Tools 4 Students

Tools 4 Students is an excellent iPad app designed to help students w/ their Writing/Comprehension.  The way this works is T4S supplies 25 graphic organizers that focus on such skills as: cause/effect, main idea, KWL, etc, and can be edited/saved/shared to help students organize their thoughts and strengthen their skills.

I highly recommend checking out Tools 4 Students by clicking here!!!

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Stick Around

Stick Around is the highly anticipated iPad app from Tony Vincent that I just had the pleasure of trying out.  This is an excellent app for teachers to create puzzles, diagrams, quizzes, annotating, and more.  SA interface is perfect for education as it allows educators/students to choose from projects or puzzles and then label objects.  These game be used for a wide variety of educational topics such as: labeling parts of a plant, water cycle, cell, etc etc.  Also, users can create them from scratch by drawing or uploading their own picture.  Best of all a person can add audio recordings which can be
used by students to create digital notes or by teachers for Guided Learning.

I highly recommend checking out Stick Around by clicking here!!!

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BaiBoard

BaiBoard is a excellent free iPad app that turns your iPad into an interactive collaborative whiteboard.  This is a great way for educators or students to share content w/ others through their iPad via the web.  Also, BB lets users annotate on PDFs as well as e-sign documents.

I highly recommend checking out BaiBoard by clicking here!!!

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Imagistory

Imagistory is a wonderful free iPad app that I just found out about from iPad Apps 4 Schools.  This is a great "wordless" picture book where students can record their own narration of the story that they select.  As they open the book, the story begins to record through the iPad's microphone.  Once a story is finished it can then be saved and played back or record a new version of your story.  This is a great app for the younger kids to introduce them to digital storytelling and get their creative juices flowing.

I highly recommend checking out Imagistory by clicking here!!!

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Splash Math

Splash Math is an excellent iPad app that can be downloaded by individual grade or in a complete package of 1st-5th.  Splash Math is a very visual app that uses educational games and activities to teach Math skills in the different grade levels.  These apps are aligned to Common Core Standards, track student progress in real-time, is self paced for each individual learning, and has lots of resources such as worksheets and more.

I highly recommend checking out Splash Math by clicking here!!!

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Twelve a Dozen

Twelve a Dozen is one of the most beautiful iPad apps around I've seen for Game Based Learning.  This game designed for kids 10-14yrs old takes them on a mathematical platform adventure for using basic Math skills and Order of Operations to solve problems, unlock special power ups, and solve engaging puzzles.  Twelve a Dozen has over 30 levels, stunning game design and graphics, and helps students w/ their Math skills in areas such as: multiplication, division, addition, and more.

I highly recommend checking out Twelve a Dozen by clicking here!!!

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Super Games - Educational Games by Mr. Nussbaum

Super Games is a excellent iPad app for educational games from the famous educator Mr. Nussbaum.   These games are designed for grades K-8th and cover a wide range of subjects such as: Math, Reading, History, Geography, and much more.  There are over a dozen of free games to choose from and you can unlock all 40 of them for $1.99 (although free today).

I highly recommend checking out Super Games by clicking here!!!!

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Chronicle

Chronicle is a innovative new iPad that is ideal for classroom management, grading, assessing, note-taking, and so much more.  It is a educational tool that educators are using for harnessing their teaching best practice methodologies.  It is designed for educators to "Chronicle" each student through detailed and easy to use data by allowing educators to add multimedia (i.e. audio, video, images, etc.) content to each student's progress.  Teachers can customize notes and audio clips to each student, and assess students in real-time using a visual "traffic-light" design.  Also, it allows educators to integrate Common Core Standards and act as a grade book w/ an abundance of export features.

I highly recommend checking out Chronicle by click here!!!

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Book Writer

Book Writer is one of the most beautiful looking iOS apps around for project based learning and digital storytelling.  This simple to use drag-n-drop app, allows users to upload photos, add text/images/videos/music, and then record their narration.  A finished product can then be exported into iBooks or shared via Dropbox or Google Drive.  Finally, educators are even using this to flip a lesson.

I highly recommend checking out Book Writer by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo...

New Answer Pad

The Answer Pad the great student response system and mobile learning tool has just been updated w/ a brand new polished look.  This is an excellent site/app that allows educators to turn their classroom paperless and do all testing/assessing on an iPad.  Also, educators can use Answer Pad for any subject and easily integrate it into their curriculum.  Teachers are using this to differentiate instruction and assess learning in real-time as they push out their lessons on to student's iPads and gauge their learning.  W/ tons of templates to choose from (i.e Math, Geography, etc.) an abundance of draw tools, and innovative portfolio feature that lets educators take a snapshot and save any lesson/exercise they have created, making Answer Pad a perfect mobile learning solution.

