Flipboard

 

Flipboard is a magazine app where content from social networks, publishers, online sources and photo sharing sites can all be stored in one place. 

What's So Great About It?

• Create and customize your own "magazines" from multiple sources
• Easy to share magazines with others
• Add any weblink to magazine
• Students can follow topics of personal or educational interest
• Engaging, multimedia reading experience

How Can I Use It?

• To curate teaching ideas and activities
• To collect news articles about current events for students to read
• Gather many sources of information related to a class inquiry
• Share different magazines with groups of students to differentiate instruction
• Older students can create magazines to collect and share information related to an inquiry

Things to Know

Flipboard is intended for students 13 and older.  As a teacher, you can create a class account for your students and provide them with the login information. 

Where Do I Start? 
When you open the app you will be asked to create an account and choose topics that interest you. To learn more about the app and how it works you can visit their tutorial website.