Door 24 is an excellent iPad app for basic Math skills, number sense, and Algebraic thinking. This innovative game has students using computational fluency to solve a number of equations in 6 different levels as they try to help fix Victor the robots circuits and solve the mystery behind Door 24. This game is designed for grades 4th-8th, aligned to Common Core Standards, and has a high replay value w/ their unique reward system.
TwistedWave is a neat little online audio editor that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. This new (beta) site allows for users to upload or record an audio file and then edit it. Also, TW integrates w/ SoundCloud and Google Drive to make for easy uploading/exporting. Editing options include the ability to cut, fade in/out, adjust pitch, and more making it a rather robust online tool.
Tangram Chess is an excellent iOS game from the creator of MathFileFolderGames. This is a multiplayer game that has students trying to move shapes using: rotations, translations, and reflections across a chess board. The player to move their shape to the other side of the board first wins. Best of all, as w/ most MFFG this app is bluetooth enabled which means that two players can play on multiple devices.
30hands Learning is an excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as a free iOS app that is ideal for digital storytelling. The 30hands community is a perfect cloud based solution that allows educators to: manage/track students, hand in/out assignments, schedule events, and more.
Zammer is a innovative site/app (iOS) for students working on Multiplication & Vocabulary skills. This is done through an interactive game that can be played either: solo, against a friend, or random. The game has students trying to answer questions as fast as possible to earn zollars/badges used to customize their avatar and theme. Best of all is the teacher web interface that allows them to manage their class and track student progress to assess them.
BrainRush is one of my favorite new sites for Game Based Learning (GBL). This is a great resource for educators looking to find educational games on a wide variety of subjects such as: Math, Foreign Language, Social Studies, etc. Also, a teacher can create their own or customize an existing game to meet their needs. Best of all the games are ideal for differentiated instruction (and aligned to Common Core Standards) using it's unique engine to adapt to each student's learning.
Healthy Heroes 1 is a wonderful iOS game from the excellent mobile app company Yogome. This is a fun app for the younger kids learning about Nutrition and healthy eating habit. After selecting a Yogotar (the famous avatars of Yogome), the child has to feed 6 different hungry monsters in 36 levels before they destroy the Yogopolis. This is done by selecting the nutritious snacks/food items that are dropped down in baskets. Each stage tells you what kind of foods to select as well calorie content. After each level is deleted a healthy eating tip is then revealed.
Poptropica is a free iPad app based on the popular online game by Jeff Kinney (author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series). This is a super fun adventure game that has kids solving puzzles and using logical thinking to complete quests on two different islands. Best of all, it is completely safe, saves user data, and has high replay value. It's a nice way for kids to play a educational type game w/out playing one of those mindless shooting/fighting style games that are so popular.
ClassDojo the ever popular site for behavior management has just released their biggest feature to date, messaging. The way this works is quite simple and no phone number or private data is needed. All a person needs is to be using the free mobile app (iOS/Android) to connect w/ each other. This is a great way for educator to share (private messages) how their student is doing w/ parents, group messages to a list of parents, and read when parents are receiving/reading their messages (think FB).
Modern Chalkboard is a wonderful new free site for finding SMART board resources. This is a great place to find interactive lessons on a wide variety of subjects such as: Math, Grammar, Science, and Social Studies. Also, this is a nice place to find other resources such as links and help files.
Scrawlar is a new web tool that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog. This is an excellent site that acts as a virtual whiteboard/word processors for schools. It's a free collaborative tools that is ideal for education that it requires no student email for access, only a class code where a teacher creates an account. Best of all, Scrawlar can be used on any device and allows students to collaborate on projects/word documents.
Chromville is a fantastic mobile app (Android/iOS) for using Augmented Reality to complete a fantasy adventure. The way this works is by downloading the free app and then printing out the pages to color. As a student colors one of the pages for the village they chose the characters come to life in 3D augmented reality via their mobile device. This is a innovative way to integrate technology into the classroom and a lot of fun for the students.
FluencyFinder the leading iOS app for assessing Reading levels and comprehension has been updated to version 2.5. The latest version has been redesigned for iOS 7 for a sleeker polished look. Exporting results is easier w/ a email share button, and educators can now search through Reading passages.FluencyFinder has saved me so much time! I love this app. All I need to do is grab my iPad, look up a particular student, and I am able to find their results in seconds.Michelle, 3rd grade teacher, Maryland
*FluencyFinder is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.I heard about this app from another teacher at school and it has changed my life. I don’t know how we ever got by without it! Thank you, FluencyFinder! iTunes App Store Review
Swivl is an innovative robotic device (accompanied w/ mobile app) that holds a mobile device (i.e tablet, iPad, iPhone etc.) and records while following along what the user holding the Swivl remote is doing. For example, if a teacher is giving a lecture or wants to record themselves or students then would use the Swivl to record the event w/out the limits of having to stand in one spot in front of a camera. The Swivl will will turn/rote or raise up/down to record what the teacher is doing.
