Smartphones Educational Apps
Grading Material (Scale 1 - 10)
1) Cost (How pricey?)
2) Educational Value (More of a "game" than anything?)
3) Ease of Use (How easy is it to use?)
4) Adaptability to Lesson (Can it adapt to curriculum?)
5) Social Aspects (ex. if collaboration is allowable)
Top 3 Educational Apps for:
MATHEMATICS (Grade Level ~ 5th Grade)
1. Socrative
1) 10 - Free app on both the Apple/Android App Store
2) 10 - Educational value is great for this one, as it pertains to the lesson.
3) 5 - Can be difficult to learn how to set up Socrative for the teacher. Also, the teacher must make the "game" questions.
4) 10 - Can be adapted to the lesson. In addition to this, it can be adapted to certain Math Standards.
5) 10 - Students compete against each other in live time
TOTAL SCORE: 45/50
1) 10 - Free app on both the Apple/Android App Store
2) 10 - Educational value is great for this one, as it pertains to the lesson.
3) 5 - Can be difficult to learn how to set up Socrative for the teacher. Also, the teacher must make the "game" questions.
4) 10 - Can be adapted to the lesson. In addition to this, it can be adapted to certain Math Standards.
5) 10 - Students compete against each other in live time
TOTAL SCORE: 45/50
2. Motion Math
1) 10 - Free app on both the Apple/Android App Store
2) 10 - Educational value can pertain to the lesson, as it follows math standards.
3) 3 - Not an easy walk-through, but easy once learned.
4) 10 - Can be adapted to the lesson
5) 4 - There is no live competing or social comparing available for students.
TOTAL SCORE: 37/50
1) 10 - Free app on both the Apple/Android App Store
2) 10 - Educational value can pertain to the lesson, as it follows math standards.
3) 3 - Not an easy walk-through, but easy once learned.
4) 10 - Can be adapted to the lesson
5) 4 - There is no live competing or social comparing available for students.
TOTAL SCORE: 37/50
3. Mathamateer
1) 4 - Costs $1.99 in Apple/Android App Store
2) 9 - Kids are given the creativity of "building a rocket" while learning about math; however, they must do the math to build the rocket; thus, they learn.
3) 10 - The layout of the app is simple, and is adapted to children. Also, there is a tutorial on how to use the app, too.
4) 5 - The adaptability might be difficult, as this game goes through several topics to "build the rocket"
5) 5 - While there is no live collaboration available, the students can compare their rockets for a social aspect part of the game.
TOTAL SCORE: 33/50
1) 4 - Costs $1.99 in Apple/Android App Store
2) 9 - Kids are given the creativity of "building a rocket" while learning about math; however, they must do the math to build the rocket; thus, they learn.
3) 10 - The layout of the app is simple, and is adapted to children. Also, there is a tutorial on how to use the app, too.
4) 5 - The adaptability might be difficult, as this game goes through several topics to "build the rocket"
5) 5 - While there is no live collaboration available, the students can compare their rockets for a social aspect part of the game.
TOTAL SCORE: 33/50