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Approved Apps (July 2018) Approved Apps (July 2018) App Category Content Audience/Grad Description Price Compatibility Area e Level 10 Frame Fill Skill Building Math All Levels Students are able to practice Free Requires iOS 8.1 or recognizing additive “10 later. Families”. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. 30 Hands Starter Multimedia-Create & Cross- Secondary Create multimedia presentations $1.99 (In-App Requires iOS 8.0 or Publish Curricular and publish them as a video to Purchases for later. share. adding video Compatible with clips, iPhone, iPad, and removing iPod touch. limits, etc.) Adobe Comp CC Productivity- Cross- Secondary Lay out a graphic design idea with Free Requires iOS 9.0 or Product/Creation Curricular photos, text, shapes and fonts. later. Compatible Send the model to Photoshop CC, with iPhone, iPad, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, or and iPod touch. Muse CC to refine and finish. Adobe Illustrator Productivity- Cross- Secondary Create vector artwork with image Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Draw Product/Creation Curricular and drawing layers you can send later. Compatible to Adobe Illustrator CC or as flat with iPhone, iPad, images to Photoshop CC. and iPod touch. Adobe Photoshop Productivity – Cross- Secondary Create and share professional Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Mix Product/Creation curricular multilayered images and designs, later. Compatible including text layers to create with iPhone, iPad, typographical designs and iPod touch. Adobe Photoshop Multimedia: Photo Editor Cross- All Levels Edit photos by adding borders, Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Express Curricular stickers, text, cropping, making later. Compatible corrections, etc. with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Adobe Photoshop Productivity- Any Secondary Create paintings, drawings, etc. Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Sketch Product/Creation with various tools. download later for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch compatibility. No browser compatibility, but saved files can be saved and sent to Photoshop CC or Illustrator CC. Adobe Spark Page Productivity- Any Secondary Choose 1 or more pictures to Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Product/Creation Part of Adobe create a graphic with text and download later for iPad, iPhone, Spark for icons. and free to and iPod touch education can use in compatibility. be used by browser. Can be accessed in students under browser. 13. Account is necessary for login. Adobe Spark Post Productivity- Any Secondary Website creation tool that uses Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Product/Creation Part of Adobe magazine style layouts for download later for iPad, iPhone, Spark for interactive pages. and free to and iPod touch education can use in compatibility. be used by browser. Can be accessed in students under browser. 13. Account is necessary for login. Adobe Spark Video Productivity- Any Secondary Create videos with photos, icons, Free Requires iOS 10.0 or Product/Creation Part of Adobe text, and various audio from download later for iPad, iPhone, Spark for templates, from free to use and free to and iPod touch education can items, or original works. use in compatibility. be used by browser. Can be accessed in students under browser. 13. Account is necessary for login. Algebra Touch Skill Building Algebra Secondary Algebra skills using touch-based $2.99 Requires iOS 7.1 or techniques; Lessons and practice later. Compatible problems with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Alphabet Organizer Skill Building ELA All Levels Students can create a calendar- Free Requires iOS 6.0 or style alphabet chart or letter later. Compatible pages for an alphabet book. with iPad. AR Flashcards Space Skill Building Science Elementary Augmented Reality (AR) $2.99 Requires iOS 9.0 or rendering 3D planetary objects; later. Compatible interactive videos with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Artsonia Kid’s Art Teacher Tool Fine Arts Teachers Only Teachers can create an online Free Requires iOS 8.0 or Museum gallery of student art work. later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. ArtStudio Creation Cross- Secondary Sketching, painting and photo editing $4.99 Requires iOS 8.0 or Curricular tool later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Baiboard 3 Collaboration Cross- Grades 3-12 Enables users to create and Free Requires iOS 8.1 or Curricular collaborate on educational later. Compatible content, through the use of with iPhone, iPad, collaborative whiteboard, voice and iPod touch. conferencing, document annotation, etc. Bee-Bot Coding Cross- Elementary Enables users to improve their Free Requires iOS 9.3 or Curricular skills in directional language and later. Compatible programming through sequences with iPhone, iPad, of forwards, backwards, left and and iPod touch. right 90 degree turns. Bill Atkinson Photo Creation Cross- Secondary Create unique custom-designed Free Requires iOS 9.0 or Card Curricular postcards using your own photos later. Compatible or Bill's expressive