This document provides a comprehensive overview of iPad and iPhone apps that can be used for learning across various subject areas. It describes apps for accessing and analyzing information, note-taking, mind mapping, writing and publishing, communication, feedback and assessment, professional development, and getting recommendations on educational apps. A wide range of app categories are covered, including dictionaries, wikis, news curation, social bookmarking, digital mapping, blogging, comics, games, and video/audio tools. Examples and screenshots are provided for many of the apps.

1. Using iPad and iPhone Apps
for Learning with Literacy
Richard Beach, Professor
Emeritus, University of
Minnesota, rbeach@umn.edu
Google Docs Version of handout:
http://tinyurl.com/6oxcn7z
Using iPad and iPhone Apps for
Learning with Literacy Across the
Curriculum

2. Affordances of iPads/iPhones
 Touch:
◦ Intuitive navigation of texts and virtual
worlds
 Portability/storage/ownership
◦ Personal learning device
 Social reading/writing
 Multimodality
 Collaboration/communication

3. Wikipedia apps
 Qwiki
◦ includes videos, images, graphs, and
entries for millions of topics
 Articles for iPad
 Wikipedia Mobile
 Wikipanion Plus
 Simplepedia
 iWiki

5. Accessing/Analyzing
Information to Learn
 Search engine apps. Safari
(bundled app), Google Search, Bing,
Wolfram Alpha), Dolphin Browser,
Opera Mini, Atomic Web Browser,
Ask, Yahoo: Answers, Yahoo: Search,
Shelfster, Knowtilus Pro (translates
websites into 28 different languages)

6. News curation apps
 Pearltrees, Flipboard, Zinio, Flud,
Google Currents, Evri, News360,
LiveBinders
http://tinyurl.com/7zpuhe5, Scoop.it!
http://tinyurl.com/7ef7qjk,
NetNewsWire (iPhone app, Fluent
News Reader, Paper.li, and

7. Social bookmarking apps
 . Diigo, Evernote Web
Clipper, Yahoo!
Bookmarks, Xmarks, Mister Wong
jogtheweb.png
icyte.png, Licorize, symbaloo.png, fav
able.png, scrible.png, Digg, Stumbleu
pon

8. Purpose: Acquiring and
subscribing to/sharing information
• Social Bookmarking and sharing
links/tags
• Sharing links in class Diigo groups
• Adding annotations to online literary
texts for sharing responses to literature

9. Using Diigo for adding a sticky-
note response
1. Add Diigo to your toolbar
2. Find an online text
3. Highlight sections of the text
4. Click on the icon to add a Sticky Note response
5. Have other students add their responses

10. “Womanhood,” Catherine
Anderson
She slides over When she enters,
the hot upholstery and the millgate closes,
of her mother's car, final as a slap,
this schoolgirl of fifteen there'll be silence.
who loves humming & swaying She'll see fifteen high windows
with the radio. cemented over to cut out light.
Her entry into womanhood Inside, a constant, deafening noise
will be like all the other girls'— and warm air smelling of oil,
a cigarette and a joke, the shifts continuing on ...
as she strides up with the rest All day she'll guide cloth along a line
to a brick factory of whirring needles, her arms &
where she'll sew rag rugs shoulders
from textile strips of kelly green, rocking back & forth
bright red, aqua. with the machines—
200 porch size rugs behind her
before she can stop
to reach up, like her mother,
and pick the lint
out of her hair.

11. Highlighting and adding a Sticky
Note to the poem

12. QR reader apps
 QR Reader, QR app, NeoReader,
Scan, QR Scanner, i-nigma,
Optiscan, ScanLife, Quickmark,
RedLaser-Barcord Scanner and QR
Reader, or Qrafter.
 Create QR code images by entering
in a URL in a QR create site such as
Qrafter, QRstuff.com, Kaywa, Tec-IT,
QR-app

14. Comics apps
 Comixology Comics (for reading DC
Comics, Marvel
Comics, Image, Boom! Studio comics;
Comics+, myComics, Comic, Comicbl
endr HD, Comic Zeal Comic Reader
Mini (iPhone only, ComicBookLover
(for reading/organizing comics).

15. Digital mapping
 iPad apps: iBrainstorm, MindMeister
for Ipad,, Sundry Notes, Idea
Sketch, Total
Recall, inShare, iMindMap
MindNode, iThoughtsHD, Popplet Lite
http://tinyurl.com/3o6a3wy
 Hierarchical/logical relationships between
key concepts
 Issues of definitions: “unhealthy” foods

16. Note-taking apps
 Notes (IOS
apps), Evernote, Penultimate, Notes
Plus, Simplenote, NyNoteIt, SoundNo
te, SpringNote, Notability, UberNote,
NotePad Pro PaperDesk
LITE, SmartNote

17. EverNote (and Skitch), Notes
Plus (Alison)
 Evernote use in schools
 Evernote for clipping webpages
 Skitch for visual annotations
 Notes Plus (handwriting)

