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This blog post lists several apps to use for mobile grading and keeping a grade book on an iPad. It is important to note that some Student Information Systems - such as Pearson's PowerSchool - have developed apps that integrate directly with the computer-based grade books.

Part 1 of a new series by Edutopia

Edutopia: K-5 iPad Apps & Bloom's Taxonomy (Part 1: Remembering)

The Virginia Department of Education helped to create this list of apps for students. You can download them from the Apple App Store. Some of them include digital texts from Pearson publishers.

This app goes with the FREE service provided by littlebirdtales.com. Students can create stories with their own artwork and audio recordings either from an app or on the web. The completed tales can be downloaded as either a PDF or mp4 with audio.

Outstanding blog post on using TouchApp creator on the iPad

Great post on a huge App Smash

This could be a great tool for after-school programs, early childhood centers, and parents. We Want Apps helps to find age-appropriate apps for kids.

1000 Apps sorted by subject area...wow, that is a ton of apps. 

Edublogs, a popular blogging platform for teachers and students, has launched an iOS app. It is much easier to use than the WordPress app.

Jenny Magiera outlines 5 workflow solutions for iPads.

What are the best screencasting apps? This article gives a pro/con rundown. 

Good list of tools and apps for educators. 

This is a great post from toponlinecolleges.com that provides a list of suggested apps and resources for higher education.

This article from I Education Apps Review lists out a series of apps to use for creating custom digital content. Not all are free, but the list presents some interesting options.

This is an incredible app for students with special needs. It connects to the Bookshare.org database and does require a membership ID. However, students and organizations who qualify have access to a tremendous resource.  "From within Read2Go, you can browse, search, download, and read books directly from Bookshare using your Bookshare membership, as well as read DAISY books from other sources. The app gives you full control over visual choices for font size and color, background and highlighting color, and text-to-speech preferences. Read2Go features word-by-word highlighting for multi-modal reading."

This is a great list from Technology in Special Education. It organizes apps by skill, content area, and function.

This is a good list of animation apps. Most of them are not free, but they could be good alternatives for digital storytelling.

This app has been featured in the Apple iPad commercials for teaching young students to write their letters. Beyond the ability to trace, the app also records letter sounds, names, and phonograms.

This could be the best $.99 spent on an app. Tools 4 Students includes 25 graphic organizers that can be annotated in the app and then shared via email. 

This site provides both a social network for your class as well as iOS/Android/Facebook apps to support learning outside of school. Unlike other study apps, this one encourages teachers and students to collaborate and engage via their Study Hall social network

This free app combines the best of Panoramio and Google Maps into one app. Think of using this to export the settings of novels, the geography or culture of a historical location, or a virtual field trip.