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iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad Apps for Education
The iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad are more than just toys for games, video and music. It
has also become a device for business, learning and information. The range of
applications that are available for these devices is growing each week. We want to
specifically look at applications that have possibilities for the classroom. From
communication to social networking to reference material, here is a sampling of the many
applications available.
Table of Contents
Utilities and Connectivity!.....................................................................................................!2!
Audio Recording and Editing!...............................................................................................!3!
Mind Mapping!....................................................................................................................!4!
All Things Google!................................................................................................................!4!
Communication and Social Networking!...............................................................................!5!
Campus Apps!......................................................................................................................!6!
Reference and Information!..................................................................................................!7!
What About the Built in Apps?!............................................................................................!9!
Class Resources!...................................................................................................................!9!
Readers, Notes and More!.................................................................................................!11!
Video and Imaging!...........................................................................................................!13!
Sketching and Whiteboard!...............................................................................................!14!
Web Browsers!...................................................................................................................!16!
News Readers!...................................................................................................................!16!
Document Editing and Management!..................................................................................!17!
Presentation!Tools!............................................................................................................!21!
One More Thing…!............................................................................................................!22!
Additional Resources!.........................................................................................................!23!
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Utilities and Connectivity
Touch Mouse
Price: free
By Logitech Inc.
iPhone/iPod touch
Description
Touch Mouse by Logitech turns your iPhone or
iPod touch into a wireless trackpad and
keyboard for your computer.
Mobile Mouse/ Mobile Mouse
Pro (Remote/Trackpad)
Price: $1.99 (iPhone/iPod
Touch)/$2.99 (iPad)
By R.P.A. Tech
iPhone/iPod touch/iPad
Description
Mobile Mouse instantly transforms your iPhone,
iPod Touch or iPad into an in air, wireless
remote for your computer!
** BEFORE YOU RUN THE SOFTWARE ** you
will need to download the server application
from :
http://www.mobilemouse.com
Citrix Receiver
Price: free
By Citrix Systems, Inc.
iPhone/iPod touch/iPad
Description++
Citrix Receiver lets you access your enterprise
files, applications, and desktops to help you be
as productive on the go as you are in the office.
If your company uses Citrix, you have the
freedom to work on your favorite device from
wherever you are. Just ask your IT department
how to get started.
ZOOM Cloud Meetings
Price: Free
By ZOOM
iPhone/iPod touch/iPad
Description
Zoom, a 2014 Gartner Cool Vendor, unifies
cloud video conferencing, simple online
meetings and group messaging into one easy-
to-use application. Start or join a 25-person
meeting with crystal-clear, face-to-face
conversation, high quality screen sharing, and
instant messaging – anytime, anywhere, on
your iPhone or iPad.
join.me
Price: free
By LogMeIn, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Simple, instant mobile meetings
Join meetings in seconds from your iPhone, iPad,
Apple Watch, or the iPod Touch. No
registration or cost.
And now you can host meetings from your iPad
– for free! join.me’s new iPad app lets you host,
present files, and even whiteboard. Download
the free app, and in seconds you’re ready for
fast, easy collaboration from anywhere.
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Dragon Dictation
Price: Free
By Nuance Communications
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice
recognition application powered by Dragon®
NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily
speak and instantly see your text or email
messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster
than typing on the keyboard.
With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate
status updates directly to your Social
Networking applications (Facebook and
Twitter) or send notes and reminders to
yourself….all using your voice.
Audio Recording and Editing
iTalk Recorder
Price: free
By Griffin Technology
iPhone/iPod touch
Description
Talk Recorder is a full-featured recording app
with a streamlined and intuitive user interface.
Press the big red button to record; press it
again to stop. You can append to existing
recordings, choose from three levels of
recording quality (11.025, 22.05, or 44.10
kHz sample rates), and manage your
recordings, all with just a fingertip.
Voice Record Pro
Price: free
By Dayana Networks Ltd
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Voice Record Pro is a professional voice
recorder. It allows you to record voice memos
and on-site sounds at unlimited length with
configurable quality. Recorded voices are in
standard AAC/MP4/M4A format. Voice
Record Pro can record directly in MP4 (AAC),
MP3 (MPEG) and WAV (PCM) formats plus
convert function for all supported formats.
