iPads for Education
These are some apps that I recommend for educational purposes!Email me with suggestions to add!
Click here to view how to set up email on your iPad.
Click here to view how to set up an Apple ID/iTunes Account. You will need this to purchase apps.
Click here for ipad training materials on MLK PD Day!
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| QR reader Download a QR reader/creator. Go to the App Store and type in: QR reader. Download.QRReader (this one allows you to create QR codes as well as scan). Also type in Scan and download the Scan QR Reader (this one only allows you to scan QR codes. Description: Scan and create QR codes and directly go to that website or email. It makes it easier than typing in the whole web address. Can also be used to create QR codes. We will be using this to locate apps and download them quicker. Show this slideshow with ideas for using QR codes for educational purposes: http://www.lexrich5.org/webpages/kogen/files/qr%20codes%20in%20the%20classroom.swf Use this QR code maker from your PC to create QR codes: http://www.qrstuff.com/ Everyone will practice creating a QR code, save it, and put into Word. Have a partner read their QR code. |
Free QRReader Free  Scan |
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| iPad Survey Scan the QR code to take a survey on iPads. |
 Survey
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| Rover Can’t access Flash on your iPad? Rover CAN! Rover is the free education app that streams educational Flash content to your iPad. Access these Flash activities and more:
After downloading the app, click "More Content" at the bottom of the screen to see various educational websites that can be viewed with this app. |
 Free  Rover |
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| Apps Gone Free Find out which apps are free each day. |
 Free  Apps Gone Free |
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| SlideShark Download the SlideShark app by scanning the QR code to the right. SlideShark Description: View, show, and share PowerPoint presentations on your iPad. Go to: https://www.slideshark.com/ register for an account. Practice adding a slideshow to the app. Add the PowerPoint to slideshark first with your PC. Then download it to your iPad.
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 Free  Slideshark |
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| Free Word Processing on the iPad One choice in editing Word, Excel, and PowerPoints with Microsoft Office is the use of Cloud On. With this app you can access apps that you have saved either to Dropbox or Google Drive. To use this method:
Free Word Processing on the iPad Use Zoho.com This is not an app. It is an online application that works in Safari on your iPad. It can also be used on your desktop as well. You can upload Word docs to Zoho and edit them. It allows you to import PowerPoint shows and view them, however you cannot edit PowerPoints. You can use Zoho to create Zoho shows from your desktop and view them on the iPad. Go to Zoho.com and register for an account. I reccommend registering from the desktop. Have participants practice importing a Word doc into Zoho. Go to your ipad and either scan the QR code to the right or go to Safari and type zoho.com into the search bar. Sign in on the iPad. Learn how to open your Word doc or create a new doc. The Zoho Docs app only allows viewing of docs, spreadsheets, presentations. The Soho Showmote app is only for viewing presentations. Editing can only be done on the website.
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 Free  CloudOn  Free  DropBox App Click here to set up DropBox on your desktop. Web based site: DropBox  Free  Google Drive App Web based site: Google Drive (You will need to go to the website to download the program to your desktop) |
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| Screen Chomp: Interactive Whiteboard Description: Record and playback tutorials of what you draw and say.  View an example book review View an example lesson (by Mrs. McCormick)! |
 Free  ScreenChomp |
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| TeacherTable Demonstrate this app and let participants decide if they want to download. It is $2.99. This app contains digital math manipulatives.  |
 $2.99  Teaching Table |
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| GreenScreen The GreenScreen app allows students to make a video in front of a screen and replace the background image. Great for teaching about landmarks and geography. Ideas:
* After making the video clips with GreenScreen, save them to Dropbox to allow you to access the clips on your computer. Then use MovieMaker to merge all of the video clips together and save. * Or save the video clips from GreenScreen to your Photos in the ipad. Then use the Pinnacle Studio app to merge the slides together. The Pinnacle Studio app is $9.99. |
 $1.99  Green Screen |
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| Cartoonatic Description: Create video that looks like pencil drawings. Lots of ads on this app and prompts to upgrade. Could be used to make video of readers theater.  |
 Free  Cartoonatic |
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| Video in Video This app allows you to have one video playing in the background while another video is set into the corner and is playing at the same time. It would work great for Positve Behavior Support Videos or to video a science experiment to narrate/explain. Download the Video in Video app. Give each group a behavior to make a short video of . Examples: How push in your chair Throwing trash in the garbage Lining up Sitting flat and listening Have them make a second video of a person explaining the behavior. Put both videos together with the Video in Video app. Show how to Save or Share. |
