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This free iPad app lets you create games based on pictures. This could be a great way for students to conduct reviews with each other.

Similar to Fotobabble, this app lets you add voice, draw, and zoom photos to tell digital stories.

I love the use of iPad AND....  Great blog post.

Solar Walk works on an iPad or a Mac and provides a great set of resources for learning about the solar system.

With Math Champ, push out math quizzes to student iPads for quick assessment. This link is to the quick guide for setting up your class.

Thanks to Richard Byrne for pointing this one out. Animation Desk lets you easily create cartoons from your iPad.

Spectronics, a company that focuses on Inclusive Learning Technologies, has put together this list of apps for literacy support. Not all of them are free, but they make great suggestions.

This app supports math instruction by providing students with an opportunity to have virtual manipulatives similar to the blocks frequently used in classrooms.

This free mind mapping tool includes the ability to integrate photos, prioritize tasks, and auto-sync to Dropbox files.

Created by the people who made Vimeo, DIY is an open tool for kids to make their own digital portfolios and for parents to have a login to the account. Using the app and the web, kids can save all that they create. This is definitely worth exploring when thinking about extended learning environments.

Designed for 1st-2nd grade students, Murky Reef combines reading and math skills in the context of exploring a coral reef. This is the free version, though there is a more robust version available for $3.99. Students can review numbers, sight words, and vocabulary. There is some reporting built in.

This app is free until April, though know that some content becomes an in-app purchase. Bookabi allows students to create their own storybooks with 2D and 3D characters. They can upload their own photos and pictures plus save and share their final projects.

This game provides a visual means for students to identify root words and create compound words.

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 is a good app for early readers and includes a phonetic alphabet.

This free app provides 15 illustrated fairytales for younger children that includes audio.

This app lets you create sound boards on your iPad or iOS device. You can use both their symbols or your own pictures.

This is an interesting take on eBooks for pre-school children. Though not free, the app includes audio books, games, and the ability to send a custom report on the students' progress.

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 is a web site from a school that has been 1:1 with iPads since 2010.