Okay, I don't teach (yet) but I just found an app for ipads and iphones that sounds very interesting. It is called StickPick and a license costs $2.99 at the itunes store.
It is an app that leverages Blooms Taxonomy and English as a 2nd Language. The way it works is that you basically have a soup can that you name (your class name) and inside the soup can are Popsicle sticks with your students name on them. Once you set up your classroom, you can select a stick multiple ways and then a multitude of questions pop up on the screen. The teacher can go through the questions until they find one for the student. Once the student answers the question, the teacher can mark the student as "used" which sends them to the used soup can or "new" which puts them back in the original can.
There is also an assessment built into the app that the teacher can track. Teachers can send the results of the assessment to parents or principles.
This seems kind of neat. Of course, not all students have an iPad or iPhone, which would be a drawback.
Resource: http://www.emergingedtech.com/2011/06/stickpick-an-individualized-learning-app-for-the-ipad-and-iphone-that-leverages-blooms-taxonomy/
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