These apps are not subject based and can be used with most content areas. Suggestions of some possible uses are listed.
Uses: create video tutorials for your subject. Insert pictures and write on top and use your voice to create instructions. Create how to videos. Math problem solving, figurative language practice, rock cycles, ozone depletion, forces and motion, parts of speech Students love to show you what they know by creating show me's. There is an "explore" tab at the top of the app. Here you can search and look at all the show me's that have been created and shared by others. It breaks it down my subjects. Great way to use other's created content or see how others are using the app, so you can create your own. This app is VERY user-friendly. Cost: Free
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.showme.com/
Have students create movies to demonstrate their understanding of content material, end of unit projects, speeches, research Cost: $4.99
Paid Mac program: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id408981434?mt=12&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Popplet Lite is the free version. This is a graphic organizer. Uses: main ideas of chapters, pre-writing organizer, parts of speech, notes You insert pictures and words. **Note: The free version only allows you to make one, HOWEVER, if you scroll to the left, it will push previous info. off the screen and then you have a blank canvas to work on again. To get the previous info. back, just scroll back to the right.
Paid iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popplet/id374151636?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popplet/id374151636?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://popplet.com/
Create trading cards for an event, person, place, vocabulary word or thing. These give prompts for students to fill in the need information. Uses: historical figures, literature characters, setting, historical events, planets, vocabulary words. Cost: Free
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trading-cards/id555742821?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Create flashcards for studying any subjects. Cost: Free
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.studyblue
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/studyblue/id323887414?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/studyblue/id323887414?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.studyblue.com/
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/studyblue-inc/hiicppnmnhhkaaboclnefgkbnpkompmh
Search for your content area to find pre-created lessons to study. Teachers will soon have the ability to add their own content for their students' to study. You can then monitor their studying. Cost: Free
Website: https://quizlet.com/
Edmodo app: http://www.edmodo.com/publisher?uid=507204
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quizlet/id546473125?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quizlet/bgofflgeghkhocbociocnckocbjmomjh
Speech to text. Dictate into the iPad and this app will type what was spoken. You can also select a different language. Uses: Foreign language practice, ELL support, rough drafts Cost: Free
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1024652126?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1024652126?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.dragonanywhere
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.dragonanywhere
Creates a bibliography of your resources. Cost: Free
Website: http://www.easybib.com/
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/easybib/id436768184?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.easybib.easybibandroid
Google Apps for Education app: https://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=6357+7423325443125160988
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cbpiiblghhnlalifiaddecedaeaijdpe
Have binders of your units? Want to share this with your students? iTunes U allows you to take your units and put it all in one place for your students. Add text, pictures, links, videos. Now your students can access all their information in one place. Cost: Free
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-u/id490217893?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes-u/id490217893?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Gives of list of apps that have recently gone free. Some are only free for the day, while others continue to be free longer. You can look on the left side and search previous dates to view the apps that are still free. Cost: Free
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apps-gone-free-best-daily/id470693788?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apps-gone-free-best-daily/id470693788?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Syncs with your computer's Chrome data (tabs, bookmarks, passwords) Uses: Use your Chrome computer info. on the iPad and sync. Cost: Free
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chrome/id535886823?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free Mac program: http://www.google.com/chrome/
Free Windows program: http://www.google.com/chrome/
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome
Have students access edmodo classroom with this app. This works with the online component (edmodo.com). Uses: Discussion groups, book groups, poll your students, share resources with your students. Cost: Free
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fusionprojects.edmodo
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edmodo/id378352300?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edmodo/id378352300?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://www.edmodo.com/
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/edmodo/fpcdidgjjebefhmlhjlgnkahlimgaemc
Have students download this app to access all the Google Drive info. you share with them. Instead of having to go into Google Mail and then Google Drive, this app takes them directly to Google Drive. Uses: Share docs, forms, presentations, etc. Cost: Free
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-drive/apdfllckaahabafndbhieahigkjlhalf
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-drive/id507874739?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-drive/id507874739?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://drive.google.com/
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs
