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Stack the State

s

Stack the States:

$.99

Have fun learning

about the 50
states:
Capitals
State shapes
Abbreviations
Bordering states
Location on the
map
Nicknames

Stack the Countries

(also available)

Star Walk
Star Walk: $4.99
Point your iPad at
the sky and learn
the identities of
the stars,
constellations and
satellites.

Everyday Mathe
matics Basebal
lMathematics
Baseball: $1.99
Designed for both
iPhone, iPad, and
iTouch
Great practice for
Multiplication
tables in a game
form.

Beat the Compu

ter

Everyday
Mathmatics- Beat
the Computer:
$1.99

20 rounds of play

Practices basic
multiplication
facts from 0 to
10

Correct and
incorrect answer
feedback

Mad Libs

Mad Libs: FREE

Test your fill-in

the-blank skills

Educate and
entertain
simultaneously

Under the Sea

Under the Sea:

FREE (Expanded
paid version
available.)

Designed for 1st2nd grade

Learn simple
addition facts in
game form.

Pearl Diver

Pearl Diver: FREE

Ideal for middle

school and upper
elementary
students, grades 38

Understand
numbers, ways of
representing
numbers, and
number systems.

Understand and
represent
commonly used
fractions.

K-12 Timed Rea

ding

K-12 Timed
Reading: FREE

Allows levels K4 to practice

fluency.

Variety of fiction
and non-fiction.

Track one
reader, multiple
readers, or even
a whole class.

Geo Play 2
Geo Play 2: FREE
Fun geography
review and quiz.
Play as a multiple
choice game, or
just review
geography facts
with flash cards.
Over 80 questions
or upgrade to over
400 questions.

Free Spanish Tu
tor

Free Spanish Tutor:

FREE

Native speaker audio for

all words

Entertaining puzzle game

Write-in quiz to test

language recall

Multiple choice quiz

Flash cards built in

Self contained, internet

not required

Grammar Prep: S
ubjects & Verbs

Grammar Prep:
$3.99

Contains
multimedia
tutorials,
quizzes and
mastery tests,
answer
feedback, and
progress
tracking.

Teachers Assist
ant Pro

Teachers Assistant Pro:

FREE (Upgrade version $6.99)

Allows teachers to keep track

of student actions, behavior,
infractions, and
achievements in the
classroom.

Communicate quickly and

easily with parents and your
administration by
documenting student
classroom habits and
behaviors and sending
reports via email or making a
call right from your iPhone.

Easy QR

Easy QR: FREE

Allows you to
generate and
scan QR code.

Share via email, Facebook,

or Twitter.

Puffin

Puffin: $2.99

Super fast web

browser that
renders full
versions of web
pages and
supports FLASH!

Khan Academy

Khan Academy:
FREE

Learn almost
anything free with
over 2,700 videos.

Topics such as K-12

math, science,
biology, chemistry,
history, etc. are
covered.

Downloadable
videos.

Instapaper

Instapaper
($4.99)

Lets you save

articles, blogs
and news for
offline reading.

The app turns

Web pages into
a great reading
experience.

Paper

Paper: FREE

Use different pen

types and colors
to:
Sketch
Write
Outline
Color
Share

Penultimate
Penultimate:
$.99
Write directly on
the iPad to take
notes.
Various color
pens.
Import pictures
onto notepaper.
Save for future
reference.

Three Ring

Three Ring: FREE

Allows teachers to
take pictures of
student work and
keep track of them
online.

Digitize students
handwritten
assignments and
organize their work.

Dropbox
Dropbox: FREE
up to 2GB
Lets you bring
your photos,
docs, and videos
anywhere and
share them
easily.
Never email
yourself a file
again! Offers
offline file
access.

Documents to
Go
Documents to Go:
$9.99

Have access to
your Office
documents (Word,
Excel and
PowerPoint) on
your iPad at any
time.
Provides a 2-way
file synchronization
between your
desktop and your
iPad (or iPhone).

Adobe Photoshop E
xpress

Photoshop
Express: FREE

Simple photo
editing.

Crop and rotate

photos, create
effects and
borders,
manipulate
color, apply
filters, etc.

Dragon
Dictation
Dragon Dictation:
FREE
Very accurate
voice transcription
Share messages
via e-mail,
Facebook and
Twitter as long as
you are connected
to the web.

Explain
Everything

Explain Everything:
$2.99

Easy-to-use design
tool that lets you
annotate, animate,
and narrate
presentations.

Use as an interactive
whiteboard using the
iPad2 video display.

Insert a web browser

for live annotations
and basic recordings.

Record on-screen
while the audio is
captured on the iPad
microphone.

Popplet

Popplet: FREE
(only allows 1)
Paid version
unlimited: $4.99

For brainstorming
and
mindmapping

Plan projects,
presentations,
projects, etc.

Share and
collaborate with
others.

Type on PDF
Type on PDF:
FREE
Users can both
type or write on
PDF forms.
Export
completed forms
as PDFs via
email.
Make templates
of commonly
used forms.

Additional Sources
AppShopper - noties you of sale prices on iPad/iPhone
apps
AppStart - free review tool for iPad app
Apps for Children with Special Needs:
http://a4cwsn.com/
ScoopIt - http://bit.ly/pu9wiF
Apps in Education http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/
App Advice - http://appadvice.com/reviews