Apps, or applications, are programs students use on iPad to support their learning. In this section, we are going to highlight some commonly used apps to help our parents better understand what learning enhanced with iPad looks like throughout our schools.

Services are resources we use—some free and some paid—with our apps or through a web browser like Safari. Your students may talk about some of these services. Typically services work on iPad but also on other devices, such as a laptop or desktop computer. Services require an account to login to access the service. As an example, Schoology is both a service and an app.

Apps are distributed to our iPads through our mobile device management solution called Jamf Pro. Unlike your phone, students do not install apps themselves through the App Store. Teachers can request apps through our instructional technology department and then they will be made available through an app called Self Service. Students are then able to download apps they need on demand.