Apps for Outdoor Ed

– Can provide students with amazing information they would otherwise not have available.

  • They require tech not all students may have.
  • Unfortunately students spend more time looking at screens.

Cool apps:

  • inaturalist
  • seek
    • identify species, user friendly, hold up device to anything you’d like to identify and it will tell you what it is.

-itrack wildlife

    • Looks for foot prints to identify animal. Costs money unfortunately.
    • Merlin: bird identifying app.
    • Seaweed sorter: good for identifying seaweed which are difficult to differentiate.
    • Peak finder: can be used for interest when hiking/ traveling. Also good for navigation.
    • Glob observer: tracks weather, mosquitos, tree height.
    • Nasa app: live stream from ISS
    • Skype a scientist: call a scientist from your class. Hundreds you can choose from.

Most of these do not require data but do require pre-downloading of information.

Language and communication Technology

  • In the UN they use tech to communicate with each other.

  • Google translate is the main resource some educators are using to communicate with students who are learning english.

    • Download the app for the best features.

    • may want a device specifically for this purpose so that emails, texts are not coming in while working with a student.

    • Touch chat: an excellent tool to communicate with non verbal people.

    • Best practices and tips: visuals, new tech always, keep tech separate from devices that have fun.