WHAT’S SITTING ON MY IPAD
RIGHT NOW
ISABELLA MACQUARRIE
SD 27,
ITINERANT LEARNING SUPPORT/ELL
TEACHER,
DISTRICT PARTNER, POPFASD, SETBC
WHAT IS SITTING ON MY IPAD RIGHT NOW! (AND OTHER PLACES TO CHECK FOR APPS) So here are a few places to get started: 1. Check out the Apple Education page. They list educational apps broken down by subject area http://www.apple.ca/education/apps/ 2. This is a link to a blog written by a teacher. He highlights educational apps, lists the price (if there is a cost), and gives a really good description of each app. You can search by grade or by subject http://ipadapps4school.com/ 3. Here is a website for educators that focuses on educational apps with good descriptions http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/12/a-‐list-‐of-‐all-‐best-‐ipad-‐apps-‐
teachers.html Here are some apps that I am currently liking. These are in no special order, and a bit of a snapshot of everything, from brain games and puzzles, to phonics, math and reading apps...Enjoy exploring, and let me know if I can be of help...! 1. Apps Fire (Free)- is basically an app that has a daily listing of free (or reduced priced) apps based on categories. I check it most days. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/appsfire-‐free-‐your-‐daily-‐
dose/id418295945?mt=8 2. Making Sequences (4.99)- Teach story sequencing or help children master steps for completing a task. Making Sequences includes 15 photo sequences for teaching story order. Use these or upload your own images, add voice recordings and share them with others using Dropbox. Teach personalized daily living skills or have fun teaching kids to sequence stories starring themselves. This is also great for making short social stories. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/making-‐sequences/id460119961?mt=8 3. Starring You Story Books (Free)- With StoryBots Starring You® StoryBooks, you can make your child the STAR of the show. In just a few simple swipes, you can create personalized story books that feature your child’s face and name. Your child will be enthralled by the great stories, colorful art, and awesome animations in every Starring You® StoryBook. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starring-‐you-‐storybooks/id439449113?mt=8 4. Ibooks (Free)- THERE ARE SOME REALLY COOL THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH IBOOKS-‐ FEATURES...iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest bestselling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passage Download books • Download best-‐sellers and classic books from the iBookstore • Find fully illustrated books, including children's picture books, designed art books, photo books, cook books, and more in the iBookstore • Experience gorgeous fullscreen Multi-‐Touch books designed for iPad. These books are filled with interactive features, diagrams, photos, videos, and more • Read a free sample of any book on the iBookstore before making it a part of your permanent collection https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8 5. Car Crusher (.99)-‐Car Crusher is a fun filled, addictive and challenging puzzle game. Becoming a junkyard millionaire is no easy task. It will take all your skills and talents to send as many cars as possible smashing down into the claws of the Car Crusher! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/car-‐crusher/id480049581?mt=8 6. Dream Track Nation (.99) -‐In Dream Track Nation let your imagination run wild as you race to the finish in some of the craziest, most colorful and downright silly racetracks you’ve ever seen! Collect stars, use power-‐ups and jump huge gaps in this unique take on arcade racing. Use the incredible inbuilt track editor to create any track you desire, and then race it against your friends online! Dream Track Nation allows you to pair up with anyone in the world and see who’s got what it takes to bring home the gold! https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/dream-‐track-‐nation/id410013652?mt=8 7. Car Constructor-(2.99) The “Construct a car” – is a unique application which features 16 iron shapes for assembling an automobile former, 8 sorts of spongy brakes, 8 different types of wheels, engine, headlights, arcs, spoilers, wings etc, in order not to limit the child’s imagination. The most important is that when the car is ready, the kid can have a ride on it on a highway. Highway driving is a simulation of an actual driving experience -‐ the gas pedal, brake, acceleration, cocking level, braking effect and others. http://littlebeetle.net/apps/constructor.htm 8. Inspiration Maps (9.99-but worth it!!)