TOP 5 Educational iPad and iPhone Games. IGN the undisputed king of online gaming content recently published its top 25 iPad, iPhone games and it is well worth the read if you own an apple device and enjoy a good game. As an avid gamer and educator I have taken this a little further by identifying the top 5 educational gaming experiences on the iPhone and iPad. Now I am not interested in times table challenge games or blatant learning games I am talking about games that require you to think outside of the square in across a range of curriculum areas without even really knowing that you're participating in a learning experience. These are the games that will improve our memory, number facts and knowledge of the world and get us addicted through fun and challenging elements which keep us coming back for more.
Take a look at my list an would love to hear your thoughts. Civilization Revolution - Build. IGN Says: "Outside of SimCity, no game defines the strategy genre like Sid Meier's Civilization. The Oregon Trail: Price $1.19. 20 Interesting Ways* to use an iPad in the Classroom.
5 Free iPhone Apps for the Classroom. 50 Essential iPad Apps - Wireless Feature at IGN. So you've bought an iPad?
That's the easy bit. Now, with a week passed since launch in the UK and the little fella no longer able to thrill on hypnotic sheen alone, it's time for the tricky part. That is, starting to put it to practical use, wading through the endless minefield that's Apple's iTunes store, figuring out what on earth to buy, and what to steer clear of. But fear not, hapless, stressed-out consumer, because we've spent the last few weeks poring over the good, the bad and the ugly of the iPad scene and compiled an exhaustive 50-strong list of the top iPad Apps available. 1Password £2.39 Unless you actively enjoy identity theft (in which case, you rotter), you've probably accumulated more passwords than the average failing brain can reasonably accommodate.
AirVideo £1.79 (Lite version free) Complaints about the iPad's relative lack of storage space go out of the window once you add the superb AirVideo app to the system. My Tests - TestBuilder - The Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) includes a variety of tests aligned to the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards in English language arts and mathematics, the Kansas Science Education Standards, and the Kansas Standards for History, Government, and Social Studies.
iPad 21 x 21+ Apps Presentation. Jailbreaking the iPad. To un-jailbreak, click Restore in iTunes when you sync it. iPads in Education (Updated 09/17/2010) Middle School iPad Apps. Create and publish your own wikis and blogs.
Use these web services to communicate and collaborate with your friends and coworkers. It's easy to edit this page and create new wikis. To edit this page, click the Log In (lock) button, log in as a wiki administrator and click the Edit (pencil) button. To create a new wiki, log in, then click the Add (+) button and choose New Wiki. Content previously available at this address is temporarily available at If you're looking for our iPad wiki content, it's still online at: Calendar | Change Password | Profile Manager. FUN iPhone & iPad Apps. The 10 Best iPhone and iPad Apps for Art Teachers 2010. Since publishing our 30 Best iPhone Apps for Art Teachers last year (August 2009), we have discovered many new apps that are worthy of being added to our best list.
Covering a wide range of interests and uses, below are the Teaching Palette’s 10 Best iPhone, iPad and iPod Apps for Art Teachers 2010 – the latest and greatest apps for art teachers and their students. Consider this an amendment to last year’s list. Apps for Student and Teacher Use Animalia Based on the beautiful illustrations from the classic book by the same name, this app brings “eye spy” to a whole new level. Explore various artwork by hunting for hidden items. Accudraw Update your traditional grid drawing system with technology. Faces iMake Appropriate for younger students, this app uses a creative mix of collage materials inspired by author and artist Hanoch Pivin. 10 essential iPad apps for high school students. Thanks to Scott McGlynn at teach2thefuture.net for this one.
The free Dictionary.com app delivers trusted reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, including nearly 1,000,000 words and definitions and 90,000 synonyms and antonyms. No Internet connection is needed. The app also features audio pronunciations, similarly spelled words and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people. Accessing Wikipedia has never been faster and easier than with Wikipanion, designed for easy, search, navigation and display of Wikipedia entries.
Streamline your browsing with history grouped by visit date, and bookmarking that not only bookmarks individual entries, but individual sections within an entry. Graphing Calculator turns your phone or iPod into an intuitive high-resolution function plotter and scientific calculator. Like reading? Books unlocks a menu of public domain content, allowing you to acquire some of the great books of human history. InClass for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store.