essential ipad apps for primary education

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Essential Apps: Nathan Jones Twitter: @elearnjones Essential Apps: Nathan Jones Twitter: @elearnjones APP NAME COST CURRICULUM AREA YEAR LEVEL/S (Based on Australia Primary Levels) KEYNOTE $10.49 For all Year levels Can be Integrated into all Curriculum areas Presentation tool Links with many other Apps PAGES $9.99 For all Year levels Can be Integrated into all Curriculum areas Writing ePub Docs GARAGEBAND $5 For all Year levels Can be Integrated into all Curriculum areas Music Podcasting iMOVIE $5.49 For all Year levels Can be Integrated into all Curriculum areas Best used with iPad2

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Page 1: Essential iPad Apps for Primary Education

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

APP  NAME   COST   CURRICULUM  AREA  YEAR  LEVEL/S  (Based  on  Australia  Primary  Levels)  

 KEYNOTE  

$10.49   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Presentation  tool  -­‐ Links  with  many  other  Apps  

 PAGES  

$9.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Writing  -­‐ ePub  Docs  

 GARAGEBAND  

$5   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Music  -­‐ Podcasting  

 iMOVIE  

$5.49   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Best  used  with  iPad2    

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

 REEL  DIRECTOR  

$1.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Best  used  with  iPad2  -­‐ Simpler  to  iMovie,  great  for  the  younger  year  levels  

 

 DICTIONARY.COM  

FREE  Or    HD  Version  $5.49  

-­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Literacy  -­‐ Great  for  extending  student  vocabulary  and  understanding  the  International  Phonetic  Alphabet    

 iBOOKS  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Literacy  -­‐ Storing  PDF  Docs  from  your  emails  

-­‐ Record  keeping  -­‐ ePub  Docs  

 PUPPET  PAL  HD  

$2.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Best  used  with  iPad2  -­‐ NB:  Purchase  the  full  version  

 

TOONTASTIC  

$1.99   -­‐ Year  3+  -­‐ Literacy,  Humanities,  LOTE  and  other  Literacy  based  curriculum    

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

DRAGON  DICTATION  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Special  Needs  -­‐ Spoken  Word  is  recorded  -­‐ Need  a  quiet  room    

 DISCOVR  APP  

FREE   -­‐ Year  5+  -­‐ Teacher  App  -­‐ Search  Engine  in  finding  similar  Apps  on  your  iPad    

 MY  SPELLING  TEST  

FREE   -­‐ Year  3+  -­‐ Literacy/Spelling  -­‐ LOTE    -­‐ Personalise  spelling  lists    -­‐ Student  test  themselves  and  email  results  to  the  teacher  

 KIDS  SCRAMBLE  GAME  

 

FREE   -­‐ Prep  to  3  -­‐ Literacy  -­‐ Great  App  for  Junior  Primary  

   

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

 I  SPY  

FREE   -­‐ Prep  to  3  -­‐ Literacy  -­‐ Visual  Memory  -­‐ Oral  Language  

 

 ABCWordPuzzle  

FREE   -­‐ Year  1+  -­‐ Literacy  -­‐ Great  App  for  Junior  Primary  

 

FUTABA  

FREE   -­‐ Years  1+  -­‐ Literacy  -­‐ Collaborative  App.  Can  have  four  players  playing  at  one  time  

 

 MAGNETIC  ALPHABET  

$1.99   -­‐ Prep  to  3  -­‐ Literacy,  Numeracy,  Integrated  in  all  Curriculum  areas.    

-­‐ Fun  App  -­‐ Excellent  for  spelling  and  story  telling  

 

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

 HALF  TONE  

$0.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Best  used  with  iPad2  -­‐ Transfers  photos  to  Comic  images  

-­‐ Transferable  to  other  Apps  such  as  Keynote,  Pages  and  iMovie  

-­‐ Saves  to  Camera  Roll  

 COMIC  BOOK  

$1.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Transfers  photos  to  Comic  images  

-­‐ Transferable  to  other  Apps  such  as  Keynote,  Pages  and  iMovie  

-­‐ Saves  to  Camera  Roll  

 STRIP  DESIGN  

$2.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Cheaper  version  of  Comic  Life    

