The increase of mobile devices in the classroom has equated to a flood of educational apps in the iOS App Store and Google Play. Just a quick search for educational apps brings back thousands of results. Many of the apps are fair at best, but then there are some that prove to be worthwhile. ShowMe App is just that.
ShowMe is very simple, but can do so much. The whiteboard interface allows users to record and capture text, voice, images, and more. Users can import images from their photo gallery or web and annotate on top of the images. The writing feature works with the touch surface to appear as natural as possible. The best part is the ability to record voice because it forces one to verbalize their thinking, much like teachers practice with "think alouds" where they walk through the process aloud for students to hear and understand.
A worksheet is one thing, but what if students could create their own problem, solve the problem and talk through how they solved it, and then submit it to show their understanding? Better yet, what if they used this to record themselves teaching the concept? That is the highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy!
I could continue to write about this or actually show you...
Even better, watch real students use ShowMe...
A.E. explains mean, median, mode, and range:
E.B. is attending the middle school for algebra, so this tool allows her to explain her math while everyone continues to work on the 6th grade math standards:
M.R. explains one of her vocabulary words:
If you still want to see some more examples, please visit the following links for more student work:
6th graders doing more math:
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=9vqrhNA
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=fL8XbzE
6th grader discussing vocabulary:
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=NFTMsJE
2nd grader doing place value:
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=7vb5vO4
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