ReadWriteThink.org has created a very nice iPad app called Trading Cards. This free app allows you to create trading cards on any of the following broad categories that are applicable across multiple subject areas and grade levels:
- Fictional person
- Real person
- Fictional place
- Real place
- Object
- Event
- Vocabulary
Depending on the category that you select, each card provides certain subcategories for students to enter information. For example, the vocabulary trading card has:
- Definition area that includes meaning and part of speech
- Similar & Opposite Words include a spot for synonym and antonym
- Associations area contains a place to add other words and word clues
- Everyday Use subcategory has Where & People
- Finally, there is a Personal Connection subcategory for students to add a sentence and a personal reaction.
You can have multiple users on the app, so this works for classes that must share iPads. Another very nice feature is the ability for students to organize their cards into collections.
The completed cards can be shared to the camera roll, sent via email, or printed wirelessly. It is a pretty awesome app and very easily used as part of app-smashing activities.
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