This Day in History for the iPad

Well it's over I may be in love for Bell Ringers or closings... There is an App for the iPad that is "This Day in History"  I happened upon it because another teacher had posted that it was an app worth checking out and even though I might not have people reading this blog quite yet, if you are a Social Studies teacher it might be worth your while.  First, you can look ahead in days so if you wanted to create a Bell Ringer Question(s) and then let each group look at a different person and write a blurp on them and then share; at the moment I think that's a good idea.  If you disagree or have another, please share!  It is a free app as well which makes it ever better.


Other apps I'm currently deciding on:


- Smithsonian App - lets you watch videos (compare to United Streaming/Discovery)


- Mindomo - at the moment I'm liking the free aspect and it has seemed relatively easy to use (spent about ten minutes making a quick Web Diagram of leaders of the Civil Rights Movement) - I haven't figured out how to change colors, etc. yet.... give me time I will learn


- Yahoo Market Dash - I must admit I downloaded it because of another blog, but haven't opened it yet and might not open it at the moment - I'm thinking it will be good for Economics or for the Great Depression for U.S. History


- Ink flow - I like that you can grab, change the size, and move parts of your text to other areas, not in love with my writing in the program though; also in order to have multiple colors you have to pay for it, but for writing quick ideas down (brainstorming) for my students for a project I'm not opposed completely


K That's all for now... Thanks for reading