Reflection

The app I chose (Animal Circus) is a very relevant and helpful resource due to its easy-to-navigate user interface, wide spectrum of diverse content and the relevancy of the material to the curriculum. Instructors can use this for most subjects, including Language Arts, Social Studies, Math and Science. There is also enough diverse content to cater toward a wide age audience. I found this app by using a search engine and finding the app through the App Store. The main weaknesses of the app is the inappropriateness of the full version promotion that is evasive when using the free version as well as the inability for user-generated creativity. It is a very much a guided app for students. 

This app would be helpful for students when writing papers and it might even be helpful in group projects. Being able to share the mind map, students can share it with their instructor for final approval before they begin their paper. The possibility for collaboration also could help students delegate group projects and work on it together, deciding what should be in the project and discussed. 
I found this by searching through education apps in the App Store.
You could only use pictures and videos if you upgraded which was kind of inconvenient. It could have been a lot more creative if you could use pictures, especially for group project situations; they could have shared the photos and made it easier to incorporate in their final project.
Otherwise, I completely recommend this app. Definitely helpful, especially for Type-A personalities like me. Loved the collaboration aspect while still maintaining organization!

Scribble Interactive Whiteboard will be relevant in my future classroom because it is a different approach to allowing students to be interactive in the classroom with technology. The use of the Scribble is appropriate for all age groups, ranging from pre-K to high school. I can get the url for the project I am working on and I will be able to share it with students so they can view it while I’m working. They can view the live project on their iPad, computer, or phone. I can also use the app as a grading tool. If my students turned in an assignment in the form of PDF or an image, then I will be able to pull the file up in Scribble and make notes and issue a grade. I wanted to find an app that was centered on drawing, so I found this app in the App Store. The overall concept of the app is pretty basic and plain jane. There are not many features to make it very interactive for teachers or students. There is the pen, laser pointer with disappearing ink, and an option for the teacher or student to upload an image or a PDF file to write on. The only thing I think the apps needs is more options for pens, such as color and thickness. Other than that, there is not anything I would change about the app because its only purpose is to draw on a blank screen or PDF files. There are other apps that are created to have more features, but this app is specifically created to draw and make notes.