Selected iPod Touch and iPhone Applications and Resources: (not a comprehensive listing)

Contents: Application reviews, web sites, links iPod Touch Demo image Applications Mobile Safari Apps iTunesU Content Apple Learning Interchange Creative Uses for iPod touch in Education iPod Touch/iPhone Support and Deployment Non-credit card iTunes Education Account set up Additional Apps

______Application reviews, web sites, links:

A good starting place is a site put together by my colleague Christine Dowd which groups educational apps by subject area. • . Other good sites include Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand: • and the “iPod in the Classroom” resources from Luanne Jackson’s PETE&C presentation: • Some additional sites in no particular order:! (see also links from this page) !!(Be sure to see the previous reviews section)! Search "Education" in iTunes Store - include App Store and iTunesU

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 1 Selected Application Lists: iPod Touch Demo image

Applications (active links): • AlgebraPrep: Factoring (Pearson) • B&N eReader • Brushes • Classics • Clifford’s BE BIG with Words • CliffsNotes To Go: Romeo & Juliet (Wiley) • Convert • Crayon Physics Deluxe • Curious George Dictionary • Dictionary.com (3.0) • FlashGram (3.0) • Grammar 1 • I SPY Spooky Mansion • Iceberg Reader (3.0- holding URL Caged Bird Sings) • iWriteWords • Kaplan GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards and Reference Guide • Madame Bovary Study Guide & Quiz-o-Rama • Number Line • PencilBot ESL 1 (Blue Level) • Phonics Jr. • Pocket English (ESL) - Beginner I 1-10 • PreTest USMLE Review: Medicine • Proloquo2Go - full featured augmentative and alternative communication solution see intro videos at • ProPrompter • QuickOffice • ResponseWare (3.0) • Roget’s II: New Thesaurus • SAT Vocab Challenge (Princeton Review) • See Read Say • SentenceSpin • Sign 4 Me - augmentative and alternative communication • SpaceTime - Graphing, Calculator and Mathematics Software • Spanish 101 (3.0) • TextExpander • University of Washington - portal app • Watts Plus - Energy Cost Calculator • Wheels on the Bus

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 2 Mobile Safari Apps: • Google Books • MoMA WiFi • iPhone Trigonometry Calculator iTunesU Content (all free downloads, iTunes must be installed for link to work): • “Elephant's Fear of the Roads”, 90-Second Naturalist • “A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratic to the present day”, Oxford • “Annie Oakley”, Library of Congress • “Babbage’s engine of precision”, Open University • “Background to Hannibal: Hannibal’s Youth”, Stanford • “Banking: Successes and Failures”, Yale • “Character is Story”, Warwick • “Conflict and Crisis”, Warwick • “Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago”, Library of Congress • “Ethics and Politics”, Oxford • “Going to the Fire”, Library of Congress • “Insurance: The Archetypal Rick Management Institution”, Yale • “Mars”, Cassiopeia • “Men Boxing”, Library of Congress • “Metaphysics and Epistemology”, Oxford • “Paul Ehrlich - Human Evolution and the Environment”, FORA.tv • “Pluto”, Cassiopeia • “Polar Bear”, 90-Second Naturalist • “Really Big Stars”, Cassiopeia • “The Hannibal Expedition 2006, Clapier or Traversette”, Stanford • “The sundial as a mathematical model”, Open University • “Thomas Friedman on Hot, Flat, Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution”, FORA.tv • “Tourists Going to Yellowstone Park”, Library of Congress

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 3 Apple Learning Interchange iPod touch. Touching student lives in the classroom. Creative Uses for iPod touch in Education Authored by ten Apple Distinguished Educators, it's broken into 21 different chapters, each containing a wealth of use useful information and accompanying graphics:

• Introduction • iTouch flashcards • Lesson Planning & Sharing on the Go • Observing the Sky • Utilities As Teaching & Learning Tools • Science Tools • Data Collection in the Science Lab • Taking the iTouch to the Gym! • Health and Nutrition • Geography on the Go: Google Maps & Earth • Recording on the iPod touch: Equipment & Apps • File Storage & Management on the iPod touch • iPod touch as Publication Tool: Mobile Blogging • Current Events in Hand: Using iPod touch News Apps • iPod touch as Presentation Controller: Advance Slides & So Much More • Useful Utilities: iPod touch as Productivity Booster • Using iPod Touch to teach English Literature • Teaching Civics & World History with iPod touch • Video Viewing and Production on the iPod touch • Using the iPod touch to Teach Math • iPod Touch for Meeting the Needs of Special Learners • Additional Resources • iFlashcard Sets

______iPod Touch/iPhone Support and Deployment: Apple Support page: • iPhone/iPod Touch Enterprise Deployment Guide (pdf): •

______Non-credit card iTunes Education Account set up: Here’s the public Apple Support article on how schools can create a free non-credit card iTunes account:! •

