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IPad apps in the classroom

Here is a list of apps I have successfully used to support learning in my classroom.

PlayART by Tapook

The award-winning "PlayART by Tapook" is full of new surprises. More rich with 8 famous painters!More creative with the new painting function!More fun with new illustrations! Play, learn and create your masterpiece with elements taken from the original works of 8 masters: Katsushika Hokusai, Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Henri Rousseau, Vincent Van Gogh, Gustav Klimt, Paul Klee e Amedeo Modigliani.

Croak.it!

Record short audio snippets that are easily shared or embedded. I use to embed into QR codes.

Free Visual QR Code Generator | Custom QR Code Design | Visualead

Generate Visual QR Codes and use them to link to websites or text etc.

Venn Diagram

A very simple to use way to create Venn diagrams.

Pic Collage

A free app that can be used in so many ways. Use to create posters by adding your own photos or web images and text. An absolute favourite with my students.

Educreations Interactive Whiteboard

Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...

Shadow Puppet

A free app that allows you to make presentations using photos and voice recordings. Very easy to use for younger students.

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Nearpod

Nearpod

Many possibilities! Students link to a themed presentation that the teacher controls on their device. It is interactive, students are able to complete activities that the teacher can monitor.

popplet lite

Brainstorm, list, order...easy to use in so many ways.

Explain Everything ™

Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere. Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, and use a laser pointer. Rotate, move, scale, copy, paste, clone, and lock any object added to the stage.

Pinterest

Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots and learn more about Pinterest on the App Store. Download Pinterest and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

Kidblog

A fantastic, safe blogging site for kids. A great way to introduce kids to blogging. Easy to use ipad app, I've had a class of 6 year olds using it and uploading images/ video to the blog.

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iMovie

iMovie

A must! IPad version doesn't have as many features but easy to use and share movies.

Apps Gone Free (Best Daily Top App Deals)

Daily apps that are free for a short time. Worth trolling list each day as there are sometimes great freebies.

Write About This Free

Write About This is a visual writing prompt & creation platform perfect for classrooms and families! With endless ways to respond and the ability to craft custom photo prompts, it will kick-start any writing activity. Free version provides more than 50 leveled text & voice prompts and the ability to try the custom prompt creation and digital publishing tools!

Haiku Deck - Presentation and Slideshow Maker with Beautiful Charts and Graphs

Presentation and Slideshow Maker, easy to use with access to bank of beautiful photos or use your own.

Halftone

Use your photos to create posters etc. Great photo effects.

Google Earth

Google earth

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goREACT

goREACT

With goREACT, you can become a virtual chemist. Whether you're a novice or expert, the free play and guided modes make it fun and fascinating.

  • Initiate nearly 300 virtual chemical reactions by dragging elements into the Reaction Area.
  • Amazing images and videos illustrate the molecules you create.
  • Select alternate views of the Periodic Table to discover different aspects of the elements’ chemical properties.
  • Touch any of the Periodic Table's 118 elements to see an image and fun fact about it.
  • With helpful hints about reactions to try, there’s always something exciting to explore.
  • “Featured Reactions” menus guide you through themed sets of chemical reactions related to particular applications,such as the environment, beauty products or cars.
  • Learn more about how the Periodic Table is organized, and follow links to additional educational resources.
Essential Skeleton 4

Essential Skeleton 4 is a fully functional, self-contained app covering the essential anatomy of the skeleton. This app is being offered free to demonstrate the groundbreaking 3D technology and innovative design inherent in 3D4Medical's new range of apps.
It is a stand alone app and does not contain any in-app purchase requirements.
NEW 3D TECHNOLOGY
Essential Skeleton 4 is responsive, visually stunning and effortless. The app is fully 3D, meaning that you can easily manipulate the skeleton and individual bones, as well as view them in isolation from any angle. Our new Multiple Selection Mode allows you to select multiple bones and isolate, hide or fade them.

Anatomy 4D

Through this free app and a simple printed image, Anatomy 4D transports students, teachers, medical professionals, and anyone who wants to learn about the body into an interactive 4D experience of human anatomy. Visually stunning and completely interactive, Anatomy 4D uses augmented reality and other cutting edge technologies to create the perfect vehicle for 21st century education.

Virtual Heart

Virtual Heart lets you explore multiple real-time views of the human heart, using the same highly realistic visual elements as the iconic Giant Heart at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

ChatterPix Kids - by Duck Duck Moose

Grab your camera! Let’s ChatterPix! Chatterpix Kids can make anything talk -- pets, friends, doodles, and more.

Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. Then share your Pix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it’s FREE! AGES: 6-12.

Visit us: www.duckduckmoose.com

Kahoot! | Game-based blended learning & classroom response system

Kahoot! is a classroom response system which creates an engaging learning space, through a game-based digital pedagogy. Kahoot! is an easy-to-use blended learning platform which works on any device, making the classroom interactive, encouraging both educators and learners to ask great questions.

Google Classroom

CLASSROOM IS AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WITH A GOOGLE APPS FOR EDUCATION ACCOUNT

Using Google Classroom in school? Get the iOS App to use Classroom on the go.

Classroom helps teachers save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students. It is available to anyone with Google Apps for Education, a free suite of productivity tools including Gmail, Drive and Docs.

Classroom is designed to help teachers create and collect assignments paperlessly, including time-saving features like the ability to automatically make a copy of a Google Document for each student. It also creates Drive folders for each assignment and for each student to help keep everyone organized.