Technology

four Technology Apps for Classroom Management

Traffic Light!

Description: The traffic light with four colors (Red/Amber/Green/Blue) could be used as a teaching aid, where each color represents an action for the students to perform e.g. RED: No talking, listen / AMBER: Work by yourself / GREEN: Keep on working and co-operate with others / BLUE: Personal time. Watch or control your own set of lights. Use for educational purposes or just for fun.

Recommended Ages: 3-18 years old
Used on devices: iPhone, iPad
Price: Free

Class Dojo

Class Dojo makes it easy to keep students alert and on-task. It improves student behavior and engagement by awarding and recording real-time feedback. The app allows the data to be printed or emailed behavior reports to easily engage parents and staff. Class Dojo saves time by recording behaviors and accomplishments right in class, with just one click.

Recommended Ages: 3-12 years old
Used on devices: Google Chrome, iPad, iPhone, Web
Price: Free

Too Loud?

This app allows you to see volume levels in simple numerical form. The application now allows the user to specify a filter and an offset value. The filter determines how much the input is smoothed out; this is to filter out spikes from background noise and give a more accurate average reading. The offset value can be set to a positive or negative number to compensate for the differences between the different microphones on all the iOS devices. Features a live graph to visualize the data and a significantly improved algorithm for calculating the levels!

Recommended Ages: 1-22+ years old
Used on devices: iPhone
Price: Free; Too Loud Pro: $0.99

Smart Seat

This app lets you create seating charts with desks on a grid, record and export attendance, choose random students for class participation, make student notes, and store student photos all in one place. Move students around by dragging and dropping students. Generate a PDF version of your seating charts (with photos) as a backup or to give to substitute teachers. Take role easily by tapping on absent, tardy, or excused students. Create spreadsheets of your class attendance records and then easily transcribe the records to your school's attendance system. Load student photos to help you quickly learn student names. Make notes about each student. Export student records to e-mail. Create a fully custom desk layout by starting with a grid pattern that you choose, then hide selected desks. Go paperless!

Recommended Ages: 7-18 years old
Used on devices: iPhone
Price: $3.99