iPad+Apps

Apps I've found useful. Most are free - I tend to look for free apps. I am Deaf and look for apps I can access without sound being necessary. I also look for apps that students either must use to create and show their learning, or is minds-on.

__**Language:**__ FrameArtist - Helps you create amazing photo arts by combining your photos in a very easy way and share via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Tumblr, eMail, and messengers. Kidblog - Teachers can monitor blog activity and moderate comments and posts. Students can easily upload photos and videos from their iOS device. LiveBinders - Gives quick access to your LiveBinders.com account. Integrate a variety of Web content into virtual 3-Ring binders. Phonto - Simple application that allows you to add text to pictures. PhotoCard Lite - Postcard app. Pic Collage - Arrange photos into frames or get create with freeform collages, cutouts, filters, borders, stickers and text. ScribbleMyStory - Targets ages 3-7, book and art creation platform where kids can imagine, create, and share what they make. Skitch - use to mark up a pdf, annotate a photo, or draw something new. Has arrows, stamps, text, shapes, and more. Snipbase - fast beautiful shopping lists, or any list made up of photos - when you touch the picture a green check mark shows it is done. StoryKit - Create an electric storybook. Write text, add drawing or picture, layout the elements of your story. Trading Cards - From ReadWriteThink. Create trading cards to share your understanding of a topic. QCards for Quizlet - Syncs to Quizlet. Create new sets of flashcards or study from existing ones.

Geoboard, by The Math Learning Center - Learners stretch bands around pegs to form line segments and polygons and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more. MathBoard Addition - Free, "addition only" version of MathBoard. Solve problems with a chalkboard area where problems can be worked. OhNo!Fractions - practice and explore fractions visually. Answer if the fraction on the left is LESS, GREATER or EQUAL. Sudoku - number strategy game.
 * Math:**

Haiku Deck - Simple way to make slideshows. Prezi for iPad - Create, edit, present, and share your prezis. VoiceThread - create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. Have students add a text comment or video an ASL comment. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard - Record what you are drawing and then share online or just play back.
 * Presentation:**

Atlas Calculator Pro Dictionary (dictionary.com) Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) FreeSaurus Globe Moon Globe
 * Reference Materials:** Students use various free reference materials to do assignments.

BrainPop Featured Movie - Watch a different animated movie every day, then test your knowledge with an interactive quiz. Has CC. BrainPop Jr. Movie of the Week - Get a different animated movie every week and check out related quizzes and educational activities. LabTimer (science) - count-up and alarming count-down multi-timer. WeatherStation Free - Provides the official NOAA's real time weather information for the US location of your choice (except Alaska).
 * Science/Social Studies:**

i-nigma QR Code - turns your camera into a sophisticated barcode reader. VisTimerFree - Free version of VisTimer. Max timer setting is 5 minutes. An animated shrinking pie chart shows elapsed time. Popplet Lite - Brainstorming, diagraming, journaling type of app. Allows you to get down your thoughts quickly. Free version limited to 1 popplet/page. Photo Explorer for Flickr Free - Browse, search and view your and public Flickr photos and videos. ntouch - videophone app P3 Mobile - videophone app
 * Tools:**

TicTacFree UNO Free 4InRow:AKP Checkers Chinese Checkers Bingo FourInARowF Memory! RushHrFree GuessCode Barnyard MJF Mahjong!!
 * Board Games:** Students practice turn taking, patience, hand-eye coordination, and other skills while playing a traditional game.