Apps

=Here are some of the //free or inexpensive// Apps I've come across. Please remember to review them yourself before using them with students.=

GENERAL

 * [|EasyBiB]  – Create accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago style citations in seconds by scanning a book bar code or by typing the name of a book. Build and manage your works cited.
 * [|Genius Scan]  – Genius Scan turns your iPhone into a pocket scanner. It enables you to quickly scan documents on the go and email the scans as JPEG or PDF.
 * [|Professor Garfield Cyberbullying]  – Through comic strips, questions and ansers and problem solving, Garfield teaches what cyberbullying is and how to prevent it.
 * [|Professor Garfield Online Safety]  – Garfield and Friends share information about Online Safety
 * [|Professor Garfield Forms of Media]  – Internet Safety with Professor Garfield; Forms of Media
 * [|Professor Garfield Fact or Opinion] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> - Internet Safety with Professor Garfield; Fact or Opinion
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|BrainPOP Featured Movie] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tim and Mobi on the iPad! All access to BrainPOP’s 750+ Movie library and Quizzes if your district subscribes.
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|TeacherPal] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">TeacherPal is a personal organizer for the teacher. It enables the teacher to organize classes, and students. Its simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students.
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Air Sketch] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> - <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard! Project live sketches to a local computer.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Google Earth] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With Google Earth for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, you can fly to far corners of the planet with just the swipe of a finger.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Evernote] - Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> [|Evernote Peek]- Simply peek under the cover to prepare for a quiz, practice a language or strengthen your memory.
 * [|Skitch]-<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Wunderlist]- Organize your to-do lists on the go and synchronize them with your free Wunderlist account.
 * [|Songify] - Songify turns speech into music, automatically!

Language Arts/Reading

 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Toontastic] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create your own stories on line using the story arch and our animated artwork.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Letter of the Day Interactive Activities] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (Lakeshore Learning)- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kids explore the whole alphabet – from every angle!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Beginning Sounds Interactive Game] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (Lakeshore Learning)- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kids match words that share the same beginning sound!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Phonics Tic Tac Toe Interative Game] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> (Lakeshore Learning)- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">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.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|ABC Phonics Sight Words FREE] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">– <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Learn Dolch sight words the fun and easy way.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Story Wheel] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Story Wheel” is an educational game that improves your child’s cognitive abilities.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|ABC Tracing] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">advertisement in very beginning; Free application for children learning to write and recognize their ABC’s. Intuitively trace both uppercase and lowercase letters with the touch of a finger.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Mad Libs] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sample version
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Word Magic] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Teaches young children how to read and recognize letters. **99CENTS**
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|LitCharts] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|www.litcharts.com] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Link to LitCharts website. Each of the LitCharts are available on the iPad **HIGH This is NOT an app, but you can read the PDF on your iPad**
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Toy Story Read-Along]
 * [|Grammar Dragon] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">You must rescue a different person on each level by correctly identifying various parts of speech.
 * [|Spelling Cat] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Unscramble words or fill in a missing letter to make the Cat play a sound.
 * [|Same Sound Spellbound] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Same Sound Spellbound is an adventure designed to help the player understand homophones.
 * [|Same Meaning Magic] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">In this lesson, Luna and Leo must correctly identify the synonym which best completes the puzzle sentence
 * [|Same Meaning Magic Part II] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Part II includes 172 new puzzle sentences for Luna and Leo.
 * [|Opposite Ocean] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">In this adventure, Luna and Leo must correctly identify the antonym that is the opposite of the keyword in the whale puzzle sentences.
 * [|Opposite Ocean Part II] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Part II includes 180 new puzzle sentences for Luna and Leo.
 * [|Aesops Quest] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Aesop's Quest, based on Aesop's Fables, is a learning game where the player must remember elements of a story to complete a level. The game uses reading comprehension to develop cognitive reading skills.

