iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch Apps and Resources

 

Apps4Kids - Reviews of apps primarily geared towards ages 1 - 6. 

I Education App Reviews - Reviews of apps organized by subject and grade level. 

Learning with iPad- The official Apple page for iPads in education.

Learning Continuity for iPad and iPod Touch - Lists of applications including a description, price, and curricular discipline.

Learning in Hand Blog - Blog about mobile learning from Tony Vincent.  Includes resources on podcasting as well. 

Lillie's Pad Blog - A blog by a dad who has a daughter with cerebral palsy and CVI.  He shares apps, stories about children who are helped by the iPad, and resource links. 

Speech Language Pathology Sharing - Lots of infomation about apps mostly for working with special needs kids and also has links to tutorials.  Blog was nominated for 2010 Edublogs award.

TCEA 2010 iPhone/iPad Apps Member Suggestions - Apps listed by subject area in a Google Doc document.  Quite a lot of resources. 

 

App Reviews and Lists

App Advice - Blog, lists of recommended apps and list of apps that have either dropped in price or gone free.  Can be sorted by type of app. 

App Shopper - Information on new apps as well as on price changes on apps.  Site also tracks the change of prices of an app over time.  The apps can be sorted by topic and whether there was a price change or free.

 

Blog Posts

"Digital Storytelling with iPads" - Free Technology for Teachers dated March 7, 2011. 

 "iPads in the Classroom by John Reed and Sharon Parsons" - From Moving at the Speed of Creativity blog dated November 30, 2010.  These are notes from a presentation at the 2010 Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference.  Includes apps, discussion of purchasing iPads, technical issues, and how the iPads have been used at Sunapee MH School. 

The Ultimate Guide to Using iPads in the Classroom - This post from Edudemic dated December 7, 2010 contains an online presentation by Tom Barrett called "47 Interesting Ways to Use an iPad in the Classroom" which features numerous awesome apps. 

 

Podcasts

iPad Today - Weekly podcast about applications for the iPad along with news and reviews.  This podcast is not specifically for education but does contain many apps that would be quite useful. Each episode has a theme so you can easily watch an episode about a desired topic. Episodes can be downloaded from iTunes.  (TWIT Network)

 

Links verified April 9, 2012.