Great iPad Applications for Students
Application Cost How Can This App Be Used?
InkflowFree This app allows students to think through their thoughts
through writing and graphics.
Paper by Fifty-ThreeFree Students can write in different journals. Apple designated this
one of the best apps of 2012.
iTranslatorFree Take any text and translate it using Google or Babble.
SkyMapFree Allow students to learn about the stars and the constellations.
PopMath Free Students can practice their basic math skills: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Grafio LiteFree Students can create diagrams, thinking maps, and
organizational tools using this app.
Skitch
Free Take screenshots, pictures, or texts and annotate or further design great images.
BrainPoPFree Students watch a different movie each day and quiz
themselves on what they learn.
PuppetPalsFree Students create stories using puppets. It is a great ways to
teach students the elements of a story.
Toontastic
Free This application is similar to PuppetPals except students are using cartoon figures.
EducreationsFree Explore different lessons or create your own.
VoiceThread
Free Create presentations with audio.
Scribble
Free Students can create their own books or stories using this app.
Stack the States
Free Students can learn the 50 states in a fun and engaging way.
Evernote
Free Evernote helps organize documents, save ideas and improve productivity.
$9.99 Students can develop and edit movies.
Great iPad Applications for Students
Lakeshore Tic Tac Toe Phonics
Free Great for kids still learning their phonics; students play tic tac toe and answer questions related to phonics.
Lakeshore Beginning Sorting Sounds
.99 Students match words that have the same beginning sound.
Phonics Genius
Free Students can practice their reading skills and check to see if they are sounding out words correctly.
Counting Money
Free Students practice their math skills using money.
MadMath
Free Students can practice their math skills in fun, interactive games.
Science 360
Free Every student wants to learn about the world around them. This application has great videos to teach about many different subjects.
TanGram App
Free This app is great for beginning learners to learn more about patterns and shapes.
Pages
$9.99 The perfect application for word processing. With or without a keyboard, students can type documents using this application.
Keynote
$9.99 This application works as your place to create presentations. Students can use this in a similar way to PowerPoint, but it allows students to use their hands to move everything around.
Check out the school website and Smithfield’s Twitter page: SmithfieldElem to see what is going on at school and learn more about how iPads are being used.