1. Edmodo
What is it? Edmodo makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information.
Best for: High school students; iPhone, iPod, iPadPrice: Free
Features: Send notes; submit assignments; post replies; check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom; teachers can post last-minute alerts to their students, keep tabs on recent assignment submissions, and grade assignments; students can view and turn in assignments and check their latest grades.
2. Frog Dissection
What is it? This app is a greener alternative for teaching dissection in the classroom. It’s suitable for middle school students who are learning about organs and organ systems as part of their life science curriculum.
Best for: Science; Biology; iPad Price: $3.99
Features: 3D imaging; step by step instructions with voice over; accurate simulation of the wet lab dissection procedure; content validation by subject matter experts; anatomical comparison of humans with frogs; comprehensive information on frogs’ organs; classification, lifecycle, and organ functions of frogs; interactive quiz on frogs; information on types of frogs.
3. Grammar Up HD
What is it? Improve grammar and vocabulary with this multiple-choice quiz system featuring more than 1,800 questions in 20 categories.
Best for: English/Language Arts; iPad Price: $4.99
Features: More than 1,800 multiple-choice questions; choose number of questions you would like in each test; shows test results in HTML format; eMail yourself the test results and track your progress; “Progress Meter” keeps track of how you are performing in a particular topic; choose your own timer settings. 4. History: Maps of the World
What is it? Browse high-resolution maps of the world from various periods throughout history.
Best for: History, Geography; iPhone, iPod, iPad Price: Free
Features: Wide variety of historical displays; support for Category/Era view; keyword search; displays the source about each map; zoom in/out (zoom in/out with pinch, zoom in with double tab, and zoom out with two-fingers tap); free screen rotation; does not require a network connection.
5. iStudiez Pro
What is it? Organize your class schedule, keep track of homework assignments, record your GPA, make to-do lists, and more with this app created for a busy student’s life.
Best for: High school students; iPhone, iPod, iPad Price: $2.99
Features: Students are able to follow up with homework; summarizing schedules and assignments; tracking grades and GPA; push notifications; backup data options.
6. Monster Anatomy
What is it? Explore 384 contiguous MR slices in the three anatomical planes with this interactive lower-limb radiology atlas.
Best for: Biology; iPhone, iPod, iPad Price: $8.99
Features: Navigation with multiple shortcuts; display of images in the three anatomical planes; 3D image volume (VR) allows precise location of slice position; over 500 different labels in accordance with the “Terminologia Anatomica” and current literature references; more than 10,000 tags; the five different display modes available (bones, joints, muscles, blood vessels, and nerves) facilitate label visualization; high image quality with a zooming tool. 7. Motion Math
What is it? Motion Math HD follows a star that has fallen from space and must bound back up, up, up to its home in the stars. Moving fractions to their correct place on the number line is the only way to return. By playing Motion Math, learners improve their ability to perceive and estimate fractions in multiple forms.
Best for: Math; iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Price: $1.99
Features: Problem hints; intro level, practice of improper fractions and negative decimals; beginner, medium, and expert modes; bonus levels.
8. The Elements: A Visual Exploration
What is it? Learn about the periodic table in a hands-on way. Choose any element—copper, for example—and see various copper objects: a Persian weave chain, a brass ring, a Chinese bronze … and then rotate them with your finger to get a 3D view.
Best for: Science; Chemistry; iPad Price: $13.99
Features: Sharp HD images that can rotate (available in 3D); columns of facts and figures with each element; Wolfram Alpha computational knowledge engine.
9. Animoto
What is it? Turns photos into professional-quality videos, complete with music and text. Choose photos, video clips, music, and video style. Users can easily share their creations.
