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"Using Google Apps on the iPad can get sticky! Historically, Google and the iPad have not played well together. But we have come a long way in the last couple years! There are now tons of apps for iOS devices that integrate well with Google, and Google has release several official apps for the iPad. There is hope, Obi Wan, Google and Apple can play nice! The infographic embedded below details the most useful Google apps for the iPad. These are the apps that I find most useful not only for teachers, but any Google user. Take a look, download, and explore the wonderful possibilities of using Google Apps on the iPad! (Note: There are a few apps that were designed for the iPhone, but worth mentioning for the iPad as well.)"

For iPad on the iTunes App Store Mobile Mouse instantly transforms your iPad into a wireless remote and trackpad for your computer! Sit back and use this remote to surf the web, browse your photo library or control your music player from the comfort of your couch. Mobile Mouse is an essential part of any home theater PC. Mobile Mouse uses an innovative application notification system to let the iPhone know what program you are running at any time and show the appropriate keys for that program. This allows Mobile Mouse to provide a single screen remote for controlling ALL your media and web applications. Mobile Mouse is the only app to feature a full fledged dock, just like you'd find on your Mac! Mobile Mouse supports all the most popular web and media programs for the Mac and PC. New remote definitions are automatically downloaded daily to your computer, so you will always have the newest remotes as we create them.

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nThis guide is an attempt to systematically build up the grammatical structures that make up the Japanese language in a way that makes sense in Japanese. It may not be a practical tool for quickly learning immediately useful Japanese phrases (for example, common phrases for travel). However, it will logically create grammatical building blocks that will result in a solid grammatical foundation. For those of you who have learned Japanese from textbooks, you may see some big differences in how the material is ordered and presented. This is because this guide does not seek to forcibly create artificial ties between English and Japanese by presenting the material in a way that makes sense in English. Instead, examples with translations will show how ideas are expressed in Japanese resulting in simpler explanations that are easier to understand.

For iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store\nCramberry helps you study with flash cards on your iPhone. Make flash cards with Cramberry, or choose from over a million free public flash cards. When you study, Cramberry tracks your progress on each card and presents cards you need to study.\n\n✓ Make flash cards from your iPhone or the web\n✓ Intelligent, efficient studying algorithm\n\nUse Cramberry to study for almost anything:\n\n✓ Study for tests and quizzes\n✓ Learn a foreign language\n✓ Improve your vocabulary

For iPhone for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\nBlackboard Mobile Learn works with Blackboard's Web-based teaching and learning software. Given all the important and secure information in your school's Blackboard system, Blackboard Mobile Learn must be enabled by your school before the app will work on your device. There are several eligibility factors (all versions of Blackboard software aren't yet supported, for example) which could impact the timing for your school.

For iPad for iPad on the iTunes App Store CarbonFin Outliner for iPad allows you to organize your thoughts, tasks, and projects. Easily create a todo list for today, or track an entire project anywhere you are. Share your outlines, edit them online, and collaborate with other Outliner users

* MindMash - Now the easiest way to share your ideas on Facebook & Twitter * MindMash is a brainstorming & note-taking application for the iPad. It allows users to create an ideas mash-up by combining and manipulating text, images & drawings on the iPad in a visual and free-form manner. MindMash turns the iPad into a canvas of ideas for students, bloggers, writers, designers, and other creative individuals. Users can add text, images & drawings (called 'bits') to a sheet or several sheets and use these bits to compose visual outputs for personal or professional use. It aids in the creative process by making use of a free-form layout for the sheets as well as helps in efficiently organizing thoughts and ideas by allowing users to easily edit bits of data.

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The Moms, Dads, and Teachers also deserve great apps! So here's a collection of apps for the grownups which are FREE for a limited time. These are updated daily so you get a new Paid app for FREE - EVERYDAY! These are mostly games, productivity apps, and other Unique apps that have good Ratings which lots of people have enjoyed

"The iPad is a great tool for a classroom. It will soon be the case that any educator will feel as though the iPad is entirely necessary. One of the reasons for this is because it is a tool that quashes inequality in the classroom. Children with disabilities have been able to use iPads and work at the same speed as the other children. Another reason for the popularity of this machine is because it makes the educator's job easier. They can teach better than ever before, but only if they know how to use it properly. Here are some iPad tips:"

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\nMolecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them using your fingers. You can rotate the molecules by moving your finger across the display, zoom in or out by using two-finger pinch gestures, or pan the molecule by moving two fingers across the screen at once. Double-tapping on the display lets you switch visualization modes.\n\nNew molecules can be downloaded from the RCSB Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb), an international repository of biological molecules and their 3-D structures. Molecules can be downloaded directly to your iPhone or iPod touch and stored there for later viewing.\n\nCustom molecular structures can also be downloaded to the device from any publicly available web server. The location of these structures can either be manually specified in the application or custom URLs can be clicked on within Safari or Mail on the device. For more details, please visit our website.\n\nMolecules is a BSD-licensed open source project.

