Apps listed are in general categories. The goal of an app is the support and extend the learning. When deciding on the best app to use, remember it is the objective of the learning that should determine the app, not the app that determines the learning objective.
Practice apps are designed to expand or develop as student's skill. Many times they are game based, with repetetive, instant feedback set ups. These apps can be used in station work or independent practice time. Many times these apps can track a student's progress.
Creativity apps are where the iPad shines. These apps help the teacher understand what the student knows. Developing the cognitive functions of the students, by encouraging demonstration of learning by production. Many of these apps are drawing and image based apps. Imagery is a great way to include a non-verbal component into writing and explanation of understanding.
Apps in this category support bringing literature and knowledge to your students. Either through text, visuals, or audio these apps can develop new ideas and support current ones. These are great tools for gathering information for student processing with creativity apps.
These apps can be used to check for student understanding. Many of these apps are adaptive to student understanding, and monitoring progress. These are great for independent practice or frequent checks of understanding. Apps like Kahoot can also be used to direct the learning and adjust direct teaching by using the automatic data to progress the teaching.
Collaboration apps gets kids working together. Finding ways to make connections to the learning. Making connections leads to cognitive development. As the brain likes patterns and links. This lends to natural connections of learning and processing.
These apps are produced by Google. Students with a G Suite account will be able to access the apps. Google apps automatically save and are able to be accessed from any device. Because of this, though, these apps do need to be monitored to make sure students are signing out each time they are done. Also limiting which student uses which iPad can help with this as well.
Apps in this category are many times used to either support the learning or accessing additional learning opportunities. Many times they will run in the background, in the case of Texthelp's Read&Write, or used to access specific learning location, like QR Code Reader.
Apps in this category have been specifically designed for students with learning specialties. The great thing about iPads is its ability to be adaptable to many learning abilities. These apps bring the learning to the students and make the learning more accessible.