Jumpstart! Apps: Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7–11

Natalia Kucirkova, Jon Audain, Elizabeth Chamberlain

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Abstract

This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students’ learning and help the busy teacher to reinvigorate their teaching through the use of mobile apps and activities that can be used in the classroom.

A wealth of practical activities and advice on how to incorporate over 40 lively and exciting apps into the classroom will enable teachers to deliver creative lessons. This essential guide focuses on a range of apps, including Skitch, QR codes, Comic Life, Do Ink Green Screen, Puppet Pals, Our Story and much more.

This book offers much needed guidance on creative ways to integrate apps within the National Curriculum and how they can be incorporated into the teaching of Key Stages 1 and 2. Enabling teachers to deliver effective and imaginative lessons through the use of apps and providing links to a wide range of online resources, it covers all core areas of the curriculum:

English, Maths, Science, Modern Foreign Languages, ICT, History, Geography and PE.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAbingdon
Number of pages152
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-1138940161
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2016

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