This Slideshare displays apps that have been analyzed for educational purposes and complied by Graduate students at Harding University.

1. There’s An App for That
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2. Lexia Reading by Lexia Learning
 Grade Level(s): Pre-K through 3rd, and 4-12
 Content area: Early and Primary Reading, Lexia Reading Strategies for Secondary level
 Cost: FREE, Requires an active account for sign in through school or parents can request non-school
license
 Size: 250 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lexia-reading/id555676901?mt=8
 Use in the classroom: App instruction based on students performance and/or grade level
 Feedback: provides student data for teacher and student, teacher’s also provided with additional
resources to help struggling students
 Encourages: development of literacy skill, understanding of and application of literacy concepts,
differentiated instruction
 Privacy: Each student has a Username and Password
 User friendly: Activities set up as games, easy to follow instructions and clear narrator voice
 Supports Foundational Skills and Career and College Readiness Skills in the Common Core State
Standards
 Website: http://lexialearning.com/lexiasupport

3. ScootPad by ScootPad Corporation
 Grade Level: K-8
 Content area: Any
 Cost: FREE
 Size: 0.5 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scootpad/id557056479?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
 Use in the classroom: App instruction based on students performance and/or grade level
 Feedback: tracks students’ student’s progress in all areas, both students and teachers can follow
progress, students can complete/review homework on app, can be used for data collection in research
 Encourages: independent learning, student engagement, students motivated to set goals and meet
them
 Privacy: Each student has a Username and Password
 User friendly: easy for students to access and complete assignments
 Activities are Common Core aligned.
 Website: https://www.scootpad.com/index

4. Brain Pop Jr. by BrainPOP®
 Grade Level: K-3rd grade, Made for Ages 6-8
 Content area: Science, Health, Reading & Writing, Social Studies, Math, Arts & Technology
 Cost: FREE, Option for In-App Purchases
 Size: 7.7 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brainpop-jr.-movie-of-the-week/id536371867?mt=8
 Use in the classroom: Educational Movie of the Week (in variety of subjects), Educational quizzes and
activities based on new topic learned in Movie of the Week, can be used as a group or independently
 Feedback: Characters Annie and Moby guide students through activities and quizzes, immediate
feedback for quizzes
 Encourages: students to think independently, students to form critical thinking skills, ask questions
and make connections to prior knowledge
 Privacy: No Username and Password for free functions, Account required for additional purchases
 User friendly: Annie and Moby give instructions as students or teachers navigate through app, bright
colors that are inviting and engaging to young students, subjects divided into brightly colored tabs for
easy touch access
 Website: http://www.brainpop.com/

5. Common Core Math for Teachers by
Front Row Education, Inc.
 Grade Level: K-8
 Content area: Math
 Cost: FREE
 Size: 11.5 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-math-for-teachers/id708421745?mt=8
 Use in the classroom: Provides differentiated math instruction for students at varying performance levels in Math
based on pre-test students take to establish a baseline
 Feedback: Math questions are graded immediately, students and teacher see and track progress, specific dashboard
feedback for teacher, based on students, common core aligned videos to build core skills
 Encourages: collaboration with other students to help each other, engagement and interest in Math by utilizing
motivating features within the app, real world questions to make students see Math as more applicable
 User friendly: Gives students many modes of learning
 Privacy: Each student has a Username and Password
 Supports Common Core State Standards for grades K-8 Math with over 15,000 common core aligned Math problems
 Website: https://www.frontrowed.com/

6. Common Core by MasteryConnect
 Grade Level: K-12; 6-12
 Content area: Math, Language Arts; History/Social Studies, Science
 Cost: FREE, option for In-App Purchase to “Track Mastery of Standards”, option of a FREE Demo
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/common-core-standards/id439424555?mt=8
 Size: 17.1 MB
 Use in the classroom : Teacher can make personal progress notes, Math and English subjects give teacher resources
to access such as Standards for Practice, Appendices linking to CCSS website for more detailed explanations, Math
Glossary, contains an ELL application and SPED application
 Feedback: With purchase of “Track Mastery of Standards, teacher will be able to track students progress
 User Friendly: Very organized and easy to navigate through, but you must know what Grade level you want to search
for you, cannot search for specific topic within each Subject
 Privacy: Doesn’t require Username or Password
 Website supplements app, has abundance of other apps to download to aid in Assessment, Grading, Teacher
Resource, etc. Does not include all Subjects as of yet, such as Music, Art, etc.
 Website: http://www.masteryconnect.com/

7. Teachers Pay Teacher by Teacher Synergy Inc.
 Grade Level: K-12
 Content area: Any
 Cost: FREE, Option of Selling or Purchasing Classroom Materials to Other Teachers
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teachers-pay-teachers/id581312419?mt=8
 Size: 5.7 MB
 Specific uses in the classroom: Teachers share ideas for curriculum
 What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage: Depends on your purchase; content
varies.
 Ease of use...is it intuitive: Yes
 What kinds of privacy does it offer: Membership privacy, payment privacy
 Are the skill reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes: Helpful for planning
curriculum
 Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions: Yes

8. Socrative 2.0 by Socrative
 Grade Level: K-12
 Content area: Any
 Cost: FREE
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/socrative-student/id477618130?mt=8
 Size: 2.5 MB
 Use in the classroom: Personalized by teacher to fit classroom needs, Teacher can create quizzes, tests, assignments,
class polls and other formative classroom activities. Keeps student engaged by allowing space race games. Teacher has
option of giving class exit tickets
 Encourages: student engagement and motivation, app activities are set up to create a fun learning environment
 Feedback: app instantly grades, provides graphs of results, and allows results can be viewed in real time
 User Friendly: Can be used on any device (iPhone, Tablets, Desktop or Laptop) with internet access
 Privacy: Teacher creates Socrative account, Studenst sign in with Username to complete assignment created by teacher
 Teacher has access to Common Core Standards within app to make sure assignment created are aligned with the
Standards
 Website supplements app which contains an abundance of resources to aid teachers.
 Website: http://www.socrative.com/resources.php

9. ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard by Learnbat, Inc.
 Grade Level: K-12
 Content area: Any
 Cost: FREE, option of In-App purchases or Groups auto-renewing monthly subscription
 Size: 12.7 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8
 Uses in the classroom: record and post whiteboard tutorials to share online for students, Allows for uploading of images
and option of multiple brush colors for visual learners, can be adapted to any type of classroom or subject, lesson can be
as short or long as you want it to be, option of managing students with Groups for differentiated instruction
 Feedback: Grade student work with commentary explaining the reasoning behind their performance
 Encourages: interactive learning for all types of learners (ie. Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc.)
 User Friendly: Easy to follow, Allows teachers to access other resources and ShowMe presentations from other educators
for ideas
 Privacy: Teacher and Student Username and Password
 Provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions for teacher to create interactive lessons for students to follow
 Website: http://www.showme.com/

10. Dropbox by Dropbox
 Grade Level: All
 Content area: All
 Cost: Free - 2GB; more GB can be purchased
 Size: 53.7 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8
 Use in the classroom: Excellent file synchronization service that is easy to use. Put your stuff in Dropbox
and get to it from your computers, phones, or tablets. Edit docs, automatically add photos, and show off
videos from anywhere.
 Feedback/User Friendly: Provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions
 Encourages: student collaboration and discussion of classroom assignments, a great way to put your work
from school into and pull it up at home, sharing and editing of documents, run videos or music.
 As a music teacher it is a great way to share recordings for practice and learning of new songs. I am a
member of SoNA Singers and we used this when we were learning new music. Our director sent us
recordings of our specific part.
 Privacy: Sign in with username and password
 Website: https://www.dropbox.com/

11. Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer by Rolf Apps
 Grade Level: All Grade Levels – Ages 7+ to adults
 Content area: Music
 Cost: $2.99
 Size: 7.8 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rhythm-sight-reading-trainer/id396302174?mt=8
 Use in the classroom: Every musician encounters rhythm. This app has a great metronome with
beginner to advanced ear training. It has practice rhythms and testing rhythms which shows exactly
what you tapped and can be e-mailed to the teacher.
 Feedback/User Friendly: Practice and Test modes give specific accuracy score, scores recorded
immediately, and contains progress reports for fixed and random exercises.
 Encourages: Beginners can train themselves, professionals can use it to extend skills
 Privacy: Username and password
 Easy to follow and comprehensive instructions: Provides many opportunities to practice fixed and
random exercises
 Skills reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes: Yes

12. Tenuto by musictheory.net
 Grade Level: Middle school to Adult
 Content area: Music Theory
 Cost: $3.99
 Size: 22.6 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tenuto/id459313476?mt=8
 Uses in the classroom: Music theory is fundamental in music. Every grade level of the Arkansas music
curriculum has theory development in it. Tenuto is by Musictheory.net and is designed to enhance
musicality. Tenuto has staff-based exercises, keyboard-based exercises, fret-based exercises ear
training exercises as well as accidental, chord, interval, analysis symbols and twelve-tone matrices
calculators.
 Does it provide student feedback: Yes
 Easy to use but could be more intuitive
 Privacy: Username and password
 Are the skill reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes: Yes
 Provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions: Yes
 Website: http://www.musictheory.net/products/tenuto

13. Garage Band by Apple
 Grade Level: Secondary to adult
 Content area: Music Composition
 Cost: $4.99
 Size: 623 MB
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8
 Specific uses in the classroom: Part of Arkansas Music curriculum is composing music. Garage Band
turns your phone, I-pad, or computer into a recording studio. Create songs anywhere you go, have jam
sessions with your friends, share your creations. This could be used in the classroom and encourages
students to create on their own outside of the classroom. Could be used as group projects too.
 Student Feedback: No
 Encourages: Composition, Creativity, Student Collaboration by allowing students to create a “Jam
Session” and/or sharing custom-made songs with friends
 Privacy: Username and password
 Are the skill reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes: Yes
 Provides easy to follow and comprehensive instructions: Yes
 Website: http://www.apple.com/support/ios/garageband/

14. Recorder Master
 Grade Level: 4-12yr
 Content area: Music
 Cost: $1.99
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id492065346?mt=8
 Size: 50.1 MB
 Specific uses in the classroom: Learning Recorder;
 Does it provide student feedback: 5/5 on musicianswithapps.com
 What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage: ear training, fingering, breath control,
concentration
 Ease of use...is it intuitive: It is a game, and kids have given good reviews. Kids have fun while learning
valuable skills.
 What kinds of privacy does it offer: n/a
 Are the skill reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes: 3rd-6th grade may be
required to learn recorder.
 Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions: Yes

15. Pluto Piano
 Grade Level: 6-8
 Content area: Music
 Cost: Free
 iTunes URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id492065346?mt=8
 Size: 214 MB
 Specific uses in the classroom: Note Reading and Piano Intruction
 Does it provide student feedback: 5/5 on musicianswithapps.com from teachers and students!
 What kind of higher learning thinking skills does the app encourage: note reading,
recognition/repetition
 Ease of use...is it intuitive: Kid-friendly.
 What kinds of privacy does it offer: n/a
 Are the skill reinforced connected to your curriculum standards/student outcomes: Yes, note reading
and piano will be used in music class.
 Does the app provide easy to follow and comprehensive instructions: Yes