10 Mobile applications for education are
discussed below. Some of them can be run in both Android and iOS while others
particularly in one operating system only. Basically, all of them are free apps and can be used in K12 and college. The applications can be used as assessment,
presentation, collaboration, organization and tools for helping learning to be
more engaging. Those tools promote various level of cognitive abilities based
on Revised Bloom Taxonomy which are remember, understand, apply, analyse,
evaluate and create (Krathwohl 2002).
1. Socrative
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| https://b.socrative.com/login/student/ |
This mobile app is free and can
be run on Apple and Android system. It is mainly developed as an assessment
tool. Teachers can develop quizzes and collect the result in real time. Various
types of questions are offered by this tool i.e. multiple choice, short answer
and true-false questions. As the quizzes are ready to deliver, teachers will get
a unique number to be sent to their students so that they are able to log in
and then access the test. I personally will use this app to do formative
assessment of my students’ ability. On the other hand, It allows student to
have different levels of cognitive abilities such as remember, understanding, apply
and analyse, evaluate and create which depends on what the assessment intend to
measure.
2. Molecules
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| https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/molecules |
It is a free iOS-based
application. It offers 3D model of various protein, DNA and microorganism. As
those are abstract, this application brings the real picture which make
learning more contextual. Interestingly, students are able to zoom in and out,
spin the model which can engage them to the learning. This tool is very helpful
to contextualize the lesson. Additionally, we can also add new model to the
application. It offers various cognitive level such as remember and
understanding as students see the models. It also allows students to create
their own model which is application level of their knowledge. It also helps
teacher to easily visualize the model.
3. Evernote
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| https://play.google.com/store/apps |
Basically Evernote is free and
can be run in many system operations such as android and iOS. This tool helps
teachers and students to organize their work. Teachers are able to put all
learning resources in this application. additionally, it also allows them to
put meeting notes, parent contact logs, teaching schedule and lesson plans. On
the other hand, students are able to organize their work using this app such as
notebook, attachment and other resources. Even though it not necessarily
promotes cognitive abilities of the students, it helps students to have
affective domain ability which is characterization. This affective level
consists how students are able to manage, resolve, revise their-self which can
be linked indirectly to learning outcomes (Boyle et al. 2007)
4. Edmodo
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| https://api.edmodo.com/login |
Edmodo is free academic social
media platform which offers interaction between teachers and student and also
student and student. It looks like Facebook, one of the most social media in
the world and can be run in iOS and Android based system. It allows online
student-teacher interaction. Interestingly, Edmodo allows student to know their
grade just like Blackboard system. Moreover, Parents are also able to monitor
their children’ progress. Even though I have experience using Facebook, I will
use Edmodo to interact with my students and manage my lesson. This app allows
students to work collaboratively and discuss particular topic related to their
lesson, task, homework or assignment. As they discuss a topic, for example,
they are developing ‘analyse’ level of their cognitive ability.
5. YouTube
YouTube is one of the famous
website which is free and can be run in all system. It offers many videos which
can be used as learning resources. Personally, I love to use YouTube in
classroom in explaining theory in physics which is needed to be visualized for
example Einstein’s Relativity Theory. It helps to make the lesson easier. Apart
from bad internet connection in my school, this tool improves the quality of
learning in my class. YouTube allows students to develop all levels of
cognitive abilities. For example, students are able to ‘create’ (the highest
level of thinking) their own video related to particular topics.
6. Blog
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| https://www.blogger.com/ |
This tool is free and can be run
all types of operating system. Blogs can be used to apply and analyse what
students have learned in the classes. For example, students can post their
analysis on particular topic in form of essay or report. Moreover, this tool
can also be utilized as a medium to post their evaluation on another topic. This
tool also allows students to put comment on their peers’ post which also
promotes collaborative learning. I personally use blog as medium to announce
important topics by restricting the access so that only my students can view
the contents. Other teachers could use blog to work collaboratively with their
students.
7. Oxford Dictionary of English
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| https://play.google.com/store/apps |
This is a free application and
can be run in many operating systems such as android and iOS. This mobile dictionary
offers more than 350,000 words, phrases and meanings. Students can replace
their printed dictionary to this app. This app also promotes Bring Your Own
Devices (BYOD) which allows students to experience wide range tools to improve
the quality learning process in the class. I personally will use this app in teaching
English or to understand certain definitions in physics. This tool helps students
to have some level of cognitive abilities such as remember, understand and
apply some words into sentences in English.
8. FX Calculus Problem Solver
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| https://play.google.com/store/apps |
This application is android-based
and free. It offers wide range of math problems that can be used by students at
senior high school and college. This tool can replace scientific calculator
which is more likely expensive. Teachers can ask their students to bring their
own devices to the class and access this application to solve math problems
such matrix, differentiation, integration, limit and graphing. I personally will
use this app to show my students how to get a formula of particular topic such as
velocity acceleration which require integration and differentiation. This app promotes
some level of cognitive abilities such as remember, understand, apply and
analyse.
9. Atlas 2016
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| https://play.google.com/store/apps |
This is a free android-based
application. It provides offline maps which consist political world map, map of
North America, Europe and World Time Zone. This tool not only can be used in
Geography lesson but also in History, Sociology and other lessons. Students do
not have to bring their printed atlas to the class which saves space. Teachers
might use this app in the class to locate areas when teaching history or
geography. This app can also be used to trigger discussion on particular topic
which promotes some level of cognitive abilities such as remember, understand,
apply and analyse.
10. Prezi
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| https://prezi.com/ |
Prezi is web-based presentation
and basically free. It can be run on many operating systems. Even though it is
much easier to create a presentation in full website, the mobile version allows
students and teachers to practice presentation they made. This app offers
interactive presentation by zoom in and out mode which makes it different from
other softwares. I personally will create presentations in full website and use
my mobile phone to practice and present in the class by connecting it to projector
or TV using HDMI cable. Students can also do the same. When using to create
presentation on particular topic, this app promotes students’ cognitive
abilities such as apply, analyse, evaluate and create.
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References
Boyle, A, Maguire, S, Martin, A,
Milsom, C, Nash, R, Rawlinson, S, Turner, A, Wurthmann, S & Conchie, S
2007, 'Fieldwork is Good: the Student Perception and the Affective Domain', Journal of Geography in Higher Education,
vol. 31, no. 2, 2007/05/01, pp. 299-317.
Krathwohl, DR 2002, 'A revision
of Bloom's taxonomy: An overview', Theory
Into Practice, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 212-218.
thanks for sharing, bro...
BalasHapussmoga dapat nilai bagus :)
Thank you, you too bro
HapusGreat job! Some cool apps here for me to check out :-)
BalasHapusThanks Mel :)
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