Math

 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Free Graphic Calculator] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – With the highest number of available mathematical functions, you will be able to solve almost every mathematical problem you can imagine **MIDDLE/HIGH**
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Math Quizzer] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Math Quizzer is an interactive and fun way to, not only learn, but also to boost your skills in; Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Ace Kids Math Games] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Easily teaches kids how to Count, Add, and Subtract VISUALLY using fun animations with a prize reward system for completing each level.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Math Bingo] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – The object of Math BINGO is to get a pattern of five BINGO Bugs in a row by correctly answering math problems. **99CENTS**
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|iFactor Quadratics] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – This is a simple application that will factor quadratic equations, if possible **MIDDLE/HIGH**
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|eSolver HD] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – eSolver HD enables you to solve quadratic equations in a very simple way. **MIDDLE/HIGH**
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Numerate: Count, Add and Subtract] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Learn how to recognize numbers (1-20) and explore simple addition and subtraction with interactive calculations. **99CENTS**
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Math Ninja Lite] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Teaches basic concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to more advanced and complicated problem solving such as mixed operator usage.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Math Ninja FREE] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Use your math skills to defend your tree house against a hungry tomato and his robotic army in this fun action packed game!
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Motion Math Zoom] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – They’ll have a blast zooming through the number line as they master place value.
 * <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Lobster Diver]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Addresses number and operations standards established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Let's Tans Lite]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">LetsTans delivers a totally new experience of the captivating Tangram's spirit and energy for your iPhone and iPod touch.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Pizza Fractions] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – In chef’s pizzeria your child masters the concept of naming simple fractions using pizza picture examples
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Bloomberg] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Bring the power of the most trusted source for financial information to your iPad, along with tools to help you analyze the world’s markets. **HIGH**
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Apples in Hour Hands] - Pluck apples containing the correct time shown on the clock and try to catch them in your basket as they fall by tilting the device left and right.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[|Equation Creator]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The Equation Creator needs help finishing 10 equations! Create the equations from any of the available number or operator tiles to form any correct equation. Practice using the 4 basic mathematical operators with several different settings and modes. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Sticker Shop]-
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The shop keeper has a variety of stickers in his sticker book for you to purchase. Collect as many stickers as you possibly can! Collect the stickers as fast as you can by using a variety of coin usage methods.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Portion Platter] -Draw a line across a glass of milk to match the given fraction for the first problem type. For the second problem type, a fractional portion is displayed as a cookie, peppermint candy, pie or pizza and you enter the matching fraction or percentage
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Fraction Factory]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Enter the Fraction Factory and use your math skills to place fractions into their correct positions on a number line.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> [|Egberta's Equations] - Egberta the macaw has a nest full of tasty eggs that Cliff the climber wants to eat. Unfortunately, the eggs are on top of a tall cliff. Help Cliff reach the top and get the eggs by completing equations. Beware though! Egberta will drop eggs on Cliff's head if you waste too many eggs!
 * [|Math Stacker]<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Math Stacker requires the player to use the touch input feature of the iPod Touch to determine the equivalence relationships among fractions, decimals, and percentage values and use it to sort a list of such values.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Freddy Fraction]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Help Freddy find his way back home safely using fractions, decimals, and percentages to lead him back to his spaceship!
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Number Line]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Number Line is an educational game app to help students learn about fractions, decimals, and percents by ordering equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents on a number line
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Computer Carl]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Help guide Computer Carl through a maze so he can get to a battery to recharge by solving basic addition and subtraction problems.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">[|Factor Race]- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Factor Race is a game where the player must identify the binomial factors of trinomial equations For example, factoring x2+x-2 into (x-1)(x+2). The game uses logic to develop cognitive math skills.

Social Studies

 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Geo Play 2] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – States, Countries, International Capitals, Continents, Potpourri.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|History:Maps of World] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Collection of High-Resolution historical Maps.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|The Presidency] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – The Presidency application is an excellent educational reference for easy access to historical information regarding the 44 United States Presidents.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|GeoMaster] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – In GeoMaster – US State Game, your goal is to place as fast and as accurately as possible all US states on a map.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Stack the States] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Stack the States makes learning about the 50 states fun!
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Early Jamestown] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Victory Productions presents an interactive textbook exploration of the early days of the Jamestown settlement and the state of Virginia.
 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|WORLD BOOK – This Day in History] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Interactive multimedia calendar that features historical events for the day.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Declaration for iPad] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – A copy of the Declaration of Independence.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Constitution for iPad] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – A copy of the Constitution of the United States.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|MyCongress] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – A portal to detailed information about elected congress officials. Please note: This is not an official government resource

Science

 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|3D Sun] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – “3D Sun” lets you carry a virtual window onto today’s sun, right in your pocket.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Stars] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Stars is a light application that displays the 88 constellations in the sky
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|3D Brain] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Discover how each brain region functions, what happens when it is injured, and how it is involved in mental illness.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Molecules] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Molecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them using your fingers.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|NASA VIZ] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – This is the NASA Visualization Explorer, the coolest way to get stories about advanced space-based research delivered right to your iPad.
 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|3D Cell Simulation and Stain Tool] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Learn about the cell and its structures in a 3D tool.
 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|EMD PTE] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – A highly interactive periodic table of elements.
 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|VideoScience] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Science experiments with video
 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Periodic Table of the Elements] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Standard periodic table of elements.
 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Science Glossary] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – an extensive glossary of scientific terms and biographies.
 * <span style="color: #3d55a2; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;">[|GoSkyWatch Planetarium] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Easily and quickly identify and locate stars, planets, constellations and more with a touch or by simply pointing to the sky. Have fun with family and friends discovering the images in the night sky. Go outside and explore the night sky.
 * [|Science Glossary] - A glossary of scientific terms and short biographies that support our science education website, http://www.visionlearning.com. All definitions link to related terms and to free, detailed science learning modules. Though geared for high school and undergraduate students using our website, the glossary and modules are appropriate for anyone generally interested in science.
 * [|Cell Defender] - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Key concepts include cell structure and organelles.

ELECTIVES

 * <span style="color: #00609a; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> – Learn the basics of music and how to play the piano.

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