Best for: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Price: FREE
Features:
Multiple video styles, large music library and the ability to add text to your video. Preview and edit your video before producing it. View videos within the app and on Animoto’s site. Easily share your videos via email, text, Facebook and Twitter or save to your Camera Roll. 10. HMH FUSE Algebra 1
What is it? HMH Fuse Algebra 1 Common Core Edition gives every student a personalized learning experience using video tutorials, MathMotion step-by-step examples, homework help, quizzes, tips, hints, and many other integrated features to teach, review, and assess all concepts. Winner of the “Distinguished Achievement” Award in the category of Mobile Device Application honoring “outstanding resources for teaching and learning” presented by the Association of Educational Publishers.
Best for: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Also compatible with Android devices. Price: FREE
Features:
The ability for students to show their scratch pad work for individual questions on the assessments, student response system (clickers), and Graph It! examples An all-in-one app with built-in tools including Algebra Tiles, Linear Explorer, Quadratic Explorer, a graphing calculator, text and audio note-taking, scratchpad, and a student response system for instant learner feedback. Teachers can access all assessment results in an on-line Teacher Resource Center and prescribe remediation or intervention as needed.
11. Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Edition
What is it? The Oxford Picture Dictionary app provides instant access, anytime and anywhere, to the bestselling picture dictionary. Use the app alone or paired with the print dictionary to provide the perfect vocabulary solution for your students.
Best for: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: $9.99
Features:
Introduce students to 4,000 terms, organized into 12 thematic units, including Everyday Language, People, Housing, Food and Recreation, and more. Each unit includes phrases and expressions from everyday life that help put words and images in context. Engage students with vibrant art and an easy-to-use format. Provide students with unlimited independent practice and multiple exposures to the terms. The zoom-in/zoom-out feature allows students to better experience the vocabulary within each scene and image. Bookmark any entry to easily search for terms. Use the search function, to quickly look up any term in the dictionary.
13. POETRY from the Poetry Foundation
What is it? Nominated for a WEBBY award, this universal iOS app allows users to take thousands of poems by classic and contemporary poets on the go. From William Shakespeare to César Vallejo to Heather McHugh, the Poetry Foundation’s app turns your phone, iPod Touch or iPad into a mobile poetry library.
Best for: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later; Requires Android 1.6 and up. Price: FREE
Features:
Search for old favorites with memorable lines. Give your device a shake to discover new poems to fit any mood. Save your favorite poems to read and share later—through Facebook, Twitter, or eMail. Read poems by T.S. Eliot, Pablo Neruda, Lucille Clifton, Emily Dickinson, and many others.
14. Springpad
What is it? Springpad can help you save anything from all your devices so you can be more organized and productive. Save ideas, notes, checklists, project tasks, photos, products, movies-then Springpad enhances them with relevant suggestions so you can get what you need, when and where you need it.
Best for: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5; Requires Android 2.2 and up. Price: FREE
Features:
Bookmark sites for reading later-never forget an important article or book. Follow trusted experts and others to be on top of trends and useful tips. Build your personal to-do list with reminder alerts. Collaborate with co-workers on a project with notes, videos, links and tasks. Show pictures and videos your family to collect and comment on captions. 15. Wonders of the Universe
What is it? Take a mind-blowing 3D tour of the Universe with Professor Brian Cox as your guide. Journey up from the smallest particles, past the moons and planets of the Solar System, out through the Oort Cloud to the Milky Way, past our local stars and out to distant galaxies before arriving, finally, at the edge of the known Universe. On the way you will encounter the likes of seething red giants, beautiful nebulae, pulsing neutron stars and confront a daunting vision of a Black Hole sucking down a hapless star, all rendered in 3D.
Best for: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5. Price: $5.99
Features:
Explore the entire Universe in 7 interlinked scales from sub-atomic to the edge of the known Universe, or take Brian’s tours Two-and-a-half hours of BBC video from the Wonders TV series (requires wifi) 50+ spectacular 3D models of planets, moons, galaxies and nebulae to discover Over 200 interactive articles by Brian telling the story of the Universe Hundreds of beautiful images from around the cosmos High resolution graphics optimized for the new iPad
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