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Freebies and iPad App Suggestions

June 3, 2012

I know I’ve said this before, but I LOVE summer break. =) The first week has flown by though. I made a trip down south to Louisville this weekend to go to my sister-in-law’s baby shower. I am so excited to watch my brother become a daddy and I can’t wait to get my hands on our little man when he’s born later this summer.  In true teacher form though, it hasn’t been all play.

Each teacher in our building received an iPad on the last day of school. It looks like we’ll also be getting a class set to share as a grade level next year (yay!). My husband has an iPad that he uses for med school, but I hadn’t paid much attention to it. Now that I have my own that has all changed. I am so excited to have one! I’ve been digging around for educational aps for it. I started with the free ones (of course, haha), but I don’t mind paying for them if they are worth it. That’s where you come in… If you have an iPad, please leave your app recommendations in the comments here. I’ll compile them and post them all in one place later this summer. In return for your help, I’m giving away one item from my TpT store to whoever suggests my favorite new app from the list we make. I’ll notify the winner by email and let you pick your favorite item from my store.

My two most recent freebies were buried in other posts, so here they are again in case you missed them. The frames are so cute! I also uploaded another freebie that I use with my poetry anthology unit. It’s a poster that helps students copy the poems correctly.

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  1. Lisa R. says: June 3, 2012 at 11:12 am

    These frames are exactly what I'm looking for!! Thanks so much for sharing them!!

    Lisa
    Learning Is Something to Treasure

  2. Pat's Paper Passion says: June 3, 2012 at 11:16 am

    skype, tapquiz maps, wordsHD wordzigzag, pandora, drawingme, dropbox, stack the states, stack the countries, president vs aliens, netflix, brainpop, drawing pad, photon, nook, kindle

    Barnes and Noble have books for kids, and if you're an Amazon prime there are books for the kindle.

    Netflix has a lot of National Geographic movies if you're a member.

    Pat at http://atimetoshareandcreate.blogspot.com/

  3. Lori Rosenberg says: June 3, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    Thanks for the pretty frames!

    Lori (luvyorkies@gmail.com)
    Teaching With Love and Laughter

  4. meadowt says: June 3, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    Love the frames!! Thanks so much for sharing.I am your newest follower.
    Barbara
    happyteachingfirst.blogspot.com

  5. Mrs. Shepherd says: June 3, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Some of my favorite apps are edmodo, blogger, educreations, pinterest, brain pop, screen chomp, poetry magnets, puppet pals, pow strip designer, and toontastic.

  6. Sara S. says: June 3, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Love the frames! I'm looking forward to hearing what others recommend for the IPad, even though I don't have one for my class!

    Sara 🙂
    Smiling In Second Grade

  7. Lisa at Stories From Second says: June 3, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    Thanks for the adorable frames, so cute!
    Lisa
    Stories From Second

  8. Heather S. says: June 3, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    I am fairly new to the IPAD also and I have been using it with a Kindergarten student, so most of my apps so far are preschool and Kindegarten apps, but I have found a few that you could probably use. Before I say those though, you should follow 1+1+1=1 on facebook! She frequently posts about apps that are free for a certain period of time. I learned from her about a lot of McGraw Hill Math apps being free and was able to download those. A day or 2 ago, I got ButterflyHD which is a great one, if your class studies Butterlies. I've heard Teacher Asst. Lite is really good for classroom teachers. I love Educreations (It is free). It is an interactive white board that you can record your presentation on or just use as a white board when teaching. Splash Math has free samples but then the rest you have to buy. I just downloaded the samples and I haven't had a lot of time to look at them, but they are supposed to be linked to Common Core Standards!! I hope that helps! If you follow blogs through Google Reader, make sure you download FeeddlerRSS. It is a great way to follow your blogs all in one place. Zite is a good app to help you follow news and articles on things that you like. Hope this helps! I'd be happy to share more as I get them!

    heather.salsman@gmail.com

  9. Jessica Stanford says: June 3, 2012 at 4:19 pm

    Cute frames! I looooooooove the Lakeshore free apps! There is an Alphabet of the Day one and a tic tac toe one also 🙂
    Blessings,

    Jessica Stanford
    Mrs. Stanford's Class Blog

  10. Melissa says: June 3, 2012 at 7:07 pm

    Thanks for the frames! They will be so cute to use, and I can't wait!