TwistedWave Audio Editor
Price: $9.99
By TwistedWave
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
A very easy to use audio editor and recorder.
With TwistedWave, you can: - Copy and paste
your audio, - Undo/redo instantly, - Apply
effects, such as fade in/out, delay,
compressor/limiter, pitch shifting/time
stretching, amplify or normalize the audio to a
given level, filter to adjust the level of the low
or high frequencies.
Hokusai Audio Editor
Price: Free
By Wooji Juice Ltd
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Hokusai is a multitrack audio editor for iPhone
or iPad. Record or import a track, and make it
sound the way you want it to: not just trimming
the ends, but full cut, copy, paste and delete,
and a suite of filters and special effects
available.
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GarageBand
Price: Free
By Apple
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
GarageBand turns your iPad, iPhone, and iPod
touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and
a full-featured recording studio — so you can
make music anywhere you go.
Mind Mapping
SimpleMind +
Price: free
By SimpleApps
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Mind mapping tool that turns your iPad, iPhone
or iPod touch into a brainstorming, idea
collection and thought structuring device.
iThoughts
Price: $11.99
By toketaWare
iPhone/iPod Touch /iPad
Description
iThoughtsHD is a mind mapping tool for the
iPad. If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch then
please check out iThoughts.
Mindmapping enables you to 'see the big
picture' - freeing you to concentrate on how
your thoughts and ideas relate to each other.
Mindomo
Price: Free
By Expert Software Applications Srl!
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
The Mindomo platform creates a
powerful environment where you can
easily collaborate with others by
sharing ideas and working together on mind
maps in real time. No matter where you go,
you can creatively bring your ideas to life.
All Things Google
Google Translate
Price: Free
By Google
iPhone/iPod Touch
Description
Translate words and phrases between more
than 50 languages using Google Translate for
iOS. For most languages, you can speak your
phrases and hear the corresponding
translations.
Google Maps
Price: free
By Google
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
The Google Maps app for iPhone and iPad
makes navigating your world faster and easier.
Find the best spots in town and the information
you need to get there.
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Google Earth
Price: free
By Google
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With
Google Earth for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch,
you can fly to far corners of the planet with just
the swipe of a finger.
Google Drive
Price: Free
By Google, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Get started with Google Drive for free and
have all your files within reach from any
smartphone, tablet, or computer. All your files
in Drive – like your videos, photos, and
documents – are backed up safely so you can’t
lose them. Easily invite others to view, edit, or
leave comments on any of your files or folders.
Communication and Social
Networking
Skype
Price: free
By Skype Software S.a.r.l
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
With Skype on your iPhone or iPod touch you
can call and instant message anyone else on
Skype for free. You can also call landlines and
mobiles and send SMS anywhere in the world,
at great rates. Skype is free to download and
easy to use.
Facebook
Price: free
By Facebook
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Facebook for iPhone makes it easy to stay
connected and share information with friends.
Use your iPhone to start a conversation with
Facebook Chat, check your friends' latest
photos and status updates, look up a phone
number, or upload your own mobile photos to
Facebook while on the go.
Facebook Messenger
Price: free
By Facebook
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Instantly reach the people in your life—for
free. Messenger is just like texting, but you
don't have to pay for every message (it works
with your data plan).
WordPress
Price: free
By Automattic
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
It's easy to manage your WordPress blog from
your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. With
WordPress for iPhone OS, you can moderate
comments and create or edit posts and pages.
All you need is a WordPress.com blog or a
self-hosted blog running WordPress 2.9.2 or
higher.
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Blogger
Price: Free
By Google
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Start blogging on the go with the official
Blogger app! With Blogger app for iPhone
and iPod touch, you can easily publish posts
with pictures, labels and location information.
Also, you can view the list of posts and if you
have multiple accounts or blogs, you can easily
switch between them.
