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Best 10 Apps for EAST 9th-12th

1. Mobile Apps Presentation EAST 9-12 Dillan Hopkins

2. Canva Specific Uses In Classroom This application is used to create a variety of things including presentations, portfolios, flyers, and more which ties into how EAST is structured and the requirements for completing the course. Student FeedBack Although the app itself does not give student feedback, it does have built in features that allow for the teacher to provide feedback on the students project through things like text comments and visual stickers. Higher Learning Thinking Skills This app provides higher learning skills such as building creativity, collaboration with peers, design thinking, and digital and media literacy. Ease Of Use Canva is very easy to use. It provides temples and a variety of designs for beginners who are creative, it also is easy to navigate and change a temple design into their own without struggle. Canva’s downloading process is also easy and provides many different ways to download a project. It also provides a desktop and mobile view so that the students can make sure their work looks good on both screens.

3. Continued… Privacy Canva has a default privacy where only the user can see their work unless they choose to share. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes In the EAST curriculum, the use of technology and creativity is essential in the course. Canva provides many different features that the student can use when working to solve their real world problem like the use of flyer templates, poster temples, and more. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions Yes the app provides easy to use instructions, it provides step by step instructions to help the user understand how to navigate its software, the app also uses the drag and drop feature making it easy for students to enter their files and images needed in their project. The app also includes basic features like changing fonts and text coloring. RATIONALE Because canva does not require you to have any kind of design experience and has easy to use drag a drop options.

4. Zoom Specific Uses In Classroom Students use this application in order to connect with community partners Student FeedBack Able to communicate face to face with community partners and connections in order to gain feedback on their progress with a project or problem they are trying to solve Higher Learning Thinking Skills Encourage the learner to self-reflect and analyze what has worked what hasn't worked and what they can do going forwarded to be better. Ease Of Use Very easy to use only has one or two ways that will allow you to use actions can be accessed by a link.

5. Continued… Privacy It allows for you to be able to be in a big discussion with 50 people but break out into a room with only you and another person. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Yes, being able to act professionally on a zoom call is something that is very important in today's culture. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions Yes, directions and simple and to the point on how to use the application. For example break out rooms click “break out” choose what room number. RATIONALE Has high quality video allows 40 minute group meeting up to 100 people for free you don't have to be tech savvy to operate it.

6. Google Classroom Specific Uses In Classroom Students use this for accessing and completing assignments, Teacher creates and grades assignments, way of communication Student FeedBack Yes, The teacher is able to provide feedback to the students through using this app as well as having classroom discussion where students can also provide feedback. Higher Learning Thinking Skills The app encourages creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration among their peers. Ease Of Use

7. Continued… Privacy Students have full privacy of their google classroom except the school is able to access the students google classroom. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Yes, EAST is where students use creativity and solve real world issues and google classrooms provide the critical thinking and creativity they need. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions Yes, this app is accessible through a code the teacher gives to the students, it is very straightforward with a detailed help center and built in guidance to learn and understand the way the application operates. RATIONALE Easy to join has multiple different ways to apply material and it is all located in the same place, saves time for teachers and allows students to see what they have missed.

8. Adobe Specific Uses In Classroom This application is used for many different reasons, it has multiple different apps within it that allow students to edit videos and pictures. It also has software that allows you to do animations and 3D sculpting. Student FeedBack While adobe offers student feedback in a more “that won’t work that way” approach adobe offers such a big range of actions within one software which is really good, but students tend to get frustrated with it and take longer to wrap their brain around how it works. Higher Learning Thinking Skills It encourages higher thinking and creative skills by simply allowing you to be able to do so much. For example when editing a photo in the Light room there are so many variants of colors and shades that you can make a photo as well as darken and lighten different areas, this allows for students to be creative in what they think a photo should look like. Ease Of Use Adobe is not very easy to use because it offers so many actions and specifications which in return typically shuts down the user from finding out it can do way more than something like Canva. This is because it is very meticulous and tedious and some of the actions are time consuming and use more formulas step by step.

9. Continued… Privacy You have to have an account and yearly subscription in order to have the full version of adobe. You have to have a license for the software in order for it to work properly. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Yes, students learning how to properly use Adobe teaches them how to solve their own problems and that they are going to fail at things they have never done before newsflash! The ones that push forward learn to continually try till they find the answer and realize how useful adobe can be. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions Adobe does not really have any instructions which is great for east. This allows for the students to have to problem solve. The best instructions is for the student to look up a youtube videos and apply what they are watching and listening too. RATIONALE While adobe does enter in because of its user friendliness, the amount of tools it has does not compare to another application.

10. Kahoot Specific Uses In Classroom Be able to give students a pre- assessment Student FeedBack It gives feedback to the students by giving them scores but also see where they rank amongst their peers Higher Learning Thinking Skills It offers higher learning through evaluation and creation. Students can create their own project in the East and make their own quiz or test for it. Ease Of Use It is very user friendly and has a format for creating personalized tests that does not require there to be multiple miro-managing steps in order to create what you need.

11. Continued… Privacy Kahoot privacy is beneficial to our use because it only provides the minimal amount of data necessary for its services. You can also play without creating an account. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Yes, in the East students' objective is to be able to use technology in order to have projects that reach out to the community, while doing so they learn to solve their own problems. Students using this application will learn how to create their own kahoot associated with said project, how to’s, failures, and successes. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions This application provides easy to use instructions in order to create personalized content. The language that is used on the software is directive, such as “create” to create your own content. RATIONALE Kahoot brings a competitive edge to taking a test, allows for you to see where you rank amongst classmates.

