Apps

Many of these apps need to be validated for usefulness by students..  **Utility Apps** **General Apps** **Speciality Apps**   [|Apps for Learning]  lists for $24.95 (add about $4 for shipping or order from [|Amazon] ) and has plenty of screenshots and lots of practical advice. The 224 page book is the first a three-part series. The authors are currently writing the middle school version. After that, they're tackling elementary apps.
 * [|Atomic Web Browser] / [|Lite]
 * [|Box.net]
 * [|GoodReader]
 * [|Print n Share]
 * [|Adobe Photoshop Express]
 * [|Dragon Dictation] This app got so many good ratings but I don't think it is available in NZ. It may be now
 * [|eClick Host] / [|eClicker]
 * [|Evernote]
 * [|GarageBand] This is a brilliant app- I used it at a Padcampchch Can't wait to use it with my class
 * [|Google Earth]
 * [|iBooks] This app is A-mazing! You need to download it onto a Mac
 * [|iMovie] So easy to use great for students to create movies. Fantastic wth music made by GarageBand
 * [|iThoughts HD]
 * [|iTranslate] / [|iTranslate Plus]
 * [|Keynote]
 * [|Keynote Remote]
 * [|Lynkee 2 QR Barcode Reader]
 * [|Note Taker HD]
 * [|Numbers]
 * [|Pages]
 * [|Skype]
 * [|TED]
 * [|Teleprompt+ for iPad] / [|for iPhone]
 * [|Whiteboard HD]
 * [|Wikihood] / [|Wikihood Plus]
 * [|Algebra Touch]
 * [|Comic Touch] / [|Comic Touch Lite]
 * [|EMD PTE Periodic Table]
 * [|Frog Dissection]
 * [|gFlashPro]
 * [|iMathematics]
 * [|Manual for the U.S.A.]
 * [|NASA App HD]
 * [|Play2Learn Language Learning Apps]
 * [|Rory's Story Cubes]
 * [|Shmoop University Learning Guides]
 * [|Stack the States] / [|Countries]
 * [|StoryKit]
 * [|VideoScience]
 * [|World Factbook for iPad] / [|iPhone]

**Opportunities for Access.** Having technology readily at hand makes its use a commonplace occurrence instead of a special event. There's no seeking permission to go to the computer lab or waiting for the cart of laptops to be wheeled in. Most adults don't have those kinds of roadblocks to technology, why should students? **Opportunities to Use Real-World Tools.** Personal and mobile devices are certainly everywhere today. People in the real world use technology for real tasks everyday. I think that school should mirror the outside world as much as possible because "playing school" fails to prepare learners for the reality of life.
 * Opportunities for Productivity.** Mobile technology gives access to tools for organization and for getting things done efficiently. In addition to the typical note taking, calendar, and planner uses, savvy students enter their notes directly into a flashcard app for easy studying. Talk about being productive!

==[|Apps for Project-Based Learning] ==  Monday, June 27, 2011 at 8:00PM I presented //Project-Based Learning in Hand// at the [|International Society for Technology in Education] conference in Philadelphia. [|Here are my notes for the session]. My favorite part was that I asked educators in the room and on Twitter to submit favorite iOS apps for project-based learning. The [|resulting spreadsheet] has 133 submissions. I removed spaces from app names so that I could use [|Wordle.net] to generate the word cloud below. The suggested apps are ones that could be used for questioning, investigating, and/or sharing. As you can see, [|SonicPics] was submitted the most times. It's a certainly a [|favorite of mine]. [|iMovie], [|Evernote] , [|ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard] , [|PuppetPals] , [|Storyrobe] , and [|Comic Life] were also popular.