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 4 Additional Apps (from friends, colleagues, etc. May be some duplication with above) Math: • Math Magic,!FlashMath,!Addicus, PopMath,!Basic Maths Deluxe, and Add'Em!for younger grades. ! • Mathomatic,!Formulas for Calculus,!Greek Logik!and a!pi83 Graphing Calculator!are great for advanced levels. !Also Fractions Helper. • Apple's built in!Calculator!when turned sideways turns into an advanced science cal- culator. Science: • Watts Plus!is great for middle school physical science. Newton’s Cradle, Mass Spring • Finger Physics, Physics Free, the Chemical Touch, Jungfrau Climate, Collisions 1D • Phy (physics formulas and calculator) • Chemical Elements!and!Chem Dictionary!are great chemistry apps. • Star Walk, Distant Suns, Starmap!are good for astronomy • Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards!(advanced app covering human anatomy) Music: • Pocket Guitar,!Pianist,!Ocarina, and!Cleartune!. Art: • Color Wheel!and!Brushes!are great for beginners to learn art basics. ![Brushes was fea- tured in the iPad Keynote.] • Art2Go!and Musee de Louvre (great artists and famous paintings). Writing, Word Games: • Word Salad Literature: These apps are typically for higher level unless an easy-to-read book is chosen. Four basic categories: ! Library apps (basically an app which houses books): • Classics, Stanza,!iStoryWriter! Study Apps: • Cliff Notes to Go Dictionaries: • Dictionary.com (Dictionary and Thesaurus) and Ms. Spell's Class from Dictionary.com! • Oxford!has several great dictionaries Specialty reading apps: • Shakespeare History: • Years Ago,!iHistory,!This Day in History!and!US Presidents Quiz 101: US History!(middle and high school levels). • US Capitals, US History Geography: • Earthscape,!Google Earth,!Visual Rome!and!GPS Kit. And we have a built- in!Compass!for reference.

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 5 Languages: • Free Translator,!Mobile Translator,!iConjugator!and!TranslatorMAX • SpanishTutor, Japanese for Beginners, etc. Photographs/Video: • Photobook • FX Photo Studio • Reel Director • iSaidWhat • Animoto Various: • Dragon Dictation (speech-to-text) • TanZen (geometric shapes and puzzles) • iThoughts (mind mapping) • iStudiez Pro, iScheduleFinder, iObserve, Freestyle, Dragon Search, Peterson’s College Guide, Wikipanion • Response Ware Free K-12 applications: • ABC Free • Addicus Free • Animal Farm Lite • Animoto Videos • Apeeka match Lite • Apeeka zoo Lite • ASL Lite • Baby Sign lite • Basic Math • Brain + Get Smarter • Brain toot • Brain toot 2 • Brain tuner lite • Brain train • Constitution Facts • Countries of the World • Delicious Bookmarks • Dictionary • Dr.Ito Brain training • DropSum Free • Elementary Math • Flashcards Delux • Flip it lite • Flip book Lite • Free Spanish Dictionary • Free Translator • Free Word Wrap • Gflash + Flashcards • Giraffe's Match (Matching Zoo) • Google Earth

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 6 • Hangman Classic • Isign Lite • KENKEN lite • KidwordsFree • Lumen Lite • Math Drills Lite • Math Sqequence Lite • Nikoli SUDOKUfree • Numberline • Oregon Trail FREE • Oxford Translator Spanish Free • Sign Smith ASL Lite • Simon (game) • Simon Says FREE • Speed Bones Lite • Speller Free • Stanza • States & Capitals • Sudoku 4 Kids • TanZen Lite • Tap and Spell lite • Tell Time LT • Tic Tac Toe • Times Tables FREE • Triplex Lite • Unblock Me Free • USA Factbook free • USA Presidents • USA State Capitals • Wild Numbers Lite • Wooden Labyrinth 3D Free • Wordology Lite • WordSaladLT • WordSearch Unlimited Free • World Monuments • World Wide Capitals • Zero Out Free Purchased K-12 applications: • Abc Pocket Phonics • Clocks 4 Kids • Dino Mixer • Matches • Pop Math • Shape Builder • Shape Builder Espanol • Snakes • Wheels on the Bus • Word Magic

P. Takac, Feb 2010! 7 Middle-school applications: • 3D Brain • Accuweather • Hubble • iBird Explorer 15 • ilove Birds Lite • ilove Nature Lite • Periodic Lite • Spell and Listen cards • Stars • Today in History Lite • Touch Physics Lite • Units (conversions) • Weather Bug Others: • Birdpost • Blanks • Basic Maths • Brain Tuner Lite • Brain Tutor 3D • Chemical Touch Lite • Declaration • Google Earth • Graphing Calculator • iFlipr Flashcards Lite • iSign • iTalk Recorder • iTranslate • Lab Timer • Lose IT • MiTables Lite • My Homework • NPR Mobile • NY Times • Postino • Shakespeare • Simplemind Express • Sketchmania • Stars • Talking Spanish Phrasebook • The Weather Channel • Tide App • Unicon • USA Today • Vocab Daily • Whiteboard Lite • World Wiki • WorldView

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