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//App //**lied Technology ** iPad Apps for use in the Classroom

Accessible through the iTunes (free download from Apple), the App Store offers a multitude of FREE and low-cost applications for the iPad. Many of these apps are also compatible with the iPod Touch and iPhone. These are indicated by a + sign. Below is a compilation of free or low-cost education apps for use in the classroom.
 * The App Store **

A free app from Apple, iBooks is a digital bookshelf that organizes books downloaded from the iBook store. The iBook store offers many classic literature titles for free including Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes, and others.
 * All Subject Areas **
 * [[image:ibooks.jpg width="93" height="89" align="left"]]iBooks - Cost: Free**
 * Elementary - High**

Creating concept maps and web diagrams is at the tips of students' fingers with the Popplet app. Students begin with a blank canvas in which they create popplets, or squares in which text or images can be inserted and connected with related ideas or topics.
 * Popplet - Cost: Free (lite version), $8.99 (Full Version)**
 * Elementary - High**

BrainPOP is known for its animated videos featuring Tim and Moby. In this app, a new video is added to the collection daily in a variety of subject areas ranging from health to arts and music. Each video is accompanied with a comprehension quiz.
 * BrainPOP - Cost: Free**
 * Elementary/Middle**

Encourage and inspire your students to share their writing beyond the classroom. Great for journal or reflective writing, students can post and edit their own blogs using this app.
 * Wordpress - Cost: Free**
 * Upper Elementary - High**

A great note-taking application, Sundry notes allows students to choose from various types of "paper," record audio, import and export documents, as well as type and save their notes. This is a useful application for teaching note-taking skills. Students can also share their saved notes via-email.
 * Productivity **
 * Sundry Notes - Cost: Free**
 * Elementary - High**

The iPad version of Apple's word processing software, Pages offers a similar look and feel to that of Pages available for the Mac in the iWork office suite. Documents can be saved in various formats, including Microsoft Word and shared via-email, MobileMe, or by connecting the iPad to a computer.
 * Pages - Cost: $9.99**
 * Elementary - High**

**Keynote - Cost: $9.99** The iPad version of Apple's presentation software, Keynote offers a similar look and feel to that of Keynote available for the Mac in the iWork office suite. Documents can be saved in various formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint and PDF and shared via-email, MobileMe, or by connecting the iPad to a computer.
 * Elementary - High**

The iPad version of Apple's spreadsheet software, Numbers offers a similar look and feel to that of Numbers available for the Mac in the iWork office suite. Documents can be saved in various formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint and PDF and shared via-email, MobileMe, or by connecting the iPad to a computer.
 * Numbers - Cost $9.99**
 * Elementary - High**

A great reference tool, EMD PTE provides a vast amount of information in its interactive periodic table of the elements. Simply tap on an element and access essential information such as the discoverer of the element, images, its atomic mass & number, boiling/melting points, etc.
 * Science **
 * [[image:PTE.jpg width="95" height="92" align="left"]]EMD PTE (Periodic Table of Elements) - Cost: Free**
 * High**

View videos and weather updates from local meteorologists as well as weather around the world. Interact with weather maps and view daily & weekly weather forecasts.
 * [[image:weatherchannel.jpg width="91" height="92" align="left"]]The Weather Channel - Cost: Free**
 * Elementary - High**

A great reference tool, Science Glossary provides a comprehensive source for scientific terms, people, and places from various disciplines within the sciences.
 * [[image:scienceglossary.jpg width="92" height="92" align="left"]]Science Glossary - Cost: Free**
 * Elementary - High**


 * Math **

Mad Math Lite provides practice for students in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Players can customize the settings for gameplay including the number of problems, which operations to include, as well as positive/negative numbers and decimals.
 * Ma**[[image:madmath.jpg width="93" height="90" align="left"]]**d Math Lite - Cost: Free (lite version), $1.99 (full version)**
 * Elementary/Middle**

Students can use this app to review and practice their basic multiplication facts. Various settings allow students to review, write-in, listen to, and test their knowledge of basic multiplication facts against a timer.
 * TimesTables (Magnicode, Inc.) - Cost: Free (lite version), $4.99 (full version)**
 * Elementary**
 * Elementary**


 * Social Studies **

**Geo Hangman - Cost: Free** **Elementary - High** Students can practice spatial and geographic location skills by playing this geographic twist on the simple game of Hangman. Students can play as a solo player in which they are provided with a puzzle to solve or play against someone else in which they provide the location for the puzzle. Once the puzzle has been solved, students are able to view the location on the world map as well as surrounding countries and cities. **History Maps - Cost: Free** **Middle - High** History Maps provides an excellent and comprehensive reference tool for the social studies teacher. History Maps contains maps from a variety of time periods and can be used as a vivid visual aid to complement a geography lesson. Also available are History Maps: USA, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for $4.99 each.

**A****BC** **News for iPad - Cost: Free** **M****iddle/High** Keep your students on top of current events with this app from ABC news. This app covers through video news stories from the U.S. and around the world in areas such as politics, arts and culture, etc**.** This is a great tool for examining controversial issues for an in-class debate.