Resources to Support All Learners (@sguditus Steve Guditus) #satchat

The amazing #SatChat strikes again.  On Saturday morning, January 25, 2014, I participated in the weekly #SatChat with colleagues from around the country and world.  Not only does participating in #SatChat challenge me personally and professionally, it allows me to stay current and gather best practices to share with students, parents/guardians and staff.  The topic on 1/25/14 was "Supporting All Learners," and as participants were asked to share resources used to support all learners, I couldn't keep up with the great list supplied, collectively, by educators around the world.  What follows is the start of a list of apps, programs, websites and programs used by educators to support learning.  Please comment below to add additional ideas to this list!  If you have questions about how-to or implementing effectively in the classroom with students, I would suggest you tweet a message to the idea's author: their Twitter handle is next to the resource.

  • Livebinders: help capture student learning and utilize electronic portfolios (@Ronbrogers)
  • TedTalks: inspire and engage with cutting edge ideas (@MaineSchoolTech)
  • Remind101: free communication tool to push out information via text (@DavidHochheiser)
  • Twitter: develop your PLN, interface with experts, flatten the world (@sblwilliams)
  • Instagram: capture real-world examples (@sblwilliams)
  • Vine: bring in stories to your instruction and learning (@sblwilliams)
  • Symbaloo: social bookmarking site - focus on research skills, webquest, exploration (@ipadbrainology)
  • QR Codes: students can research, teachers can instruct, focus on exploration (@ipadbrainology and @bekcikelly)
  • Photosynth: provide 360 views (@idesignit)
  • Today's Doc: examine primary sources (@idesignit)
  • Google Earth: explore the world! (@idesignit)
  • Explain Everything (@idesignit and @techgirljenny)
  • Snapguide: create your own instructions (@idesignit)
  • Google Sketchup: focus on design and 21st century skills (@sguditus)
  • Audio Boo: quick and easy recording (@teachhub and @vroom6)
  • Dragon: speech recognition app (@teachhub and @vroom6)
  • Speech with Milo: practice with parts of speech and language skills (@teachhub and @vroom6)
  • Mobile Education Apps: focus on questioning, story building skills (@teachhub and @vroom6)
  • iTunes U: download free lectures on math - or any topic (@teachhub)
  • WolframAlpha: search engine on steroids (@teachhub)
  • Calculator +: iPhone/iPad calculator, handwriting support, scientific functions (@teachhub)
  • Math Bingo: patterns, basic math practice (@teachhub)
  • Free Graphic Calculator - William Jockusch: scientific and graphic calculator (@teachhub)
  • Monkey Math School Sunshine: building basic math skills (@teachhub)
  • BrainPOP: animated videos, interactive quiz; free and subscription (@teachhub)
  • Math Drills Lite: focus on basic math facts and skills (@teachhub)
  • Math Fact Master: flashcards, challenge modes - basic math facts (@teachhub)
  • Mathemagics: mental math (@teachhub)
  • Mabble: middle school math (@teachhub)
  • Raz-Kids (@rosso_n)
  • Dreambox (@rosso_n)
  • Xtramath (@rosso_n)
  • Socrative (@msfrenchteach)
  • Edmodo (@seanrussell311)
  • Educreations (@seanrussell311)
  • Kidblog (@seanrussell311)
  • Youtube (@seanrussell311)
  • Google Drive (@seanrusell311)
  • Notability: create notebooks, passcode protection (@techgirljenny and @idesignit)
  • Aurasma: augmented reality (@idesignit)
  • Lapse-it: stop-motion app (@idesignit)
  • Fade-in: create scripts (@idesignit)
  • Over (@idesignit)
  • Typo-Pic (@idesignit)
  • Xperica (@idesignit)
  • Haiku Deck (@idesignit)
  • Newsela: collaborate with other students about news articles, differentiate non-fiction text (@girltraveling and @JohnFritzky)
  • Jing: capture screenshots and video (@hendylou)
  • Dropbox: share files seamlessly, between mobile apps and hard drives (@StJMagistra)
  • Evernote: take in info, create, share, save creation (@iplante)
  • PicCollage (@msfrenchteach)
  • iMovie (@msfrenchteach)
  • QuickVoice (@msfrenchteach)
  • Fotobabble @msfrenchteach)
  • Voicethread (@sguditus and @idesignit)
  • Geoboard (@MathMinds and @kkidsinvt)
  • Minecraft (@MathMinds)
  • Auto Rap (@FinkTeach)
  • Learnist (@runningdmc)
  • Wordpress (@runningdmc)
  • Socratic (@runningdmc)
  • TouchCast: great research tool (@idesignit and @42ThinkDeeply)
  • Ask3 (@idesignit)
  • Autodesk Apps (@idesignit)
  • Zinio (@idesignit)
  • Halftone (@idesignit)
  • Strip Designer (@idesignit)
  • Subtext (@idesignit)
  • Strip Creator (@MrCsays)
  • Puppetpals (@MrCsays)
  • Skitch (@kkidsinvt)
  • Doodle Buddy, Doodlecast Pro (@kkidsinvt)
  • AudioMemos (@kkidsinvt)
  • Numberrak (@kkidsinvt)
  • Lexia (@kkidsinvt)
  • Screen Chomp (@askteacherzcom)
  • Camtasia (@askteacherzcom)
  • Book Creator App (@techgirljenny)
  • Popplet (@techgirljenny)
  • Videolicious: videos, collages for assessment (@NLHSprincipal)
  • Power Up WHAT WORKS: free evidence-based resources (@sguditus)

Works Cited: 
http://www.teachhub.com/special-education-ipad-apps
http://www.teachhub.com/top-12-math-ipad-apps-students-and-teachers

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