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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.

List of science apps for elementary students.

This is a great portfolio solution for elementary students.

Simple eBook creation tool for elementary students. Draw, type, and record audio within the app

Free iPad newspaper designed to reach younger students. Could be a good tool for teaching current events as well as the concept of curation.

Kindergarten & 1st Grade math app to develop counting, numeracy, and basic math skills.

Similar to Scratch, this app helps to teach kids about programming.

Common Sense offers great reviews and advice to parents as well as educators. Their new Beta site - Learning with Technology - reviews apps, games, and other media for kids in terms of learning.

A great comprehensive list, especially for elementary and pre-school students. The top pick is a personal favorite.

This is the Pro version of DoodleCast for kids. It has some great features for students, and is free for a limited time.

Fetch! Lunch Rush! from PBS Kids is a free math app for elementary students to get them moving around the room to solve problems.

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.

I sent this link to Chris Harrow, a colleague who teaches math at The Westminster School in Atlanta. Here are his first impressions: Cool = very smooth functionality on the iPad, you can do all the explorations in the most excellent iPad touchscreen environment, a very tactile approach to learning geometry. Frustrating = you have to create the docs elsewhere, on first exploration, I don't see a way to do constructions directly in this app. If a kid gets a good idea that requires additional "stuff" on the construction, s/he may not be able to instantly follow up on intuition. Any one else want to weigh in?

This claims to be the first browser created by a doctor that is just for kids. The idea is that parents and educators curate content and students then can only access what they have identified. An interesting concept to present curated vs. filtered content.

Great post on how to manage iPads...give them to kids & let them mange:)

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.

This is a great search engine for elementary students that also has an app.

Create talking pictures, like digital puppets, and then save to camera roll.

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.