Some of The Best Windows Apps For Teachers

The educational technology blogs have many articles that are interesting and important for educators. I especially found the article about the best window apps for teachers to be beneficial. It has the app, Duolingo, which provides activities so that students can practice a new language. The languages that can be practiced are: Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Irish, Dutch, Danish, and English. With this app you can choose the amount of time to practice, 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes. You can choose a language, and then take a placement test if you know the basics or start from the beginning. The test asks you to translate some phrases. It rewards the students for their good achievements and also translates texts. Another app that is mentioned is iMath, which gives students the opportunity to improve children’s math skills. This app is designed for children from Pre-K to 5^th grade. iMath covers more the 900 math skills and more than 20 topics. Sway is a storytelling app that allows the user to create and share reports, stories, presentations and much more.  It mentions another math app, MathQuiz, which lets you practice and improve your calculation skills. It also lets you choose the level, and the types of questions. I think the next app is for educators, and allows them to make lesson plans for any subject and allows you to share. 

4 Excellent iPad Apps For Recording Audio Notes  

            The next article I found was about iPad apps to record audio notes. The first app, Audio Note, allows for inserting text, photos, drawings, and highlighted notes. It can also amplify the audio if it is used in larger rooms. You can share the audio with the following apps: iCloud, Dropbox, WiFi, and iTunes. The Super Note Recorder lets the user to color code the notes to distinguish them from one another. It also lets you record voice and take pictures so that they can be added to your notes. The next app, Sound Note, lets you take notes during meetings, lectures, and interviews. This app allows you to record audio while tracking what you type and draw. This app allows you to playback by just tapping a word.

            These articles are especially for educators. Teachers can either use them in the classroom for school projects or practice math skills. The audio notes can be used for many different activities, especially storytelling in the lower grades. Teachers can inform the parents about these apps, so that students can practice at home. The Duolingo app would be very useful in my classroom for my bilingual students to practice the English language. As a teacher, I think that the more articles and research we have on apps that can support us, the better off our students will be.