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Install this bookmarklet to view source on iPad!

From the National Science Foundation (NSF), this app provides images and videos that could be great content sources for other projects.

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."

Another great source for learning about apps.

This app allows you to read and access files from a variety of sources. It is free until 9/10/2012 and could be a great research tool.

Another wiki page that is under construction, but a great source for finding social studies apps. The page is broken down to address maps, social studies, references, and current events.

This is a great blog post from edSocial Media regarding using apps as sources. As more schools move towards iPad integration programs, this is increasingly going to be a challenge.

Source: iTunes , Reallusion We use infographics as teaching tools because they hit so many academic sweet spots in critical thinking, graphicacy , data analysis, and interdisciplinary learning. Our students also produce their own graphics, applying visual design to exam reviews , geography studies , or personal hobbies .