List of Rowland Hassall EDU Apps Literacy Subject App name Price Description Age/level Bluster Free Grade 1- 4 Boggle free Free Spelling practice free $0.99 Develops vocabulary and word understanding for school-aged children, or anyone brave enough to battle the elements. includes over 800 vocabulary words. Players choose a skill to practice and then try to make matches of three. Ten matches wins a round. In single-player mode you learn and practice important word skills. Match rhyming words, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives, and more. Collaborate with a friend in team mode. The multi-touch iPad screen allows both players to play simultaneously, so you can work together to weather the vocabulary storm. Word search game! Just Shake letters 3 Different Modes • Word Duel with up to 4 Players • Challenge friends via Origin • Play faster with intuitive touch controls • Share Achievements • Unlock new Scenarios Can help you improve your spelling of popular 1,000 English words. It does that by announcing the word and showing just the letters that make it. As you touch the letters and spell the word correctly, the word begins to form at the top. When you complete the whole word, the word is spoken again and it drifts to the center of the screen 1. Simple, clear, to-the-point design focused on learning. 2. 1,000 word puzzles organized in increasing order of difficulty. 3. Each card speaks in broadcast quality, studio recorded voice of a professional voice talent when it is shown and again when the word is spelled completely Upper primary Primary 4. See dictionary description of the word after spelling it. Word sizzler Spell grade 1-5 Phonics blending sounds lite $5.49 for each grade Only sample games for free An addictive brain game and word puzzle about common spelling words children in grades Free Blending /sights words Helpful with reading 1-5 should know. Move letters around the screen to solve thousands of problems. It's deceptively easy-looking but surprisingly challenging Grades 1- 5 Low primary Recording words with selection of different highlighted phonics Phonics genius Great to support reading Word recognition Touch words -make selection from list of words displayed Customize with own recording Photos add/edit delete Sight words Select adjective noun verb/adverb in given sentence Free Skill: Word meaning (homophones) Same Sound Spellbound is an adventure designed to help the player understand homophones (words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings, such as "bee" and "be"). Luna and Leo, young magicians at Magic School, must use their spell book to bring animal statues to life. In the game, students must correctly identify the homophone which best completes the puzzle sentence, in a given time. If the word is correct, the animal statue comes to life. If it's incorrect, the statue crumbles. ABC Spelling magic Free This app focuses on the skill of learning to spell words with three phonetic sounds with short vowel words. Long phonetic words divided into different categories: Animals, plants, home, people, tools, food, on the go ABC 1 - Short Vowel Words ABC 2 – 2 Consonant Blends ABC 3 - 3 Blends and Syllables ABC reading Free ABC MAGIC READING gives students key reading skills practice. ABC MAGIC stays committed to time tested phonics principles besides the reading feature, there are two skill building programs added that almost all other programs overlook-blending and segmenting. ABC MAGIC READING will gives students solid and direct experience with letters and sounds to help build their phonemic awareness skills. ABC MAGIC READING will help improve phonological processing ability guiding them towards becoming a good reader. ABC MAGIC READING builds strong foundations in reading that can assist them to stay on the winning side in school and life. ABC MAGIC READING includes games that will help your child experience blending and segmenting, which are the most essential pre-reading skills that language researchers talk about. Literacy Grammar fun Same-sound spellbound Middle upper primary From preschool to grade 3 Middle primary Low primary Primary Low primary Verb mayhem Level 1,2,3 $2.99 - $0.99 Mini Word Free Spell game Spelling hero $5.99 Literacy NEW Question builder Sentence Builder $5.99 Conversation builder $7.99 Verb Mayhem is an app which is designed to be fun to play while teaching core grammar skills. Verb Mayhem launches the 'Mayhem' series - a collection of apps focused on grammar The Stats screens clearly show their development, and any words they may be struggling with. You can track their progress over time to see how they improve. The 'Mayhem' series is the result of a collaboration between educationalists - Rae and Gray Clayton, and game developers - Generator. By combining our skills we have made a game that is fun to play while being of sound educational merit. Attractive interface Game create as many words as possible Listen and select correct spelling Cool game interface Question Builder is designed to help elementary aged children learn to answer abstract questions and create responses based on inference. Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for special needs children with autism spectrum disorders or sensory processing disorders. Audio clip reinforcement can be turned on or off for non-special needs children FEATURES -Simple and intuitive interface to answer questions -Why, What, Where, How and Random question formats -1200 audio clips of questions and answers -3 levels of abstraction -Optional text and audio reinforcement -Statistics to track student progress -60 encouragement animations and audio clips WINNER** - 2010 IEAR Language Arts App of the Year!!! Sentence Builder is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. Explicit attention is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the english language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammar of all children. FEATURES - Simple and intuitive interface to build sentences - 100 distinct pictures to build sentences around - 3 Levels of play - 60 encouragement animations and audio clips - Optional correct sentence audio re-enforcement - Statistics to track students progress ConversationBuilder™ (Pat. Pend.) is designed to help elementary aged children learn how to have multi-exchange conversations with their peers in a variety of social Primary Low and middle primary Grade 9-12 Primary Primary settings. The auditory pattern of conversation is presented in a visual format to help students recognize and master the flow of conversation. Students will learn when it is appropriate to introduce themselves, ask questions, make observations and change the subject of the conversation. Create a personalized list of words to practice. Test your spelling - hear each word spoken. Get a star for each correct word. Practice just the words you have yet to master. Retest your words at anytime. Students can practice their words independently. Spelling free Literacy NEW Originally designed to be a replacement for a student's spelling notebook which lists words to be learnt for school each week. Unlike a paper notebook, Spelling Notebook can speak each of the words to enable testing and practice without seeing the written word. Spelling Notebook contains a full searchable spelling dictionary so that words can be added directly to the student's word list, minimizing entry errors. Sentence builder Free A fun new sentence builder app is designed to learn about words, sentences, pronunciation, grammar, and punctuation. The ONLY sentences app that can be fully customized with your own pictures, words and sentences. Features: Sentences, Sight Words, Vocabulary, Grammars, Punctuation, Pronunciation, Teacher approved content, different levels, Students can move the words around to build the sentence themselves. Start with the built-in sentences, then create your own sentences, use your own images, and use your voice to record your own sentences and words. Each word can be clicked for the sound of the word, and words can be rearranged to make a proper sentence. Word Builder Free Word Builder is an interactive resource that lets students build words and sentences using letters, blends and diagraphs, vowel patterns, endings and affixes, word families, and high frequency words. It is perfect for reinforcing phonics and spelling. SBS - Skill Builder Spelling Free It allows up to 10 tests which you can edit and then test your students It has 2 modes you can use to test spelling: - Classic: In this mode It shows you the current word but it disappears once you start typing which is very similar to the "look cover write check" approach used universally by many schools. -Jumbled: In this mode It jumbles up the current word and you have to unjumble it! Low primary apollo/ zeus Primary Word Domino $0.99 . It allows children from 6 years old to work on their vocabulary and reading skills, as well as mental organisation and scanning. The goal of the game : build words with the proposed syllables. In each game, words belong to a specific category. - 3 difficulty levels - more than 400 different words to find amongst 24 categories : animals, trees, fruits, vegetables, clothes, furniture, musical instruments... - possibility to play with English, French, German and Spanish words Low/Middle primary Sight Words Builder $0.99 The automatic recognition of Sight Words is an essential part of functional literacy. This fun game covers all levels of Dolch Sight Words and lets students practice them in context. Using grade appropriate Sight Words, children assemble short sentences from given words. The player receives visual and auditory feedback indicating whether the response is correct. Once