Useful apps for middle and high school students
In this article, we made a selection of applications for an older audience of schoolchildren, which, in our opinion, will be a good basis for acquiring important modern skills. In a world where the IT industry reigns, where future geeks are nurtured already from school, it is important to send young people along the path of obtaining knowledge that will be in demand in the future. We selected exactly those useful mobile applications for schoolchildren , which, we believe, will prepare high school students for further successful work in universities and, as a result, in the workplace.
The computer science teacher, the Excellence in Education of the Republic of Dagestan, the finalist of the “Teacher of the Year of Russia” contest and twice the winner of the competition of the best teachers of Russia in the framework of the National Education Program “Education” Magomedshapi Dibirov helped us to determine the first two applications in the list. As an educational consultant at Polymedia, he gave his recommendations based on personal experience in using applications in teaching activities.
1. An application for acquiring oral counting skills.
"Mathematical tricks . " Developer: Antoni.
Probably, you will agree that the ability of oral counting in today's generation of children (and not only) is irreparably lame. But oral counting is a useful practical skill in study and everyday life. Here, such components as abilities, algorithms, training and experience are important. The application describes in detail the existing algorithms for fast computing. Everyone can study them, and then, most importantly, consolidate theoretical knowledge in training, enriching their practical experience in computing. The developers introduced a game moment into the program - the ability to compete in the speed of verbal counting with other users on the network, which is essentially an additional element of motivation.
2. An application for mastering programming skills.
Scratchduino . Developer: ScratchDuino.
Application development using a high-level programming language is part of the content component of the school computer science course. It should also be noted that the writing of the program code is provided for by the tasks of part C of the USE in computer science and ICT. Among applications for mobile gadgets, there are also reference books on programming languages, and even a development environment for terminal programs with a compiler. But this is more true for high school students. As it turned out, finding something acceptable for beginners to program is not so simple. Scratch is a visual, object-oriented programming environment for teaching middle-school students. The process of creating a program is the correct arrangement of graphic blocks-commands.
It is important that the Scratchduino environment is also available in Russian. It allows you to program a virtual artist (but can also program a real robot if one is available). It can be used by teachers, starting from elementary school.
3. Application for learning a foreign language.
ABBYY Lingvo Live . Developer: ABBYY
Often, children are faced with the fact that translation services provide a “dry” meaning of words. Sometimes students need to find out a suitable translation from professional linguists, and calling a teacher is not very convenient.
ABBYY Lingvo Live is suitable for those who want to not only learn foreign languages, but turn their studies into an interactive process: the online service allows not only to receive high-quality translation of words in 20 languages, including Latin, but also to ask the meaning of complex words or sentences from professionals or to communicate with other lovers of foreign languages. Lingvo Live is not just a translator, but also a social network for fans of foreign languages. There is a “notes” section where users share interesting facts about languages - for example, grammar rules or idioms and idioms.
4. Application for the organization of educational activities.
"Schoolboy . " Developer: "Smiles. Education"
The application is an excellent assistant for organizing educational activities and gaining leadership skills. Classmates are united in a mini-social network of the class, where they select an administrator who becomes responsible for the timely submission of homework, schedule adjustments and the distribution of important school news. The application is an electronic diary of a student, which helps to quickly receive information, to keep at hand the most necessary for study, to be in touch with classmates.
5. Application for additional education.
Universarium . Developer: Universarium
In high school, the issue of gaining in-depth knowledge in individual subjects is particularly acute for a greater guarantee of admission to the university. Mobile devices come to the rescue, which can be used for additional education, in particular, passing mobile online courses. The Universarium project involves leading universities and teachers of the country. Training is both paid and free. For a better perception of the material, various forms of its presentation and automated control of acquired knowledge are used, as well as interactive homework. Modern methods and technologies provide an opportunity to receive high-quality and affordable education for everyone.
For the next article, we are preparing a selection of applications that will help schoolchildren in a visual form to study the individual laws of physics, observe chemical experiments, simulate various experiments, etc. In a word, those programs that provide an opportunity for students to study the main school sciences more widely.