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A couple of decades back, the digital revolution was received with immense skepticism. Not everyone liked how technology paraded right into our everyday routines. However, the upsides were too effective. They overpowered the cons to a considerable extent ...
A couple of decades back, the digital revolution was received with immense skepticism. Not everyone liked how technology paraded right into our everyday routines. However, the upsides were too effective. They overpowered the cons to a considerable extent and carved out a niche for themselves.
It turned out to be so flexible that every sector, agriculture to astrophysics, had something or the other to benefit from it. And voila! It became the boon that every little thing was in need of. From connecting people to making lives easier, from forging new developments to educating the mass, technology has done it all.
And look where it got us.
It made mobile learning possible. Education-on-the-go is an extremely high-end learning mode that has taken the world by storm. Think about it. Carrying your education everywhere along with you – the subway, the bus, the coffee shop or even the cave – sounds pretty progressive. The idea is to make education accessible from anywhere.
The whole concept has taken off pretty well. What catalyzed this process are the applications. Apps are wonderful products of technology that can serve many purposes. These apps have made education a joyride. Name anything that comes to your mind and I’m very sure that you will find an app for that.
The app store has fattened over the years. From education to yoga, nothing can beat the app store’s humungous collection. The best part is, in there, you would find some really amazing apps for elementary level students as well.
In this article, we will discuss a few apps that can work wonders for elementary level students. Let’s find out more.
There is an artist in every kid. And the modern-day kids come loaded with doodling ideas. For example, the other day, my 8-year-old nephew appeared to be diligently working on his Geography. As I neared his desk, I was amazed to see a doodle of Snoopy (the dog from the Peanuts series) on roller skates where there should have been a thorough description of plateaus!
If you can relate to this situation, then the doodle bug has got your kid too. Nothing can be a better way to further his creativity than the usage of the Doodle Buddy app.
As soon as you launch the app, a blank, white canvas pops up with the series of doodling tools situated on the bottom dock. This tool dock is home to all the resources that your kid will need to doodle to his heart’s content. The first two options on the dock are:
So mistakes aren’t that difficult to rectify. The finger-painting interface of the app makes doodling effortless. The other options in the tool dock include:
The iPhone version supports collaboration with other Doodle Buddy users over the Internet. Multi-touch drawings can be accomplished effortlessly in the iPad version. Once a drawing is completed, it can be saved in your device’s photo gallery or it can be emailed directly to anyone you wish to share it with.
The only downside of this app is the ads that pop up frequently. You can get rid of that by paying 99 cents.
We are only as good as our vocabulary. The more words your students know, the better they will be able to express themselves. Elementary students are at that stage of their lives where they come across several unknown words. The best thing for them would be to have a dictionary handy which they can utilize to search for the meanings of those words by themselves. The Dictionary app is the perfect solution.
It comes loaded with 2,000,000 definitions, synonyms and antonyms. A detailed explanation accompanies every word complete with audio pronunciations, example sentences, translations to over 30 languages and voice search. This app also covers historical, geographical, biographical as well as scientific terms.
The Dictionary app is updated on a regular basis. Therefore, this weeds out the problem with the printed dictionaries. It will help your kid improve vocabulary, spelling and knowledge while staying up-to-date with the most recent usages of the words.
The functionality and ease-of-use of this app in addition to its relevance and interactiveness have created quite a buzz. No app collection for students can be complete without it.
The Math Bingo app promises to fuse Bingo with basic Math principles to make the concepts easy for elementary kids. And it delivers its promise with full vigor.
The objective of the game is to make the five Bingo Bugs form a pattern in a row by answering a set of 25 Math questions. These questions are timed and comprise simple Math problems based on the principles of:
Math Bingo leverages the art of repetition to drive home the basic Math rules. It keeps track of the games played, the number of times they have been played by every user, total number of Bingo Bugs collected and the high scores.
The app comes with a few fun games to relieve kids of the stress of Math. Two of the games include bingo Bugs and Bugs Bungee.
The utilization of the game, Bingo to make elementary students answer simple Math questions doesn’t just make sense, but is sheer genius. It is a fun and effective game that will appeal to every elementary kid.
Encourage your kid to explore a wealth of knowledge with Annie and her assistant robot, Moby. With this app, a brand new educational video will become available for viewing every week. The topics of these videos include the following:
These categories comprise several sub-categories as well. The videos are around 5 minutes long and come with sound effect, narration and subtitles.
Each movie accompanies the following:
The movies are designed to harness creativity and critical thinking skills among elementary kids. The app is easy and safe to use.
Another related app you can check out is the BrainPOP Featured Movie. It is equally effective.
Every kid loves a freshly pressed story. What they love even more is when they become the ones holding the pens. For the storytellers in every elementary student, the Scribble Press app is like a dream come true. This app lets kids combine the power of stories with illustrations to make each a masterpiece.
Created by two moms Darcy Pollack and Anna Barber, this wonder tool can be used to write, illustrate and publish a shareable eBook. How incredible is that! It only gets better from here.
The Scribble Press app comes with 50 story templates for the times when imagination eludes your students. It also comprises 500 drawing tools that include stamps and markers in a large collection of colors. This app is ideal for every elementary classroom or writing workshop. With this app, creativity trumps. Be it classwork or homework, this app can cater to all subjects if your imagination permits.
The best part about this app is that, not only will you find the creative students drawn to it, but you will also find the not-so-creative ones taking the risk. That is completely worth it.
Most kids, nowadays, are kinesthetic learners – they learn by doing. And building is one very influential educational activity. Monster Physics leverages just that to make elementary science as effortless as possible.
This app has three primary sections, which include:
The ‘Build’ section allows kids to build their very own car, helicopter, ship, crane and more by employing the laws of physics. All they need to do is let their imaginations run amok. These can be made as intricate as possible by including upto 68 parts including wings, propellers, wheels, magnets, claws and so on. In addition, users also get to choose the material they want to use for the machines from among plastic, metal, rubber, wood and ice.
In the ‘Solve’ section, there are 50 different missions that cover problems on how to get a monster to eat fruit or get it through an obstacle course. Each problem can have a number of solutions, so they can be attempted more than once. This section will help kids acquire critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
The ‘Learn’ section, as the name suggests, offers several takeaway physics concepts like force, acceleration, mass, friction and so on.
All in all, this app provides a pretty cool way to learn and apply physics concepts for elementary students.
The NASA App is a treasure trove for students of all ages. This is an official NASA app that is packed with loads of information on the space programs and astronomy. The features are astronomical; they include the following:
All of the information in the NASA app can be shared via Facebook or Twitter.
With all these wonder apps doing the rounds, elementary education is going to be a child’s play. What are you waiting for? Try these out now.
What other apps would you like to add to the list? Share those with us in the comments section below. We would love to hear from you.
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