free ipad apps for ela & ss
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Free iPad Apps for Middle School ELA and Social StudiesTRANSCRIPT
Free iPad Apps for ELA
& Social Studies
Karen VitekComputer TeacherSpackenkill SchoolsPoughkeepsie, NY
March 26, 2014
iPad Apps for ELA
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Voice Dream Lite1
2
3
5
Total Recall
Dictionary
Free Books
Google Drive
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Voice Dream Lite
NavigatingAudioFile Types
• Features
• Change voice and reading speed
• Continues to read when screen is locked
• By sentence, page paragraph, chapter, etc.
• Bookmarking, highlighting and note taking
This app is a text-to-speech reader app. It works beautifully with Bookshare and other documents.
• PDF, Plain Text, Word, PowerPoint
• DAISY, Bookshare and Gutenberg
Total Recall
PlatformsAppearance
• Features
• iPad, iPhone and iPod
This app is a mind mapping tool.
• Unlimited size - expands automatically
• Various shapes, colors, sizes and arrows
Dictionary
ReadabilityMoreContent
• Features
• Audio pronunciations
• Spelling suggestions
• Custom font sizes for better viewing
This app is from dictionary.com andincludes a Thesaurus
• Over 2 million definitions, synonyms and antonyms
• Word of the Day
• Word origins & history
Free Books
FormatLiteratureReading
• Features
• Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, and more
• 23,469 books
• Author pages, reading statistics, night mode
This app provides access to public domain content.
• Includes notes, highlights, bookmarking and dictionary support.
Google Drive
StorageEditing
• Features
• Access files that you have saved to Spacknet
This app provides access to Spacknet Google Docs
• Documents and Spreadsheets can be created and edited in the app
• Always have access to the latest version of files
More ELA Apps to Explore
• iTooch Middle School
• Simplenote
• Penultimate
• Idioms Illustrated
• Poetry from the Poetry Foundation
• Inspiration Maps Lite
• Dragon Dictation
• firefly
• Word Stack Free
• Shakespeare
iPad Apps for Social Studies
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DocsTeach1
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3
5
This Day in History
Constitution
My Congress
American History
DocsTeach
Students/Teachers
ActivitiesContent
• Features
• Focusing on Details
• Making Connections
• Finding a Sequence
• Mapping History
•Weighing the Evidence
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Students can complete activities designed by teacher
• Teachers can create their own activities at the website
This app was developed by the National Archivesand Records Administration.
• Choose by topic or historical era
• Activities based on primary source documents
This Day in History
Type of Content
Content
• Features
• Photos, illustrations, music and speeches
• National anthems for country birth dates
This app was created by World Book
• Interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events
• For the current day or any selected day
Constitution
NavigationContent
• Features
• Menu: by Articles and Amendments
• By Signers
Created by a professor at the University of Mary Washington
• Full text of the US Constitution
• Includes notes
MyCongress
ContentNavigation
• Features
• Description of elected official
• Ability to link to their website and contact them through the app
• Twitter feed
This app is a portal to information about elected U.S. Congressional officials.
• By name, state, party or chamber
• Locate elected officials by zip code or auto location
American History Games
GamesContent
• Description of the contents
• Whacky History
• Clues to the Past
• History Hunter
• Say What?
This app was created by Pearson Education, Inc.
• Games, puzzles and interactive word games.
• More than 100 different games
• Multiple levels of difficulty
More SS Apps to Explore
• The Presidency
• Ken Burns
• History: Maps of the World
• Today’s Document
• iAmerica
• Early Jamestown
• Google Earth
• Declaration for iPad
• Lincoln Telegrams
• U.S. Westward Expansion
Thank You!