This is a handout I created after being asked to share what I have on my iPad too many times. Although not all the apps I have are here, this does help teachers decide what apps to start with.

1. What’sOnMyiPad
By
Desireé Caskey

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3. AnApp forEverything
I am always being asked to share what apps I
have on my iPad. Although I add and remove
constantly, I think I have a pretty good collection
of apps for many different needs. Check out my
folders on the following pages.
Although this is by no means all of the apps that
are on my iPad, it does show you the variety of
tools you can find. Most of the apps were free
when I got them. I have added and deleted many
apps. Know that once you buy an app, you can
always delete it and get it back. It stays in your
Purchased area of the Apps store.
Along with a collection of apps you might want to
investigate, this handout provides you with a
simple guide to the App Store to make your
researching and purchasing easier.
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4. ProductivityTools
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5. Favorite Appsfor
Productivity
Evernote - Evernote is a suite of software and services
designed for note taking and archiving. Your notes can
contain text, images, sound recordings, clippings from
websites...but unfortunately, not the kitchen sink. I
LOVE this app because I have it on every device I own
so all of my notes are right at my finger tips.
Dropbox - Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring
your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share
them easily. Never email yourself a file again! Dropbox
is like Evernote...you can put it on all your devices and
have access to your files from anywhere.
Notes - Notes is a built-in tool for the iOS devices that
lets you take notes...not so cool until you realize that
you can sync it with your Gmail account and pull up any
note you took on your iPad from any computer that you
log into your Gmail account with...you have to turn on
this sync option in settings.
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6. Favorite Appsfor
Productivity
Pages – Apple’s answer to Word is a pretty nice tool
once you get used to it. It is easier to desktop publish
with this tool too. Although it is $9.99, if you want a full
featured word processing/desktop publishing tool, you
need to try this one.
Keynote – If you just can’t get away from building slide-
based presentations, then Keynote might be a tool you
could easily fall in love with. Apple’s iWork Suite opens
Office files if necessary and also saves out in many
formats for you to share.
Google Drive – Google lets you access and now edit
your Google files on your iPad. Although the interface
isn’t ideal, the fact that you can open and edit your word
processing, spreadsheet and presentation files is really
helpful in a pinch.
Slideshark – just can’t let go of your PowerPoint files?
Slideshark lets you use your iPad to present your
presentations from your iPad…and use your iPhone as
a remote. The cool factor is pretty high for this one!
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7. Photography, Video &Music
Apps
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8. Favorite Photography
Apps
Photobucket - If you have a Photobucket account, you
can take advantage of this great free app! You can
access your photos, save them to your device and
share them with friends.
PhotoSync - I LOVE this app and use it all the time to
transfer my photos and videos between devices…and
friend’s devices as well.
PhotoShop Express - This free app is amazing and full
of photo editing features. For those of us that like to
do a bit more editing than just adding filters before we
share, this is the tool.
Snapseed – This photo editing tool gives you many
different filters that you can apply to existing photos,
but you can also take a photo directly into Snapseed
or paste from another tool. This tool takes full
advantage of the input methods for the iPad.
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9. Favorite Video &Music
Apps
TED - TED-Ideas Worth Spreading-Fans unite! This
app gives you all the TED videos, organized by
themes, and allows you to save videos to your
device to view offline.
iTunes U - Why wouldn‘t you use this app? So many
FREE courses provided by higher education these
days. The really good ones include text, apps,
videos and other resources.
App for Google Play - I have almost all my music
stored in Google Play, so having an app that lets me
access my music, but not take up storage on my
iPad is huge - because my iPad is full!
YouTube – I like this app because you can sign into
your account to watch videos you subscribe to,
videos you have favorited, your uploads…or just
search YouTube and watch!
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10. Teaching Tools
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11. Favorite Teaching Tools
Nearpod - Create, Engage, Assess! Description from
the iTunes Store: Nearpod enables teachers to use
their iPads to manage content on students' devices. It
combines presentation, engagement and real-time
assessment tools into one integrated solution. Nearpod
is a synchronous solution for the use of iPad and other
iOS devices in education. To try Nearpod, you will need
one iPad running the Nearpod Teacher app, and at
least one other iOS device (iPad, iPhone or iPod touch)
running the Nearpod Student app.
Educreations - This app allows you to teach and
assess students in a different way…by recording on this
electronic whiteboard. Educreations is like YouTube, in
that illustrations you create can be uploaded to your
class channel and accessed anytime.
Stage – This tool allows you to use your iPad as a
document camera and annotate on your (or your
student’s) work…without touching it!
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12. ForStudents
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13. Favorite Student Tools
Peek - This companion to Evernote allows you to
create flash cards for your students out of the
notebooks you have in your Evernote account. You can
also import from StudyBlue or Membean.
Socrative – Okay, this fits under both the teacher and
student categories. This is a tool that allows teachers to
create online tests and administer them through any
web-based device. On the iPad, the students use the
app and enter the name for the testing room the
teacher assigns. There are a lot of options for this tool
and completely worth checking out.
Mind Mapping Tools – There are a lot of great apps
that allow students to organize their thoughts into mind
maps. Help students organize, plan, understand
information with these tools!
Productivity Tools – Many of the productivity tools
mentioned earlier are favorites for students as well as
teachers.
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14. Looking at the App Store
The App Store can be a bit confusing. Be sure to look at the very bottom of the screen.
Here you see:
•Featured – new and noteworthy apps
•Top Charts – top free and pay for apps in many categories
•Genius – suggestions of apps based on what you already have on your iPad
•Purchased – a history of your app purchases for your account, not just this device
•Updates – this is where you update any apps. There is a number indicator that tell you how
many apps you have to update. I recommend you frequently update apps. These updates are
usually bug fixes or feature enhancements.
The App Store can be a bit
confusing. Here you can search
and browse for apps. You can
also redeem any gift cards you
may receive (swipe all the way
to the bottom)
Be sure to look for a “See All”
option to expand the amount of
apps that are presented to you.
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15. Using the App Store
Sometimes Apple will feature a collection of Apps for
education so be sure to check the Featured option at
the bottom of your Apps Store.
Be sure to check the Education category as well…
Apple is good about featuring good apps, free and pay-
for both.
Click on Top Charts, then change the category to
Education to see a huge collection of great free apps.
Once you have a good collection of apps on your iPad,
use the Genius tool to find similar apps.
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16. Looking at Apps
When you click on the image of an app, a window
similar to the one below appears. You can see screen
shots of the app, see how others have rated it, and
find out exactly what its purpose is.
From this window you can purchase the app as well.
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17. Looking at Apps
Ratings and Reviews allows you to see statements
from those that have used this app. This will give you
a good sense of what others think of this app.
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18. Looking at Apps
The Related section provides you with apps that are
similar to this tool. I always look here if I find an app I
like. You can access this area even if you already
download the app to your iPad.
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19. Math
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20. Social Studies&Science
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21. Family&ConsumerSciences
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22. Children’sBooks
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23. Reading &StoryCreators
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24. Primary
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25. Reading &Word Games
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26. Best AppsforLab of iPads
• Student Tools
– Socrative - Assessment
– Nearpod – Interactive Teaching
– Educreations – Show me what you know
– BaiBoard – Collaborative whiteboard
– Khan Academy – Extra Assistance
– YouTube – Extra Assistance
– Scan – QR Reader
• Teacher Tools
– Timer + - Classroom Activity Timer
– Educreations – Create Video Tutorials
– Stage – Document Camera with Annotation
– ClassDojo – Classroom Management Tool 26