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Explore math with desmos.com, a free online graphing calculator I have used Desmos not only in my lessons as a point of references, but I have given students the opportunity to complete a linear equation project using Desmos to create a picture.

I completely agree. Most of my students cannot afford the TI-83 graphing calculators, but almost all of them have smartphones that would allow them to use this app for free. I will definitely be showing this to my classes, although they probably won't be as excited as I was about it!

I like this app. This would have definitely helped me when I took Algebraic Concepts for my undergrad content course. Sure, my class website had a graphing calculator tab that I could use for homework. But I found it really difficult to navigate and very hard to see. If I was still taking that class, I would definitely share it with my classmates, because as you mentioned alexamoore621 TI-83 calculators are pricey. Although, now that I think about it, it would be hard to convince my professor to let us use it in class...he had a no cell phone use during exams, even if the phone had an app.

This article offers different apps for making movies on mobile devices and draws connection to how they can be used in the classroom.

This is a neat classroom poll app. You should check this out.

This would be a great thing to use for a quick survey of how students are doing with new material. I just wish my school had a better WIFI connection.

I agree with @areinsburrow that this app would make for a great survey for seeing how students are getting along new material. Using the Marzano learning scales (4-1) is a quick way of gauging understanding, but it would be nice to have something tangible to document individual students' understanding of lessons that way teachers can track their progress. Sometimes in my classroom I feel as though I reach some students too late when teaching new material, and it's hard to catch them up during small group or one-on-one instruction. This is app is a good, anonymous (to others, not the teacher) way of assessing student understanding.

This app for iPad is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool for teachers and students. You can create presentations, and can insert photos, draw pictures, include music and animate your work. You can create videos and sound to include in a presentation. This could be used to create lessons or be a portion of a particular lesson you are giving in the classroom.

I really like NCTM's Virtual Manipulative apps.

I use these all the time in my classroom! The students always love to see something different, even if it is just for a quick demonstration.

A personal research assistant. Zotero is the only research tool that automatically senses content in your web browser, allowing you to add it to your personal library with a single click. It also has an app that works with word that will create citations in word or in google docs so you don't have to reformat citations or references unlike EZbib.