Our Favorite Educational Technology Apps for the Classroom
Jeff sits down with Christopher Hoovler from CleverIOSApps.com and Cary Fields to discuss their favorite apps to use in the classroom.
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Cary Fields is a teacher at Castle Dome Middle School in Yuma AZ. This year marks her 13th year teaching. She is a Jr. High English teacher, AVID teacher, and AVID site coordinator.
Cary has been using technology in her classroom for nearly as long as she has been teaching. Currently, she uses Promethean software and clickers in her classroom. Students enjoy the interactive nature of these devices and are more receptive to the curriculum.
She also loves using her iPad2 in combination with a document camera to engage students. Cary strongly believes that students need to be taught differently than we were taught simply because their technical skill set is so vastly different than what we had at their age.
Christopher Hoovler has been teaching instrumental music in Virginia for 14 years. He earned his undergraduate degree in music education from James Madison University and his master’s degree in music education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Chris taught at the high school level for seven years and then took a brief step into the corporate world which only lasted six months before he realized teaching music was a lifelong passion. Chris re-entered the teaching profession in 2005 as a middle school band director and has not looked back. Accolades include numerous superior ratings at state assessment, as well as a three-time “Virginia Blue Ribbon School of Music” recipient, which is the highest honor in Virginia for a music program. Chris is known in his building as the “tech guy” and uses technology extensively in his classroom. Chris has also developed several apps for Apple’s iPad and iPhone including Teacher’s Assistant Pro.
Recorded September 2011
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