PBS Students

PBS Students is a free educational iPad app designed for students K-12.  Students can access 1000's of resources to help learn any subject through the use of educational games, activities, or videos.

Here is more from their press release... "For the first time, users can now access learning resources on tablets through the official PBS Student app, available for free for iPad. The PBS Student app is the ideal platform to watch and learn with videos, games and images from PBS and PBS KIDS content including resources from NOVA, DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD and the Ken Burns collection anytime, anywhere. Designed specifically for students in grades K-12, the app provides access to thousands of resources covering all subject areas, from math and science to English and social studies."

I highly recommend checking out the PBS Students app by clicking here!!!

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Monster Math

*Monster Math will be free April 2nd-6th for Autism Awareness Day.

Monster Math is an excellent iOS app/game for learning basic Math skills (i.e. addition, multiplication, etc.).  This is done through an engaging and fun game, as a student helps Maxx solve Math problems to find his friend Dextra.  Best of all, is the detailed reporting that allows parents/teachers to track student's progress.  Also, Monster Math adjusts skill level based on a user's performance and differentiates instruction accordingly.  Finally, Monster Math has lots of replay value as there are lots of levels and worlds to explore, and is aligned to Common Core Standards.

I highly recommend checking out Monster Math by clicking here!!!
For a more detailed review check out Edshelf.

Below is a brief demo...

Monster Math - Trailer from Roopesh Shenoy on Vimeo.

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Rosetta Stone Kids Reading

Rosetta Stone Kids Reading is the free new iPad app from the award winning program, Rosetta Stone.  This is a fun easy to use app designed for kids 3-7 yrs old learning how to read.  This game tracks and monitors a student's progress and each lesson is tailored for a individual's Reading Level.  There are over 50 games and 600 activities the kids can play through as they focus on skills such as: phonics, vocabulary, rhyming, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out Rosetta Stone Kids Reading by clicking here!!!

For more info check out Edshelf.

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Thanks to Class Tech Tips for the heads up!!!

Brainscape

Brainscape is an excellent free iOS app for studying any topic based on mobile flashcards.  This "smart" flashcards get rated by the user and based on those ratings will differentiate instruction to help the student learn.  Best of all, a user can either browse through and purchase decks of flashcards or create their own and even share their cards w/ others.  This is great for collaborating, study groups, and for educators looking to create classroom flashcards for their students.

I highly recommend checking out Brainscape by clicking here!!!

For a more detailed review check out Graphite.
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Blackboard Madness: Math

Blackboard Madness: Math is an excellent free iOS game suitable for all ages.  This is a fast paced action packed game that reminds me of the ultra-popular "slicing fruit" games but instead of slicing objects you are using your finger to swipe the correct answers to the Math problems.  What makes Blackboard Madness so great, are combos that a player can rack up as well as unlock achievements and bonus levels.

I highly recommend checking out Blackboard Madness: Math by clicking here!!!

Find it on Edshelf by clicking here.

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The Amazing Digestive Journey

The Amazing Digestive Journey is a nice iOS app for Health/Science teachers wanting to introduce the concept of digestion to students.  This interactive app lets students complete activities that start in the mouth while they try to help cure a patient of their ailments.  This app focuses on the different aspects of digestion through organs such as: esophagus, stomach, liver etc as well as different enzymes.

I highly recommend checking out The Amazing Digestive Journey by clicking here!!!

Sumdog

Sumdog is an excellent iPad for educational games in Math, Reading, and Writing.  Based on the popular website, Sumdog has student's playing against other student's worldwide to build their skills. The only requirement is signing up on their free website to be able to play the games on an iPad.

I highly recommend checking out Sumdog by clicking here!!!

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Gadzookery

Gadzookery is a wonderful free iOS app that helps students build their Writing and Vocabulary skills.  This can be done by either playing one player or against random opponents where a person tries to create a sentence from a given word.  What makes this nice for educators is that the game comes w/ a built in dictionary/thesaurus to help kids create their sentences.  Scoring is done by each letter and a person can challenge another person (to eliminate their opponent's score) for misspelled/made up words.

I highly recommend checking out Gadzookery by clicking here!!!

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Kindoma Storytimer

Kindoma Storytime is an interesting iOS app that combines "story time" w/ video chat to allow others to read a digital book together.  This is really good when wanting to read a story w/ another who is not around (i.e. child, student, etc).  The books can be selected by Reading and then are synced together so when a page is turned it does it on both devices.  Another great feature is the ability to point or highlight words so that the other person can see what is going on in real time.  For example, it's a great way to access student comprehension by having them point to items in the book.

I highly recommend checking out Kindoma Storytime by clicking here!!!

