iPad Apps for the Classroom
1. Understanding the Research and Pedagogical Models
EPIC is a free eBook library for kids 12 and under. It is free for educators and offers over 10,000 fiction and nonfiction titles.
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Newsela is a way to build reading comprehension using non-fiction text. Each article is available for five different reading levels. Quizzes are available for each article, and teachers can easily track student progress.
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Padlet is a digital canvas or bulletin board that allows for sharing and collaborating. Users may post text, images, videos, documents, voice recordings, weblinks, etc. to express their thoughts and ideas on a common topic.
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Popplet Lite is a simple, mind-mapping tool used to capture and organize your ideas and sort them visually. The Lite version only allows for one board, but the work may be exported and cleared when complete. The paid version allows for multiple boards and the ability to collaborate with other Popplet users.
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Doodle Buddy provides a blank canvas for writing, sketching, drawing, doodling, and stamping to express your ideas. The user can choose backgrounds from the app's library or from their own camera roll. The tools are easy to use and allow work to be saved and used within other apps.
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Chatterpix can make anything talk. Simply take or import a picture, draw a line, and record your voice. The app will do the rest!
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Sock Puppets allows users to create their own lip-synced videos. Scenes may be customized with backgrounds, props, and puppet characters.
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PicCollage allows users to combine photos, videos, stickers, cutouts, and more to design a digital collage poster.
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Shadow Puppet Edu allows students to create videos to explain their ideas and showcase their learning. Students blend pictures, drawings, and their voice to create the final video product.
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iMovie is a video editing and creation app that allows users to bring images and video together for a polished final product. Movie trailer and theme templates make it easy to produce and publish a film of your own!
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Nearpod allows teachers to manage content on student devices in order to increase engagement and achievement. Student assessment can occur through various formats seamlessly through the delivery of the lesson content.
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Educreations is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting app that provides tools for annotating, animating, and narrating your ideas.
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Show Me turns your iPad into a personal interactive whiteboard. Use this app to record voice-over tutorials to share online. It also can serve as a platform for students to demonstrate their thinking and learning.
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Explain Everything Collaborative Whiteboard brings together an interactive screencasting whiteboard and collaborative tools that make it easy to work together to animate your thinking.
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Tellagami lets you create quick, animated videos using your voice and a customized avatar and background.
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3. The Activities
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4. The Tutorials
PDF Guide: Padlet for Beginners
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PDF Guide: Popplet
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Website: Tech to Raise Standards
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Website: PicCollage
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Website: iMovie Video Tutorials and Guides
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Student Sample: True Sight Book Trailer
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Sock Puppet Sample: Helen Keller
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Website: Educreations Tutorial Video and Lesson Example
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