Mobile Apps

​The purpose of this page is to show the diversity of apps that can be used in physical education (links are to iPhone apps but you can find similar apps on other platforms). The apps are always changing but as long as you know the terminology you should be able to find similar apps that work for you. Additional lists of apps: PECentral, Phys.Ed.Review, and The PE Geek.
Assessment - MISCELLANEOUS
  • Question Generator: Using SOLO Taxonomy as a framework, this app generates questions to bring in ideas.
  • SprintStart: Practice sprint starts and test your reaction time.
  • SprintTimer: Photo finish app that employs the same techniques as the fully automatic timing equipment (FAT) used at the Olympics.
ASSESSMENT - FITNESS AND SKILLS
  • ​Cardiograph: Cardiograph is an application which measures your heart rate.
  • HomeCourt: Real-time shot tracking and analysis for Basketball.
ASSESSMENT - GRADING TOOLS AND PORTFOLIOS
  • Easy Rubric: Designed to minimize the time and effort involved in assessing students and classes of all ages, levels and learning environments. 
  • ​Groovy Grader: These apps make it easy to calculate student grades (%s). Enter the number of points possible and it will give you a % for each score.
ASSESSMENT - STUDENT RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Communicate with your audience during a presentation. Audience members can ask questions or give responses in real time using cell phones and connected devices.​
Augemented Reality and ​Exergaming
Class Management - BEHAVIOR TRACKING
CLASS MANAGEMENT - ​MISCELLANEOUS
  • Decibel 10th and Too Noisy Pro: Monitors the noise level in your class (which you may want to be quiet, loud, or in between).
  • ​Remind: Remind offers teachers a free, safe and easy-to-use way to instantly text students and parents.
CLASS MANAGEMENT - ​RANDOM SELECTORS
EXERCISE - MUSIC
General Health and Safety
Miscellaneous
  • AR MeasureKit: Measures different things in the world using your iPhone’s or iPad’s camera.
  • ​Smiling Mind: Smiling Mind is meditation made easy. A simple tool that helps put a smile on your mind anytime, anywhere and everyday.
multimedia
  • ​ChatterPix: Turn any object in a photo into a talking object.
  • Clips: Interesting filters that can be applied to videos (example).
  • ​DMD vClone: Merge multiple videos into 1 video. Can be used for skill demonstrations, choice of exercise, and more (example).
  • Voki: Create customizable speaking avatars for teachers and students.