APPS & more

Best iPad Apps for Special Education - Educators TechnologyStudents with special needs can sometimes face challenging problems that disrupt their learning process which is why, as teachers and parents, we need to make sure we are equipped with the right pedagogical tools and strategies to help this group of learners thrive and shine. In today’s post I am sharing with you this collection of helpful…

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With PhotoFunia you can edit photos online for free in a matter of seconds resulting in high quality photo collages.

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Zigazoo offers a variety of creative options and enables children to create video responses to educational content in a safe environment.

GOOGLE PLAY STORE LABELS TEACHER-APPROVED APPS, as at May 2020

This is an amazing resource - make sure you have some spare hours before tackling this one!

Office Lens trims, enhances and makes pictures of whiteboards and docs readable. You can use Office Lens to convert images to PDF, Word and PowerPoint files, and you can even save images to OneNote or OneDrive

Create animations or green screen videos on the iPad

Microsoft Movie Maker 10

Creative fun videos with Memoji, Animoji, animated titles, stickers and more

Teaching with Toontastic

Toontastic 3D is a playful storytelling app that scaffolds the creative writing process and empowers kids to create their own animated cartoons. While Toontastic was not specifically designed for schools, we have heard from a lot of educators over the years that they love how the app sparks their students’ imaginations and uses the Story Arc to help frame their writing. Their students use the app for creating everything from book reports to news broadcasts and foreign language skills.

Blend together the tried-and-true fun of scavenger hunts with mobile technology and create a learning experience like no other.

What can you do with Flippity?

By using this free online toy photo effect creator, you can transform your book covers with nice lego photo effects.

What can you do with Flippity?

Flashcards, Quiz Show, Typing Test, Random Name Picker, Badge Tracker, Spelling Test, Crossword Puzzle, Word Search, Bingo, Hangman, Progress Indicator, Memory Game, MadLibs, Mix & Match, Certificates

With Explain Everything, educators can share drawings, text, photos and video with the entire class in real time. The app lets them annotate a map, play a recording of a humpback whale song or a video of a lunar landing, map out the process of photosynthesis and type out ideas as students share them.

Has a free version - is limited.