Twitterrific 5 for Twitter
Price: $2.99
By The Iconfactory
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Twitterrific is the award-winning mobile Twitter
client that's beautiful to look at, easy to use
and chock full of elegant features. Manage
multiple accounts, search Twitter quickly, filter
tweets and much more.
Hootsuite for Twitter
Price: free
By Hootsuite Media Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Share and schedule posts from your Twitter,
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare accounts
all from one app.
Hootsuite is the world's most popular social
media management app and is FREE for up to
3 social network accounts.
Campus Apps
MIT mobile
Price: Free
By Massachusetts Institute of Technology
iPhone/iPod Touch
Description
• Campus News from the MIT News Office
• Live campus shuttle tracking with push
notifications for predicted stop times
• Searchable campus map
• Calendar of events, exhibits, holidays, and
the academic calendar
• Searchable directory of faculty, staff, and
students at MIT
• Self-guided campus tour
• Information, contact lists, and push
notifications in case of a campus emergency
• MIT Libraries account management and
catalog search
• MIT Dining menus and hours
• A QR code and barcode scanner
Abilene Christian University
Price Free
By My Mobile Fans
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
This app lets ACU students find out information
about local businesses and restaurants all
around Abilene and save money at many
locations with exclusive discounts. ACU students
can also stay connected with campus and
interact with their Students' Association thanks
to updates from SA, campus event listings, news
from the Optimist, and more. A one stop
location for everything a student needs to
function at ACU.
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USFmobile
Price: Free
By University of San Francisco
iPhone/iPod Touch
Description
USFmobile offers essential
USF information and
services anytime, anywhere
on your smart phone. It
includes up-to-date
information on events,
campus locations, course
information, including
grades and schedules, and
athletics.
Saint Louis University
Price: Free
By Saint Louis University
iPhone/iPod Touch
Description
Download the official Saint Louis University
iPhone App! -Campus Maps - Don't know
where a building is located on campus? Search,
and a pin will drop on its location. You also can
use GPS to see how close you are to where you
need to be.
iStanford
Price: free
By Stanford University
iPhone/iPod Touch
Description
Description:
iStanford is Stanford University in the palm of
your hand, on the iPhone or iPod Touch!
Reference and Information
Epocrates
Price: free
By Epocrates
iPhone/iPod Touch
Description
- Clinical information on thousands of
prescription medicines and hundreds of OTC
drug products
- In-depth formulary information
- Pill ID: identify those “mystery” pills by
entering physical characteristics and imprint
code
- Drug interaction checker: check up to 30
drugs at a time
- Dozens of calculations, such as BMI and GFR
- The most relevant medical news and
information
Skyscape Medical Library
Price: Free
By Skyscape medpresso, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Here is a highly useful collection of free
medical information and decision support
resources for healthcare professionals, including
physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse
practitioners, medical students, nursing students,
and more.
ArXivReader
Price: $0.99
By Astrodantastic Software
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
ArXivReader is an iOS interface to the
ArXiv.org pre-print server, allowing you to
easily browse and save recently submitted
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papers in all ArXiv categories. ArXivReader
also features a comprehensive search utility,
allowing you to search the entire ArXiv.org site
for past papers.
Promega
Price: free
By Promega Corporation
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
The Promega App provides lots of great
information for life scientists, including quick
access to molecular biology calculators,
technical tips, protocols, and multimedia
presentations.
Art Authority for iPad
Price: $9.99
By Open Door Networks, Inc.
iPad
Description
- Access to 10GB worth of art optimized for
quality and download speed through our
servers (works still under copyright come from
authorized servers)
- Early, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic,
Impressionist, Modern, Contemporary and
American rooms
- Dozens of artists per room, listed by
movement or nationality
- Period overviews, timelines and histories
- VGA output for large-screen display
Pleco Chinese Dictionary
Price: Free
By Pleco Software
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Pleco is the ultimate Chinese learning
companion - an integrated Chinese dictionary /
document reader / flashcard system with
fullscreen handwriting input and live camera-
based character recognition, from a company
with over a decade of experience making
mobile Chinese learning software.
