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For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\nThe first official NASA App invites you to discover a wealth of NASA information right on your iPhone or iPod Touch.\n\nThe NASA App collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources in a convenient mobile package. Come explore with us.\n\nFEATURES:\n\n* NASA Mission Information\n* Live streaming of the NASA TV public channel\n* Launch Information & Countdown clocks\n* Sighting Opportunities (Visible Passes for the ISS and Shuttle)\n* Mission Orbit Trackers\n* NASA Image of the Day\n* Astronomy Picture of the Day\n* NASAImages.org collection of images\n* NASA Videos\n* NASA Twitter Feeds/Mission Updates\n* Facebook® Connect for easy sharing\n* Integrated Twitter™ client

iPad edition for iPad on the iTunes App Store This app has been designed specifically for the iPad to showcase the high quality images developed by 3D4Medical.com. It contains over 200 medical images that can be displayed for presentation purposes, saved as wallpaper or shared with friends / colleagues.

"The Cuban Missile Crisis is one of the landmark events discussed in nearly every course covering the Cold War. To The Brink is an excellent free iPad app through which students can learn about the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Kennedy administration's handling of the crisis. The app uses archival images, videos, documents, and audio recordings to tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The app is arranged as a series of pages for students to flip through. On each page there are icons that students can tap to get more information in the forms of documents, images, and videos."

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n3D SOLAR SYSTEM: play with the 3D model by moving around the Solar System. Zoom in, zoom out, investigate it from different angles. You can observe not only the current position of planets in our solar system but also learn their position at a definite period of time in the past or in the future! For this use Time Machine feature.\n\nFLY to the PLANET: having chosen a planet from a far, tap an image of a "rocket" to fly straight to the planet. Enjoy a beautiful and realistic image of a planet!\n\nREAD INFO about the planet: by tapping the "i" button you learn general info about the planet, its name, its mass, radius, distance to the sun, internal structure with the picture and science missions.\n\nTIME MACHINE: click on the clock icon and date and time will be displayed. Slide your finger on the scale and the sky will start moving accordingly. Touch year, month and time and change them depending on what you want to see, the display will adapt accordingly to show you how planets were aligned at that time.\n\nMOONS of DIFFERENT PLANETS: select a planet like Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars or Urano and observe how many moons they have and their track around the planet. Select one of the moons and learn.

* 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.

"Creative Book Builder is a fantastic app that allows students to create books in epub format, which can then be exported to iBooks and shared with others. There are a variety of instructional uses for this app, from using it as a publishing tool for project-based learning to a summative assessment at the end of a unit.  Students can embed images, audio files, video files, and write text.  The advantage of an epub document over a PDF document is that all of the media will be preserved and available for readers to interact with when the final product is published.   Depending on how you use Creative Book Builder with students, this app can help students complete tasks that align with every level of the revised Bloom's Taxonomy.  Explore the different ways this app can be used at each level of Bloom's Taxonomy."

"Diptic helps you easily combine multiple photos and apply artistic effects to create exceptional photo collages that can be shared with friends and family via email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr or Posterous. With rounded borders, 52 customizable layouts and color effects, there are unlimited options to create unique images! "

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Science360 for iPad provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from around the globe and a news feed featuring breaking news from NSF-funded institutions. Content is either produced by NSF or gathered from scientists, colleges and universities, and NSF science and engineering centers.

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

For iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nGlow Coloring is the first doodle app that allows you to scan in images that you can color in or trace. With Glow Coloring, you can adjust brush pattern, brush size, and color. When you are done drawing your masterpiece, you can save it to your camera roll or email it directly from the app.

MindSnacks Spanish is a one-of-a-kind language learning game\n\n * Six games covering vocabulary, reading, writing,\n listening and conversation skills\n * 50 Spanish lessons designed by Ivy League instructors\n * 1400+ words and phrases to master\n * 1400+ native speaker audio clips\n * Full library of images\n * Personalized learning algorithms to maximize retention\n * 16 fun challenges to keep you motivated\n * Keeps track of your high scores and learning progress

for iPhone, iPod touch (2nd generation), iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), and iPad on the iTunes App Store\n\nTalking & Spelling Alphabet Flashcards Kids Games \nDeveloped by a group of parents - the app mimics and automates how they would go over each flash cards with their own children, focusing in on the alphabet phonetics, spelling, reading, and sounds.\n\nThe word spellings, letters, sounds, and images in this game reinforces associative learning which may aid in early brain development in young kids and may help your child get a head start in reading.

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 Children's eBooks * for the iPad, nook, and other readers; and even some books for adults too!

"Following in Kathy Schrock's and Kelly Tenkeley's footsteps of assigning iPad apps to the different levels of the Bloom's Taxonomy, I created the following table with apps that I have tested out and am recommending. (Click to see a larger version of the image)"

Remix your life with MadPad! Turn everyday sights and sounds like your car, an empty soda can, or your friends into the ultimate percussive instrument. Who would have thought everyday life could be so musical?