Super Teacher Worksheets is one of my favorite one stop shop for finding educational resources in a wide variety of subjects. This super handy sites has lots of resources for educators such as: worksheets, printables, puzzles, holidays, and more. Most of the resources are aligned to Common Core Standards and they even have worksheet generators to make puzzles, crosswords, etc.
"Otus is an easy-to-use, yet powerful classroom tool that brings the best iPad and Chromebook education features together into one secure environment, and uses a single Google login." 
GoClass is a excellent mobile learning solution that is redefining classrooms worldwide. This fantastic simple to use combo web tool/mobile app (Android/iOS) allows educators to create and manage student accounts, while sending them engaging lessons to complete on their mobile device. This is ideal for Guided/Blending Learning and Flipping a Classroom. Also, GoClass allows educators to assess student data in real-time and differentiate instruction.
Brainfeed is an excellent free iPad app for finding safe educational videos for students. These videos are targeted for kids ages 7 and up and are curated by educators from around the world in a wide range of subjects. All these videos are previously viewed by educators and links are removed making them safe. Also, this is a great way to "flip" instruction by having students learn outside of the classroom.
Letter Battle is a super fun iOS app that I just downloaded for my kids to work on their Spelling skills. This is a great RPG type game (grades 1st-4th) where a user can select their skill level and type of word (i.e. Science, School, Vacation, etc) to embark on an epic adventure. Basically, it works like any turn based strategy game but uses spelling as the means of attack. If a player spells the word wrong they will miss. The goal is to defeat enemies, collect power ups, and advance levels as they complete their quest. Best of all a educator/parent can create custom word lists to integrate into the game.
Playfic is a site I've covered in the past that is ideal for Creative Writing. This is an innovative site that lets users create text adventure/choose your own adventure games (i.e. Zork). It uses a programming language called Inform 7, that is rather user-friendly and a user can have created a game in minutes. This is a great way to spark creativity and help students practice their Writing skills.
Biteslide is one of my favorite Web 2.0 sites for creating beautiful looking presentations/sliding books w/ an educational portal. This is fantastic site that allows educators to create student accounts, can be used by any subject/curriculum, and easy to use w/ a drag-n-drop interface. Biteslide allows students to create presentations, digital portfolios, scrapbooks, and can even embed them into a site/blog Finally, this is a great site that can be used for Project Based/Blended Learning
Word Clouds by ABCYa is an excellent free iPad app that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is a great app similar to Wordle or Tag Cloud for creating those ever popular word clouds. Word clouds are often used to visual represent a word frequency and can be used by any subject or curriculum. This app is very easy to use and allows a user to edit their clouds by font color, size, etc.
Hemingwayapp is a nifty little web tool that I just found out about from the amazing educator, Ozge Karaoglu. This is a nice site for students who want to improve their Writing skills. All a user has to do is copy/paste in some text and click edit and they will get a Readability score. The score will tell you how many paragraphs/words you have, how many hard to read sentences, suggestions on how to shorten or switch verbs around, etc etc.
MathPickle is an excellent resource for K-12 Math teachers. This is a great site that has a wide collection of Math videos that users are able to search via grade level or subject. Also, this is a nice place for open discussion via a forum, a place to find important people in Math, as well as different perspective on the use of games in the classroom.
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.
GoNoodle is a fantastic to be used on a whiteboard/projector to give students "brain" breaks throughout the school day. This is done by interacting w/ three different videos/activities: Airtime, Run w/ Us, and Maximo. Integrating GoNoodle into the classroom has a positive effect on students and helps reenergize them to maximize their potential throughout the day.
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.
iColorType is a new iPad app ideal for students learning how to touch type or keyboarding. iColor uses a fun color coded keyboard to teach people how to type through muscle memory and hand eye coordination to reinforce the look-and-learn method. Also, this app will track a user's speed and accuracy through a series of timed speed tests and learning modules.
IdeaStorm is a nice simple free iPad app for brainstorming/mind mapping. A user can use an abundance of drawing tools to sketch, draw, and paint their ideas on a canvas. They can also save their sketches into stacks for future use.
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.
Answerables is a wonderful new innovative site/game that is perfect for Game Based Learning (or more accurate Game Based Learning meets Learning Management System). It reminds me of Second Life but geared more toward kids w/ their fantasy/SciFi environment. The game takes place in the 3D virtual world of Answerables on a planet called Proxima, where the native Ansibles (students) encounter an alien race.
AR Flashcards Space is the new free iOS app from the kings of augmented reality, Mitchlehan Media. All a user has to do is print out the AR cards to start viewing the solar system in augmented reality. This is a fun and great way to introduce this topic to students as well as being to interact w/ 3D objects by tapping on them to hear info about each planet.