iPhone+Apps

I will be teaching high school English. There are a lot of Apps out there for reading or research. I use the dictionary APP and also the TED app

Shakespeare in Bits- This would be good since High school English, especially in 12th grade focuses on one Shakespeare play and it's usually Macbeth. Students would also be able to study from this app because it provides notes and the students can take notes on this app. It also provides summaries and analyses for each act. King Lear by William Shakespeare- This is a text book on the Apple products that also has the audio available. This would be great for students because they can listen to each character that is spoken by a different person. They can pause and fast forward or rewind. Non-Fiction Books- This app has many books, essays, journals and databases that the students would be able to read instead of trying to look through the library catalog. We would be able to use this in class and not waste time getting to the library and such. iTunes U- Shakespeare Sonnets- This is an awesome app because it contains 154 sonnets that Shakespeare wrote. It also has the ability to read it in another language. This would be good if you have bilingual students who struggle with English. Essential Essays PRO- This is an amazing app that helps students write their papers by helping them organize it and then write the students. It is great because if you have a though about the paper you can just write it down in the app and save it and not have to worry about forgetting it by the time you can write it down. It also helps the students with each paper because the students can choose what type of paper they are writing.

Lesson Plan for Apple products.

Objective: To have students successfully be able to use Apple products to help them complete the project on King Lear by reading King Lear from the application //King Lear by William Shakespeare.// Students then will be able to write the research paper on King Lear by using the application //Essential Essays PRO.//

Tasks: This will be incorporated into the WebQuest project that the students are already working on. Instead of using a textbook to read //King Lear//, students will use the iPhone application to read the play. After completing the read on the iPhone, iPad or iPod, students will complete their Webquest projects as stated on that page. Students will then use the app Essential Essays to help them organize their paper and help them choose what type of paper they should write based on the topic they will choose.