COMIC  LIFE  

$8.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas    

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

WORDFOTO  

iPhone  App  $1.99  

-­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Transferable  to  other  Apps  such  as  Keynote,  Pages  and  iMovie  

-­‐ Saves  to  Camera  Roll    

 SHOW  ME  INTERACTIVE  

FREE   -­‐ Years  4+  -­‐ Numeracy,  Literacy,  LOTE  -­‐ Create  a  free  account  on  the  website  

-­‐ Screen  Cast  and  record  lessons  or  Peer  Teaching  

-­‐ Student/Teacher  App    

EXPLAIN  EVERYTHING  

$2.99   -­‐ Year  6+  -­‐ Teacher  App  -­‐ Assist  in  teaching  focus  -­‐ Screen  Casting    -­‐ Explain  work  -­‐ How  this  work  -­‐ Peer  Teaching    

360  PANORAMA  

$1.99   -­‐ Year  4+  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Best  used  with  iPad2  -­‐ Camera  App  -­‐ Uploads  to  their  website  -­‐ Public  or  Private  access  -­‐ Augmented  Reality  

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

 ART  STUDIO  

$2.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas,  especially  Art  

-­‐ Great  Art  App    

DROPBOX  

FREE   -­‐ Cloud  Computing  -­‐ Year  3+  -­‐ Teacher  App  -­‐ Productivity  

 

 EVERNOTE  

FREE   -­‐ Year  6  Up  -­‐ Also  teacher  App  -­‐ Productivity  -­‐ Create  a  Free  Account  -­‐ Store  notes,  photos  and  voice  recordings  

-­‐ Great  on  going  assessment  record  tool  

 

 GLOW  DRAW  FREE  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas    

 DOODLE  BUDDY  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas    

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

 POPPLET  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Mind  Maps  -­‐ Using  Camera  Roll  images  or  create  new  ones  

-­‐ Easily  shared  -­‐ Creative    

 MathBoard  

FREE  Or  $5.49  

-­‐ Year  4+  -­‐ Numeracy  -­‐ Create  a  Free  Account  -­‐ Mental  Computation  -­‐ Progress  of  students  can  be  monitored  

 WOLFRAM  ALPHA  

$1.99   -­‐ Year  4+  -­‐ Numeracy  -­‐ Create  a  Free  Account  -­‐ Great  Information  App  -­‐ Find  out  how  equations  work  and  more  

 

 BLANKMATH  

FREE    

-­‐ Year  3+  -­‐ Numeracy  (Four  Operations)  

 

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

 TOUR  WRIST  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Humanities,  Geography,  Integrated  Curriculum  and  more.    

-­‐ Augmented  Reality  -­‐ Fantastic  App  to  use  on  display  screen  or  IWB  

 

QR  READER  

FREE  Or    $0.99  

-­‐ Year  5+  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Create  QR  Codes  to  be  used  as  scavenger  hunts,  PDF  Homework  and  scan  to  add  to  iBooks  

-­‐ Communication  purpose    

   

POCKET  POND  

FREE  Or    HD    Version  $2.99  

-­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Can  be  Integrated  into  all  Curriculum  areas  

-­‐ Numeracy  (Count  fish,  colour  pattern)  

-­‐ Relaxation  of  special  needs  students  

-­‐ Fun!    

 SCHOOL  A-­‐Z  

FREE   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Parents  Assistant  App  for  Homework  

-­‐ Similar  to  Maths  Dictionary  or  English  dictionary  

-­‐ All  Curriculum  areas  -­‐ NSW  Education  App  

 

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Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

Essential  Apps:  Nathan  Jones  Twitter:  @elearnjones  

   

   

RR  (RUNNING  RECORD  CALCULATOR)  

$1.99   -­‐ Teacher  App  -­‐ Accurately  Calculates  Running  Records  for  you    

PENULTIMATE  

$0.99   -­‐ For  all  Year  levels  -­‐ Using  a  Stylus  Pen  you  can  write  in  the  Note  pad  format  instead  of  typing  

-­‐ All  Curriculum  areas    

 GRADEKEEPER  

$5.49   -­‐ Teacher  App  -­‐ Excellent  Assessment  Recording  App  

-­‐ Email  attendance    -­‐ Multi  class  set  up