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iPad App Review

THUD! Presidents:  This is a really cool app.  The whole objective of this app is to educate people more on presidential history, a subject that is very interesting to me.  If you want to learn about important, interesting, and just off-the-wall facts about our nation's leaders, this is a good resource as well as a fun one.  It is a game and has several levels.  THUD! Presidents was something that I found fun and I have no doubt that any generation would like it.  It costs $2.99 but it's well worth it.  I had bought it before I did the review as just something fun for myself.  I'd use it in my classroom every once in awhile.  It would be a great thing to do if you wanted to give your kids a break from working but still want them to be educated.

MyCongress:  This is another great app for a Social Studies class.  MyCongress has information on members of Congress.  It gives you news on them as well as contact information.  We elect members to Congress every two years, but many of the American public aren't aware of who they are giving the power.  I found the information to be very straight forward, so it could be used easily used and easily understood.My favorite things about the app are the Youtube section and the Twitter feed.  MyCongress gives you access to videos of people in Congress as well as their Twitter feed.  It's good for students to see who represents them in government.  I'd use it in my class as a reference to government.  I would especially use it during an election year.

Storyboard: Dedication

Dedication is one of the most important aspects of teaching. If you want to be a success, you have to work for it. The following quotes promote that.

 "A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron." -Horace Mann

"The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer?" -Alice Wellington Rollins

"No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward his pupils and a genuine desire to impart to them what he believes to be of value."    -Bertrand Russell

"If kids come to us [educators teachers] from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important."    -Barbara Colorose

"If you can read this, thank a teacher." -Harry S. Truman