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Student SectionCourseSmart: If you don't have a Kindle or iPad, or even if you do and don't have it on you at the time, CourseSmart has a mobile app that lets you read e-textbooks on your phone. Not only that, but you can search through words and phrases in the book, take notes and access study tools. No more backpacks!

Blackboard Mobile Learning: With so many online schools and online courses using Blackboard to posts assignments, tests, discussions, and grades , it makes sense for online students to be able to access this on the go. That's exactly what Blackboard Mobile Learning offers with this app. The app even sends notifications and has Dropbox integration to manage critical course documents.

Graphing Calculator: Even if you're not pursuing a science or accounting degree, the Graphing Calculator mobile app is bound to come in handy at some point in high school, college, and the rest of life. Offering equation, graph, and table formats, as well as basic math buttons, the Graphing Calculator app most likely covers the entire math spectrum of your high school and college years. And it won't cost you nearly the cost of a normal calculator!

myHomework: Success in school depends on a student's ability to stay on top of homework assignments , and the myHomework app is designed to do exactly that. This useful tool integrates with the smartphone's calendar in order to creat reminders. It's free for both Apple and android devices. This app will boost your grades, and help you make time to hang out with friends!

Student SectionCourseSmart: If you don't have a Kindle or iPad, or even if you do and don't have it on you at the time, CourseSmart has a mobile app that lets you read e-textbooks on your phone. Not only that, but you can search through words and phrases in the book, take notes and access study tools. No more backpacks!

Blackboard Mobile Learning: With so many online schools and online courses using Blackboard to posts assignments, tests, discussions, and grades , it makes sense for online students to be able to access this on the go. That's exactly what Blackboard Mobile Learning offers with this app. The app even sends notifications and has Dropbox integration to manage critical course documents.

Graphing Calculator: Even if you're not pursuing a science or accounting degree, the Graphing Calculator mobile app is bound to come in handy at some point in high school, college, and the rest of life. Offering equation, graph, and table formats, as well as basic math buttons, the Graphing Calculator app most likely covers the entire math spectrum of your high school and college years. And it won't cost you nearly the cost of a normal calculator!

myHomework: Success in school depends on a student's ability to stay on top of homework assignments , and the myHomework app is designed to do exactly that. This useful tool integrates with the smartphone's calendar in order to creat reminders. It's free for both Apple and android devices. This app will boost your grades, and help you make time to hang out with friends!

Teacher SectionTeacher's Assistant Pro: Teacher's Assistant Pro allows users to track students' behaviors, infractions, and achievements quickly and easily. Incidents on student behavior and achievement can be documented in real time and reports can be sent to parents and administrators instantly via email. Organizing important documents on students is simple and clutter free.

Touch Karma (Parenting): Anyone saddled with educating preschool or kindergarten students can easily appreciate how Touch Kama (Parenting) assists them in keeping track of which students stand as exemplary and which probably need a parent-teacher conference, counseling, or juvenile detention .

LanSchool Teacher's Assistant: With Technology and internet access becoming more and more mainstream in the classroom, one of the more pressing concerns involves how to monitor computer use to curb abuse and distractions. LanSchool's extremely valuable Teacher's Assistant app caters to these issues. It enables teachers to monitor computer usage.

History: Maps of the World This FREE iPad application proves useful for more than just history teachers, as students must nurture the ability to place works of art, music, literature, and other disciplines into their proper historical or geographic contexts. This app would be most useful for Art and Social Studies teachers. Ms. McCain could even use this.

Teacher SectionTeacher's Assistant Pro: Teacher's Assistant Pro allows users to track students' behaviors, infractions, and achievements quickly and easily. Incidents on student behavior and achievement can be documented in real time and reports can be sent to parents and administrators instantly via email. Organizing important documents on students is simple and clutter free.

Touch Karma (Parenting): Anyone saddled with educating preschool or kindergarten students can easily appreciate how Touch Kama (Parenting) assists them in keeping track of which students stand as exemplary and which probably need a parent-teacher conference, counseling, or juvenile detention .

LanSchool Teacher's Assistant: With Technology and internet access becoming more and more mainstream in the classroom, one of the more pressing concerns involves how to monitor computer use to curb abuse and distractions. LanSchool's extremely valuable Teacher's Assistant app caters to these issues. It enables teachers to monitor computer usage.

History: Maps of the World This FREE iPad application proves useful for more than just history teachers, as students must nurture the ability to place works of art, music, literature, and other disciplines into their proper historical or geographic contexts. This app would be most useful for Art and Social Studies teachers. Ms. McCain could even use this.