iPads in Education

Best of the Best Math App for Elementary School- Splash Math!

Get iPad savvy, because your students probably are! Here are some tools that will help you navigate the new uses of technology in your classroom.

A listing of Apps to help students improve memory skills.

Below is a list of apps. No matter how many apps that the author included, there will always be some lacking. The list below contains some of the basic apps a teacher and educator could use.

The Best Apps For Reading On The iPad

Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. A growing number of schools across the world are jumping on the digital bus and embracing iPads (less often, other tablet products) as the latest tool to teach literature in multimedia, history through games and simulations, and math with step-by-step animation of problems. Not surprisingly, student scores improve when they use iPads and their interest in school soars.

If You Have Raz-Kids If you already use Raz-Kids, this app lets you access eBooks and eQuizzes for the 300+ titles on Raz-Kids, all on your tablet! All student activity in the app is captured and reported to teachers at Raz-Kids.com, thus helping teachers monitor student progress and determine the instruction needed for each student.

This site lists developmentally appropriate apps for the early childhood education classroom.

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.

55 free apps

Reading comprehension is a matter of decoding, reading speed, and critical thinking about the text, all of which can improve with tiered practice. (Se our post here on 50 apps for struggling readers.) So below, in an order of general complexity, are 15 apps for improved reading comprehension, ranging from word and sentence fluency, to recall, to critical thinking skills, to reading speed.

March 21, 2013 - Paul Shimmons That question is what I approach every app that I use with - How is this app going to improve on my life? Is this app going to make my life easier?

A great App for the iPad. This website gives an overview of how you can use Word Mover in the classroom with sample activities and lessons.