Comments for: Top 20 Must-Have Educational iPhone & iPad Apps Used By Real Teachers in the Classroom

Do you have other good education apps you recommend?

I'd like to recommend an app I wrote called Picturebook
http://bit.ly/picturebookApp

Picturebook lets you create and share illustrated stories on the iPad. It's great as a creative writing tool as well as a custom bedtime story maker for little ones.

Thanks @maplekey! I'll definitely check out Picturebook.

Great list!

Take a look at Oscar's Apps - we build educational apps specifically for 2-5 year olds (www.oscarsapps.com) and have had plenty of sales to education institutions as well as being positively reviewed by independent early childhood educators.

Thanks

Thanks for letting us know about Oscar's Apps! Great to have you stop by Appolicious.

Great write up, Shara! What a great resources for educators and administrators!

Hopefully next time our app, Teacher Notes, will make the cut. The free app functions as an easy way to file written notes, photos, movies or audio notes on multiple children, domains and content areas all at one time. Then when it is time to write reports cards or evaluations, Teacher Notes has a quick way to sort notes by any combination of children, domains or content area. You can then e-mail your organized notes, or email just one note with its accompanying photo, movie or audio file. You’ll find that Teacher Notes functions much more rapidly than jotting down notes on a clipboard and you’ll be able to find your notes much faster than looking in a notebook.

Features
1. Have a different notebook for each class, each with its own kids, domains and content areas
2. Jot down notes, but also take pictures, movies and audio clips
3. Effortlessly file notes on multiple children, domains and content areas
4. Quickly find any note you have taken
5. Rapid sorting engine lets you order your notes the way you like
6. Email all your notes organized as you wish
7. Email single notes and access its photos, movies and audio from anywhere

We are in the process of updating the app to have an export feature and eventually will incorporate integration with the iPhone!

More info can be found on www.facebook.com/teachernotes

Thanks!
Aaron

Thanks Aaron! Teacher Notes looks great.

I also found some great educational apps for school kids above 10.
Check them here
http://www.thetutors11plus.com/home/

I'd like to recommend two apps recently developed by Co-creations -

Trio (http://drawonthe.net/trio/)
Trio Mastermind (http://drawonthe.net/trio_mastermind/)

These puzzle games are fun and really stretch the pattern-matching part of your brain.

Hi,

We have many educational apps right from Grade 1 to Grade 10. We would like to recommend our latest "Workbook: Grade 2 English, Math, Science":

http://itunes.apple.com/app/workbook-grade-2-english-math/id518694082?mt=8

We will appreciate your feedback.

regards,
iquestionbanks

Thanks Kara - high school science classes might like our app Hyperbolic. It's a user-friendly orbit and spaceflight simulator that uses some of the same maneuvers used by real spacecraft.

More info can be found at www.higherplanesoftware.com, or on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Higher-Plane-Software/155203341227066

Thanks!

I'd like to recommend Times Tables Master. It's a great math app for kids 6 and up. It has level unlocking and achievements as motivation to keep kids practicing longer. $.99 from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/times-tables-master/id542930510?mt=8

Try iWordQ! If you have students who require simple word prediction, speech feedback and editing options. It is available in CA and US with Uk to follow.

Here's a great app to study and teach tonal harmony.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapping-tonal-harmony-pro/id566767002?mt=8

Hi There, great resources out there. Tried to leave a comment before but session died! Anyway, here goes again... would like to recommend the following APP - AMAZING LONDON, it is FREE via Appolicious - link is...
http://www.appolicious.com/tech/apps/600285-amazing-london-amazing-people-club-ltd

would be a great teachers resource for a class trip around the city of London..Enjoy.

Their website describes it as follows...

As you walk around historic London, you are traveling in the footsteps of amazing people including Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill. In their different ways, they made major contributions to London, which in turn helped make the city what it is today.

A city tour unlike any other, Amazing People of London takes you on a fascinating journey through the history of one of the world's most celebrated cities. Through BioViews-, you can meet those who contributed to the music, the business, the politics and other vital and fascinating aspects of London. A BioView is a short biographical story, similar to an interview. These unique stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

Enjoy,
Lenmar

Thanks for letting us know about Amazing London, it sounds like a great resource - who's going to be first to review?

http://www.appolicious.com/tech/apps/600285-amazing-london-amazing-people-club-ltd

I'd like to recommend the DoInk Animation & Drawing app http://www.bit.ly/qeYT9D for the iPad. It is great for visual learners, popular in schools and recently received great reviews in Teachers with Apps http://www.bit.ly/psjPhR & iApps for Teachers http://www.iappsforteachers.com/2011/09/doink-ipad-499.html DoInk is used in schools for creative learning, storytelling http://www.bit.ly/gzvwLR, showing complex processes in Math http://www.bit.ly/oTF7lJ and in Science http://www. bit.ly/i35J5R. Anything created with DoInk can be posted to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or e-mailed. It was selected as an iTunes "AppStore Essential for Painting & Drawing." Thanks!

