Digital Whiteboard Apps Being able to mirror your screen using an Apple TV and iPad is an amazing advancement in the classroom. These following whiteboard applications will get you going in the right direction.  Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking.  ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old!  Jot! is a simple, fast whiteboard that lets you sketch out your ideas and share them in real time. Draw, take notes, or wireframe on your iPad quickly and easily as soon as ideas come to you. Share your ideas via email or save them as photos. Collaborate in real time over the internet with Live Sharing.  Live collaboration via: 1. Zoomable multi-page whiteboard. 2. Collaborative annotation on PDF docs. 3. Screen Sharing from iPad to web browser. Digital Content Apps  Your Zite is as unique as you are. Zite learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. Zite analyzes millions of articles each day and brings you the best of your favorite magazines, newspapers, authors, blogs, and videos.  Flipboard is your personal magazine. It is the most popular way to catch up on the news you care about, discover amazing things from around the world, or stay connected to the people closest to you. EBook Creators  The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad. Read them in iBooks, send them to your friends, or submit them to the iBookstore. Audio Creator  Audioboo is an application for recording and sharing your voice with the world. This free version allows you to create audio up to 3 minutes in length and post that to your own account on the web.  ipadio is the easiest and fastest way to create and share audio. Use this free app to record and upload audio to the web. | Note Taking Apps These are applications designed to help take notes and communicate. The iPad is a powerful note taking device because of its portability and long battery life. Combine this with cloud computing and you have notes that are accessible to a large range of devices.  Notability powerfully integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing so you can take notes your way!  Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Storage and Files  Google Drive is one safe place for all your stuff. Upload photos, videos, documents, and other files that are important to you, then access what you need wherever you go, on any device. Get going with up to 15GB of storage. Free. Video  Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.  Stay up-to-date with trending videos and connected with your favorite YouTube channels. Learn and enrich yourself on any topic. Information/Research  Remember the Star Trek computer? It's finally happening--with Wolfram|Alpha. Building on 25 years of development led by Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram|Alpha has rapidly become the world's definitive source for instant expert knowledge and computation. Classroom Management  Anyone who has attempted to keep the noise levels under control of a group of youngsters will appreciate this simple, fun and engaging app. Misc  Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free.  Create accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago style citations in seconds by scanning a book bar code or by typing the name of a book.  Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages.  In Subtext, teachers can embed instruction and scaffolding right in the pages of almost any digital book or document. | Productivity Applications These applications help get work done. From word processing to complicated spreadsheets, you can do just about anything on your iPad. Google Drive is one safe place for all your stuff. Upload photos, videos, documents, and other files that are important to you, then access what you need wherever you go, on any device. Get going with up to 15GB of storage. Free.  Create, edit, and view documents wherever you are. Pages works with iCloud, so your documents stay up to date on all your devices — automatically.  Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. Built from the ground up for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, it makes creating a world-class presentation — complete with animated charts and transitions — as simple as touching and tapping.  Numbers is the most innovative spreadsheet app ever designed for a mobile device. Built from the ground up for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, it lets you make compelling spreadsheets in minutes — with tables, charts, photos, and graphics — using just your fingers. Idea Mapping/Brainstorming  Index Card is a corkboard writing app that makes it easy to capture, organize, and compile your ideas. Whether you are an author, screenwriter, or academic researcher, Index Card can help you become a more efficient, organized writer.  Mindo is a mind mapping tools for iPad. Mind mapping enable you to organize your thoughts, ideas and information whenever you want. Books/Media Materials  The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface.  We carry high quality ebooks: All our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. We digitized and diligently proofread them with the help of thousands of volunteers.  OverDrive Media Console gives you on-the-go access to eBooks and audiobooks from your public, school, or college library. More than 18,000 libraries worldwide offer best-selling and classic titles via OverDrive, so use the ‘Get Books’ feature in the app to find a library near you.  AD-FREE version of the top-rated app from Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com. WORKS OFFLINE - no Internet connection needed when searching words. |