Jumpstart! Apps

Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7–11

By Jon Audain, Liz Chamberlain, Natalia Kucirkova | Publisher: Taylor and Francis

About the book

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.

Jumpstart! Apps is an essential classroom resource that will encourage creative and independent learning in children and is the perfect solution for helping teachers, teaching assistants and students integrate apps into their daily practice, make the most of technology at their disposal and deliver imaginative and effective lessons.

Editions of Jumpstart! Apps

PDF
ISBN 9781317379225

Read an Excerpt

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.

Jumpstart! Apps is an essential classroom resource that will encourage creative and independent learning in children and is the perfect solution for helping teachers, teaching assistants and students integrate apps into their daily practice, make the most of technology at their disposal and deliver imaginative and effective lessons.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Jumpstart! Apps about?

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.

Jumpstart! Apps is an essential classroom resource that will encourage creative and independent learning in children and is the perfect solution for helping teachers, teaching assistants and students integrate apps into their daily practice, make the most of technology at their disposal and deliver imaginative and effective lessons.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Jumpstart! Apps?

Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Teaching of a specific subject

Where can I read a sample of Jumpstart! Apps?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317379225

Is Jumpstart! Apps part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series Jumpstart!

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Jumpstart! Apps?

Jon Audain, Liz Chamberlain, Natalia Kucirkova

Who is the Publisher of the book Jumpstart! Apps?

Taylor and Francis

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Jumpstart! Apps is available as pdf(ISBN 9781317379225)