Not sure if everybody has noticed that Apple made an 'apps for teacher' area. On your iPad you can go to the app store, then click on 'more' at the top, and then choose 'education'. You will then see a banner that says 'apps for teachers.'
Here is a brief description of the new feature:
The section is broken down into the following sub-categories:
The Basics: No surprises here as the first few featured apps are the iLife suite of apps from Apple. Also includes popular apps such as Explain Everything, Evernote, Dropbox and iTunes U.
Time Savers: This list is aimed at improving your organization, productivity and classroom management. Leading apps include OmniFocus, Showbie, GoodReader, Pocket and ClassDojo.
Get Inspired: It's difficult to understand how they defined what qualified to be included the list of apps that would inspire teachers but featured apps include Final Argument (presentation), PBS, ShowMe, Popplet and more.
Class Projects: Another loosely defined category, this list includes Toontastic for creating cartoons (for teachers?), Haiku Deck for presentations, Subtext for reading collaboratively, Sparkvue for scientific measurements, Educreations and more.
Reference: One of the main ways in which iPads are used is to access information and this list presents apps for educational research. It includes popular apps such as Wikipanion, The Elements, Star Walk, WolframAlpha and Khan Academy.
If you go to the app store, click on 'more' at the top, choose 'education'- you will then see a banner at the bottom that says 'apps for every grade.' You can then click on preschool/kindergarten, or elementary. It is then broken down into content areas.
Come see me if you need assistance, and I will walk you through both of those features.
There is no such thing as failure. It's just a first attempt in learning:
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