WestlawNext
Price: Free
By West, a Thomson Reuters business
iPad
Description++
Tap into the world's most advanced legal
research system on-the-go. Access familiar
WestlawNext features including,
WestSearch™, KeyCite™, Folders, History,
document notes and highlighting, browse
database content and more -- all redesigned
for the iPad multi-touch screen. WestlawNext
account required.
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What About the Built in Apps?
Mail
By Apple Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad works with the most
popular email systems — including Yahoo! Mail,
Gmail, AOL, and MobileMe. Don’t worry if
you’re not using one of these email services:
iPhone also works with almost any industry-
standard POP3 or IMAP email system.
Calendar
By Apple Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad uses iTunes to sync
with the calendar application you already use
on your computer — iCal or Entourage on the
Mac, or Outlook on a PC — just as it does with
your contacts. If you choose not to use a
calendar program, that’s OK. You’ll be able to
enter appointments directly into the iPhone
calendar. In addition the Calendar will sync to
the DonsApps Calendar as well as standard
Google Calendars.
iBooks
By Apple Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
iBooks is an amazing way to download and
read books, designed exclusively for
iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch. iBooks includes the
iBookstore, where you can download the latest
best-selling books or your favorite classics –
day or night. Browse your library on a
beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip
through pages with a swipe or a tap, and
bookmark your favorite passages.
Class Resources
Canvas for IOS
Price: free
By Instructure Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
It’s time to get in touch with your education.
Canvas for iOS allows you to:
• View your Canvas activity stream
• Stay on top of your to do items
• View your course schedule and syllabus
• Read and participate in course discussions
• Read, create, and reply to Conversations
• Study and navigate course pages
• View grades for your courses and individual
assignments
• View submissions and participate in comment
discussions with your instructor
• Access and participate in Canvas groups
eTextbooks for the iPhone/iPad
Price: free
By CourseSmart LLC
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
APPLICATION DESCRIPTION
The eTextbooks for the iPhone app is a perfect
complement to a CourseSmart eTextbook
subscription. Students can benefit from the
advantages of mobile learning--leaving their
backpacks and laptops behind.
REQUIREMENTS:
* Internet access (Wifi or 3G recommended)
* CourseSmart account
* Subscription to one or more CourseSmart
eTextbooks
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Inkling
Price: free
By Standard Nine Inc.
iPad
Description
Inkling is a platform for interactive textbooks,
built from the ground up for iPad. It turns
paper-based textbooks books into engaging,
interactive learning experiences while staying
compatible with the print book for classroom
use.
Molecules
Price: free
By Sunset Lake Software
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Molecules 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.
3D Brain
Price: free
By Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Use your touch screen to rotate and zoom
around 29 interactive structures. Discover how
each brain region functions, what happens
when it is injured, and how it is involved in
mental illness. Each detailed structure comes
with information on functions, disorders, brain
damage, case studies, and links to modern
research
Star Walk™ HD - Guide to the
Night Sky Map
Price: $2.99
By Vito Technology Inc.!
iPad
Description++
Star Walk is the most beautiful stargazing app
you’ve ever seen on a mobile device. It will
become your go-to interactive astro guide to
the night sky, following your every movement in
real-time and allowing you to explore over
200, 000 celestial bodies with extensive
information about stars and constellations that
you find.
iTunes U
Price: Free
By Apple
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
The iTunes U app gives you access to complete
courses from leading universities and other
schools — plus the world’s largest digital
catalog of free education content — right on
your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Whether
you’re majoring in molecular biology at a
university, taking Spanish in high school, or just
interested in European history, you now have a
valuable tool to help you learn anytime,
anywhere.
Nearpod
Price: Free
By Panarea
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Experience for yourself this magical
educational app that has been used by more
than 2.000.000 students around the world.
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Nearpod is a must have application for
teachers and schools that have access to a set
of iPads, iPods or iPhones for their classes.
What's Nearpod?
The Nearpod platform enables teachers to use
their iPads to manage content on students'
iPads, iPhones or iPods. It combines
presentation, collaboration, and real-time
assessment tools into one integrated solution.
