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NBC Learn is division of NBC broadcast network. They have collected years of their professionally produced segments and shows and aligned them to state standards. No related posts.

Pilo - The Pillow Fairy is a series of three interactive storybooks. The main characters are a child and a pillow toy that comes to life. In each book they go on an adventure. Related posts: Mobile Reach Show #3 – Here’s a Story … a Digital Story!

Hopscotch is an iOS app to teach programming to students. Hopscotch allows students to create games and more while learning the thought process of programming. There is no need to know code for anyone to get going with Hopscotch. Students only need to drag and drop the commands to make things happen when they press run or touch the screen or even tilt the iPad. No related posts.

Focus On Plant is a techbook of basic plant science. It offers labeled diagrams of plant structure, plant cell physiology and plant life cycles. It also has a detailed glossary with audio. Related posts: EdGamer 82: Ludwig Helps Teach Science

Collins Big Cat: At the Dump Story Creator is an interactive story book about taking items to the dump for recycling. A nice book and story creator app to help students learn about recycling. The story creator for writing is unique and easily can be used to help students apply key vocabulary words to their stories. Related posts: Mobile Reach Show #3 – Here’s a Story … a Digital Story! EdGamer 71: The Art and Story of Bastion

Today we're going to look at web sites that can assist in finding new apps, apps that are free for a limited time and apps that are on sale. Every day hundreds of new apps are released into the Apple App Store. Finding that diamond in the rough can be a daunting task. Worse yet is spending money on an app only to find that it is crapware. That's why using curated web sites is helpful in saving time and money. These sites are not all exactly the same and some of them are more suited for education then others. The sites that don't focus directly to education and educators allow for "Discovery" of an app by creative teachers to find an app for students to use that no one else had thought of using it with students. There are some great apps for the classroom that were never intended for that use. No related posts.

As educators we don't always have a lot of money to spend on apps to try for our classroom only to find that they suck. That's why having an app that alerts you when apps go on sale or go free can be useful. The following apps can tell you when there are free apps available for you to download and try. These also help you discover apps for education that might be intended for other uses. No related posts.

Youtube is quickly becoming the main place educators and students find educational videos for learning in and out of the classroom. Whether you're looking for examples to teach calculus, phases of the moon, or counting to 100, Youtube has videos to help. Here, we'll look at four different Youtube apps to view the videos on your iOS devices. Related posts: EduNationCast 013: YouTube Goes to School

Pass the Past is an app that covers World, United States and Virginia history, civics, and geography. Students can review their social studies curriculum by taking different 25 question quizzes. Students are then shown their score along with the correct and incorrect answers. Related posts: EdGamer Edvisor: Top 5 Social Studies Games

They go by the name of Pecha Kucha, 20x20, or Ignite presentations. Each person is given a certain number of slides and limited time to present. This allows for information to be shared quickly and the people presenting usually make a better presentation because they get to the point and leave the fluff behind. Meet pechaflickr. Here you use a keyword and are given random pictures to describe or tell a story in a short period of time. Nothing to practice except being a quick thinker. Related posts: The EdAdmin Minute 30: What Leaders Should See Less Of In Best Practice Classrooms The EdAdmin Minute 31: What Leaders Should See More Of In Best Practice Classrooms

It's one thing to learn what a tornado is. It is something totally different to learn what to do before, during and after a tornado hits your area. Tornado by American Red Cross will help educators teach some possible lifesaving lessons about tornados. Students can test their knowledge about storm preparedness, historical knowledge about past tornados in their area and more. The app can send you alerts for severe weather in your area as well as show you where shelters are located if disaster strikes. No related posts.

Wouldn't it be great if they created a game or app for iPhones and iPads to teach predator and prey relationships? Well they have and it is Topia World Builder. This is a world creation simulation game. You control landforms, water and animals. Some of the animals are prey, and some are predators. Use the landform tools to create land that supports grass and trees for grazing animals. Release predators into the ecosystem and see changes take place. No related posts.

First, what is augmented reality (AR)? It's the overlay of information when viewing something in the real world through a mobile device. Aurasma is an iOS universal app as well as an Android app that allows you to overlay video and images on top of items that you have in the environment around you. Forget QR codes. QR codes require a multi-step process create, print and display. With Aurasma you can create a trigger with anything you can take a picture of. You can cause a video or image to be displayed when someone aims their mobile device camera at the same object or image. Related posts: TheatreCast #02: It Came From Japan- Invasion of the Android Actor EdCeptional Show #6: Match the Tool! with Chris Bugaj

VizWORD is an app that analyzes the text on a web page. VizWORD then allows you to highlight the english grammar types of words: nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. No related posts.

Toca Tailor Fairy Tales is an app for edu that allows students to create their own fairy tale character. The students can choose between male or female character and then outfit them with different clothing and accessories along with a background setting. Students can then take pictures of their character and import these pictures in their digital storytelling projects. No related posts.