20. Mind-mapping apps
 Inspiration, iBrainstorm, MindMeister
for Ipad,, Sundry Notes, Mindjet for
iPad, Idea Sketch, Total Recall,
iMindMap, MindNode, iThoughtsHD,
Popplet, SimpleMind+ for iPad,
Maptini

22. Uses of mapping for
responding to literature
• Visually portray performances
according to three units of analysis:
o Events
|
o Spaces
|
o Social worlds/systems

23. Map of “Womanhood”

24. Blogging apps
 BlogPress or Blogsy to export their
blog posts to
Blogger, Wordpress, Posterous, Edm
odo, Live Journal, Private
Journal, KidBlog
 Tumblrita to export their posts to
Tumblr

25. Twitter apps
 Twitter Apps such as
Twitter, TweetCaster
Tweetbot, Tweetdeck, Twitteriffic, Hoo
tSuite

26. Twitteriffic

27. HootSuite

28. Extended writing apps
 Pages, IA Writer, My Writing Spot for
iPad, PlainText, Manuscript for iPad,
Notebooks, Clean Writer, Storyist
iPad, DraftPad
 OnLive Desktop, DocumentsToGo
 CloudOn (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint
editing)

29. Collaborative writing/data
collection: Google Docs forms
 5th graders: Weaver Lake
School, Osseo, MN
 Data on parasite presence in
Monarch butterflies
 49% had parasites

30. Story/children’s book writing
 StoryKit, Storyrobe, Book Creator,
Bookemon Mobile, Picture Books,
Writer's Studio, StoryPatch,
Demibooks® Composer, StoryBuddy,
My Story, MoglueBooks, myebook,
StoryJumper (for younger students),
Tikatok

32. Comics/graphic novels
 Comic Life, Strip
Designer, ComicStrip CS
Shttp://tinyurl.com/6or7bvz, Comics
Creator, PhotoComic, Comic Touch
Lite

34. Dictionary/grammar apps
 Dictionary for iPad, Merriam-Webster
Dictionary HD, WordWeb Dictionary
Dictionary.com: Dictionary and
Thesaurus, Advanced English Dictionary
and Thesaurus
◦ Students can speak words for dictionary
searches
 Grammar App HD, English
Grammar, Grammar Up, Word Study &
English Grammar, iGE Lite: the
interactive Grammar of English from UCL

35. Apps for Sharing/Publishing
Writing
 ePub: Mac Pages (soon to be on iPad
Pages)
 Apple Author (requires OS Lion): iBooks
 Dotepub or Inkling books
◦ Human Biology Inkling textbook
 MoGlue Books
http://tinyurl.com/88pbgau
 ebooks for reading on eReaders by
submitting properly formatted Word files
to Smashwords.com, Bluefire Reader
App, or Book Creator

36. Dictation apps
 Dragon Dictation/Search/Go
 Siri
 Remote Dictate
◦ dictate text that then appears on their PC
Word or other word-processing
application—transfer facilitated by the
free, Air Mouse Server
 Google Translate

37. Voice search: Requires
vocabulary
 Google Search
 Siri iPhone 4S
 older IPhones: Voice Ask app
 http://tinyurl.com/72p3v35
 ChaCha
 Merriam Webster dictionary
 http://tinyurl.com/3zx9hu9
 Assessing information literacies
TRAILS http://www.trails-9.org

38. Small-group discussions: CMS
platform options
 Pearson’s OpenClass (free; linked to
Google Apps)
◦ http://www.joinopenclass.com/open/view/t
1
 Edmodo (free; also an app)
◦ http://www.edmodo.com/
 Schoology
◦ https://www.schoology.com/home.php
 rcampus (cloud-based)
◦ http://www.rcampus.com/

39. Collaborize Classroom
 Free platform for classroom
discussions
 Web-based
 Extensive curriculum resources
 Focus on fostering students
collaboration
 Professional development on leading
discussions

42. Backchannel apps
 TodaysMeet, Soapbox, Backchannel,
Buro Zero Backchannel, Donahue,
Read Chatz, or Present.ly

44. VoiceThread: Multiple
audio/written comments on same
image

45. Produce image tutorials for
peers: Doodles and audio voice-
over
 ShowMe, Explain
Everything, VoiceThread.ed, Screenc
homp, Educreations, Interactive
Whiteboard, ReplayNote, Skitch
 Show Me: 5th grade science
 http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=RNKs
pgu
 VoiceThead: Literary terms
 http://voicethread.com/?#u11815.b14
28998.i7556980

46. Google Images/Earth/Lit Trips

47. Video/audio conferencing
 iChat, Skype, Facetime, Google+
Hangout, Adobe Connect, Blackboard
Collaborate, Skype for iPhone and
iPad, as well as a distinct Skype for
iPad,), Share Board (up to 4 users),
Fring: Video Calls + Chat (up to 4
users), BT Chat HD, ooVoo Video
Chat, Vtok: Google Talk Video, Chat
for GoogleTalk

