iPad+Apps+Fall+2013


 * Curricular Area Apps for **
 * Your iPad **

Shared Math Apps:
 * **My Script Calculator: **A calculator app that allows you to freely write any mathematic problem and having it solve the equation for you.
 * Math File Folder Games: This company is producing a large number of iPad apps designed by a classroom teacher for use in the elementary math classroom. Apps include 5 Dice, 4 Dice, Ordering Fractions, Grid Lines, SkipMath, Tangram Chess and Jake and the Beanstalk a Mathematical Adventure.
 * ** Math Doodles**: Great for the elementary Math classroom. 4 different games that bring in problem solving and strategy to

Tried & True Language Arts Apps: > >> > >
 * **Wordsalad: **a free word cloud creator for the iPad ~ images can be saved to camera roll or saved as a .pdf to other apps on the device
 * **iBooks:** Great for teaching highlighting and notetaking. Teachers love synching notes and sending notations via e-mail
 * A paid app worth a look/review: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
 * **Good Notes** (Lite Version is Free/$5.99 Full Version: note taking app that allows for detailed hand-written notes on different papers/stationery or on a .pdf document--practice is needed but well worth it. (Penultimate is another option)
 * **Comic Touch Lite:** Create a cartoon to tell a story, summarize a concept or explain a vocabulary word. (Comic Life from Plasq is great but has a $4.99 price tag/Comic Maker HD is another Free tool)[[image:comic-touch-pic.jpg width="149" height="254" align="right"]]
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">Haiku Deck **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">**:** a free presentation tool for the iPad that is simple and straight forward

<span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Suggested Social Studies Apps:
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> App #1 Lincoln Telegrams (AKA Lincoln's T-mails) - The Lincoln Telegrams project includes over three hundred digitized telegram memos written by President Abraham Lincoln between March 10, 1864 and July 16, 1864. Fun to see the primary documents of President Lincoln!
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> App #2 Early Jamestown - This is an interactive textbook exploration of the early days of the Jamestown settlement and the state of Virginia. Maps, Photos documents and more!
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> App #3 Atlas for iPad free - Atlas for iPad features Information and maps on over 250 world entities.
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> App #4 Fotopedia Heritage - Fotopedia Heritage provides a virtual passport to the hundreds of sites that explore the world’s collective cultural and sites. It includes over 30,000 photos and more.

<span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Science Apps Worth a Look:


 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">** Science 360** - From the National Science Foundation, this app brings images and videos to your students and let's them explore science from the NSF prospective.
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">** Monster Physics:** Go through missions and test your physics knowledge. Put your monster to the test and see if you can safely guide him to physics victory.
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">** Elements Quiz**: Test your knowledge of the periodic table. Choose from 3 levels to see if you are a periodic table expert

<span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Suggested Art Apps:
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">App #1 Skitch An excellent drawing/annotation app tightly integrated with evernote tools
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">App #2 Adobe Photoshop Touch - Photo Editing on the cheap!

<span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Suggested Music Apps:


 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">App #1 Garageband An excellent Music creation tool which defined the iPad as an amazing musical instrument/recording studio

<span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Multi-Use Apps:


 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> Evernote: takes notes, record video, send notes/pictures/pdf's via e-mail, create notebooks, send directly from other apps such as Skitch and Penultimate
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> DropBox: A great place to store and share documents
 * <span style="color: #090953; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"> Google Drive: share/store and use your Google Docs on the iPad
 * <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,cursive;"> ZITE RSS Article Aggregator for keeping up to date on the latest trends