Guide to Using Free Apps to Support Higher Order Thinking Skills

Lisa Johnson and Yolanda Barker have published an eBook titled Hot Apps 4 HOTS: A Guide to Using Free Apps to Support Higher Order Thinking Skills. The book includes nine step-by-step activities that focus on each level of Bloom's taxonomy and includes loads of links to further resources. Like the title says, Lisa and Yolanda write about free apps and most of them work on both iPads and iPod touches. Here are the apps used in the activities:

• Flashcardlet
• Doodle Buddy for iPad
• Doodle Buddy for iPod touch
• Qwiki
• Notes
• Talking Tom Cat
• Talking Ben the Dog
• Popplet Lite
• ScreenChomp
• T-Chart
• TED
• PuppetPals HD for iPad
• PuppetPals for iPod touch
• Videolicious

Along with the apps, the book is also a free download in the iBooks Store. Thanks Lisa and Yolanda for putting together this helpful resource!