Free Mac program: https://www.google.com/drive/download/
Free Windows program: https://www.google.com/drive/download/
Use this as a digital journal. Students can add pictures, music, and emoticons. Uses: students journal daily writing prompts, journal notes from book, questions for group discussions, use pictures to represent material learned and how it relates to text. Cost: Free
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/private-journal/id389289011?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/private-journal/id389289011?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
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 by using cloud storage. Cost: Free
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pioclpoplcdbaefihamjohnefbikjilc
Mozilla Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/evernote-web-clipper/
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free Mac program: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id406056744?mt=12&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Apple Safari extension: http://evernote.com/download/get.php?file=SafariExtension
Free Windows program: http://evernote.com/download/get.php?file=Win
Website: http://www.evernote.com/
No, it's not just for girls. This is a wonderful resource for education. It has information on subjects, common core, learning targets, special education, classroom management, etc. You will have to sign up for an account. Then you can search for your subject area or an educational topic. You then, "pin" the stuff you like to your board so you can access it again at anytime. Cost: Free Uses: Everything for education
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pinterest
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinterest/id429047995?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinterest/id429047995?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Website: http://pinterest.com/
Word processing app Cost: $9.99 (can buy as iLife Suite and will be cheaper) Uses: Word document
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid Mac program: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id409201541?mt=12&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Apple's version of Powerpoint Cost: $9.99 (can buy as iLife Suite and will be cheaper) Uses: Presentation maker - final projects to showcase knowledge
Paid Mac program: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id409183694?mt=12&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Simple video maker. Insert pictures and make a "video slideshow". You can add some iTunes songs. Very simple app (would be good for special needs students because it is simple) Uses: create a PBIS video showing right vs wrong, recreate the historical event and have other students write the script to go along with actions, act out scene from book, nature video, demonstrate an physical skill.
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-star/id438596432?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/video-star/id438596432?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
No need for USB drives. Sign up and create an account and now your documents and pictures can be stored in the cloud and there will be no need to carry around a USB drive. You can also share your files with others by adding them to your account. Cost: Free Uses: File storage
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ioekoebejdcmnlefjiknokhhafglcjdl
Free iPad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free Mac program: https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=mac
Free Windows program: https://www.dropbox.com/downloading?os=win
Website: https://db.tt/dUahryRn
This is a website, not an app. YouTube.com/Teachers was created to help teachers use educational YouTube videos to educate, engage and inspire their students. We know how busy teachers can be so we've worked with a group of teachers to put together playlists of partner videos that align with common core standards. Some of these are tutorial videos. Cost: Free Uses: Use as tutorial videos, start class with a video to introduce your lesson, create you own video and share with your students or others by posting video to YouTube (you can keep them private or share).
Website: http://www.youtube.com/teachers
Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free. View Khan Academy’s complete library of over 4,200 videos. We cover a massive number of topics, including K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Cost: Free Uses: Tutorial videos, supplemental curriculum for your content area, help with differentiating lessons (especially higher levels).
Website: http://www.khanacademy.org/
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id469863705?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id469863705?mt=8&at=10l6SU
Free Android Phone app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.khanacademy.android
Free Android Tablet app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.khanacademy.android
Edmodo app: https://spotlight.edmodo.com/product/khan-academy,324527/
Make Dice Lite -This apps allows you to place questions or numbers on the dice. You can add more than one. Cost: Free Uses: Create quiz questions for a chapter, create character traits, create comprehension questions for a chapter, write down what you were thinking about when you read the chapter, create vocabulary words. Students then shake iPad to roll the dice and share.
Free iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-dice-lite/id379873571?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Free iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-dice-lite/id379873571?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPad app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-dice/id353484349?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Paid iPhone app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-dice/id353484349?mt=8&uo=4&at=10l6SU
Create and present beautiful presentations with Prezi for iPad. Cost: Free Uses: create presentations for lessons, have students create presentation to demonstrate their learning, use with any content area.
Free Mac program: https://prezi.com/desktop/
Free Windows program: https://prezi.com/desktop/
Website: https://prezi.com/
Google Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/prezi/acoonfmhnndodekhecidldfdjgooefpg