App Shootout

Apps for the iPad.....and other devices:

Snapguide:  Step-by-Step instructional videos.  Add pictures and text.

Ask3:  Turn your iPad into a whiteboard that records writing and voice.  Lessons can be posted into an Ask3 classroom where others can add text and video comments, questions and answers.

 Markup:  Students email their documents to the teacher's Markup email account.  Teachers can grade (annotate) on the paper and email back to the student.

Remind101  Group text students and parents without them seeing your phone number.  Create up to 10 classes.  Schedule text messages. The app was created for an iPhone, but will work on an iPad.  When you are in the iTunes store make sure you can view apps for the iPhone.  There is an Android app and it can be used from a website.

Evernote:  Access notes, pictures, voice recordings anywhere.  Create notebooks to store your information.  Works with iPad, iPhone, PC, Chrome.

Skitch:  Annotate, add shapes and sketches to pictures, notes, text to get your point across.  Automatically saves in Evernote.  

Common Core App

Yes, Common Core is everywhere and now you can view them from your phone!  My first thought is, "Yeah, right, just what I want to do, look up CCSS while at the baseball game". But then I decided that there might be times I do want to get to the CCSS quickly.

That’s why I figured it’d be worthwhile to point out a free app that brings all the Common Core standards into one easy-to-read format: a mobile app! The app is called ‘Common Core Standards‘ and is quite handy for anyone looking to learn about the Common Core on the go.

Apps for the Primary Grades

There are some good FREE apps for education to be used on an iPad.  These apps are stand-alone, meaning that the app is a game-like activity that the student can do independently.  Many apps that are free also have a paid version.  So some of these apps only allow certain parts free.
Do you have any additional free or paid apps that you think are good for Primary students?

This teacher/blogger groups apps into categories and tells how her and her students use the apps
Learning and Sharing

This teachers tells how she implemented iPads into a 1st Grade Class. 
Strategies for Using iPads

Search term for App Store	Read about the app in iTunes	Notes
Tic Tac Toe Phonics	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonics-tic-tac-toe-interactive/id465184366?mt=8	Free-- Good phonic activities
Grade 1 Math	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1st-grade-math-splash-math/id463469532?mt=8	Free
Phonics Vowels	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonics-vowels-short-vowels/id453633094?mt=8	Free Good phonic activities
Letter Quiz	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/letter-quiz-free-learn-abcs/id331573236?mt=8	There is a free version and a paid version.  Free version only goes to E.
First Grade Learning Games	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-grade-learning-games/id530703273?mt=8	One 3 games are free:  Patterns, Ordering, Word Bingo.
Blobble Write	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blobblewritehd/id415656729?mt=8	Free Practice writing letters.
Word Dominoes	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-domino-free-letters-game/id445940455?mt=8	Free
Math Zombies	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aaah!-math-zombies-hd-free/id425387065?mt=8	Free There are several Zombie Apps.  There is a lite (free) and paid for all the Zombie apps
Counting 123	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/counting-123-learn-to-count/id443158370?mt=8	Free
10 Frame Fill	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/10-frame-fill/id418083871?mt=8	Free
ABC Mouse	http://www.abcmouse.com/apps	There are a lot of ABC Mouse Free apps.  The Zoo Set  1 – Zoo set 3 are all great.
ABC magnetic letters	https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc-magnetic-alphabet-lite/id389132393?mt=8	This is the free/lite version.  The paid version is $1.99