Thanks @Kdmiller4! DoInk sounds cool. Click below to find its Appolicious page (and review it!)

Other recommendations for great educational apps? List them in the comments here (don't forget to fill out the "App name" field), or create your own list of the best education apps here: www.appolicious.com/curated-apps/featured

in the childhood I have dreamed of becoming a teacher
but if at that time there were such programs as the ones you have described in article I would certainly become a teacher

Two GREAT Apps that are must haves are Explain Everything http://bit.ly/z98QFk and Socrative! http://bit.ly/zM6Hil

I would recommend Gameface. A trivia game based on famous faces throughout history.

http://bit.ly/AnKTvV

Hello readers and teachers,

This looks like a good resource list to be used in the classroom. But I wonder how does a school and use the app? Is each teacher buying an app and recomending it to the students? Or does a school buy liscences of a group use of an app?

Check out Alphabet Runner HD, for pre-school children:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alphabet-runner-hd/id511841374?mt=8

Hi Shara,

Your teacher readers will like this school report writing web app...

http://www.SchoolReportWriter.com

Free web-based school report writing software for teachers, easy-to-use, with great features including an OOOPS! DETECTIVE that spots embarrassing mistakes and spellcheck as
you type.

Saves loads of time too! Very quick to
register and have a play.

*** TEACHERS' REVIEWS ***

(from TES - Times Educational Supplement)

"So grateful for this - took me a while to get the hang of it but the time investment was worth it. Thank you."

"The software is great, really excellent. I love it already!"

Best wishes,
Linden

How about iNotebook? Though I use it for writing essays at superiorpapers.com, it could be a great app also for kids or university students alike. I think it is very useful and easy to handle.

also check out splash math apps. They are available for grade 1 to grade 5

Easy ABC 123 is a good kids game designed for K-5 and covers spelling and math. It's quite comprehensive with positive reinforcement and gradual progression through material.

I reccomend this Timeline Eons app, a graphic representation of the entire natural and human history:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timeline-eons/id433352152?mt=8&ls=1

Wow, I must recommend Nearpod!!!! watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOhwDAC-aok

I recommend this Timeline Eons app, a graphic representation of the entire natural and human history:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timeline-eons/id433352152?mt=8&ls=1

Great post!
Congrats Shara!

I'd like to recommend a new educational application for the iPad, which lets users take an innovative journey through the stages of the human life cycle while learning about the mysteries of fertility, pregnancy, birth, and aging.
It's called The Miracle of Life and you could see a promo video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFDUf9JYX6w

Here is the website:www.idicreative.com/miracle

I'll also appreciate your feedback.

Regards!

Thanks for the great list! iPads have made such a great contribution to our classroom. Students are engaged in their learning and loving the technology. Many of these apps with definitely be added to our program.

Susie
www.educatingwithipads.com

I love these lists! I'd like to also recommend this list of educational apps from BBC Active:
http://www.bbcactive.com/BBCActiveIdeasandResources/WhataretheBestEducationalApps.aspx

check out my app, iLearn Math. Its a great math game for kids age 4+! I would love to hear what you think of the app. I am always looking to add new things or fix existing!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ilearn-math/id554888223?ls=1&mt=8

- Jon
http://www.oransky.net

A great new history app is Ansel & Clair: Paul Revere's Ride. Kids can make a map of the 13 colonies, dump tea into Boston Harbor, and follow along with Paul Revere's ride.

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Thank you so much for sharing.Please have a look at this app. It might be interesting for you,if you have an interest in singing.
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Hi readers, here is the 2013 version of this article, check it out!

http://www.appolicious.com/education/articles/13035-top-35-must-have-educational-iphone-and-ipad-apps-used-by-real-teachers-in-the-classroom

Best,
Shara Karasic

CATapp is an app for any student preparing for any competitive exam with a build-in app store to get papers, quizzes, tests from various publishers across the world.

Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.informationworks.app.CATapp

iTunes: itunes.apple.com/in/app/catapp-by-informationworks/id537138795