the student answers correctly, the exercise moves to the next sentence. Low/Middle primary Letter sounds Make sentences Sentence maker Story builders Phonics Genius CBB - Creative Book Builder $4.49 Story Wheel Free Little Story Maker Free Creative Book Builder enables everyone to create, edit and publish ebooks in a few minutes on the go. All published ebooks can be read by any ePub reader including iBooks. Add title, paragraph, images, videos, audio recording, music, links, custom HTML, and lists. Import text, photo, music & video from Dropbox ★ Edit image (redeye removal, filters, etc) Change font family, size, and color of the chapter's heading, title and paragraph ★ Add table & multiple choice questions ★ Browse chapter's content and record audio at the same time ★ Glossary functions ★ Add file from URL (image, video, etc) Generate and add QR code image ★ Add YouTube's video screenshot with video link Story Wheel” is an educational game that improves your child’s cognitive abilities. Players record a story by spinning the wheel to get a picture, and then narrate a portion of the story. When done, you can listen to your story with beautifully animated pictures. Story book maker Creating your own story with Little Story Maker is as simple as a click - Click to add a new story - Give the story a name - Add photo, text and record - Voila, your first story is ready to be shared In Little Story Maker, you can create an unlimited number of personal stories. The only limit is your creativity. All ages Middle Primary Primary Has tendency to crush Toontastic Teaching and Instructional tools Explain Everything Free $2.99 Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons through imaginative play. Making cartoons with Toontastic is as easy as putting on a puppet show - simply press the record button, move your characters onscreen, and tell your stories through play! Once you’re done, Toontastic will play back your animation and voice as a cartoon for you to share with friends and family around the world. Create cartoon -aimated story with setup conflict challenge climax and resolution Selecting characters background or draw your own Option to animate characters/movement Record narration Select music etc Share your stories on ToonTube and watch stories created by others Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad 2 (and the new iPad) video display. Primary Teachers Explain Everything records on-screen drawing, annotation, object movement and captures audio via the iPad microphone. Import Photos, PDF, PPT, XLS, RTF, Pages, Numbers and Keynote from Dropbox, Evernote, Email, iPad photo roll and iPad 2 camera. Export MP4 movie files, PNG image files, PDFs and share the .XPL project file with others for collaboration. ShowMe Free ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. Easily explain a range of topics from math to chemistry to music theory to basket weaving, attach a personal message to any travel photos you want to share and much more FEATURES - Voice-record - Multiple brush colors - Pause and erase - Import images - Unlimited lesson length - Free to upload to ShowMe.com to share your recordings with friends - Easy embedding for shar To see examples of smart, entertaining, fun, and inspirational ShowMe’s that other people have made, check out ShowMe.com. Skitch Free Use shapes, arrows, sketches and text annotation to get your point across fast. Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like. Teachers Teachers/Students Skitch lets you: - Annotate: Add arrows, shapes and text to existing images - Create: Draw something new - Edit: Reposition, recolor and remove your annotations at will - Share: Send your sketches and annotations over Twitter and email - Present: Show your work in real time via AirPlay on Apple TV - Remember: Save everything to Evernote for later Use Skitch to: - Sketch and share - Point out objects and locations in a photo - Brainstorm design ideas with your team - Identify a point of interest on a map - Annotate a screenshot of your awesome high score - Have fun! Teaching and Instructional tools Communication Popplet Free Great for work. Great for school. Popplet is a platform for your ideas. Popplet's super simple interface allows you to move at the speed of your thoughts. With Popplet you can capture your ideas and sort them visually in realtime. Quickly and easily! Explore Ideas: Brainstorming, Mindmapping + Plan Projects: Diagrams, Process Charts + Record Thoughts: Journals, Notes, Lists + Collect Inspiration: Mood Boards, Scrapbook, Travel Plans + Create Galleries: Photo albums, Portfolios, Presentations + Study: School Projects, Class Notes Edmodo Tap to talk Free Edu blog/ share resources Aimed at students with Autism Spectrum Disorder Cards for low functioning students - without verbal contact Go, play, hungry, emotion, bathroom Teachers/Students