The variety of apps grows daily.  This collection is organized by Bloom's Revised Taxonomy to assist parents, teachers, and students in their understanding of how these applications can be used to make learning interesting, easy, and most of all-fun!  I borrowed this fabulous idea from an educator on http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com.  The apps in italics were also shared at the Florida Educational Technology Conference 2012.

Create!

  • Educreations Free  *Turn your iPad in to a recordable whiteboard to create video tutorials and more. 
  • Zapped
  • QR Voice
  • Book Creator
  • Tunetastic
  • Sock Puppets (Free iPad App)  *Create your own lip-synched videos and add puppets, props, scenery, etc. 
  • Comic Touch Lite (Free iPad App)  *Add speech bubbles to pictures on your iPad.
  • Puppet Pals
  • Chroma Key
  • iMovie
  • StoryPatch $2.99 in iTunes  *Let your kids create illustrated stories in a fun and intuitive way.
  • SketchBook
  • Click n' Talk
  • ComicStrip
  • WordCloud
  • Penultimate  $0.99  *Just like writing on paper-but you can share your sketches, notes, etc.
  • Fotobabble
  • Toontastic
  • WordFoto

Evaluate!

  • Flashcards (Free for iPad)  *Create sets of flash cards or use sets found in Quizlet's database-for free!
  • Total Recall (Free for iPad) *Create mind maps on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
  • Infinote
  • iBrainstorm
  • Evernote
  • MindMash (free on iTunes)  *Manipulate text, images, and drawings to on iPad in a visual and free-form manner.
  • Groupboard (Free for iPad)  * Turn your device in to a collaborative whiteboard to chat adn draw in real time!
  • Notebook + Free  *check this out!  http://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id441424813?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
  • ShareBoard

Analyze!

  • Slingnote $2.99  *Side by side pages to pair productivity tools such as notepad and calculator or web browser.
  • Tourist
  • Easy Random Numbers (Free Android App)  *Generate dice rolls, coin flips, and random numbers. 
  • New Annotate
  • Noterize
  • Numbers
  • PowerDocs
  • 123 Charts
  • Live Notes
  • Keynote ($6.99 for iPad) Apple's version of Powerpoint that will blow you away for presentations!
  • Dragon Dictation (Free iPad App) A voice recognition app useful for younger students and those with special needs.
  • ChoiceBoard
  • W.E.L.D.E.R.  $2.99 *Think Scrabble on steroids!  

Apply!

  • Book Creator ($4.99 for iPad) Ideal for children's picture books.
  • Share Board
  • MindMash (free on iTunes)  *Manipulate text, images, and drawings to on iPad in a visual and free-form manner.
  • ReplyNote
  • Showme (free on iTunes)  *Turn your iPad in to an interactive whiteboard.
  • TweetBoard
  • Paper by 53  (Free iPad App)  *Like writing on paper with ink.  Very smooth.

Understand!

  • showme (Free iPad app) *Interactive whiteboard for your iPad! Record tutorials and more.
  • Penultimate $0.99  *Just like writing on paper-but you can share your sketches, notes, etc.
  • Idea Flight
  • Animation HD
  • Science 360
  • JoinMe
  • Starwalk $4.99  *Point your iPad at the sky and identify visible starts, constellations, and satellites. 
  • Tourwrist  (Free iPad app)  *Create tours with your iPhone or iPad or Access Available Tours to take students on virtual trips.
  • Count Money (Free iPad app)  *Coin matching game for kids.

Remember

  • Evernote (Free for iPad)  Get organized with notes, to do lists, recorded reminders and more1
  • Paper Helper
  • Flash Cards
  • Bluster (Free for iPad)  *One of many McGraw-Hill apps available on iTunes Store-This one is a vocabulary builder.
  • Splash Math
  • Spelling Bug ($0.99 for iPad)  *50 most common sight words for Kindergarten with pictures, pronunciation, and games.
  • Stack Countries
  • Splash HD
  • Easy Numbers
  • Stack the States ($0.99 for iPad)* Voted Best App for kids and perfect for elementary.
  • Math Attack
  • Squeeze
  • 1-6 Facts
  • BlobbleWriteHD (Free for iPad) *Learn to write letters and numbers. 
  • Divisibility
  • Fractions
  • Jungle Time (Free for iPad)  *Learn how to tell time with a variety of options for clock hand colors, time increments, etc. 
  • Life Cycles
  • Time to Learn
  • MathBoard
  • Top-It

RRES Teacher Recommended Apps and iPad Sites:

Recommended by Krysten Bugarewicz:

  • Groovy Grader (Free iPad app) use this app to replace your paper "EZ Grader"
  • Pick Me ($1.99 for iPad)  With this tool you can randomly pick students to call on them and track whether they answered correctly or not.
  • Sight Words (Free iPad app) Help your younger students master the Dolch List with customizable flash cards, voice recording ability, and more!
  • Grammar Jammers Primary or Elementary (Primary is free, while Elementary for 3-6 is $2.99)  Students can master grammar usage and mechanics with animated songs, rhymes, and more.

Recommended by Mary Ellen Brafford:

Recommended by Camella Herrin:

  • QRafter (Free iPad app) Download this app and you are ready to scan QR Codes and reveal their secret message!
  • GOQR.ME  Visit this site to create, download, and print out QR Codes.  So easy kids in K-5 can make their own!
  • 10 Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom  SchoolCenter Picture

Web Resources for Learning More:

50 Resources for iPad Use In The Classroom-  A collection of educational articles, apps, and even tutorials to help you integrate iPads in to your classroom.  Collection by Charlie Osborne for iGeneration.


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