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App - Name and link to the app (image of the app if you can) Level - e.g. Y1 or ANY Price - free or $1.29 Description - a brief description of the app, uses, etc How to use in a classroom - how **you** use it in the classroom


 * What do you want your students to do:**

Record and/or edit audio

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/audioboo-icon.jpg width="77" height="75" link="@http://audioboo.fm/"]]AudioBoo || ANY || Free || Students can record up to 5 minutes of audio as Boos either via the web version or the app. Though there aren’t editing features, students can stop & start recordings, add images to accompany their audio, and reply to recordings either in text or by voice. || Year 5 Literacy - record students reading as part of their reading sample for their portfolio's ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/fotobabble-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fotobabble/id353078443?mt=8"]]Fotobabble || ANY || Free || Students upload an image and then record audio to accompany it. Fotobabbles can then be shared or embeded onto websites or blogs. || Year 5 Inquiry - students photographed cameras they had taken apart (camera put on a whiteboard with explanations of what pieces were) students then explain on fotobabble what each piece did. ||

Create Screencasts
To share and demonstrate students learning
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/showme-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8"]]ShowMe || ANY || Free || An extremely easy to use screencasting app with a very clean interface that offers little distraction for a younger user. Once created, screencasts are uploaded to the Showme website where they can easily be shared with a link or embed code. While this app does not include as many functions as other screencasting apps, the ease of use is perfect for the elementary or middle school classroom. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/screenchomp-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/screenchomp/id442415881?mt=8"]]ScreenChomp || Lower/ ANY || Free || From the creators of Jing, comes ScreenChomp. The most visually appropriate interface for younger iPad users, simply import pictures as the background and begin recording. Screencasts can be uploaed to the ScreenChomp website without an account and can be shared with a link, email or tweet. ||  ||

Record and Edit Video

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/imovie-icon.png width="75" link="@http://www.apple.com/ipad/from-the-app-store/apps-by-apple/imovie.html"]]iMovie || Upper/ ANY || $4.99 || Similar to the full iMovie on a Mac, the iPad app lets you combine and edit videos and photos that you have taken with your camera and produce a video in a few quick steps. The app allows for multiple audio tracks, transitions, and the use of themes. It also has great sharing features, allowing you to quickly post to YouTube, Vimeo, FaceBook, and to your Cameral Roll to send by email. || Year 5 - take a quick video of what they have been doing in the lesson, then explain (using the voice over in a quiet place) what they have learned and what their next steps are. ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/vimeo-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vimeo/id425194759?mt=8"]]Vimeo || ANY || Free || Technically an iPhone app that will work on the iPad. Shoot and upload video directly to a Vimeo account from the iPad. The app includes a basic editor to enhance video clips. An existing vimeo account is needed to upload content to Vimeo and the app will connect to existing videos in a Vimeo account. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/viddy-icon.png width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viddy/id426294709?mt=8"]]Viddy || ANY || Free || Viddy lets you quickly shoot, edit, and share short video clips. It comes with a variety of music options as well as visual effects that you can integrate. Once you complete a Viddy, you can easily share it via FaceBook, YouTube, Twitter, and Tumblr. ||  ||

Read Content

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/ibooks-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8"]]iBooks || ANY || Free || Reads both ePub and PDF files. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/dropbox-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8"]]DropBox || ANY || Free || Create shared folders with other Dropbox users. This allows content to be shared with students who have their own Dropbox accounts. Any file type, including ePub and PDF, can be uploaded. ||  ||
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Blue Fire || Any || Free || E book reader - will be used for e readers in our lilbrary for e -pub and PDF files ||  ||

Annotate over Readings/ Books

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/goodnotes-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodnotes-free-take-notes/id483679173?mt=8"]]GoodNotes || ANY || Basic: Free || Open a PDF file in the GoodNotes app and easily add notations with the swipe of a finger or iPad stylus. Annotations include highlighting and writing in an assortment of colors. The app also include a zoom-in feature to add precise annotations within a document. Once the PDF is annotated, it can be exported from the app as either just the PDF, just the notes, or both together. ||  ||

Use Audio Books

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/audiobooks-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/audiobooks/id311507490?mt=8"]]AudioBooks || ANY || Free || The free version gets you access to thousands of titles of classic and public domain titles that can be heard on the iPad, and the premium app adds to the number of titles available. Books can be listened to in the background while reading and taking notes to ePub versions read through iBooks or another eReader app. Features also include automatic bookmarking and the ability to download audio books for offline listening. ||  ||

Create Written Content

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/evernote-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8"]]Evernote || ANY || Free || Evernote has every feature possible to keep an organized and useful digital notebook. Using a Notebook and Note structure to organize information, each note can be tagged with key words and placed in specific notebooks for easy recall. Notes can also include images and audio recordings. From the app, individual notes or entire notebooks can be shared with other users via email or can be published with a unique URL. All notes are synced with the users' web-based Evernote account and can be accessed on any device. ||  ||