-Engage students in active learning with Inspiration Maps. Students build their knowledge by creating diagrams, maps and organizers that help them brainstorm, plan, organize and build thinking skills. Tap to transform visual work into outlines that export for writing. Use Inspiration Maps to: -‐ Brainstorm new ideas and capture insights -‐ Analyze information -‐ Understand cause and effect -‐ Organize projects -‐ Organize thoughts and topics for writing -‐ Take notes -‐ Study for exams https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inspiration-‐maps/id510173686?mt=8 9. Show Me (Free) –I am LOVING this app!! This app is for teachers, to create and record lessons on a white board. The lessons can then be uploaded onto the “Show Me web Site. You can set up student accounts and assign them to watch lessons you create. The extra cool thing is that you can access everyone’s “Show Me”s ! All those lessons are available on line. Type in a search, and watch! http://www.showme.com/ 10. Educreations (Free)- This is as good as “Show Me” or better as you have some more options in creating your lessons, such as text boxes. Very user friendly, and as with show me, you can access everyone else’s “Educreations!” Check it out! http://www.educreations.com/ 11. Dragon Dictation (Free)-Dragon Dictation is an easy-‐to-‐use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate status updates directly to your Social Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders to yourself….all using your voice. So when you’re on-‐the-‐go, stop typing and start speaking – from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/dragon-‐dictation/id341446764?mt=8 12. Enchanted Dictionary (1.99)-‐ Enchanted Dictionary 7th-‐12th Grade gives you a new way to learn core vocabulary for Science, Social Studies, Math and English/Language Arts. Designed by a Speech/Language Pathologist, Enchanted Dictionary helps you focus on the wording of definitions while you flick the words in order. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/enchanted-‐dictionary-‐7-‐
12th/id480290062?mt=8 13. Spell Board (4.99) –One of the BEST vocabulary Apps I have used!-‐ Spell Board provides a fast and intuitive way for you to enter your list of spelling words. All you need to do is enter the word (correctly spelled), the grade level (1-‐12) and the spoken word (recorded via the iPads built in microphone). Optionally, you can add a written and/or spoken phrase. That's it! Now you are ready to study your word list and be quizzed on it. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/spellboard/id390290951?mt=8 14. I Can Write 2 (Free)- 'I Can Write' series is designed to help children become independent writers. This app offers an easy and interactive environment for children to learn how to write correctly in a fun way. Your child will be engaged in creating their own pictures and sentences. 'OK' button allows children to spot their own mistake and correct it without anyone's help. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-‐can-‐write-‐2/id500152476?mt=8 15. Sentence Builder Teen (5.99)-‐ SentenceBuilderTeen™ is designed to help teenage children learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. The content for SentenceBuilderTeen™ is identical to the IAP's of the award winning SentenceBuilder™, but in a stand alone app for teenagers. SentenceBuilderTeen™ pays explicit attention to the connector words that make up over 80% of the English language. Combined with images that will appeal to older children, SentenceBuilderTeen™ offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammar of teenaged special needs children. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/sentencebuilderteen/id465018367?mt=8 16. 500 English Words (Free)-‐Learn English with pictures. There are 50 categories in this App , 10 words in each category. 500 basic words and picture (4 pictures for each word) that you can learn. Test mode : "look at the word selected picture", "listen to the word pronunciation selected picture", "see pictures selected word". It includes pictures, words, and pronunciation of the integration of memory enhancement. It is not only a good tool for baby to learn English, but also for other English learners in order to increase memory by contrast word and picture. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/english-‐baby-‐500-‐
basicenglish/id536993168?mt=8 17. My Editing Buddy (.99)-‐ Educational iPad app for building up basic editing skills among elementary school children. User-‐friendly app with HD graphics and intact functionality allows its users to create documents and makes learning basic editing fun. They can share documents with their friends and teachers, edit it with editing symbols, get feedbacks by inserting sticky notes, email it or get a print out of the edited copy. Interactive elementary, a company based in Canada, promotes educational iPad apps. http://www.openxcell.com/my-‐editing-‐buddy/ 18. Memory Block (free)-How good is your memory? Find out with MemoryBlock! Watch the computer carefully as it creates sequences for you to mimic. With 5 buttons to keep track of it's harder than it seems! How far can you go? https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/memoryblock/id351705979?mt=8 19. Bridge Constructor (free)-In Bridge Constructor, you can become an accomplished bridge builder without any formal training. Play 30 different levels, and build bridges over deep valleys, canals, or rivers. Stress tests reveal whether the bridge you build can withstand the daily stress of continual use from cars and trucks. http://www.bridgeconstructor.com/bc/index_en.html 20. Scribble Press (3.99)-‐Scribble Press for iPad is a book creation platform that allows kids to create and share their own stories with hundreds of great drawing and writing tools. Download your books instantly to your iBooks library! Scribble Press for iPad makes it easy to create an ebook – either write your own or use one of over 50 story templates. How about “My Babysitter is a Zombie” or “The Dog Ate my Homework”? From serious to seriously fun, you can make a book about any topic and instantly publish to the gallery or share with friends anywhere in the world. