iPad Apps & Tips

We use and are using a variety of iPad apps in our class. Here are some we used in 2013-14!

• 1. KidBlog (interactive digital writing) - free

  2. AudioBoo (sound/voice recording) - free

  3. SpectrumView (sound measurement) - free

  4. Decibel 10th.(sound measurement) free

  5. Nearpod (classwide presentation sharing) - free

  6. Hopscotch (iPad coding) - free

  7. Brushes 3 (drawing) - free

Rocket apps: (also available as a printable PDF with QR codes)

• 1. Moon Lander - free

  2. Autodesk Digital STEAM Applied Mechanics - free

  3. NASA Rocket Science 101 - free

1. SimpleRockets - $1

2. NASA Visualization Explorer - free

AR apps we might be using:

• 1. Aurasma (Augmented Reality - create triggers) - free

  2. Augment (Augmented Reality - connect to Google 3D Warehouse designs) - free

Dr. Fryer's top 3 creation apps for the iPad are:

• 1. Explain Everything - $3

  2. Book Creator for iPad - $5

  3. iMovie - $5 (free on new iPads)

Apps we've used infrequently:

• 1. Documents by Readdle (open files like Hopscotch projects in other apps - used in fall 2013 before Hopscotch updated to permit cloud-based project sharing and opening on other iPads) - free

Other Tips:

• 1. I use these numbered images as wallpaper for our iPad cart (thanks to @skibtech & @MsMagiera)

  2. More great iPad management tips here and here (thanks @MsMagiera)

  3. I setup a single Gmail account as a "sending only" account for iPads on my classroom cart following these instructions (from @tonyvincent)

The 70 apps we're starting the year with in STEM class are linked on this Listly list. (More background)