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Too Cool for
School
The Best iPad Apps for Education
Joan Greene-FisherEducation Specialist
Technology InitiativesState Department of Education
Stack the States
• Stack the States: $.99
• Have fun learning about the 50 states:▸ Capitals▸ State shapes▸ Abbreviations▸ Bordering states▸ Location on the map▸ Nicknames
• Stack the Countries (also available)
Star Walk
• Star Walk: $4.99
• Point your iPad at the sky and learn the identities of the stars, constellations and satellites.
Everyday Mathematics Baseball
Mathematics Baseball: $1.99
Designed for both iPhone, iPad, and iTouch
Great practice for Multiplication tables in a game form.
Beat the Computer
• Everyday Mathmatics- Beat the Computer: $1.99
• 20 rounds of play
• Practices basic multiplication facts from 0 to 10
• Correct and incorrect answer feedback
Mad Libs
• Mad Libs: FREE
• Test your fill-in the-blank skills
• Educate and entertain simultaneously
Under the Sea
• Under the Sea: FREE (Expanded paid version available.)
• Designed for 1st-2nd grade
• Learn simple addition facts in game form.
Pearl Diver
• Pearl Diver: FREE
• Ideal for middle school and upper elementary students, grades 3-8
• Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, and number systems.
•Understand and represent commonly used fractions.
K-12 Timed Reading
• K-12 Timed Reading: FREE
• Allows levels K-4 to practice fluency.
• Variety of fiction and non-fiction.
• Track one reader, multiple readers, or even a whole class.
Geo Play 2
• Geo Play 2: FREE
• Fun geography review and quiz.
• Play as a multiple choice game, or just review geography facts with flash cards.
• Over 80 questions or upgrade to over 400 questions.
Free Spanish Tutor
• Free Spanish Tutor: FREE
• Native speaker audio for all words
• Entertaining puzzle game
• Write-in quiz to test language recall
• Multiple choice quiz
• Flash cards built in
• Self contained, internet not required
Grammar Prep: Subjects & Verbs
• Grammar Prep: $3.99
• Contains multimedia tutorials, quizzes and mastery tests, answer feedback, and progress tracking.
Teacher’s Assistant Pro
• Teacher’s Assistant Pro: FREE (Upgrade version - $6.99)
• Allows teachers to keep track of student actions, behavior, infractions, and achievements in the classroom.
• Communicate quickly and easily with parents and your administration by documenting student classroom habits and behaviors and sending reports via email or making a call right from your iPhone.
Easy QR
• Easy QR: FREE
• Allows you to generate and scan QR code.
• Share via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter.
Puffin
• Puffin: $2.99
• Super fast web browser that renders full versions of web pages and supports FLASH!
Khan Academy
• Khan Academy: FREE
• Learn almost anything free with over 2,700 videos.
• Topics such as K-12 math, science, biology, chemistry, history, etc. are covered.
• Downloadable videos.
Instapaper
• Instapaper ($4.99)
• Lets you save articles, blogs and news for offline reading.
• The app turns Web pages into a great reading experience.
Paper
• Paper: FREE
• Use different pen types and colors to:
• Sketch
• Write
• Outline
• Color
• Share
Penultimate
• Penultimate: $.99
• Write directly on the iPad to take notes.
• Various color “pens”.
• Import pictures onto notepaper.
• Save for future reference.
Three Ring
• Three Ring: FREE
• Allows teachers to take pictures of student work and keep track of them online.
• Digitize students’ handwritten assignments and organize their work.
Dropbox
• Dropbox: FREE up to 2GB
• Lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily.
• Never email yourself a file again! Offers offline file access.
Documents to Go• Documents to
Go: $9.99
• Have access to your Office documents (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) on your iPad at any time.
• Provides a 2-way file synchronization between your desktop and your iPad (or iPhone).
Adobe Photoshop Express
• Photoshop Express: FREE
• Simple photo editing.
• Crop and rotate photos, create effects and borders, manipulate color, apply filters, etc.
Dragon Dictation
Dragon Dictation: FREE
Very accurate voice transcription
Share messages via e-mail, Facebook and Twitter as long as you are connected to the web.
Explain Everything• Explain Everything:
$2.99
• Easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate presentations.
• Use as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad2 video display.
• Insert a web browser for live annotations and basic recordings.
• Record on-screen while the audio is captured on the iPad microphone.
Popplet
• Popplet: FREE (only allows 1) Paid version unlimited: $4.99
• For brainstorming and mindmapping
• Plan projects, presentations, projects, etc.
• Share and collaborate with others.
Type on PDF
• Type on PDF: FREE
• Users can both type or write on PDF forms.
• Export completed forms as PDFs via email.
• Make templates of commonly used forms.
Additional Sources
• AppShopper - notifies you of sale prices on iPad/iPhone apps
• AppStart - free review tool for iPad app
• Apps for Children with Special Needs: http://a4cwsn.com/
• ScoopIt - http://bit.ly/pu9wiF
• Apps in Education - http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/
• App Advice - http://appadvice.com/reviews