Teaching with Technology (Episode 24, 1/7/13)

Savvy Homeschool Moms Podcast

In this episode, the moms gather their strength in the midst of some gnarly colds to talk about all kinds of useful and educational apps for the iPhone and iPad.Links in this Episode:Horrible Hauntings (Augmented Reality Book)2013 Rose Parade float Tina mentions, by HondaThe Amazing RaceBooks in this Episode:Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGood Night, Owl by Pat HitchensThe Perks of Being A Wall Flower by Stephen ChboskyThe Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Potzsch The Wide Window or, Disappearance! by Lemony SnicketThe Fire (Witch & Wizard) by James PattersonMagic Tree House books by Mary Pope OsborneThe Golden Acorn by Catherine CooperAlien on a Rampage by Clete SmithAt Home in Mitford by Jan KaronPocketful of Pinecones by Karen AndreolaLinks of the Week:Balancing Everything–She changed this to VeryMom.com but changed the feel of the blog a lot.Starfall The Wired HomeschooliPhone and iPad Apps:DropboxLibraryBooks–no longer existsKindle (And here’s the episode of our show that Tina mentions that we talk about Kindle Fire Department)GoodreadsGoogle DriveOverdriveDictionary.com and Thesaurus.com app (together)Dragon Dictation (for kids who don’t like the physical act of writing…or to help keep ideas flowing w/o the hindrance of writing.)CompassGoogle EarthStar WalkDistant SunsSunrise & Set app no longer availableiBird (The black bird that Tina couldn’t remember was the Great Tailed Grackle, and the top sound here is the weird sound it made.)MyNatureKhan Academy (app and website)Reading RavenYouTube Channels (pre-built or pre-screened by you)Kids Learn Sight WordsTED Talks (app and website)Clue Tracker (for letterboxing)…Geocaching Intro app (I’m trying out)iMotion HD (to make stop-motion animations)WikipediaWhole Wide World (Geography app)–no longer available ScribblenautsGames we ran out of time to talk about, but we wanted to share with you so mentioned we’d put in the show notes:Amazing Alex–no longer availablePettson’s Inventions (& 2)SumStacker (also Connect Sums and Unknown Square for iPhone, and Symmetry Shuffle and Math Doodles for iPad)Marble MathChicktionaryFactor SamuraiAlien Buddies (for preschoolers)MathmateerCounting CoinFractions Kitchen–no longer availableGrammar Dragon–no longer availableContre JourCut the RopeCover OrangeBumpy RoadWorld of GooCat PhysicsRail Maze This episode is sponsored by Moving Beyond the Page – homeschool curriculum for hands-on, creative, and gifted learners. Learn more at www.movingbeyondthepage.com. ]]>