This document discusses educational apps for different age groups from elementary school through college. For elementary students, it recommends apps like FlashToPass, Spelling City, and BrainPOP/BrainPOP Jr. to help develop skills through practice. For middle school, it suggests apps like Symbaloo for organizing research websites and Remind101 for connecting with students safely. High school apps highlighted include Today's Meet for interactive lectures and StudyStack for vocabulary. College-level apps include iWork, iLife, Notability, and Evernote for writing, creating, and staying organized in higher education. The document provides resources for finding additional recommended educational apps.

1. APPS ACROSS THE
CURRICULUM:
FAVORITES FOR EVERY
AGE GROUP
Lynett Croyle, Therese Dristas,
Nettie Eichelberger, Anastasia Trekles
ICE Indiana – http://iceindiana.org

2. APPS FOR
ELEMENTARY

3. APPS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS DEVELOPING SKILLS
 Young learners develop automaticity
with practice.
 Apps make practice fun!
 FlashToPass for math facts
 Spelling City for spelling & vocabulary
 BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. for
educational video, quizes, activities, and
more!

4. RESEARCH
 http://www.kidrex.org/

5. APPS FOR MIDDLE
SCHOOL

6. ORGANIZATION
 Students should understand a need to curate their important websites for
easy access.
 Students can set up a tab.
For each subject.
 Students can chronicle their
Web research.
 http://www.symbaloo.com/

7. THE NEED FOR RESEARCH
 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a
question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources
and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple
avenues of exploration.
 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print
and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and
accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of
others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to
support analysis reflection, and research.

8. SEARCH ENGINE
 http://www.refseek.com/

9. SEARCH ENGINE
 http://www.sweetsearch.com/

10. CONNECTING WITH STUDENTS SAFELY
 https://www.remind101.com/

11. INTERACTION
 http://padlet.com/wall/dristas
 If you have your own device, go here and add an idea:
http://padlet.com/wall/14t0uy897c

12. APPS FOR HIGH
SCHOOL

13. INTERACTIVE LECTURES -
http://todaysmeet.com/meetinginwarsaw

14. VOCABULARY
 http://www.studystack.com/

15. PROGRESSION -
 http://www.timetoast.com/

16. APPS FOR COLLEGE
AND BEYOND

17. BEST APPS FOR BIG KIDS ON NEW LEARNING PATHS
 By college, students need to write,
create, and stay organized
 Essentials include:
 Pages, Keynote, Numbers (iWork)
 iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand (iLife)
 Notability
 VoiceThread
 PearlTrees
 Evernote
 Dropbox

18. RESOURCES
 Graphite app curation service (FREE!): http://graphite.org
 Cool Tools for Schools wiki: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
 Cool Apps for Schools wiki: http://coolappsforschools.wikispaces.com
 APPitic app list for education: http://www.appitic.com
 Apple Education apps: http://www.apple.com/education/apps/
 Top 10 list of apps for Android and iOS:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/04/26/new-10-of-the-best-apple-and-
android-apps-for-education-in-2013/

19. THANK YOU!
 Lynett Croyle, 2nd grade teacher, School City of Hammond:
lmcroyle@hammond.k12.in.us
 Therese Dristas, Technology Coach, School Town of Munster:
tdristas@munster.us
 Nettie Eichelberger, 2nd grade teacher, East Porter County Schools (Kouts, IN):
nettie.eichelberger@eastporter.k12.in.us
 Anastasia Trekles, instructional technology chairperson, Purdue University
Calumet (Hammond, IN): atrekles@purdue.edu