48. Google+ Handout: Up to 10
people

49. Teen texting: Pew Research
 63% text daily versus 39% cell
phones, 35% face-to-face
socializing, 29% social-networking
messages, 22% IMing, and 6% emailing.
 The median number of texts sent daily
was 60 in 2011. The heaviest texters
(more than 100 texts a day) are also the
heaviest talkers; 69% of heavy texters
talk daily on their cell phones versus 46%
of medium texters (those exchanging 21-
100 texts a day)

50. Texting/message apps
 iMessage (iPad or iPhone), Messages
(Mac), AK Messenger!, textPlus Free
Texting + Group Text, Textie™
Messaging, Textfree, TextNow + Voice
- Free Texting and Calling, iPushIt,,
Text Me!, gText
 Classroom-based texting systems:
Class Parrot, Kikutext, WeTxt,
Remind101, Sendhub, Class Pager

52. Text to speech apps
 vBookz (reads aloud books) vBookz PDF
Voice Reader (reads aloud PDF files),
Write & Say (reads aloud text in 52
different voices (including a 3D avatar)
and in 50 different languages), Speak it!
(four different voices: American Male,
American Female, British Male, British
Female), Voice Reader Text to Speech
(21 languages using 32 different voices,
includes PDF files), Talk to Me (hear
words spoken to them as they are
writing)

53. Creating podcasts
 GarageBand,Voice Memos for
iPad, SoundCloud (export into
Garageband for editing)

54. Accessing videos
 YouTube EDU (free educational
videos from universities, PBS, TED,
and other educational sites), YouTube
for Schools (students create/share
videos), Google Videos, Vimeo,
Redux, Yahoo Videos

55. Producing videos:
Scripts/storyboards.
 Celtx
Script, ScriptWrite, Storyist, Storyboar
d Composer
 2012 updated iMovie app: a
storyboard feature for planning a
video
 Recommend using Comics apps such
as Comic Life for storyboards

56. Creating animation videos
 Animation Desk™ for iPad, Animation
Studio, Toontastic, Puppet Pals
HD, Sock Puppets, Animation
Creator HD
Lite, FlickmationLite, DoInk Animation
& Drawing, iAnimator, Pop My Video
 videos made with iMotion
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT
MCnn0gztA

58. Game apps
 Tiny Tower, CityVille Hometown, My
Town 2, Trade Nation, Farm Story,
Epic Citadel (medieval fantasy town
with a cathedral).
 Students creating characters and
stories based on the Epic Citadel
medieval setting
http://www.porchester.notts.sch.uk/citad
el

60. Interactive fiction
 Zenonia series
 Terra-Eternal Chaos, Vanquish: The
Oath of Brothers
 Rimelands series
 Fighting Fantasy series
 Gamebook Adventures series
 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
 Hunger Games: Girl on Fire
 Avatar

61. Role-play games (RPGs)
 Saturday Morning RPG
◦ a high school student must make
decisions to cope with the threat of an evil
villain to attempt to save the world, a
game that draws on Saturday morning
cartoons
 Surviving High School
◦ a new female high school student coping
with getting to know students in her school
or a male assuming the role as a member
of the high school football team

62. Jotly: An app to rate anything

63. Self-assessment forms
 Google Docs Forms
 iResponse

64. Screen-casting feedback
 Text/PPs/images:
VoiceThread, ExplainEverything, Scre
enchomp, ShowMe, Educreastions
 Video response to writing: Jing
 Speeches/drama: Formative
Feedback for Learning
http://formativefeedbackapp.blogspot.
com

65. Open-ended feedback
 Essay Grader
 Easy Assessment
 Collaborize Classroom Pro
◦ student online discussion participation

66. Record keeping/grades
 The TeacherTool, Super Duper Data
Tracker, Teacher's Assistant Pro:
Track Student Behavior, Easy
Assessment, TeacherPal, PowerTeac
her Mobile, Gradekeeper, iHomework
 Students’ reading performance:
Reading Log, Reading Record iPad
◦ recording changes in students reading
scores over time.

67. e-Portfolio apps
 Three Ring
 Teacher's Wire
 Use blogs, wikis, websites

69. ELA professional
development
 NCTE’s Connected Community
 English Companion Ning
 National Writing Project Connect/Digital
Is
 Classroom 2.0
 Curriki
 IRA’s Engage
 ReadWriteThink
 School 2.0
 Sophia
 #EngChat (Twitter feeds)

71. App uses/recommendations
 EdReadch channel
(MobileReach, MacReach)
 Appy Hours 4 U
◦ The TechChef4u app
 The iPad Show
 The Daily App Show
 TWIT channel
 Tech Chick Tips