CREATIVITY & PRODUCTIVITY APPS App Name Purpose / Content Area BrainPOP Animated Educational Videos
Description Access BrainPOP's award winning content through their mobile app. Watch the featured movie of the day or log-in with your subscription information to view all content. BrainPOP Jr.'s videos are geared for K-3 grade students. They include quizzes and activities just like regular BrainPOP. You can also login with your subscription to view all content. Create projects directly on your iPad using the built in tools and backgrounds. Create, edit, and perfect your presentation before recording or screencasting the presentation. Doodle, draw, sketch, paint using a variety of built-in tools - chalk, pencil, paintbrush, stamps. Import a background image from the camera roll or use a built-in one. Doodles can be saved to the camera roll for use in other apps. Store, share, and access documents, photos, or videos from the cloud. You can access your documents from any Internet connected computer or mobile device with the DropBox app. Turn your iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Create video tutorials by tapping, touching, and talking. Explain math formulas, create animated lessons, and share with others. Students and teachers can stay connected and share information. You can submit assignments and homework, check grades, check on upcoming events, and much more. Explain Everything has become our go to app for everything! It is the most robust and flexible interactive whiteboard app available. Import PowerPoint presentations and annotate over them. Create your
Price Free
BrainPOP Jr.
Animated Educational Videos
Free
Doceri
Interactive Whiteboard
Free
DoodleBuddy for iPad
Drawing
Free
DropBox
File Storage
Free
Educreations Interactive Whiteboard
Interactive Whiteboard
Free
Edmodo
Education / LMS
Free
Explain Everything
Interactive Whiteboard
2.99 (VPP)
Haiku Deck
iBooks
Idea Sketch
I-nigma
own presentations and insert photos, videos, and a live web browser - and you can annotate over them while presenting. Record your presentation and export it as a move file to your Camera Roll, YouTube, Dropbox, and more! Check it out at:http://www.explaineverything.com/ Presentation Create stunning presentations with a variety of slide styles and images. Search for Creative Commons Licensed images right in the app. Share presentations by email or export as a PowerPoint or pdf. eReader Download and read books right on your iPad. Books can be purchased from the iBookstore, downloaded from other ePub websites, or you can create your own. iBooks allows you to access a built in dictionary, highlight words or paragraphs, and create digital sticky notes! Brainstorming Create mind maps, concept maps, or diagrams on your iPad. Brainstorm ideas, illustrate concepts, plan presentations. Diagrams can be saved to the Photos app or shared by email. QR Code Reader Quickly scan QR codes from your iPad camera using the I-nigma app.
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iPrompt Pro
iTunes U
Merriam Webster Dictionary HD
Professional teleprompter software for the iPad. Upload scripts for classroom presentations, video recording, reporting, or other types of public speaking. Instructional Free educational content from a Content variety of colleges, universities, and K-12 institutions, including schools such as Stanford and Harvard. Access lectures, videos, books, and more on a wide variety of topics. ELA / Dictionary All of the great definitions offered by the Merriam Webster Dictionary on your iPad. The app also includes voice search, a Thesaurus, example sentences, and audio pronunciation.
Teleprompter
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PaperPort Notes
Note Taking
Pic Collage
Photography
Popplet Lite
Organization
A digital note taking tool for your iPad. Create typed or handwritten notes, use the annotation tools to mark up documents, including PDFs. Import worksheets or other documents from email or DropBox. Create awesome collages from photos in your iPad photo/camera roll. Tap to add photos then rotate and resize them, and add backgrounds and stickers. Capture your ideas and sort them visually using words and images.
Free
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QuickOffice Pro HD
Productivity
Open, edit, and create Microsoft® Office documents and PDF files. This app is only purchased for teachers.
19.99 (VPP)
Quick Voice Recorder
Schoology
ScootPad
Screenchomp
Audio Recording Full featured voice recording app for iPad and iPod touch. Create oral reading fluency recordings, record notes and reminders, practice multiplication facts or high frequency words in a voice recording. QuickVoice has a multitasking feature so you can use other apps while recording. Education / Use Schoology to stay connected to LMS your students. Teachers can create assignments, discussions, classroom announcements, create assessments, and keep track of grades. Students can view and submit assignments, stay connected with each other and their teacher, and keep track of grades. Users need a free Schoology.com account. Math / ELA Access Scootpad's Common Core Practice aligned math and reading self-paced skill practice activities on your iPad. Teachers and parents can receive reports on student performance. Interactive Record it! Sketch it! Share it! Create Whiteboard screencasts right on your iPad to share a great idea or explain a concept. Share your screen cast videos with students and teachers.