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scribble-‐press/id487300076?mt=8 21. Book Creator (4.99)-The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad. Read them in iBooks, send them to your friends, or submit them to the iBookstore. Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-‐creator-‐for-‐ipad/id442378070?mt=8 22. Bookabi (free)-‐ Create your very own storybooks in 2D and 3D. Choose from bookabi's backgrounds, characters, objects and stickers or use your own photos and become part of the story! Easy enough for kids to use alone and a fun new way to share story time together. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bookabi/id494391239?mt=8 23. 3D Math Racing (Free)- This is a great idea. It's a racing game that also tests basic math skills. It does it in a really fun way. It'll be great for kids but it's actually fun to play as an adult too. Put the difficulty up, choose manual steering and see if your brain is fast enough!" https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/3d-‐math-‐racing-‐fast-‐free-‐
math/id552783933?mt=8 24. Math Pentagon (free)- Middle school math teachers/parents: Supplement math lessons with an array of practice problems. Math pentagon is a structured math learning program that engages students by letting them practice math worksheets, complete exercises & assignments on iPad. Teachers/Parents can capture student performance data, review and understand student progress -‐ thereby saving time, paper, money and enhancing productivity. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-‐!!!/id467548534?mt=8 25. Sky Numbers (1.99)- Utterly fun & addictive but also educational math game, aimed at testing and improving one’s basic math skills. This is the game that will not only make you work your brain functions but also build on your speed and reflexes in the process. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sky-‐numbers-‐math-‐meets-‐
fun/id411215422?mt=8 26. Tic Tac Toe Phonics (free)-‐ Children build language skills in a fast-‐paced game of tic-‐tac-‐toe! Fun, interactive game explores vowel sounds, syllables and more. For ages 6-‐8 years. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonics-‐tic-‐tac-‐toe-‐
interactive/id465184366?mt=8 27. Marble Minds Phonics (2.99) -‐The first step to reading is understanding the sounds letters make, or phonics. This app focuses on these sounds versus the letters themselves, teaching the fundamentals of reading. It was designed as clear concise exercises with minimal distractions but at the same time -‐ fun. Built by two loving parents -‐ our kids love it, yours will too. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marbleminds-‐phonics/id514568763?mt=8 28. Montessori Crosswords (2.99)-Based on the proven Montessori learning method, Montessori Crosswords helps kids develop their reading, writing, and spelling skills by building words from a set of 320 word-‐image-‐audio-‐phonics combinations using a phonics-‐enabled movable alphabet. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/montessori-‐crosswords-‐
spelling/id384334005?mt=8 29. Dummy Defense (.99)-‐ Protect your dummy from explosions, boulders, spiked walls, and more! Use the blueprints editor to design a structure that will protect your dummy, Melvin, from some random danger. You'll have to work with the available materials. Most of the time you'll use wood, sometimes you'll use concrete, but you must always use your most important asset: your brain. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dummy-‐defense/id460832678?mt=8 30. Little Solver (.99)- Little Solver is a fun and exciting game to help kids sharpen their minds by developing critical thinking and analytical reasoning skills. While an analogy is nothing more than a comparison that points out relationships between things that are different, cognitively for kids it plays a significant role in developing analytical reasoning, problem solving, perception, and spatial relational skills. Figural analogies are also frequently seen on placement tests. Whether you believe in them or not, standardized tests are part of almost every kids life starting as early as 3 years of age. Fortunately, with Little Solver mastering figural analogies is fun and exciting. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-‐solver-‐figural-‐
analogies/id469519455?mt=8 31. North- Voro (Free for a limited time!) is completely original, unique, fresh and addictive puzzle game. Clear all the tiles by dragging them into clusters of the same color, but there’s a twist: the geometry is not orthogonal. https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/north-‐non-‐orthogonal-‐