Teacher/Student Clicker
– Socrative
Price: Free
By Socrative
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Socrative brings smart clickers, student
response and ease of use to a whole new level.
Engage the entire classroom with educational
exercises and games while capturing student
results in real-time. Interact with the data to
further student understanding in the moment,
and review the reports to prepare for future
classes. Socrative will even aggregate and
grade your pre-made activities! Saving you
time, so you can engage more with your
students on an individual level.
Readers, Notes and More
NeoSoar
Price: free
By NeoSoar, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Link Dropbox to own your Cloud Personal
Library; bulk import your eBooks and Auto-
Sync across your devices! NeoSoar eBooks is a
powerful PDF & ePub reader, support Adobe
DRM eBooks. Select book content and directly
query information including Dictionary,
Translation, Google, Wiki, then One-Click to
digest and save the result as notes, even insert
Audio/Video hyperlink to make your own multi-
media book, make notes without typing or
copy-paste. The underline and highlight color
strokes, the tooltip notes and full-page notes,
full-text search function enrich your learning
experience, no need to sign in to use. You may
manage eBooks from either Dropbox or the
reader, to import, add, or delete them. The
Cloud Personal Library Auto-Restore the
eBooks when you add or replace devices.
Kindle
Price: free
By Amazon.com
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad,
iPhone, and iPod touch, providing users the
ability to read Kindle books using a beautiful,
easy-to-use interface. You can discover and
read over 540,000 books in the Kindle Store,
including the latest best sellers and new
releases.
Evernote
Price: free
By Evernote
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
into an extension of your brain, helping you
remember anything and everything that
happens in your life. From notes to ideas to
snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote
and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your
iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.
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Penultimate
Price: Free
By Evernote
iPad
Description++
The original and most popular handwriting app
for iPad. Penultimate gives you the natural
experience of writing on paper, with the
added power and availability of Evernote.
Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next
breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or
at home on the sofa.
GoodReader for iPad
Price: $4.99
By Good.iWare Ltd.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
All the excelent features of the original
GoodReader are here, including:
- the best PDF reading engine
- PDF Annotations - text boxes, popup
comments ("sticky notes"), text highlights and
markups, freehand drawings, lines, arrows,
rectangles, ovals, etc.
- access to various types of servers to store
your data - Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive,
box.com, WebDAV, SMB, AFP, FTP, SFTP
- Auto Sync with remote servers
Paperport Notes
Price: Free
By Nuance Communications
iPad
Description
PaperPort Notes is a digital note taking tool
for the iPad that is transforming the way
people create and share information. Now you
can combine documents, web content, audio,
typed text as well as hand written notes into a
single document that you can easily organize
and share with anyone.
Notability
Price: 5.99
By Ginger Labs
iPad
Description
Unleash your note taking abilities! Now includes
Dropbox support!
Take notes in style, record in sync, save notes in
folders, and share with ease.
Type notes with your choice of fonts, colors,
and bold, italic or underline. Watch the words
wrap around your photos, figures and web
pages.
Record the lecture, tap a word during
playback to hear what was said at the moment
you typed that word. Recording continues in the
background when using iOS 4.2 multitasking.
AudioNote - Notepad and
Voice Recorder
Price: 4.99
By Luminant Software
iPad
Description
Record notes and audio synced with the best
note taking app in the App Store! AudioNote
combines the functionality of a notepad and
voice recorder to create a powerful tool that
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will save you time while improving the quality
of your notes. Perfect for business or students!
*By synchronizing notes and audio, AudioNote
automatically indexes your meetings, lectures,
or study sessions.
Video and Imaging
Videoshop-Video Editor
Price: 1.99
By Joseph Riquelme
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Videoshop is an easy video editor with fast
editing tools, filters and many other effects for
personalizing your videos.
iMovie
Price: $4.99 Free for new iPad
users
By Apple
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with
iMovie, the fast and fun moviemaking app that
puts everything you need to tell your story at
your fingertips. Browse and play projects in
the Marquee view. Create spectacular trailers
and thrilling home movies in minutes.* And
share your finished projects with the world —
right from iMovie.