Also, besides the whole new website redesign new features are on the way such as: new drawing tools, improvements to Go Interactive making it easier for teachers to use, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out Answer Pad by clicking here!!!

Below is a brief demo of Answer Pad...

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Chronicle

Chronicle is an innovative new iPad app that allows educators to assess students in real time on any subject as well as their behavior w/ a unique "traffic light" system.  Also, it allows educators to share student data, generate detailed reports, and add media (i.e. audio, images, video) to notes for individual students or groups.  Best of all, Chronicle integrates w/ a gradebook and is aligned to Common Core Standards.

I highly recommend checking out Chronicle by clicking here!!!

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Door 24

Door 24 is one of my favorite free iPad apps for Math.  This is a super fun game that has students trying to fix a robot's circuits while solving the mystery behind Door 24.  This game focuses on Math for grades 4th-8th aligned to Common Core Standards and has students working on computational fluency, number sense, and algebraic thinking.

I highly recommend checking out Door 24 by clicking here!!!

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SquirrelThat

SquirrelThat is a free iPad app that is excellent for note taking.  This is a great tool that students can use when researching a project or taking notes during a lecture.  Best of all, it's simple to use and lets students share their notes w/ others.  Also, the abundance of features for makes SquirrelThat a nice learning tool as students can annotate on their notes, draw, add media, and more.

I highly recommend checking out SquirrelThat by clicking here!!!

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Below is a brief demo...

Write to Read

Writer to Read is an amazing iPad app designed for kids 3-10 yrs to help w/ their Reading & Writing skills by creating a book.  W/ that in mind it also makes it an ideal app for introducing digital storytelling to students that is aligned to Common Core Standards.  The way this works is a child/student write's a sentence to the best of their ability and then an adult/teacher translates the sentence into proper text.  This helps students learn visually as they see their sentenc
e next to the correct one while learning to read, write, and spell.  Another nice feature is the unique keyboard that separates consonants and vowels by color and being able to record audio to help further their learning.

I highly recommend checking out Write to Read by clicking here!!!

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Care Bears Love to Learn

Care Bears Love to Learn is a free iPad app I downloaded the other day for my 3 yr old girl.  This is a fun app that has young kids engaging in educational activities such as: matching, puzzles, shapes, counting, and more.  Also, it has high replay value as the farther along one plays the more Care Bear stickers a person unlocks.  It's a simple and fun game that should provide hours of play for young learners.

I recommend checking out Care Bears Love to Learn by clicking here!!!

Write-On Video

Write-On Video is an excellent iPad app for digital storytelling.  This is a simple to use app that allows users to upload a video and then annotate, draw, or add pictures/stmaps over it.  Best of all, it integrates w/ Evernote and allows users to even create a slideshow or storyboard of their videos, photos, or annotations.  This is a great way for educators to Flip a Classroom, create a tutorial, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out Write-On Video by clicking here!!!

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Wonderblox

I love supporting Kickstarter campaigns for education as much as I can.  While I might not be able to supply any funds, I sure love blogging about it to help spread the word and see all the cool ideas out there.  The latest Kickstarter I became aware of is called, Wonderblox.  This is an innovative app that uses regular wooden blocks to spell out words on the iPad by placing them in the correct spot.  The way this works is through the iPad attachment that reflects the iPad camera so it can see what's being placed on it's screen.  This can be a great way to combine the physical world of "play" into that of technology as well as increase a child's love of learning.

I highly recommend checking out the campaign and video by clicking here!!!

Door 24

Door 24 is one of my favorite free iPad apps for Math grades 4th-8th.  This is a super fun app that challenges students critical thinking skills as they use computational Math skills to solve different problems and help a robot put their circuits back together and solve the mystery behind Door 24.  This app is correlated to Common Core Standards and focuses on different Math areas such as: Algebraic thinking, Number Sense, and more.

I highly recommend checking out Door 24 by clicking here!!!

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Water Cycle HD

Water Cycle HD is a fantastic iPad app (that is free today) that is STEM related and ideal for learning about the Water Cycle.  This educational app uses a combination of videos, animations, and photographs, to help students learn about the Water Cycle.  Also, WC HD follows Common Core Standards and has a quiz that students can take to reinforce learning.  The quiz has three different levels of difficulty and follows Bloom's taxonomy.

I highly recommend checking out Water Cycle HD by clicking here!!!

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Speech Wizard

Speech Wizard is an excellent iPad app that is normally $39.99 but free today.  This app is perfect for ESL, parents, or Speech Therapists looking to help students w/ their articulation skills.  This is done through fun Game Based Learning activities that has students using flashcards, going on sound hunts, and more.  Best of all is the data tracking/report generating as well as the ab
ility to record your voice or pronunciation of words.

I highly recommend checking out Speech Wizard by clicking here!!!

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