Create Digital Stories
[|Sock Puppets] || Y1 || Free || Create your own lip-synched videos. ||  ||
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/voicethread-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voicethread/id465159110?mt=8"]]VoiceThread || ANY || Free || App allows users to create entire Voicethreads complete with spoken, typed or video comments, directly on the iPad. Once created on the iPad, the Voicethread will appear online in the user's account. Along with creating, the app allows users to find a Voicethread to comment on. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/sonicpics-icon.png width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonicpics/id345295488?mt=8"]]Sonicpics || Lower/ ANY || $2.99 || A very simple digital storytelling app with a basic interface and limited functionality, Sonicpics adds images into individual slides along with a short title and description. Image slides can then be narrated on one continuous recording. When the project is complete, the digital story can be exported to a computer over a shared wifi connection, emailed, or posted directly to YouTube. ||  ||
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Reinforce Numeracy Skills
[|Math Bingo] || Y1/2 || $1.29 || Individual or group use. Great for using after a teaching session. || Maths strategy to be used for practice ||
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/093/Purple/b6/f9/91/mzm.vfthsaqe.175x175-75.jpg width="67" height="67"]]

Reinforce Literacy Skills
high frequency word recognition. || High frequency word bingo or spelling practice ||
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [|Word Bingo] || Y1/3 || $1.29 || Individual or group use. A fun game to reinforce

Create e-Learning Resources
My First Words || Y1 || Free || Flashcards ||  || QR Reader || Any || Free || Quick Code QR scanner or generator for creating links to wesites, text descriptions etc. ||  || Has a huge selection of how to guides. || Year 5 Literacy - students are looking at instructions. In this app they can make step-by-step guides with images and videos. The app will also convert speech into text (if you want it). ||
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/092/Purple/e9/e8/cd/mzl.sjeiqypu.175x175-75.jpg width="67" height="67" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/my-first-words-flashcards/id443902005?mt=8"]]
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/aplus-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a+-flashcards-free/id352320289?mt=8"]]A+ FlashCards || Upper || Free || A great app based option to use as an alternative to, or in conjunction with, a web based Quizlet account. Users can create new flashcard sets directly in the app and then study them. The study feature allows a user to sort cards into various piles based on their understanding. Flashcards can contain text, images, or audio, as well as drawings and the ability to integrate with Microsoft translate. ||  ||
 * App
 * TestMoz || Upper || Free || So this isn't an app as such, but you can make tests that can be easily taken on the iPad. You simply set up the test and put a password on it, then give the URL to the students and the password (so no-one else can take the test). || Year 5 - create assessment for students to complete on the iPad. Teacher can then look at the assessment results. Students can get instant feedback on their progress. ||
 * [[image:http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/116/Purple/v4/b4/e4/cf/b4e4cfd4-12a1-fbb9-d697-bea72a1b5127/mzl.tzkbbzfj.175x175-75.jpg width="67" height="67" link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapguide/id421477397?mt=8"]][|Snapguide] || Any || Free || Simple way to share and view step-by-step how to guides.

Create ePubs/ iBooks
Once the ePub is created within the app, it can be exported from the BookCreator app to DropBox, Evernote and iBooks on the iPad. The final ePub can also be sent from the app via email or to a computer when the iPad is synched. The app is extremely intuitive, easy to navigate, and creates a professional quality finished eBook. ||  ||
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/bookcreator-icon.jpg width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-for-ipad/id442378070?mt=8"]]Book Creator || ANY || $4.99 || App creates ePubs on the iPad. Content that be published in the book includes:
 * Customizable text
 * Images from the iPad Camera Roll
 * Recorded Voice Audio
 * Music Audio from the iTunes library

Create and Edit Images

 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/skitch-icon.png width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch-for-ipad/id490505997?mt=8"]]Skitch || ANY || Free || The easiest image creating and editing app on the iPad. Skitch allows for the editing of images from the camera roll, web pages, maps and blank pages. The interface is simple, yet includes everything necessary for basic editing: line drawing, text boxes, arrows and cropping of images. Choose from eight colors for drawing and easily adjust the width of the lines. Once complete, images can be exported via Twitter, email, or sent to the camera roll of the iPad.


 * Tip:** Skitch can also export directly to an Evernote account that is already logged into on the iPad, allowing images to be shared with notes. ||  ||
 * [[image:http://edtechteacher.org/images/apps/artstudio-icon.png width="75" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/artstudio-for-ipad-draw-paint/id364017607?mt=8"]]ArtStudio || ANY || $2.99 || Art Studio offers many of the advanced features of Photoshop Touch. Select from a number of different drawing styles, colors, sizes and opacity. Up to six layers can also be added within one image. This image editing app is likely geared towards the advanced, high school user. Exporting features include email, camera roll, and copy to the clipboard. ||  ||

Map Thoughts
iBrainstorm || ANY || Free || Capturing and sharing your inner most creative genius has never been easier ||  ||
 * App || Level || Price || Evaluation || How to use in a classroom ||
 * [[image:http://a5.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/003/Purple/9e/6e/75/mzl.eqqittty.175x175-75.jpg width="77" height="75"]]