Can Smart Phones and Tablets be more than a distraction? There's an app for that!

There a quite a few apps out there designed to improve your students’ learning opportunities, ways that your students can fit some of their studying into their lifestyle, or have help and support at hand when they need it.
 

None of us have time in class to focus on basic facts, but when students know them they are able to understand so much more because they are not taking time for simple calculations. Factoring polynomials becomes easier, the faster you can add and multiply, but how do we give students the tools to improve these skills? Try an app like Math Practice Flash Cards!

And what do you do when you have a classroom of 40 freshmen with questions about Algebra and parents at home that might not be able to help them? There’s an app for that too! Here are just a few of my favorites:

·         Math Helper (for algebra and beyond)

·         Algebra Tutor

·         Learn Algebra

·         Wolfram Algebra Course Assistant

What about when your budget doesn’t allow for each student to have their own graphing calculator. There are several apps for calculators, this is the one I use Graphing Calculator, but try several, or have your students try several and review them, get creative!

 

And finally, flash cards that you can create yourself or find existing decks that help with what you are studying from Dictionary.com Flashcards!

No matter what you teach, there’s an app to help. Since our students are never without our phones we can help them find ways to never be without learning either!