  11. Nicole Heinlein says: June 4, 2012 at 6:18 am

    I have iPods in my class, not iPads, but many of the apps are the same. For K-2 levels I like Super Why, Meet the Letters, Math Bingo, Word Bingo, Cash Cow, Same Sounds Spellbound, Teacher Created Materials Sight Words, BrainPop (I don't have a subscription, kids just watch the video of the day), Starfall ABCs, and any free books I can find on iBooks (Axel the truck, Garbage Monster Burp, Yellow Submarine, Digger the Dinosaur, Huff and Puff). StoryKit is another awesome app where kids can publish their writing by typing, drawing, and even narrating! So fun!
    ✿Nicole
    Teaching With Style

  12. Valerie says: June 4, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Love the frames! So pretty!
    Can't wait to see which apps everyone recommends 😉

    ✿Valerie
    All Students Can SHINE

  13. Monica Horn says: June 4, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    The frames are great… I have ideas already how to use them 🙂 A few good apps that I have seen are ones by Everyday Mathematics. If you watch, they occasionally are free at itunes. But, even if not, they are fun games for kids to play.

  14. Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 4, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    Thank you for all of the ideas! I'm going through to look at each and every suggestion. I appreciate it!

  15. Maria says: June 4, 2012 at 6:04 pm

    I just grabbed these yesterday and today I saw them on Classroom Freebies! Thanks for sharing!

    Maria
    Kinder-Craze

  16. Confessions of a Teaching Junkie says: June 4, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    Christi,
    I love these! I downloaded them yesterday. Thanks!
    Teresa
    Confessions of a Teaching Junkie

  17. Darcy says: June 4, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    Well like you, we got I-pads here at the end of the year and as I search for all the apps I can keep track of, my favorite for my 1st grade classroom is "My Spelling Test." I tested it with the kids last week for our last spelling test of the year. You type in your list and speak the word into it at the same time. The test is made for them and speaks the word for them to type in at their own pace. It gives immediate feedback and overall feedback at the end. You can have all your lists stored and it can be used for practice during the week or a mid-week check-in. I even got to use it for a quick review Monday morning (when child was absent Friday) before they had to take the test. There is a freebie app which allows you to make only one test.

  18. Greg says: June 5, 2012 at 12:16 am

    Love the frames! THANK YOU!

    I recommend Pick Stick on the IPad. It randomly selects students for questions and can even be set up to provide you question starters for each child based on the level of Bloom's Taxonomy that you set for them. I also like Teach Me Kindergarten, Montesorri Words, PhotoTouch sight words and Touch Write.

    Check out my NEW blog!

    Greg
    Smedley's Smorgasboard of Kindergarten

  19. Adrienne says: June 5, 2012 at 2:33 am

    Doceri remote (use with Doceri Desktop that you have to download on your computer- there is a free trial period for this!) allows you to interact with whatever you have on your computer and gives you the mechanisms to project that to screen so that it becomes interactive. For those without Smartboards or Prometheans, this is a great solution without the extra hardware! The ability to walk around the room, observing students' work, allowing them to use the iPad to interact with what is on the computer (and the screen), sharing with all students at one time through the full class projection is PRICELESS!!! My students truly love it and I love that I can use ANYTHING on my computer (worksheets, math manipulatives programs, Smart Notebook files that I can download to my computer, ANYTHING), project it onto screen and use it to teach, and students can use that information to learn! 🙂

  20. Conner4 says: June 5, 2012 at 1:03 pm

    Love the frames. I have also recently gotten an I-pad and was wanting suggestions on apps.Great idea!

  21. Christi at Ms. Fultz's Corner says: June 5, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    You all never cease to amaze me. Thank you so much for all of your ideas here in our little community. 🙂

  22. Patty Rutenbar says: June 6, 2012 at 12:43 am

    My kids love to go to the San Diego zoo webcams to watch the panda, orangutan, polar bears and any other that they ran domly add. We also check out google earth and look at things like the Hoover dam, mackinac bridge, Disney world. Etc.
    Patty
    Prutenba@ sturgisps.org

  23. Teacher Tam says: July 30, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    The frames are super cute. Thanks for sharing!

  24. A M Smith says: July 30, 2012 at 5:11 pm

    Very sweet of you to share the frames, Christi! Thanks so much! 🙂
    Hope you are doing well!!!
    Ann Marie Smith @ Innovative Connections

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