nature photos, with iPhone, iPad, and send them as eCards, or as and iPod touch. real printed and mailed postcards. Blockly Coding Cross- Elementary A visual drag-and-drop Free Requires iOS 8.0 or Curricular programming tool allows users to later. Compatible snap together commands like with iPhone, iPad, puzzle pieces. Take on coding and iPod touch. This challenges and invent their own app requires a creations. Wonder Workshop robot - Dash or Dot - and a Bluetooth Smart/4/LE-enabled device to play. Calculator Pro+ Productivity Math All levels Basic calculator in Portrait Mode; Free. Offers Requires iOS 8.0 or Scientific calculator in Landscape in-app later. Compatible Mode; purchases; with iPad. Universal converter for Currency, contains ads Length, Time, etc. Cargo-Bot Coding/Programming STEM All levels A puzzle game that challenges Free Requires iOS 8.0 or students to help them learn later. Compatible programming concepts. with iPad. Charms Blue Productivity NA Secondary The mobile companion to the Free Requires iOS 8.3 or Charms Office Assistant for later. Compatible Parents, Student, Members. with iPhone, iPad, Includes the recording studio to and iPod touch. record alone, to play along and record with accompaniments, and to complete assignments as well as the calendar, financial statement, practice logs, teacher contacts, links to handouts and files, password change and a place to update personal information. ChatterPix Kids Student Creation Cross- All levels Students can take a photo, give Free Requires iOS 6.0 or Curricular the object a mouth, and record a later. Compatible 30 second audio clip. with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The Chemical Touch Skill Building Science Secondary Allows students to explore the $.99 Requires iOS 2.2.1 or properties of the elements, the later. Compatible standard amino acids, and the with iPhone, iPad, nucleobases. Touch sensitive and iPod touch. periodic table that can be recolored by selecting properties other than Atomic Mass to visually investigate periodic trends. Chromville Science Game/Augmented Reality Science All levels Educational game app based on Free. Offers Requires iOS 9.2 or augmented reality. Augmented in-app later. Compatible reality science coloring page. purchases. with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Code.org Coding Technology All Levels Code.org offers a variety of Free Chrome 33.x and Applications interactive puzzles that promote (Web-Based higher. / STEM coding and computer science. Tool) Internet Explorer 11 and higher XP and Windows 7 and higher. Comics Head Student Creation Cross- All Levels Comic creator and a self- Free Requires iOS 8.0 or Curricular publishing tool that allows later. Compatible students to create their own with iPad. storyboards, photo comics, business presentations or class projects. Comics can be exported as PDF or image files. Comics Head Light Student Creation Cross- All Levels Comic creator site that allows for Free (app but Requires iOS 8.0 or Curricular various background and does not later. Compatible characters to be created. allow work to with iPad. be saved) Community Helpers Knowledge Building Social Elementary Information about community helpers 1.99 Requires iOS 9.1 or Play & Learn Studies such as Firefighter, Police Officer, Doctor, later. Compatible Plumber, Teacher, etc. Children can select a community helper to know what with iPhone, iPad, he or she does and play mini games to and iPod touch. learn more. Creative Book Student Creation Cross- All Levels ebook generation tool. $3.99 Requires iOS 9.3 or Builder Curricular later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. DAC App (AP Assessment/Testing Cross Secondary The Digital Audio Capture (DAC) Free Requires iOS 9.3 or Testing) Curricular app is a free app developed by later. Compatible College Board and ETS to use for with iPad. recording students’ audio responses for AP Music Theory Exams and AP French, German, Italian, and Spanish Language and Culture Exams. Daisy the Dinosaur Coding STEM Elementary Students can learn coding basics Free Requires iOS 8.0 or though a drag & drop interface later. Compatible that is used to animate Daisy and with iPad. make her dance on the screen. Destiny Discover eBooks and Audiobooks Cross- All Levels Browse, search and access your Free Requires iOS 8.0 or Curricular school’s library resources. later. Compatible Supports both online and offline with iPhone, iPad, reading of eBooks and and iPod touch. audiobooks. Disneynature Knowledge Building Science Elementary Five animal adventures -- Brown Free Requires iOS 7.0 or Explore Bear, Monarch Butterfly, later. Compatible Chimpanzee, African Lion, and with iPhone, iPad, Loggerhead Sea Turtle allow and iPod touch. students to learn more about nature through the world of the animals. Doodle Buddy Student creation/Art Cross- All Levels Finger paint with thousands of Free Requires iOS 7.0 or Curricular colors and drop in playful stamps. Offers In-App later. Compatible Purchases with iPad. $.99 to hide ads Door 24 Math Skill Building Math All Levels Develop students’ skills in both Free Requires iOS 8.0 or fact fluency and computational later.
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