iPad Support

App Review Websites

• APPEd Review: Vast number of apps organized in categories.
• App Evaluation Rubric & Sample App Review Document
• Apple iPad in Education: The following will links open up in iTunes. Choose between "Education Collections" and "Browse Apps by Subject & Grade Level" or "Special Education"
• Apps for the Inquiry Cycle: Apps supporting Kathy Murdoch's work
• Apps in Education: a blog and app review site organized by category
• Apps Matched to Skills: Mind Mapping, Note taking, Reading, Story writing & lots more
• App Smashing: Combining apps can expand the learning
• Ask A Tech Teacher: Organized by subject and skills
• Best Apps for Children: Organized in several ways
• Common Sense Media: Apps and a variety of media reviews
• Ed Tech & Mobile Learning: Apps grouped by subject area
• Ed Tech Teacher Tutorials: Subscribe via iTunes for helpful videos
• Educational App Lists: This Scoop.It! site provides places to find app reviews and lots more
• Ed Technology & Mobile Learning: Apps to support reading
• French Apps with Applimini: Apps connected to European iTunes store so look to search for them in US store
• French Apps for Kids: An elementary teacher shares helpful apps
• Grades K-2: Resources from Edutopia
• Grades 3-5: Resources from Edutopia
• Graphite: Very detailed app reviews
• iPad Apps for Schools: Look to the "Categories" navigation box to the right of the page to choose "Elementary" or "Pre-K"
• iTunes U App: Learn about the rich resources this app offers
• One iPad Classroom (see resource links at bottom of page)
• One Place for Special Needs: Covers full spectrum of needs
• Pinterest: Resources and App Lists
• SpedApps: Apps for Special Education and STEAM
• STEM Apps: Educational technology leader Wes Fryer's listing
• Storytelling Apps: From short story to book creation
• Teachers with Apps: Go to the "Categories" menu to find elementary apps
• Teaching Company: Lists of apps, articles and videos

Teacher Blogs for Lesson Ideas

• Carmen Elena Medina: Spanish blogger posting in Spanish
• Elementary Apptitude: Many examples of student projects
• eTools for Language Learners: Resource blog including tech for language teachers
• Fun for Spanish Teachers: A blog for elementary Spanish teachers. See her blog roll down the right side for other bloggers.
• Innovative Practices at ACDS: Posts about iPads and good teaching practices (no longer being updated but worthwhile to look through)
• iPads and Technology in Music Education & Technology in Music Education: Helpful blogs for using iPads in music class
• iPads in Primary Education: Fantastic lessons using iPads
• Kathy Schrock's iPads for Teaching
• Learning and Sharing with Ms. Lirenman: A K-2 teacher blogger.
• Lessons Learned: Practical application of Ed Tech in the classroom.
• Tech Chef: An elementary teacher and PD provider shares ideas
• Teaching Spanish: A blog with many lesson ideas
• The French Corner: A blog with many tech resources

Tutorials

Note: Some of the following tutorials are very dated so look to find more updated versions.

• Airplay on iPad and Reflector on Macbook/Air: Project your or student's iPad screens on projector screen via your laptop.
• Explain Everything (EE) App: Introduction Video | Tutorial (the first video is an example of teacher using EE and the second "Longer Explain Everything Tutorial". Use the second tutorial to learn how to use EE. | Uploading to Goo Drive
• GarageBand: Starter tutorial
• iPad IOS Tutorials: iMovie and more
• iPadagogy Video Tutorials: Offers insights on how to use some of the major apps
• iPad Basics Tutorial: Start Here to Learn About Your iPad
• iPads 4 Teaching: Kathy Schrock's sites loaded with tutorials, classroom applications, iPads & Bloom's and lots more.
• iPad Starter Tutorial: Handling apps, using Reflector, Drive and Air Drop.
• iPad Tech Training: Free course via iTunes U
• Redeem App Store promo codes (how to)
• Why Use iPads for Teaching and Learning?: Creativity and Making Thinking Visible