iPads are becoming very popular in schools because they are helping children learn in new ways. There are many apps for students in all grade levels to expand their learning.
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This link navigates you to the Apple website where you can explore and watch videos how teachers use iPads in their classrooms.
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Kathy Shrock has been using computers since 1972. Her website has a link dedicated to teaching with iPads. It provides tons of information from educational links to workshops. It even has iPad tips and tutuorials if you are unfamiliar with the technology.
Kathy Shrock talks about what great schools do with mobile devices and why these reasons work.
There are many apps that can help students with their educational learning and even daily routines. Below you will find many apps that I personally like. They range from free to costly.
Math Apps
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Chicken Coop Fraction Games is a wonderful and fun app for students to master fractions. The app is free on the iTunes app store.
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Coin Math is a great app for children learning how to count money. It is also a great app for students who need some extra practice counting money. One good thing about this app is that the faces on the money are how they actually appear in real life so children don't get confused when they are using real money in real life.This app costs $1.99 on the iTunes app store.
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Kids Time Fun is a wonderful app for reinforcing time concepts and problem solving with kids. This app can be used for kids at different levels. It is very helpful because telling time is very crucial in daily lives. This app is free on the iTunes app.
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Endless Numbers was created after Endless Alphabet. Kids will have a blast learning number recognition, sequences, quantity, numerical patterns, and simple addition. The numbers come alive with a short animation that will bring meaning to each number.This app is free to try out in the iTunes app store and then it is $4.99 for the number pack.
Schedule and Tracker Apps
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Autism Xpress is a wonderful app for children with autism to express their emotions. It is fun and easy to use. This app is free on the iTunes app store.
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Iprompts is a great app for visual support. It is used by special educators, therapists, parents, and individuals with Autism. This app creates and presents visual support to help students or individuals transition from one activity to the next, understand upcoming events, make choices, focus on the task at hand, and learn social skills. This app costs $49.99 on the iTunes app store.
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First Then Visual Schedule app provides visual supports you can create and can be used anywhere and everywhere with everything you need in just one app. This app is helpful for caregivers to provide positive behavior supports, individuals with communication needs and even individuals with developmental delays.This app runs $9.99 on the iTunes app store.
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My Choice Board displays "chocies" to individuals with limited communication skills. This app gives these individuals the opportunity to be independent and express their needs and wants. This app runs $9.99 on the iTunes app store.
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Behavior Tracker Pro was specifically designed to support the behavioral treatment plans for children with Autism however it can be used to track and graph behavior in any field. BTP tracks behaviors and can automatically graph them.You can record video of a child's behavior or interventions to share with parents, teachers, or therapists. This app costs $29.99 on the iTunes app store.
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myHomeork Student Planner app is helpful for students that have trouble staying on task. This app can track your classes, homework, tests and assignments. This app also provides a beautiful calendar display and supports time, block and period-based schedules. This app is universal and can be used with an iPhone, iPad and an iPod touch. This app is free on the iTunes app store.
Reading and Writing Apps
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See Read Say app provides the 220 Dolch sight words for children to master. Teachers can save up to four students progression as they learn and master the words. The app is child friendly and easy to use. The app cost $1.99 on the iTunes app store.
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Free books offers 23,469 classic books on the go. You can listen to audio books, you can take notes, highlight, bookmark, and even receive dictionary support. The app is a free app on the iTunes app store. You are crazy if you don't take advantage of this free app.
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MeeGenius gives children access to hundreds of read-along books with a MeeGenius Reading Club subscription beginning an expansive library of digital books for children up to 8 years old. All the books on this app are available with read-along word highlighting, rich illustrations, and engaging story narration. This is a free app on the iTunes app store.
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Tales2Go is a service that streams thousands of name-brand audio book titles from leading publishers to desktops, laptops and mobile devices in the classroom and beyond. This is similar to the Netlfix program, but this is for books instead. The app is free for the fist 30 days, then is $9.99 a month or you can pay an annual fee of $99.99.
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The Endless Alphabet Kids app will have children learning their ABC's and building vocabulary. Each word features an interactive puzzle game with talking letters and a short animation illustrating the definition. This app costs $6.99 in the iTunes app store.
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Endless Reader introduces children to sight words. Being exposed to these sight words helps children achieve reading fluency. Kids will have a great time learning sight words and their context and usage with the adorable endless monsters.The words come to life making this app very engaging for young children. This app is free to try out in the iTunes app store and then is $4.99 a bundle pack.
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Spell Blocks is a fun game for children to not only memorize sight words, but also learn how to spell them. This app costs $1.99 on the iTunes app store.
Apps for Everyday Use
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Safety Signs and Words app covers 80 of the most common safety signs and words used in the community. Children having knowledgeof these signs and words could save a life. This app costs $0.99 on the iTunes app store.
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iDress for Weather app is very helpful for children getting ready in the morning. Many children cannot determine what to wear if they see a number that says 70 degrees. This app will show you what is in your closet. The best part about this app is that your closet is customizable to personalize between weather and clothing. This app costs $1.99 on the iTunes store.
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Dragon Dictate Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application that allows you to easily speak and see your text or email messages. This is helpful for students who have a hard time using their hands to type. This app is free on the iTunes store.
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QuickCues is a an app that helps teens and young adults on the autism spectrum handle new situations and learn new skills. This apps help students with converstaions at school and how to stay organized when they are at school.The app also provides strategies for good mental health. This app costs $4.99 on the iTunes store
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Too Noisy Lite is a fantastic app for teachers or even parents that want to keep the noise level down in the classroom or even at home. Instead of a teacher having to constantly telling the students to quiet down this app does it for you letting the students know in a fun and engaging way that their noise level is not at an acceptable level. This is a free app from the iTunes app store.
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Proloquo2Go is a symbol supported communication app that gives voice to people who cannot speak. This apps runs $219.00 on the iTunes app store. This may seem pricey but if it gives children and adults a voice it is a great investment.