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This is a great article called "A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Learning" by Edutopia.org. In summary, it is a parent's guide that is intended to bring more parents into the conversation about improving education. It is organized into different grade levels. There is a page with 10 tips for parents to help them bring 21st century skills home. For example, they recommend that parents help their child discover their potential through community arts programs. They also recommend parents build on their kid's interest in gaming by getting them connected with Massively Minecraft. I had never heard of this before reading this article. It is a digital media learning community created by parents and teachers for students ages 4-16. You can check it out at massivelyminecraft.org. This article also lists organizations that offer more in depth info about project based learning and social/emotional learning. I found it helpful as a teacher too because it provides links to a lot of projects and activities for the classroom. Lastly, this article gives examples of what teachers do in the classroom and matching ideas for how parents can get more involved. For example, teachers are using Skype in the classroom to extend projects and learning beyond the school building, so they recommend that parents who travel a lot for work can further support what is going on in the classroom by Skyping with the class and doing a "parent on the street report" or tour of wherever they are in the world. Most of all, this article just has so many suggested links that you can learn so much from it.

There are plenty of flashcard services on the web that students can use for rote practice of vocabulary words. The following five apps offer a little bit more than flashcards by providing some larger context for the words and phrases that students can study through them.

A Resource for Using the iPad in Education This website, Ipad for the Classroom Teacher, has a list of Productivity Apps like Evernote, Dropbox, Diigo, TED, Grade it!, PBS for iPad, iResponse, Kno Textbook, iBrainstorm, 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 Productivity apps but it also has lists of apps for ELL students, Math, 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.

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).

I found that iPads for English Language Learners website to be a great resource not only for the ELL student, but for the entire classroom. It displays the app icon and the app title along with a description. This website was easy to scan through because it organizes the apps into categories (math, science, productivity, translators, etc…). The only downside to this app is that it did not provide the price.

This website includes apps for different levels of ESL/ELL students

Getting the hang of a new language is tough. As someone attempting to re-learn French, I can say this without absolute certainty. Lucky for students like myself, technology is a huge help. It makes it easier to hear a native speaker 'pronounce' something for you.

The best educational apps for using iPads in the classroom. Teachers can discover creative ways to incorporate technology in the classroom with iPad apps for education.

The best educational apps for using iPads in the classroom. Teachers can discover creative ways to incorporate technology in the classroom with iPad apps for education.

We know teachers can find it hard to make time to plan their lessons, or to manage their classes both in and out of the classroom, so Shaun Wilden has compiled a list of his top 10 free apps to help make your planning more productive and time-efficient.

5 Productivity Apps for Teachers - Check out Teach Amazing for educational technology, web 2.0, and great tips to teach amazing!

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

This website and article is all about technology integration for ELL students. The website lists free apps that can be used for students to support their vocabulary growth. There are four apps that can be used from this website. One of them in particular, Futaba, is an app I have used with students before. It allows students to not only extend their vocabulary but it also works on their reading skills.

Teacher, one-to-one advocate and blogger Monica Burns shares some of her favorite free apps for supporting English-Language Learners' vocabulary acquisition.

Teacher, one-to-one advocate and blogger Monica Burns shares some of her favorite free apps for supporting English-Language Learners' vocabulary acquisition.

You asked.....and we listened! We are so excited to bring you our apps for Special Education list. Starting with just 60 of our favorites (It was SO hard to choose!), this list is a growing and active list so be sure to check in from time to time as it promises to get bigger.

The video I selected shows Dr. Brent Diagle working with a group of eight fourth graders to create a digital documentary. I found it absolutely fascinating. The students researched and took notes on their chosen animal. However, instead of writing a report about that animal (which for me would be the next step), the students wrote a script for their mini documentary. In the focus group towards the end of this video, many students responded that they loved this assignment because they don't like writing. However, they were writing their scripts, but since they were so invested in their documentaries, it became an enjoyable task. The Apple technology that Dr.Diagle used were; for note-taking students use the Library App, scripts were written on the notepad, and documentaries were recorded using Garage Band.

Are you a teacher now or studying to become one in the future? Have you been looking for a handy list of digital apps that will help you organize your life inside and outside the classroom? Well, you have come to the right place.

For some of us Presidents Day is just another random vacation / shopping day. But that could also be that I'm not American - so what better way to brush up on my American history than downloading a couple of Presidents Day apps. A personal favorite is Presidents vs.