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App Catalog Fall 2013
Reading
Learning A-Z
Literacy
Literacy
iBooks
Learning Ally
Literacy
support
Increase fluency and comprehension. Listen, read silently,
answer comprehension questions on leveled books set by
teacher.
Use as a reader for PDF’s, send Pages documents to bookshelf,
download free novels to make use of dictionary, highlighter and
notes tools.
This service allows access to audio versions of novels and text
books for students with reading challenges such as dyslexia. Log
in access is required so contact your TOSA if you need a student
account.
Writing
LIteracy
Dictation
Literacy
Toontastic
Projects/
Productivity
Pearltrees
Inspiration
Projects/
Productivity
Projects/
Productivity
Penultimate
Pages
iTalk
Projects/
Productivity
Projects/
Productivity
Speech to text voice recognition tool for think aloud writing
strategies and as an accommodation for keyboarding/fine motor
skills. Also useful to teach editing skills.
An excellent tool to review story structure and development
including mood for scenes.
Another good mind mapping tool, simpler than Inspiration good
for quick brainstorms around characters, setting, main
idea/detail.
Excellent mind mapping tool. Useful for organizing writing as
well as building conceptual understanding in content areas.
This writing tool has the look and feel of a notebook. Handwrite
with the stylus, draw or add images to gather ideas around a
topic. Limitation is no typing feature.
The go-to word processing and publishing tool. Pages allows full
formatting and images, even media. Syncs with Dropbox easily.
Record poems, fluency passages, narratives and more with this
very simple straightforward audio recording tool.
Language
Literacy
Dictionary
WordWeb
WordPopsFree
Literacy
Literacy
Like a real dictionary. Use for vocabulary expansion, spelling,
revising for more powerful works, parts of speech.
Useful as a thesaurus and for word work.
An engaging word play game that encourages students to think
about spelling patterns as they build words from letter dice.
(Tip: Use this app to talk about pop up ads)
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Math
See FAQ for log in to this subscription tool to identify and fill
gaps in math concepts. Best practice is 6 gold coin lessons per
week. See FAQ for your school code
DreamBox
Math
Math
Math Bingo
Math
ArithmeTick
Math
My Math App
Math
Math Drills Lite
MathSnacksHD
Math
An engaging math fact fluency game. BE sure to set
expectations about the reward part “bingo bug” games
available.
Math fact fluency challenge where students race against a
clock to get top scores
Straightforward math flashcards to master those
multiplication & division facts without much distraction.
A great app for early acquisition of math facts. Settings let
students focus in on target times tables. Visual prompts on
screen assist students in building the concept if needed
Another way to engage student in fluency practice
Science & Social Studies Content
Science
Science360
Tides:USA Free
BrainPOP
Notability
U.S. Geo
iFlag C.
Google Earth
Puzzle Lite
A collection of interesting and visually powerful science videos
on a wide variety of topics.
Science
A digital version of tide tables. Look at local patterns (diurnal)
or compare tides in different regions as part of the Puget
Sound unit.
Science/Social Animated videos and activities great as a starting point to
Studies
build conceptual understanding (log in for full access)
Project/
This publishing tool has the enhanced features of drawing,
Productivity
highlighting, image, and recording tools all in one package.
Limited formatting though. Use it to publish or to view and
mark over PDFs (post to your website) . Great in content areas
too! Great for science notebooks or research.
Social Studies An outstanding app for US geography with videos, quizzes and
activities to get familiar with each region.
Social Studies A fun game to identify national flags - use as an extension to
culture unit.
Social Studies Use this interactive globe to build map skills and to enrich the
culture unit. Zoom in on country’s topography with the
satellite view, get a feeling for the nation with the pictures
feature.
Social Studies Like stack the state, but with countries. Build a global sense of
geography with this game.
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Productivity and Misc.
Projects/
Productivity
Labelbox
Pic Collage
Projects/
Productivity
Projects/
Productivity
VoiceThread
Keynote
iMovie
kokuban
Timer+
Projects/
Productivity
Projects/
Productivity
Project/
Productivity
Projects/
Productivity
Arts/
Productivity
Doodle Buddy
Projects/
Productivity
PlainText
Student
Socrative
Projects/
Productivity
Project/
Productivity
ActivEngage2
A simple tool to take pictures and label them. Use for student
pictures on authors’ wall, for labeling rocks brought in from
home, for identifying cultural artifacts for the fair and more.
Create posters and collages in any subject or as a get to know
you activity.
Online tool to upload files (images, documents, presentations,
narrate and annotate them and receive comments back. (3
simultaneous log in access points on a single log in) Subscription needed see
your TOSA if you’d like an account. (Used in Culture Fair)
Much like PowerPoint, make multimedia presentations or mini
books in any content area
This app makes student made movies as a culminating project
for any content area a snap.
Use this as you might an old fashioned slate or math board.
Students write and hold up answers.
A good way to manage rotation though shared devices: have
students set this timer then engage in task.
A simple drawing tool. Useful for creation of student art rather
than reliance on internet images. Use for visualization. Import
images and label for diagrams.
If you have a student that is distracted by the formatting and
image tools in other publishing apps, try having them
complete the typing here, then copy/past it to Pages.
Use this with a teacher version to create class voting activities.
(PILOT COMING THIS WINTER) This advanced voting system
allows you to use Inspire software on your computer to create
live votes as well as self paced interactive activities and
quizzes.
Arts, Music & Choice
SoundSlateLT
Soundrop
Beatwave
MadPad
Music
Music
Music
Music