There's an App for that!

Last weekend my phone went a little crazy with the data plan (like my carrier decided to have it jump from 65-90 percent in 2 days when I wasn't using it) and I used it as an excuse to upgrade to a new phone. I know I didn't really need an excuse but to help justify the cost it helped to say this is either my half birthday gift or it's 6 months late...

Anyhow, a new phone made me take a moment (or two) to go through my apps and see what I love, what I tolerate, and what I never use - to which I deleted a bunch.

I now have a little app folder on my front screen that contains all my teaching phone technology stuff and I found even more things that I've added to the mix.

Maybe you already know it but Class Dojo has a free app? I love using it but it wasn't working well on the laptop. At least not when I have so many screens open for all my lessons that I have to have open with the different powerpoints and brainpop and school email and district websites and grade book and and and... You get the point?

So - it's now on my phone and it is a click away from awarding a point.

Other apps that I use on a daily basis...

Super grader - I have the free version

(So simple to figure out percentages)

Brain pop and Brain pop jr.

(Easy to check on something)

Mad libs

(Mainly with my own son to work on parts of speech- sometimes with the school kids)

Timer

(Fluency reads)

Edmodo

(Still don't know what to do with the class I set up)

Animoto

(I know it's to make videos, but I'm still learning...)

Classroom Organizer

(Helps keep my class library organized and what books I own- has a scanner - but it doesn't work normally on Scholastic books)

Common Core standards

(Easy reference)

There are other ones that I also use (like Instagram, notes, etc) 
but those are the basic ones.

Hope this helps someone!