Podcast Reflection #5: Tony Vincent, Learning in Hand Episode #22, Apps for Education

So, here goes another Podcast reflection. This one is on a podcast called "Learning in Hand" done by Tony Vincent, and is about Apps for Education. Tony has graciously provided us with a video of himself to accompany the podcast as well it looks like.  Here is the video itself:

Educational Apps from Tony Vincent on Vimeo.


 Here is a link to the transcription of the video. Learning in Hand Podcast #22: Educational Apps.   You will have to scroll down the page a bit to get to this, but it's fairly easy to find.

Fun facts:
Apple has sold over 100 millon of their handhelds - this includes - ipods, ipod touches, iphones, ipads,
and these products make up the iOS. (aka the iphone operating system)
That month (june 2010) 5 billion apps have been downloaded - roughly 50 per handheld device.

-He gives ways to search for educational apps such as looking for apps that go with mind-mapping- just type in mind maps and see what they have. Make sure to check out the review before purchasing the app.
There are also great lists compiled of educational apps.
Tony has been kind enough to bookmark a list of Lists of educational apps using Delicious, a way to save your bookmarks so that they're accessible on any computer. Here is a link to Tony's Delicious 
Here are a few sites that also list apps - I've taken the following portion directly from Tony's transcription of his podcast...

• "There's iear.org where you can click a Grade Level or choose a subject underLockers. Some of the reviews have videos and all reviews are by educators.
• The Recess Duty blog has a list of the 99 iPod touch apps used by a middle school teacher during the 2009-2010 school year.
• Macworld has an extensive App Guide with various categories, including Education Genres.
• There's a great 24-page document by Eric Sailers on Scribd.com full of apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with a focus on Special Education. The list is arrnaged by category.
• Kindergarten Teachers at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Tennessee have a website for their Poddy Training project. They list a few of their favorite apps and their blog has some useful videos and advice."

He also uses Twitter  to find apps,
-he found a cool long division one through
iDevBooks, which has Educational math apps.

Storykit- ability to make a story book on a handheld given words and graphics

Here is another quote directly from his transcription "You might notice that these Twitter posts, called tweets, contain #edapp. This is called a hastag. A hashtag begins with the number sign/pound symbol and then contains a keyword. Hastags make it easier to search and archive tweets. Educators are tagging their tweets that mention an education app with #edapp. This way, even people who aren't registered with Twitter, can go tosearch.twitter.com and search for #edapp. Twapper Keeper and Twubs are sites that keep archives of all #edapp Twitter posts and are full of great app suggestions."

So a hashtag that says- #edapp  - will be a way I can find educational apps in the archives that have been tweeted about, for instance if I go to  search.twitter.com - and search #edapp - I could find lot of resources

Twapper keepers and twubs keep archives of edapps - like he mentions above...

Other fun apps he mentions are:
FacesImake - you draw with stuff! - is a fun app
-Recess Duty - Tape Measure app
Numbl- number tiles game that allows you to jumble the numbers to add up to the correct sum.
Mental note
podcasting for education app-
Brainpop-featured movie app


Also had interesting information about ipad apps, but they seem over my head because I don't own one... So I will let you do the reading of his transcript to figure those out... or here is a guide to the ins and outs of an iPad

Tony mentions that he is on twitter and here is a link to follow him: Tony Vincent on Twitter

Sonic Pics - free app
ICut is offered for free
ICell- gives you a 3d look into an animal, plant or bacteria cell, tap a structure to see it's name and read about it
EnterState- a game where you have to try tapping all 50 states in under a minute - very challenging
Read Me stories- is an app that will read the child stories and you get a new book every day, or you can buy more for 10 cents a book if needed

Overall, Tony provides us with a GREAT deal of information, and a lot of info about educational apps to try, and I know I learned quite a bit while listening/watching to this podcast, I hope you can too!

Here again is the link to his website http://learninginhand.com/ - check it out if you want more information! :)