In June, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018. The apps encourage qualities such as creativity and collaboration and encourage discovery and curiosity

Enjoy and learn about music with this interactive app!

“Incredibox is used in schools to introduce rhythm to students. Learners can play with Hip-hop, Electro, Pop or Brazilian sounds and create, record and share their creations. Incredibox is a musical app where you use drag-and-drop icons on the characters to start creating your composition.”

Platform: iOS, Android
Grades: All
Cost: $3.99

This post from The Techie Teacher has a bunch of suggestions for incorporating Incredibox into the classroom, including dancing or acting out vocabulary or historical events to the beats that students create.  And this article from 30 Day eLearning Challenge has a bunch of comments from educators sharing how they used Incredibox in their own lessons. Or take a look at this lesson plan from Scott Elementary School that uses the app!

Check out the app trailer here:

In June, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018. The apps encourage qualities such as creativity and collaboration and encourage discovery and curiosity

Ready to read the news in a different way? Check out the app Swiipe: News That Knows You. Developed by a fourteen-year-old in Ireland, this app lets you skip news stories you aren’t interested in, save certain news stories to read later or select a story to read immediately.

“Updated with the latest news every day, Swiipe is a news service that knows you fueled by the most popular news outlets from across the globe. Swiipe allows young learners to curate a gallery of news sources. They can choose from among more than 60 sources in a range of categories, including sports, entertainment, or business. Articles may be saved for later reading.”

Platform: iOS
Grades: Middle and High School
Cost: FREE

This article from School Library Journal has great ideas for including Swiipe in lessons regarding news literacy. Common Sense Media gives the app four out five stars in this review, which includes some talking points for starting conversations with students.

And finally, you can learn more about the young app developer and his reasons for creating the app in this article from Mashable.

In June, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) announced their Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2018. The apps encourage qualities such as creativity and collaboration, and encourage discovery and curiosity

The app PBS Kids Video allows users to access PBS shows on the go! “The app supports emerging and pre-readers and offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and worlds through media. It provides a safe, child-friendly viewing experience with access to thousands of free videos, including full episodes and clips from top PBS KIDS series.”

Platform: iOS, Android
Ages: Preschool – 3rd grade
Cost: FREE

Common Sense Media has this review of the app, or get more details about the app in this post from the Educational App Store. Education World has this quick post that gives some ideas for how to incorporate the app into classroom lessons. This app is also a 2018 Webby Award Winner!