unique/id534996970?mt=8 32. Barnyard Mahjong (free)- Barnyard Mahjong is a completely new and unique way to experience the solitaire game. With a down on the farm theme and lots of fun animal sounds you will find hours of fun as you eliminate all the tiles from the board. It includes 168 different puzzle layouts each with random tile orders so you can play again and again with it never being the same. Find matching pairs of images at the left and right ends of the lines in the various puzzles to remove the tiles from the board. As an extra twist you match any cat to any cat and match any dog to any dog. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/barnyard-‐mahjong/id467719928?mt=8 33. Mayan Puzzle (free)-‐ Mayan Puzzle is a variant of brain challenging match 3 puzzle game like no other, where you have to destroy all blocks in a level in limited number of moves. Besides mind-‐boggling classic mode, it features also 3 other game modes (time trial, challenge, marathon) which are a mix of puzzle and arcade, great if you need to relax or have a few spare moments. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mayan-‐puzzle/id385160886?mt=8 34. Toontastic (free)- Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a storytelling and creative learning tool that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world through simple and fun imaginative play! With over 2 million cartoons created in over 150 countries, parents and teachers rave about the app... and kids can't stop creating! Making cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show -‐ simply press the record button, move your characters onscreen, and tell your story. Toontastic records your animation and voice as a cartoon video to share with friends and family on ToonTube, the app's global storytelling network for kids. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-‐free/id404693282?mt=8 35. Playtime theatre-‐ PlayTime Theater is a first of its kind digital play set and puppet-‐show theater. Unlike traditional toys, it uses a unique, highly customizable play system that lets you create and record your own shows using the magical touch interface of Apple’s new iPad. Add your own voice, and use built-‐in production elements like sound effects and music to give your performances a professional polish! http://www.playtimetheater.com/ 36. Story Wheel (2.99)- Story Wheel is an educational game that improves your child’s cognitive abilities. Story Wheel helps develop an understanding of story composition, strengthens imagination, and improves oral language skills. It is a perfect complement to your child’s language arts school curriculum. 1-‐4 players can create a story. Start by spinning the wheel to get a picture. Next, record your voice as you develop a story with that picture. Each player will build upon the story with a new picture. When done, you can listen to your story and share your creations online, or email them to family and friends. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/story-‐wheel/id437068725?mt=8 37. Sock Puppets (Free)- Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-‐synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button and the puppets automatically lip-‐synch to your voice. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-‐puppets/id394504903?mt=8 38. Talking News (Free)-‐ Talking Tom & Ben have become famous TV news anchors! Talk to them and they will repeat what you say in turns. Create & record funny conversations between them. You can also customize the app by uploading your personal videos! Just press the TV button in the app to record a video with the camera or choose one of your existing videos from your Photos gallery. Once your personal video is in the app, make Tom & Ben comment on the video. And of course you can record the conversation and send the video to all of your friends to see. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-‐tom-‐ben-‐news/id444946356?mt=8 39. Word Jewels (Free)-‐ ✭ Trace words to capture them in any direction, even crossing over your path! No timers, so take your time and find the best words! Beautiful graphics and animation! Relaxing sound effects ✭ Listen to your iPod music while playing ✭ Trace words to capture them in any direction, even crossing over your path! ✭ Beautiful graphics and animation! ✭ Relaxing sound effects ✭ Listen to your iPod music while playing https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-‐jewels!/id433238748?mt=8 40. Word Mess (.99)- It's a completely new kind of word game that will have you scrambling to find words in beautifully messy word clouds! Super replayable, super addictive and super fun! Featured as #1 in Apple Staff Favorites for Education Apps! Featured in "Editor's All Time Favorites for Education" in the UK App Store #2 in top Word Games for the iPad! "4 out of 4 stars!" -‐ USAToday Featured on the front page of USAToday.com as a top "back-‐to-‐school" app Featured in "8 iOS Games for Word Nerds" by MacLife.com Game of the Week -‐ TheOnlineMom.com, Famigo.com, OpenFeint.com, iphoneAppsFinder.com and many others! Featured by GeekSugar.com in "10 iPhone Word Games for Cerebral Satisfaction" It's a completely new kind of word game that will have you scrambling to find words in beautifully messy word clouds! Super replayable, super addictive and super fun! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-‐mess/id504739597?mt=8 41. Tiny Countries (Free)-Help Tiny in this epic adventure to save the world using his awesome skills in geography! Dr. Evil and his henchmen have an evil plan to realign the world by moving the continents and forming a rooster-‐shaped world. General McIntyre enlists Tiny due to his expertise in geography to help catch these henchmen after they uncover a series of cryptic clues identifying their locations. Play as Tiny's character and save the world by using your knowledge of geography to unravel clues. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tiny-‐countries/id570163207?mt=8 42. Letter School (2.99) Bar none, the BEST letter practice app on the market!! http://letterschool.com/ 43. Flipboard-‐ (Free) Named Apple’s App of the Year, one of TIME’s top 50 Innovations, and the top Social App of 2012 at the Webbys. Flipboard is a personal news magazine filled with everything being shared across the Web, from breaking news to stories on world events, sports, travel and more. Simply pick a few topics and your Flipboard is instantly populated with the news you care about. If you want more, use the search bar to find favorite sources or browse recommended reading from the staff at Flipboard. When you find a new source you love, just tap the “+” to add it to your Flipboard. And if you’re short on time, use the Cover Stories tile to see some of the most interesting stories from all of your sections on Flipboard. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/flipboard-‐your-‐social-‐news/id358801284?mt=8 44. Songza- (Free ) Working? Relaxing? At the gym? Songza plays you the right music at the right time. ✪App Store Best of 2012, 100% free. No audio ads & no limits. Stream thousands of original playlists handmade by music experts. Let Songza's 'Music Concierge' find the right music for your moments. Browse a curated playlist library organized by activity, genre, decade, & mood. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/songza/id453111583?mt=8 45. Snapguide (Free) Snapguide is a simple, beautiful way to share and view step-bystep how to guides. Would be fantastic for special needs students requiring visual
support! Discover new things to cook, build, wear, play and more. Create your own
guides and share what you love making with your friends on Twitter, Facebook and
more. Discuss your interests with other people who share your passions.
46. NFB Films for IPad-‐ (Free)-‐ Top app in the iTunes Canada Entertainment category. As featured in a nation-‐wide marketing campaign by Apple, the NFB Films app allows you to watch over 2000 movies -‐ documentaries, animations and feature films -‐ free on your iPad. Features: *Over 2000 free movies to watch on your iPad *Kids' channel with fun and educational content for children *Store films for up to 48 hours for off-‐line viewing *Browse films by channel *Search for films by title *Bookmark your favourite films *Share films on Facebook and Twitter *TV Out and airplay support, allowing you to stream films to television https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/nfb-‐films-‐for-‐ipad/id378813687?mt=8 47. Picstop (Free)- the PixStop app captures as many as 10,000 images to create mini masterpieces up to 13 minutes long. Novice-‐friendly features, helpful tutorials and intuitive controls make this the perfect tool for first-‐time stop-‐motion animators and a great mobile tool for more advanced users too. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/nfb-‐pixstop/id481791763?mt=8 48. Videolicious (Free) Instantly combine your videos, photos, music and stories into a stunning movie masterpiece. Just talk and tap to create the perfect video. Super fast and easy movie making -‐-‐ now with incredible cinematic filters! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/videolicious/id400853498?mt=8 49. Don’t Let the Pigeon- (5.99)- “Don’t Let the Pigeon Run This App!” lets you create your own Pigeon stories with your pal, Mo Willems. Just follow as the Bus Driver asks you for your ideas—then shake the Pigeon. Your story is ready! Sit back and enjoy the show. Once you’re finished, try it again…and again. You can make as many silly stories as you want. This fully animated app includes hilarious shake-‐
and-‐play technology, customized voice integration, and other exciting interactive features. Plus, you can draw the Pigeon with Mo! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dont-‐let-‐pigeon-‐run-‐this-‐app!/id459749670 50. Starring You Story Books- (Free) With StoryBots Starring You® StoryBooks, you can make your child the STAR of the show. In just a few simple swipes, you can create personalized story books that feature your child’s face and name. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/starring-‐you-‐storybooks/id439449113?mt=8