 Free  Video in Video |
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| Learn Zillion Free Common Core Lessons |
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| Story Kit Create digital stories with this app. Teach participants how they could use this app for digital stories. |
 Free  Story Kit |
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| SnapGuide Use to write step by step directions and publish the guide. Download and set up an account. Choose a graphic organizer and print. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/stepchart_eng.pdf http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/GraphicOrganizers/SequenceChart.pdf Write the steps to complete a given/chosen topic. You may not need all of the spaces. Example topics: How to zip a coat, How to tie your shoes, How to sharpen a pencil, How to organize your pencil box Take photos demonstrating each step with the iPad. Use SnapGuide to write the directions, insert the photos, and record voice. Publish and Share. |
 Free  SnapGuide |
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| Socrative Teacher & Student Description: Student response system. Use for assessments. Capture data. Save time on grading. Can be used through desktop, tablets, or smartphones. Have participants download the app. Have them take a quiz. Have them make a quiz and have a partner take it. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id39https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=84504903?mt=8   |
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| Sock Puppets Create puppet shows. |
 Free  Sock Puppets |
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| Art Maker The Art Maker by ABC's Play School app is a fun way for kids to freely create pictures, animated movies and story slideshows using Play School toys and craft items. Kids can add their own audio narration, upload their own photos as backgrounds, and save photos of their art. |
 $ .99  Art Maker |
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| Stick Pick Pick a student at random just by giving your device a shake or tapping the screen -- but that’s just the beginning. Stick Pick suggests question starters for learners at different levels and also records how well students respond during classroom discussions. If a student is consistently scoring near the top or bottom, simply change the level so students aren't bored or frustrated. Depending on students' levels of English proficiency, they might be asked simple yes-or-no questions or to elaborate in longer sentences. |
 $2.99  Stick Pick |
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| Medieval Help Desk Video |
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| Educreations Interactive Whiteboard Description: Record and playback tutorials of what you draw and say. Free  Educreations  Web based link: Educreations.com Click here to view an example lesson. (will need an account to view) |
Screen Chomp: Interactive Whiteboard Description: Record and playback tutorials of what you draw and say. Free ScreenChomp Click here to view an example lesson! |
ShowMe: Interactive Whiteboard Description: Record and playback tutorials of what you draw and say. Free  ShowMe  Web based link: Showme.com |
SimpleMind Description: A mind mapping tool to use for brainstorming. Free  SimpleMind  |
| Socrative Teacher Description: Student response system. Use for assessments. Capture data. save time on grading. Can be used through desktop, tablets, or smartphones. Free Socrative Teacher Web based link: Socrative.com |
Socrative Student Description: Students use this app to go to quizzes, tests, and surveys made by the teacher. Can be used through desktop, tablets, or smartphones. Free  Socrative Student   Web based link: Socrative.com |
Common Core Description: View the new educational common core standards. Free  Common Core Standards  |
SlideShark Description: View and show PowerPoint presentations on your iPad. Free Slideshark  Web based link: slideshark.com |
| Scan Description: Scan QR codes and directly go to that website or email. It makes it easier than typing in the whole web address. Free Scan |
QRReader Description: Scan and create QR codes and directly go to that website or email. It makes it easier than typing in the whole web address. Free QRReader  |
QuickVoice Description: Record your voice. Saves recordings to listen to later. Easy to email the recordings as voice emails. Super easy. Excellent for teaching fluency and for speech teachers to use with students. Free  QuickVoice  |
Ustream Description: Use this app to stream live video. Video can also be saved to an archive to watch at a later time. If you give out your web link to viewers, they can watch the video stream. It could be used for morning announcements or to enable the public to view school meetings. Also view live webcasts made by others. Free  Ustream  We based link: Ustream.tv Example: View live eagle nest http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles I would set up this account on a desktop first and then use it once it is set up on the ipad. |
| BrainPOP Description: Watch a BrainPOP different educational video every day and take an interactive quiz. This app is free, however there is an option to purchase a subscription to obtain unlimited access to videos and quizzes. Free  BrainPOP  |
