students do not always have a great sense of time and many of my students over the years have miscalculated the time remaining on a particular task or assessment piece. This is a skill that they develop over time but not without some devastating consequences. These visual timers are exceptionally good for visual learners but work just as well for all the students in your class. Start to generate better time management in your class with the use of one or more of these visual timers.
Visual: $0.99 AU
Visual is a visual countdown timer. Know how long you have left with a simple glance. With Visual, the passage of time is presented through the changing of your screen colour. Time remaining is communicated like traffic lights. Green means lots of time left. Yellow half. And red means its time to wrap it up.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/visual/id510117550?mt=8
TicoTimer: $0.99 AU
Tico Timer is a visual timer for children. Select from ten different types of countdown available, from disappearing squares to a shrinking circle, and it will tell your students - in a visual way - how much time there is left. Tico Timer is a great way for developing the sense of time in small children.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tico-timer/id792953890?mt=8
VisTimer Free: $1.99 AU
The VisTimer was developed to provide a gentle implementation of time imposed limits. It utilizes an animated shrinking pie chart to depict elapsed time. Visual thinkers often have difficulty conceptualizing time. Being able to see the changing pie chart as time passes makes it easier to understand time.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/vistimer/id434108079?mt=8
Timetrack - Visual Timer: FREE
TimeTrack is a tool used to visually display time. It is intended for children and other people who have a hard time understanding the abstract concept of time. Each light represents a fixed number of minutes. When the time is up, lights will flash and a sound will play.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/timetrack-visual-timer/id488519712?mt=8
Visual Time HD: $2.99 AU
Visual Timer HD is a timer which slowly uncovers a stunning photo over time. The time chimes when the time is up. The timer can be set quickly by controlling a slider and/or plus and minus buttons for adding or subtracting minutes and it includes a digital representation of the remaining time.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/visual-timer-hd/id504859375?mt=8
Timer Visual 1.0: $0.99 AU
Do you have students who have difficulty understanding the concept of time? Time can be an abstract idea, this can generate anxiety in people that do not have the ability to calculate the amount of time for left to complete an activity. Timer Visual helps to solve this problem by providing visual clues.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/timer-visual-1.0/id464210103?mt=8
Visual Countdown Timer: $2.99 AU
A digital timer that shows the elapsed time clearly and is easy to use. You can countdown from any duration. It uses the full screen of the iPhone/iPod touch without any additional clutter while running. It helps to better visualize the concept of time, useful for example during an oral exam or to teach time to kids.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/visual-countdown-timer/id331569987?mt=8
Kiddy Timer: FREE
Kiddy Timer is the perfect time management tool for parents, and teachers to monitor childrens daily activities. This is a beautiful, easy-to-use, functional timer. Simply add child’s photo, name and select up to 4 timers that fit your childs age and daily schedule.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/kiddy-timer/id625153071?mt=8
PiTimer: FREE
PiTimer is a clean and simple visual timer. It is useful for any situation where you want a visual representation of time remaining. Great for giving students an idea of how long is left on an activity. This is especially useful for timing children at home or in class.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pitimer/id581727073?mt=8
Timers and Tokens: $0.99 AU
Timers and tokens provides two separate functions for use in the classroom or at home. First, it gives you a visual timer. Useful when working in the classroom to demonstrate how much time they still have to work on a task. The timer starts as red and then becomes yellow and green as the end of the time approaches.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/timers-and-tokens/id584456837?mt=8
Waitstrips: $0.99 AU
The Waitstrip provides a concrete visual representation of increments of time, amount of steps to be completed, number of minutes to work, number of math problems to be completed etc. It is a visual guide that allows an individual to remain on task or focused for a duration of time.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/waitstrip/id451023078?mt=8
SessionTrac Time: $0.99 AU
SessionTRAC is a visual timer that allows for easy monitoring of the time remaining in any timed session. It is ideally suited for presentations, speeches, play or nap time. The interface is designed to be easily understood, providing quick understanding of the fraction and pace of the time remaining, .
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sessiontrac-time-remaining/id652465727?mt=8
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Visual is a visual countdown timer. Know how long you have left with a simple glance. With Visual, the passage of time is presented through the changing of your screen colour. Time remaining is communicated like traffic lights. Green means lots of time left. Yellow half. And red means its time to wrap it up.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/visual/id510117550?mt=8
Tico Timer is a visual timer for children. Select from ten different types of countdown available, from disappearing squares to a shrinking circle, and it will tell your students - in a visual way - how much time there is left. Tico Timer is a great way for developing the sense of time in small children.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tico-timer/id792953890?mt=8
The VisTimer was developed to provide a gentle implementation of time imposed limits. It utilizes an animated shrinking pie chart to depict elapsed time. Visual thinkers often have difficulty conceptualizing time. Being able to see the changing pie chart as time passes makes it easier to understand time.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/vistimer/id434108079?mt=8
TimeTrack is a tool used to visually display time. It is intended for children and other people who have a hard time understanding the abstract concept of time. Each light represents a fixed number of minutes. When the time is up, lights will flash and a sound will play.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/timetrack-visual-timer/id488519712?mt=8
Visual Timer HD is a timer which slowly uncovers a stunning photo over time. The time chimes when the time is up. The timer can be set quickly by controlling a slider and/or plus and minus buttons for adding or subtracting minutes and it includes a digital representation of the remaining time.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/visual-timer-hd/id504859375?mt=8
Timer Visual 1.0: $0.99 AUDo you have students who have difficulty understanding the concept of time? Time can be an abstract idea, this can generate anxiety in people that do not have the ability to calculate the amount of time for left to complete an activity. Timer Visual helps to solve this problem by providing visual clues.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/timer-visual-1.0/id464210103?mt=8
A digital timer that shows the elapsed time clearly and is easy to use. You can countdown from any duration. It uses the full screen of the iPhone/iPod touch without any additional clutter while running. It helps to better visualize the concept of time, useful for example during an oral exam or to teach time to kids.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/visual-countdown-timer/id331569987?mt=8
Kiddy Timer is the perfect time management tool for parents, and teachers to monitor childrens daily activities. This is a beautiful, easy-to-use, functional timer. Simply add child’s photo, name and select up to 4 timers that fit your childs age and daily schedule.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/kiddy-timer/id625153071?mt=8
PiTimer is a clean and simple visual timer. It is useful for any situation where you want a visual representation of time remaining. Great for giving students an idea of how long is left on an activity. This is especially useful for timing children at home or in class.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pitimer/id581727073?mt=8
Timers and tokens provides two separate functions for use in the classroom or at home. First, it gives you a visual timer. Useful when working in the classroom to demonstrate how much time they still have to work on a task. The timer starts as red and then becomes yellow and green as the end of the time approaches.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/timers-and-tokens/id584456837?mt=8
The Waitstrip provides a concrete visual representation of increments of time, amount of steps to be completed, number of minutes to work, number of math problems to be completed etc. It is a visual guide that allows an individual to remain on task or focused for a duration of time.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/waitstrip/id451023078?mt=8
SessionTRAC is a visual timer that allows for easy monitoring of the time remaining in any timed session. It is ideally suited for presentations, speeches, play or nap time. The interface is designed to be easily understood, providing quick understanding of the fraction and pace of the time remaining, .
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sessiontrac-time-remaining/id652465727?mt=8
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