12. Google Docs Specific Uses In Classroom Brainstorming, papers, communication, and group projects. Student FeedBack Yes, Google docs provides a feature where both teachers and students can provide feedback through text comments if they have access to editing the document. Higher Learning Thinking Skills Google docs provide collaboration, creativity, digital literacy and productivity. Students are able to share the document and all work on the same document at the same time if needed. Students are able to respond to their feedback which encourages problem solving and students are also working with filing and other features that are improving digital literacy and productivity. Ease Of Use Google docs are easy to use. It provides step by step instructions for beginners, it has all of the basic editing tools categorized into tabs so it is easy to differentiate, and it has an automatic save feature to where students will not lose their progress on their document if something happens.

13. Continued… Privacy This app is secured through an email and passwords, while other users cannot access the main user's information unless the main user chooses to share their document with them. Other security features include the two factor authentication if the user chooses to secure their documents more. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Within EAST there are many group projects used during “team building” days. The use of google docs provides the group to interact in real time regardless of where they are with is essential to the EAST curriculum. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions This app does not provide built in instructions but it does have a “help” feature that users can use if they are trying to find a certain feature to use. RATIONALE User friendly compared to Microsoft word, saves automatically is easily shared with others and is collaborative.

14. NYT Wordle Specific Uses In Classroom This is used as a way of teaching students to problem solve as soon as they come in the door as a bell ringer Student FeedBack It provides instantaneous feedback showing the student what was wrong and what was right and allowing for correction Higher Learning Thinking Skills It encourages problem solving and critical thinking skills by solving what the mystery word is. Ease Of Use Very easy to use and understand can be looked up and accessed on the computer without having an account.

15. Continued… Privacy It is a public software application that allows one attempt per day per device. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Yes, the ability to solve their own problems Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions The instructions are easy to follow RATIONALE A quick and simple way to play something daily that doesn't take up much time, but still provides critical thinking.

16. Quizlet Specific Uses In Classroom A variety of study methods including flash cards, quizzes, and other study games. Pre-assessments can be made with the full version. Student FeedBack Quizlet provides feedback like if it seems that the user has studied a certain flashcards and they seem to have it then it will label it as “learned” and other will need continuous studying. It also grade quizzes and show the correct answer while providing another test that only includes the ones the user got wrong so they are getting added support. Higher Learning Thinking Skills Memorization, comprehension, matching and application. Ease Of Use Yes, it is very easy to use providing clear instruction on how to search a existing study sets as well as how to create your own study set.

17. Continued… Privacy Quizlet requires an account and the user has the ability to make their study sets private or public. It is a public platform but does have certain privacy features like the users controls. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes The teacher can build a study set that aligns with the curriculum for the week for the students to study. Teachers can also create set for students during other assignments like group projects and discussions. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions The application provides tutorials in the beginning, spell checking, and in app guidance. RATIONALE The biggest benefit is having pre-made study material, while you can still make and share your own and have multiple ways to study.

18. Youtube Specific Uses In Classroom Students use this application to gain more knowledge on real world issues, to find project examples, and to find step by step videos on certain projects the are working on. Teacher uses it for clips and documentaries for the students. Student FeedBack Youtube gives the students an array of ways that they are able to do something opening different perspectives and easier techniques. Higher Learning Thinking Skills Youtube encourages self reflections, evaluating the video, and questioning techniques. Ease Of Use Youtube is a very familiar applications making it easy to use and to teach to others that have never used it before. The search bar makes it very easy to find what you are looking for and there are tabs that separate the videos in to categories.

19. Continued… Privacy Youtube does allow for a user to have an account and it keeps track of previous watched videos, changing the algorithm of the individuals feed. The privacy is pretty open on youtube. There are ways of sharing videos, saving videos, commenting and creating. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Youtube can be used in any of the course curriculum in EAST, including explanation videos, example videos, and even students creating youtubes videos for certain group projects like commercials, advertising, etc. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions Youtube offers a variety of easy to follow instructions including instructions when the application is first downloaded, tabs for categories, search bar for looking up specifics videos, closed captions for those you have a hearing disability and sound for those who may have a slight disability. RATIONALE Provides an array of different perspectives, some people with professionalism others without and everything in between, can find a tutorial on anything.

20. Bambu Handy Specific Uses In Classroom To be able to access the 3D printer, students 3D print, Student FeedBack The application does not provide student feedback but it will provides other aspects of feedback regarding processing and diagnostics such as alerts and warnings. Higher Learning Thinking Skills The app is going to encourage the student to think about designs creativity, to understand troubleshoots and problem solve, and to be able to adapt to a different type of technology. Ease Of Use This app is sometimes easy and something difficult to use. Features that the one step printing can be very beneficial but there are some challenges like error and connecting issues that can come into play.

21. Continued… Privacy You have to have a license to use the full version of this application. Skills Reinforced Connected To Your Curriculum Standards/Student Outcomes Students have to learn how to see the software and use their creativity to create their own print designs, and how will hae community partners that may need to have something printed to help fix a problem. Easy To Follow And Comprehensive Instructions This app has a one step printing feature, it also will shout error alerts with instructions if needed. It provides a “what's new” section that educations student on what is now available. RATIONALE Best way to be able to stay updated on what your 3d printer needs at the palm of your hand.