Using the iPad in Middle School Math Classes
Whether it is one iPad or many, this page is dedicated to the use of the iPad in the middle school math classroom. We have our ideas, but we'd love to hear yours. Click HERE to email us your great ideas for integrating the iPad into your middle school math classroom. To download the apps, simply click or press on the name and it will take you directly to the app store!
Edmodo***FREE***
A great way to communicate with students, submit and post assignments, grade assignments, post questions or alerts. Create small groups for projects or focused discussions. Incredible app and website to use with your students |
Dragon Dictation***FREE***
Translating mathematical expressions into word problems. Also helpful for English Language Learners to read the problems out loud and see the results of their dictation |
Comic Life***$4.99***
Have students create flow maps of word problems, step and reason charts, explanations of steps for almost any given problem in a creative and unique way. Can also be used as a review book prior to testing. A staff favorite!!! |
ShowMe***FREE***
Create your own video tutorials for a flipped classroom. Have students create their own ShowMe for how to solve various problems. Give the iPad to students who finish early and have them create a ShowMe about a key concept and post it to the web! |
The Weather Channel***FREE***
When discussing Mean, Median, and Mode, use the weather from different parts of the world to vary the numbers. Pass the iPad to other groups for unique results. Can also be used to find the difference between numbers and subtracting negative numbers in colder regions |
iMovie***$4.99***
Using iMovie in the class is a great way to have students review steps of a complex problem or create a song to remember the process for solving a series of problems. It is also a great way to have students show real-life applications of standards through video. |
Whiteboard***FREE***
Ditching the traditional whiteboard and marker for an app that allows students or groups to express their responses with different colors and thicknesses of marker. Used during quick response time or checks for understanding during a lesson. |
Quick Graph***FREE***
A great graphing calculator that allows students to check their work for linear functions and quadratic functions. Also, giving students a problem that is already graphed and asking them to formulate the coinciding equation is much easier with this great app. |
Dictionary***FREE***
With all of the terminology in middle school mathematics, it's great to have the students look up the vocabulary necessary for the lesson and interpret the true definitions into their own. Also, students can speak the word into the app and it will define the term for them! |
Calculator***$0.99***
A quick and easy calculator to use. Can be used in portrait mode for basic computation or landscape for a scientific calculator. This app tends to be free, so check back often and see when it is available! |
