Yes, Twitter is a powerful educational tool that can be used with students. My students use Twitter as a promotional tool for their student news program and to share current event announcements. Please keep in mind, it is very important to have an initial lesson and ongoing conversations with your students about Cyber online behavior. Check it out for yourself - https://twitter.com/PhillipsHSBTP
I don't allow gaming during instructional time in my Library Media Center. To curb this, I allow students to use the Scrabble app as a educational gaming tool for use during the student's 'down time'. At first the students groan and complain but eventually they do enjoy the app and the challenge of identifying words that can be used to win the game with a partner.
The Kindle app is great for libraries and classroom use. Often times, Amazon will provide books either free or discounted cost and the app really helps ease the expense educators faced when providing reading materials. Students in the library especially like reading additional books from their favorite authors during the lunch periods.
The Math teacher at my school has influenced a new group of students who love chess. The students have been so excited about playing chess that they requested a app be loaded onto the Library ipads. The Master Soft Chess app is a wonderful addition. It provides hints, history and overall is a good chess app to help support chess matches.
This app has been very helpful with producing several school related videos. Besides shooting and editing video for school events, projects I have used this very powerful app for recruitment and administration encouragement prior to students taking the practice ACT this year. It's a somewhat pricey app but worth the cost.
Sock Puppets is a free app that lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on Facebook and YouTube. Students can add Puppets, props, scenery, and backgrounds and start creating their own sock puppet.
Try this: log onto this app, connect is to a projector and play one of the games with a group of 16 years....talk about fun. I used this app with my beginning Spanish classes at the beginning of the year to reinforce sight words taught in class. The students really enjoy this game, the competition, the stop clock and the whole group fun. Just try this app, you'll be hooked.
iMovie is an app for $4.99 that allows you to make beautiful HD movies anywhere. The fast and fun moviemaking app that puts everything you need to tell your story at your fingertips. Create Hollywood-style trailers or sophisticated home movies in minutes.
Toontastic is a storytelling and creative learning tool that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world through simple and fun imaginative play! There is a free version with limited scenes and then there is a paid version for $9.99.
This app features a wealth of psychology terminology along with illustrations. There are other features including the ability to review flashcards and complete quizzes to check for understanding.