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