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Door 24

Door 24 is a fantastic new iPad for Math grades 4th-8th.  This app is aligned to Common Core Standards and focuses on basic Math facts, number sense, and logical/algebraic thinking.  It uses fun interactive animated problems to help fix Victor Robot's circuits and find out the mystery of Door 24.

From their press release, "The app’s focus on computational fluency supports problem solving and higher-order thinking and builds the mathematical processes and proficiencies that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) identify in the Standards of Mathematical Practice (SMP)."

I highly recommend checking out Door 24 by clicking here!!!

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Tell About This

Tell About This is an innovative iPad app that has beginning to make some buzz among the social networks (Thanks Naomi).  This is a fantastic app for responding or creating a writing prompt.  A teacher can use it as a writing prompt for students to tell a story.  Best of all, a student can use the app to record their response right into the app.  Also, a student/teacher can use it to create their own prompt or even use it for digital storytelling.  It can also be used to "flip" a classroom.

I highly recommend checking out Tell About This by clicking here!!!

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Math Tree Vs

Math Tree Vs is a super fun 1-2 player iPad app that focuses on basic Math skills (addition, subtraction, etc etc).  This app uses the familiar game style where objects fall from the top of the screen while players try to eliminate them before their opponent to have more objects fall on their side of the screen.  With MTV, a player tries to find the correct number that will solve their problem and eliminate it from their screen before the other player.  Also, players earn tokens throughout the game to add items to their monkey avatar which helps increase their replay value.

I highly recommend checking out Math Tree Vs by clicking here!!!

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5 Dice

5 Dice: Order of Operations Math game by Justin Holladay just got a major update w/ totally new redesign and now w/ wifi capabilities allows up to 5 players on multiple devices.  This is an excellent game for using Order of Operations to solve an equation backwards where the answer is given but not the equation.  As w/ all Math File Folder Games, teachers/parents get instant real-time results via a press of an email button that allows for easily assessing students.

I highly recommend checking out 5 Dice: Order of Operations Game by clicking here!!!

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*Math File Folder Games is a advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Endless Reader

Endless Reader is a fun iOS app for beginner readers working on sight words.  This interactive app focuses on the most commonly used sight words and schools and helps reinforce them through the use of animations, puzzles, and sentences.

I highly recommend checking out Endless Reader by clicking here!!!

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Math vs Undead

Math vs Undead is a fun educational iOS app that combines what kids love zombie, w/ Math.  This is a great game for practicing basic Math skills such as: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and more. Ideally this game is for 3rd - 8th graders and has students trying to stop zombies by solving Math equations.

I highly recommend checking out Math vs Undead by clicking here!!!

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My Geometric Universe

My Geometric Universe is a cool iOS app for helping students draw geometric shapes.  This works by supplying a bunch of drawing tools such as: pencil, ruler, compass, etc etc.  Once a shape is created it can then integrated into one of three digital environments: kids room, Middle Ages, or Ancient Egypt.

I highly recommend checking out My Geometric Universe by clicking here!!!

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Phrasalstein

Phrasalstein is a free iPad app after my own heart.  This app designed by Cambridge University Press, is a fantastic app that helps students learn vocabulary and phrases in a fun mid-evil/horror setting.  The way this works is a user selects a verb and a preposition and then watch as an animation occurs.  Also, there are definitions, examples, and exercises that students can complete to help reinforce their Language Arts skills.

I highly recommend checking out Phrasalstein by clicking here!!!

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Sentence Reading Magic

Sentence Reading Magic is a wonderful free iOS app that I just found out about from Edshelf.  This is a great app for beginning Readers that helps them build sentences as well as work on their Reading skills.  For building sentences a student has to move the words into the correct position and the Reading section has users reading a sentence (2-3 words) and then tapping on a picture to see if they are correct.

I highly recommend checking out Sentence Reading Magic by clicking here!!!

World's Worst Pet

World's Worst Pet is an excellent free iPad app for vocabulary.  This common core aligned app lets students play through 4 different games to learn over a 1000 words.  This is done through a variety of activities such as: word context, word sort, synonyms and antonyms.  Finally, there is a nice section on writing prompts which is ideal for educators looking to spark students creativity in writing.

I highly recommend checking out World's Worst Pet by clicking here!!!

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The Human Body

The Human Body is a free (this week only) iOS app that is perfect for teaching students about the human body.  This app is completely interactive and covers such items as the: heart, lungs, eyes, skin, etc.  Also, there is an innovative record tool which allows students and parents/educators to record their conversations while they interact w/ this app.

I highly recommend checking out The Human Body by clicking here!!!

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