60 Apps in 60 Minutes

Educational

English (5)

  • Story Me - Collage, comic strip, and cartoon maker for photos
  • Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesaurus
  • Mad Libs - World’s Greatest Word Game
  • CliffsNotes Study Guides - Fast, effective, and comprehensive literature study guides
  • SparkNotes - Study guides for literature, Shakespeare, poetry, philosophy, drama and short stories

Math (5)

  • MyScript Calculator- Perform mathematical operations naturally using your handwriting
  • 5Dice: Order of Operations - Fun interactive game to help students master and understand the order of operations
  • Virtual Manipulatives! - Virtual set of fraction bars
  • IXL Math Practice - Over 2,000 standards-aligned skills with hundreds of colorful awards to celebrate important milestones
  • Free Graphing Calculator - A powerful, flexible graphing calculator that does far more than most calculators

Social Studies (5)

  • WORLD BOOK - This Day in History - Interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events for the current day or any selected day, along with related media such as photos, illustrations, music, and speeches
  • MyCongress - Portal to detailed information about your elected U.S. Congressional officials
  • World Map 2014 - Up-To-Date World Maps on your device
  • Constitution for iPad - Copy of the US Constitution where you can create & save personal notations for each section of the document
  • GPB - Digital magazine published by the creative team at Georgia Public Broadcasting
  • Georgia Studies Digital Textbook for iPad –download GPB app then complete sign-up form

Science (5)

  • VideoScience - A growing library of hands-on Science lessons that demonstrate inexpensive and easy to recreate experiments
  • Interactive Science Glossary: Life Science - A great review and study tool for learning nearly 100 life science terms and concepts, presented through simulations, video, science content, and flash cards
  • PhysicalSci
  • Interactive Science Glossary: Earth Science
  • NOVA Elements - Interactive periodic table

Special Needs (5)

  • TapToTalk - Assistive Technology tool that allows students to tap a picture and TapToTalk speaks
  • Grid Player - Three communication devices in one: Text Talker, Talking Photographs & Symbol Talker
  • Dragon Dictation - Easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages
  • See. Touch. Learn. - Flash cards designed specifically for those with autism and other special needs
  • My Math Flash Card App - Application that helps students to master basic elementary math facts

Connections (10)

  • Future Farm - Demonstration of important trends and external factors that influence modern farms and which technical solutions are applicable for successful livestock farming
  • HarvestMark Food Traceability - Trace your fresh food back to the farm to learn where, when, and how it was grown. Also, find out instantly if your fresh food is subject to recall.
  • Judith Baker Montano’s Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Guide - Learn to embroider like a pro
  • Bmi/BodyFatCalculator+More - Weight, body mass index and fat tracker with data analysis
  • Fitness Pro - 1500 exercises that are all explained with clear images and HD videos
  • WebMD for iPad - Check symptoms, access drug & treatment information, get first aid essentials, and check local health listings
  • Magic Piano by Smule - Play the hottest songs effortlessly on this piano game
  • VidRhythm - Remix your world with this fun and easy way to make video music
  • Shazam - Recognizes music and media playing around you
  • Animator Free - An easy flipbook and stop-motion app

Student Behavior (c/o Sean Cooper) (5)

  • ClassDojo - Helps manage classroom behavior, while providing parents with their child's progress at school
  • Too Noisy Lite - Graphical display of the background noise level in a room in a fun and engaging way
  • Model Me Going Places 2 - Slideshow of children modeling appropriate behavior
  • Classroom Timer - Simple but fun and engaging app to assist the teacher in their classroom management activities
  • Teacher's Assistant Lite: Track Student Behavior - Allows teachers to document student actions, behavior, infractions, and achievements in the classroom for up to 5 students and 3 actions per student

Miscellaneous (10)

  • Edmodo - Safe and easy way for teachers and students to engage and collaborate for free, anytime, anywhere
  • BrainPOP Featured Movie - Watch a different animated movie every day
  • Best Books for Tweens - Find new books and build custom reading lists
  • Tellagami – Create and share a quick animated video called a Gami; *Free for a limited time*
  • QRReader for iPad - Scan QR codes & bar codes
  • Skitch - Snap. Mark Up. Send. - Snap it, mark it up with simple tools, and send it on in an instant
  • Splice - Video Editor (Free) - Splice together HD photos and videos and add music tracks from your iPod library
  • Khan Academy - Learn almost anything for free; library of over 4,200 videos and articles included
  • Flashcards+ - Easily create and study flashcards; also access to tens of millions of pre-made Flashcard sets
  • myHomework Student Planner - Track your classes, homework, tests and assignments in a beautiful calendar display

Productivity (5)

  • Numbers - Spreadsheet App
  • Keynote – Presentation App
  • Pages - Word processor app
  • Evernote - Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity by taking notes, capturing photos, creating to-do lists & recording voice reminders…and these notes are completely searchable
  • Prezi - Presentation App
  • Haiku Deck - Presentation App

Storage (4)

  • Dropbox - Photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily in the Cloud; 2G free + earn more
  • Google Drive – Photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily in the Cloud; 5G free + earn more
  • RealPlayer Cloud - Move, watch and share your videos
  • CloudOn (with MS Office® 2010 Suite) - Makes Office docs more accessible and useful by letting you edit from anywhere with complete functionality; can also connect Cloud account(s), and send or share files with colleagues and contacts via email directly

Just 4Fun

  • PixyMe - image personalization app
  • Face Talk HD Lite -Make your friends and family say anything you want
  • Weird But True - Kid-friendly facts
  • Charades! - Guess Words and Draw or Doodle Something Taboo Tilt Your Heads Jump Up with Friends

Further Resources