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A sortable spreadsheet by content area with task descriptions and Bloom's Taxonomy category.

This is a user friendly website as it categorizes apps by topics allowing you to easily find what you are looking for. This website also provides a slide show for each app so that you can see how it is used.

This website gave a list of 35 of My Favorite Free Apps for Teaching. There were 35 apps provided with varying contents including ELA, Math, ELL, Special Education, Science, Social Studies, Visual Brainstorming, and Apps for Reports and Presentations. Each of the apps have a short description, and a link to view all the information about the app (i.e. the cost, description, url, and a picture of the icon).

List of 20 apps - 10 are free - 10 are 'worth the $$'

This site features a great list of science apps for middle school as outlined by fellow science educators.

This website, Ipad for the Classroom Teacher, has a list of Math Apps like Math Bingo, Math Racer, and Times Table, and many more. It has a list of many apps which include a short description, and the price of the app. Not only does this website include Math apps but it also has lists of apps for ELL students, Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Special Needs apps. This is a resource that I plan to use a lot as it has so many great ideas.

Provides a list of science apps and the age level, cost and rating for each. You can also access apps for other content areas.

Finding apps isn't difficult. Finding education apps is only a bit more challenging. Finding free education apps is also possible. Finding free education apps worth downloading is a different story entirely. The following is our list for the 55 best apps for learning we can find.

This website lists apps available to introduce coding to students as young as Kindergarten.

This website includes both apps and web-based tools that introduce programming/coding to elementary students.

The article titled Learning 21st- Century Skills Requires 21st Century Teaching summarizes nine points that educators need to incorporate into their teaching to ensure that students build their 21st century skills. Traditional teaching methods that include the transmission of content from books and notes do not foster 21st century skills. Rather, the article outlines "9 lessons" that teachers should adopt to promote the 21st century skills.

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has recently started featuring posts containing lists of iPad apps specific to each content area.

Common Sense Media editors help you choose Math Apps and Learning Tools for Kids. These engaging apps can help kids learn a variety of math concepts.

The ease-of-use and engagement factor of an iPad can really liven up a lesson. Combine that with an apps' ability to simulate real-world conditions, such as chemical reactions, and you have a tool that is both safe and fun for your students.

This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful, or were not formally published, and genera that are no longer considered dinosaurs.

We're pretty diligent around here about making sure our kids understand math concepts, and math apps can be a helpful and even fun way to get them excited about it. Year after year, math just keeps building on itself, so it's super important for students to feel comfortable before they move on.

1. Summarize your article or video. This video describes the 4 skills in 21st century learning: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity that are embedded in games. Even though students utilize these skills while they are playing games, but they do not realize it. As teachers, we have to do something to point to them that they have been using these skills all along and help students to transfer these skills that they have learned while playing games to real life application. 2. How does your article or video relate to Module Two content and using iPads in the classroom? IPad offers many functions and apps that allow students to play games. In addition, view and explore certain lessons such as cell function on iPad using the apps is much clearer than reading on a conventional textbook. 3. What additional benefits/challenges do you see in using iPads/mobile devices? My students do their online homework on their iPad while they are at their jobs. iPad is small to carry around, and Apple makes it durable enough than conventional laptops. The challenges are still the price and learning the technology 4. What impacted you most about the article or video? One of my students once said if all lessons are like playing games, he will be the smartest student. The time has changed to teach lessons using chalk board, book, and pencil. The new generation of students grows up with technology, and therefore we, as teachers, have to learn to adapt to students' method of learning.

skip to content - skip to menu It's in our power to change everything, from individual lives to the wider community. The iPad is a device that many lust after as a shiny new toy, but many people with disabilities can benefit from what it has to offer as a functional tool.