iPad Support
App Review Websites
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
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- Innovative Practices at ACDS: Posts about iPads and good teaching practices (no longer being updated but worthwhile to look through)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
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