Monday, June 18, 2012

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Teaching News

The Great Teaching Appz Giveaway!

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 02:00 AM PDT

Our Teaching Appz site was only launched a few months ago, but the site has already had a fantastic response from teachers around the world. It currently features over 200 educational apps, all of which are organised into different subject and topic areas. If you haven’t seen the site already, take a look!

To celebrate the success of the site, I am very pleased to be able to announce The Great Teaching Appz Giveaway!

A number of educational app developers have kindly donated app codes to give away to readers of Teaching News and visitors to my Teaching Websites. The following apps are available to win:

* Numeracy Basics (iPad) – This app features an interactive clock, number square, multiplication square, 1 to 20 number track and times table list. It is designed for one to one  and small group use with a number of different numeracy topics. Ten copies of this app are available as prizes.

* What Time is it Mr. Wolf? (iPad) - A clever and interactive way to help children tell the time. Watch as Mr. Wolf magically spins the clock on the face of the moon to ten random times and offers the player a choice of up to 8 answers. One copy of this app is available as a prize, which also includes a subscription to TPet activities which offers downloadable resources linked to this app and lots of other topics.

* Banana Hunt (iPad) – Estimate angles with Banana Hunt. Spin your monkey to the angle where the bananas are located. The more accurate you are, the more bananas you will find. Five copies of this app are available as prizes.

* Ghostblasters (iPad) - Blast those ghosts and learn your times tables with this great app. Try and score 100 hits as fast as you can by continuously tapping on ghosts which are a multiple of your chosen fact. Five copies of this app are available as prizes.

* Multiple Wipeout (iPad) – Choose the multiplication fact you need to practise from the front screen, and then pop all the balloons containing a multiple of that fact as fast as you can! Five copies of this app are available as prizes.

* Eggs on Legs (iPad) – Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills are all put to the test as you try to crack eggs hiding a digit. Five copies of this app are available as prizes.

* Foundation Stage Record Keeping (iOS / Android) - A simple and fun way to log children's achievements against the EYFS profile, developed by 2Simple. Every child has an individual portfolio of achievements. Take photos for evidence, then tag them with children's names and Foundation Stage targets. The app is free to download in limited form, but a year’s full access for one device (worth £99+VAT) is available as a prize in this competition.

How to Enter:

Simply complete the form below (RSS / Email subscribers click here), answering the simple question, choosing your preferred app(s) from the prizes available and providing your name and email address so that I can contact you if you are picked at random as one of the 32 winners! Only one entry per person will be accepted. All entries will be stored in a Google Docs spreadsheet until the closing date. After the winners have been picked and contacted, all details entered will then be deleted. Your personal information will not be shared or used for any other purpose. The competition will close at 6pm GMT on Wednesday 27th June 2012.

Good luck!

Thank you to TeacherLED, Teacher’s Pet, Primary Games and 2Simple for kindly donating app codes for this competition.