Red Stamp Description: Make greeting cards. They can be saved in as a photo on your iphone or ipad. You can send them through email, text, or post to Facebook. Students could use them to write a summary of what they learned at the end of the day, and email it to their parents. They could create invitations to school events to send to parents. Free  RedStamp  |
Dragon Dictation Description: Change voice to text. After recording your voice, this app changes it into text. You may then send the text via email, facebook, text, etc. This would be a great tool for students who hav difficulty writing physically. Free  DragonDictation   |
Classic Board Description: This is a simiple screen that looks like a chalk board that you can write/draw on and erase. Free  ClassicBoard  |
| Tap To Talk Description: This is a greap app for students that are non verbal and need the ability to communicate. Free  Tap To Talk  |
Rocket Speller Description: Drag letters to make words. Free  Rocket Speller  |
Site Words Description: Site word flash cards. Free  Site Words   |
Littler Speller Description: Learn how to spell site words by dragging the letters into order. There are many Little Speller Apps. The following two are free, however some are $ .99. Free  Little Speller Site Word Speller   Littler Speller Three Letter Words  |
| Grammar Jammers Description: Listen to songs that demonstrate various parts of grammar. There are interactive quizzes for each section. Free  Grammar Jammers   |
LogMeIn Description: Use this app to access your desktop computer from any location that has Wi-Fi. View files saved on your home computer from your iPad. Free  LogMeIn Web based site: LogMeIn After downloading the app, go to the online site from your desktop computer to set up an account to connect to with your iPad.  |
Khan Academy Description: Educational videos that teach concepts from many subjects. Free  Kahn Academy  Web based site: Kahn Academy |
National Geographic Today Description: National Geographic Today for iPad® brings you the best of National Geographic's daily offerings—news, videos, quizzes, articles, and, of course, the awe-inspiring photography National Geographic is known for. Free  National Geographic Today  |
| Animoto Description: Easily import photos or drawings to make great quality video. Ideas include taking photos of students holding up geometric shapes or illustrating plant or insect life cycles. Free for teachers. ***Be sure to register on the animoto education site in order to be able to make full length videos.*** Free  Animoto Web based link: www.animoto.com/education |
Silent Film Director Description: Create Charlie Chaplin type movies. Super easy to use. Great for creating behavior expectation films at school! Free For a Limited Time  Silent Film Director  |
Cartoonatic Description: Create video that looks like pencil drawings. Lots of ads on this app and prompts to upgrade. Could be used to make video of readers theater. Free Cartoonatic |
DropBox Description: Save files such as docs, photos, video, PowerPoint and access your files anywhere. Downlad the dropbox to your desktop computer for added functions such as saving directly from Word to Dropbox. If you don't want to download, you can still upload already saved files to your online account. Many apps allow you to directly save to Dropbox. Free DropBox  Web based site: DropBox |
| Talking Ben The Dog Description: Record your voice talking to Ben, and created video as you speak. One great idea is to use this app for motivational purposes. Click here to view a teacher made example. Motivational videos could be emailed to parents or played for students to view. This app would also be great for speech teachers to use with students so that they can hear their voice played back. Free  Talking Ben The Dog  |
Talking Tom Cat Description: It mimics what you say. Make video recordings. Make motivational video for students, record students reading, and use for speech students. Email video to your desktop computer. Files can be saved and even merged together using programs such as imovie or movie maker. Free  Tom Cat  |
Talking Gina The Giraffe Description: It mimics what you say. Make video recordings. Make motivational video for students, record students reading, and use for speech students. Email video to your desktop computer. Files can be saved and even merged together using programs such as imovie or movie maker. Free  Gina the Giraffe  |
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| Best Way to Word Process on Your iPad Zoho (use through Safari) Description: Access Zoho.com through the Safari web browser. You can word process, create slide shows, and make spread sheets.  https://www.zoho.com/docs/ |
Typewith.me Description: This is not an app, however if students go to this web link, they may type collaboratively on a pc or ipad. No account needed. Free  Typewith.me |
Text To Speech Apps Description: The following apps allow you to type in text and the app reads it to you. Students could type in their spelling words or rhyming words. Use it for communication. Students can listen to sentences they have typed and listen to them as an editing tool. Free  iSpeech Free  Readit |
Links: Pinterest iPad Lessons Huge List of iPad apps The Teacher's Lounge 21innovate.com: A chart that lists and rates apps B-12 Patch: List of apps for children with autism, brain injuries, or cerebral palsy TechChef4u App Kathy Schrock: Bloomin’ iPad APPitic Scoop.it App Learning Tasks 50 Resources for iPad use in the classroom Smart Apps For Kids iPad Live Binder |