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nMolecules is an application for viewing three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulating them using your fingers. You can rotate the molecules by moving your finger across the display, zoom in or out by using two-finger pinch gestures, or pan the molecule by moving two fingers across the screen at once. Double-tapping on the display lets you switch visualization modes.\n\nNew molecules can be downloaded from the RCSB Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb), an international repository of biological molecules and their 3-D structures. Molecules can be downloaded directly to your iPhone or iPod touch and stored there for later viewing.\n\nCustom molecular structures can also be downloaded to the device from any publicly available web server. The location of these structures can either be manually specified in the application or custom URLs can be clicked on within Safari or Mail on the device. For more details, please visit our website."

For iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nStar Guide's simple interface helps you learn the night sky by displaying the constellation at which your device is currently pointed.\n\nIt uses your device's sensor suite, the magnetometer, accelerometer, and GPS, to determine the orientation of your phone relative to the celestial sphere, using a custom cascading filter for precision and fast response. For best results hold the device at arms length, look along the surface, and tap the screen to pause the display\n\nNote that as an astronomy app, Star Guide comes in a red-and-black color scheme designed to minimize the loss of night-vision. For best results you should turn the screen brightness to minimum before going outside.

For iPad on the iTunes App Store\nLearn the alphabet with bright, colorful, interactive, illustrated flash cards!\n\nBabies, toddlers, and preschoolers will love seeing, hearing, and interacting with the fun animated pictures.\n\nFeatures:\n✓ Original characters and artwork make it easy for kids to pick up!\n✓ Fun animations and sound effects capture your child's curiosity\n✓ Memorable unique interactions keep your child coming back for more\n✓ Fun and upbeat Original Music -- keeps you dancing, not wincing\n\nThis app keeps kids (and some parents too) entertained long enough that you'll lose track of time!

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nGet 13 great educational apps for FREE with Kid Apps: 13 in 1. This application was designed with the help of parents just like you.\n\nAre you looking for the perfect application to teach your young children fundamental reading, writing and math skills? Well, look no further, because Kid Genius: 13 in 1 brings the classroom to the palm of your hand. We have designed the perfect app for both parents and kids.\n\nKid Genius: 13 in 1 contains 13 different applications ranging from math games, over 600 flash cards, interactive tracing drills and more! You will find the following full featured kid apps inside:\n\n1) Kid Genius: ABCs, Counting and Words\n2) Flash Math\n3) Sight Words\n4) Math Whiz\n5) Math Match\n6) Music Instruments\n7) Around the House\n8) The Outdoors\n9) My Pets\n10) At School\n11) The Zoo\n12) At The Farm\n13) Food Words

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\nSave web pages for later offline reading, optimized for readability on your iPhone or iPod touch's screen. Featured by Apple and critically acclaimed by top blogs, newspapers, and magazines!\n\nGreat for long articles and blog posts that you find during the day and would like to read, but don't have the time when you find them. Save with Instapaper, then read later when you're commuting, in a meeting, or waiting in line.

Applications for Education When I first saw this app a few days ago I immediately thought that it could be useful for students to create stories about their neighborhoods and towns while walking. For example students could visit a series of important landmarks in their towns, take pictures, then work together to create a story by commenting on each image with information about the landmarks.

"**** Free for a limited time! **** Frame Artist helps you create amazing photo arts by combining and decorating your photos in a very easy way, and share them via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, Tumblr, eMail and Messengers. Since Frame Artist has no limits on layout, you can create whatever design you imagine and save them as your own design templates for reuse! (It also provides 9~12 ready-to-use templates for your convenience.) Furthermore, lots of stickers, speech balloons, background colors and patterns, filters, cell customizing options are supported to help you decorate your photos in an unique way. "

Express yourself with fewer words, emails and meetings…with Skitch for iPad! Use shapes, arrows, sketches and text annotation to get your point across fast. Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like. Skitch lets you: - Annotate: Add arrows, shapes and text to existing images - Create: Draw something new - Edit: Reposition, recolor and remove your annotations at will - Share: Send your sketches and annotations over Twitter, Facebook and email - Present: Show your work in real time via AirPlay on Apple TV - Remember: Save everything to Evernote for later

"Smithsonian Channel for iPad is a fantastic free app for anyone that enjoys watching educational videos without having to go to YouTube. With the Smithsonian Channel iPad app installed you can browse and search for full-length educational videos as well as shorter clips produced by Smithsonian."