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.
This free app lets you create notebooks that incorporate audio, drawings, type, and images.Its goal is to mimic a paper desk and become a notebook replacement.
Wondershare lets you edit PDFs from a Mac. It is less expensive than the full version of Acrobat. A great classroom example came from an EdTechTeacher summer workshop participant. She created a Wordle, which she saved as a PDF. Then she inserted a QR code into it that linked back to additional information on her blog.
This app, intended as a way for parents to create narrated bedtime stories for their children, could be a great digital storytelling tool for a broader audience. Students can create a movie that incorporates clay-mation figures and their own narration. It's Free and has potential.
This free app from McGraw Hill is great for elementary school students to work on building their vocabulary. Students can either play on their own or with a partner. Bluster works on rhyming, prefixes & suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives, and over 800 vocabulary words.
Though an older post, this is still a good starting point for integrating QR codes into the classroom. The Mobile Native is a great blog for integrating mobile devices and focuses on younger students.
This list comes from Teacher Reboot Camp. The suggested apps provide multiple ways for students to interact with various aspects of stories: plot, characters, setting, etc.
This app takes the book character into the virtual world. Students can create their own Flat Stanley adventures and contribute to a monitored community
A great list of apps for students with special needs. It includes a description, cost, and links. Thanks to Meg Wilson at iPodsibilities for Tweeting this one out.
iNaturalist is a web site, and an app, for sharing pictures and observations of plants and animals. Thanks to Richard Byrne at Free Tech for Teachers for posting!