I Pad Apps for High School By Jan Williams

Welcome to an App Exploration I have compiled this list of Apps to check out I have tried some of them, but not all Some may be wonderful, others not really what you want or need The trick is, check them out, and look for others! I have tried to organize them by content area and teacher productivity Enjoy!

Apps for Teachers/Productivity Evernote-Free-note keeper that will sync with all your computers, phones, etc Nearpod-free-Teacher creates content at Then, send content/presentation/lesson to student devices. Teacher moves slides, which move on student devices GoClass-free-similar to Nearpod Apps Gone Free-sign up for daily alerts for apps that are free for a day or so

More Apps for Teacher Productivity Knowmia Teach-free-get videos or upload your own. Would be great for flipping Educreations-free-website and I Pad app for creating lessons on a digital whiteboard, then recording what is happening Gameshow Buzz Button-free-fun for review activities Mastery Connect-Common Core-free-access to all grade levels of CCSS

More Apps for Teacher Productivity QuickVoice Recorder-free-voice recorder for ideas, memos, voic , dictation, etc. Socrative-free-makes devices smart clickers. Teacher app and student app, can do short answers and MC

Apps for English/Language Arts Keep in mind that with the new CCSS, Science and Social Studies also fall under this category for many skills, etc. Wordmover-free-from NCTE, students create poetry Idea Sketch-mindmapping, good for other subjects too Inkflow-brainstorming, organizing ideas

Apps for Math MathRef-$1.99 Video Calculus-free HMH Math on the Spot-free Graphing Calculator HD-$1.99 FactorMan-free-practice with factorization

Apps for Science ChemCalc-$0.99 NASA Viz-free Exoplanet-free Xperica HD-free-interactive science experiments Science 360-free-from National Science Foundation Popular Atlas-free-an immersive video tour of Large Hadron collider

Apps for Social Studies World Factbook for I Pad-$1.99-Handy reference Google Earth-free History Channel-free-takes you to historical sites The Civil War Today-$2.99-Relive Civil War History Maps of the World-free

How do you find more? Ask colleagues Read Blogs Google “Science apps for teachers”, for example Search at App Store

Discussion How should we share good apps that we find? How can you use them in class? What other ideas do you have for your I Pad, not counting Angry Birds or Words With Friends? Do you check your on your I Pad? Where do we go from here? Please share other good apps that you know!

Thanks! I hope these ideas help you find some useful apps and uses for your I Pads Stay Warm!!!!