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Annotate, sketch, and share photos, webpages, screenshots, and other graphics. Draw arrows, diagrams, point out important information, or brainstorm ideas. Sock Puppets Video Create your own lip-synced videos using the included puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds. Includes both cartoon and photo realistic puppets. Socrative / Student Engage your class, collect data, Teacher Clicker Response System and save time on grading using a variety of questions types: multiple choice, short answer, quick quiz, or exit tickets. Great way to check for understanding. Socrative / Student Turns your iPad into a smart Student Clicker Response System student response system. Share ideas or do a quick check for understanding using multiple choice, short answer, exit ticket, space race, or quick quiz. T-Charts Graphic Measure the pros and cons of any (Pros and Cons) Organizer topic.
Skitch
Productivity
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Tools 4 Students
Graphic Organizers
A collection of 25 graphic $.99 organizers to help students and (VPP) teacher organize their thinking. Covers a wide variety of topics, including cause/effect, main idea, sequencing, character traits, and more. Completed organizers can be shared by email.
MATH APPS App Name Fraction Basics Purpose / Content Area Math / Fractions Description Price Free
12 computer animated videos that explain fractions basics, including improper and mixed fractions, equivalent fractions, converting fractions to percents,or add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. Geoboard, by The Math / Geometry, Stretch virtual rubber bands around the Math Learning fractions, and pegs to form line segments, polygons, Center more or angles, to explore concepts such as congruity and similarity, area, perimeter, or fractions. Shapes can be filled with transparent colors. Geometry Pad Math / Create a variety of geometric shapes Geometry and explore their properties. You can move and scale, plot a point, create lines and angles, and much more. Khan Academy Free instructional videos covering a variety of content areas including K-12 math topics, science and humanities. Videos can be downloaded in the app for viewing offline. Math Practice Practice math skills with over 800 questions ranging from grades 3 through 8. The interactive features include clues and sound effects, and a variety of difficulty levels. Math / Basic Skills A fun way to improve you basic math Practice skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and addition. Track your progress and customize to your specific needs. Math Dictionary Illustrated glossary of math terms with entries of 1,000 terms for both middle and high school. In addition to English, definitions can be displayed in Spanish for parents at home. Student Created View student created mathcasts from Math Videos MathTrain.TV. Kids teaching kids math video tutorials. Watch and listen to their step by step explanations of math problems. Math/ Fluency Use your finger to write the correct Practice solution using place value rules. You can even email and print out worksheets for pencil/paper practice. Math Videos
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Master the Math
Free
Math Stripes
Free
Math Terms Glossary
Free
Mathtrain
Free
Math Write
Free
Number Rack
SketchPad Explorer
Slope Slider
Sushi Monster
Virtual Manipulatives
Helps develop number sense through 5’s and 10’s. Explore and discover addition and subtraction strategies. This tool is also known as a Rekenrek or ten-frame. Math / App developed by the publisher of the Geometry popular Geometer's Sketchpad® software. Drag, manipulate, and animate to develop an understanding of math concepts and includes skills for Grade 1 through 10. Math / Linear Helps build an understanding of linear Relationships equations. Lines can be graphed independently and compared with each other. Graphs can be saved and shared via email. Math Fact Fluency Interactive practice of addition and multiplication facts. Feed the monster plates of sushi containing the correct answer to a math fact problem. From Scholastic. Math/ Fractions/ A virtual set of fraction bars that can be Decimals/ moved, compared, and manipulated. Percents The fraction bars can be displayed as fractions, decimals, or percents.
Math / Number Sense
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ELA (English Language Arts) APPS App Name Bluster! Purpose / Description Price Content Area ELA / Word matching game that develops Free Vocabulary vocabulary and word understanding. A variety of grade level materials and three different game modes.
Chicktionary for iPad
Word Game / Develop word skills using the letters Free Vocabulary on the hens to create 3 letters words, 4 letter words, 5 letter words, and more. The more words you create the more points you earn! Scribble Press Story Creation Book creation platform using great Free drawing and writing tools. Includes 50 *Now story templates, stickers, drawing 3.99 tools, and stories/books can be shared. Starfall Learn to ELA All of the content from the Starfall 2.99 Read Learn to Read website in an iPad app. (VPP) This is being used on our K-2 iPads only. StoryLines for Schools ELA / Like a game of telephone with Vocabulary pictures. A great way to define and illustrate vocabulary terms and concepts collaboratively. Flash / Trading From Read/Write/Think and the Card Builder International Reading Association. Create trading cards for characters, locations, objects, events, or vocabulary. Students are given prompts to help them complete the cards appropriately. Create your Create poems and short stories using own poetry the built in words form famous poems or create your own word banks. Free