Premiere Clip
Price: Free
By Adobe
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Premiere Clip makes it fast and fun to edit
individual clips into quality videos that can be
easily shared — or easily opened in Premiere
Pro CC for extra polish.
FAST, SIMPLE EDITING
Drag and drop clips and photos in the order
you like, trim out parts you don’t want, and
add visual polish with lighting adjustments,
transitions, slo-mo effects and more.
SOUNDS GREAT
Choose from stock soundtracks, or add your
own music. Smart Volume will smooth audio
levels between clips, and Auto Mix dynamically
balances soundtracks with your audio.
EASY TO SHARE
Save finished videos to your camera roll, post
them directly to Twitter, Facebook or YouTube,
or send them to Premiere Pro CC for additional
editing.
Adobe Photoshop Express
Price: free
By Adobe Systems Incorporated
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Adobe Photoshop Express software lets you use
simple gestures to quickly edit and share
photos from your mobile device. Enjoy having
your photo and video library right in your hand
— without wasting your device's valuable
storage space.
Photoshop Express is a companion to
Photoshop.com, your online photo sharing,
editing, and hosting resource. Create a free
Photoshop.com account to upload and store
2GB of photos and videos online.
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Snapseed
Price: Free
By Google
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Perfect your photos in a snap with the new
Snapseed 2.0. This app brings to your mobile
device the power and control of professional
photo editing software, previously only
available on the desktop. Now with the tap of
a finger you can retouch, adjust perspective,
re-edit, and more.
Sketching and Whiteboard
Baiboard HD
Price: Free
By Lightplaces Ltd.
iPad
Description
Live collaboration from iPad, Mac and web
via:
1. Zoomable multi-page whiteboard.
2. Collaborative annotation on PDF docs.
3. Screen Sharing from iPad to web browser.
Sketch Memo
Price: $2.99
By Takashi Hamada
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Sketch Memo is the vector-based handwriting
memo and drawing application available for
the iPhone and iPad.
It allows you to take handwriting memos
quickly and decollate the memos with various
kinds of shapes, text and images.
You can find memos by thumbnail images,
modified day, text contents, and modified
location.
Air Sketch
Price: $9.99
By Qrayon, LLC
iPad
Description
Turn your iPad into a wireless whiteboard!
Annotate PDF documents and images live.
You can now project PDF documents (such as
exported PowerPoint or Keynote decks) to a
computer on the same local network, then
annotate them in real time, all from your iPad.
Air Sketch supports any HTML5-capable
browser, including the latest versions of Safari,
Firefox, Google Chrome, and even another
iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch!
ZoomNotes
Price: $5.99
By Deliverance Software Ltd
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
ZoomNotes is the most comprehensive visual
note-taking app with unlimited zoom. Make
handwritten notes and sketches on virtual
paper, PDF files, images and MS Word, Excel
and PowerPoint documents (via GoogleDrive).
ZoomNotes is compatible with any capacitive
stylus pen and also with the top 4 electronic
pens on the market.
ZoomNotes Lite (FREE) is the perfect way of
trying all ZoomNotes' features before buying.
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Teach
Price: Free
By Knowmia
iPad
Description++
Knowmia Teach is a new free lesson planning
and recording tool for teachers. It helps you
create short video lessons on any subject and
publish them on Knowmia.com so your students
and the public can find them. Knowmia Teach
makes it easy to bring in visual aids from
multiple sources, organize them in steps (like
slides in a presentation) and use your own
voice and fingers to bring your lesson to life.
You can design each step in the lesson, record
illustrations as you draw them, and create
sophisticated animation sequences with a
simple stroke of a finger.
Educreations Interactive
Whiteboard
Price: Free
By Educreations, Inc
iPad
Description
Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard
and screencasting tool that's simple, powerful,
and fun to use. Annotate, animate, and narrate
nearly any type of content as you explain any
concept. Teachers can create short instructional
videos and share them instantly with students,
or ask students to show what they know and
help friends learn something new.
Explain Everything ™
Price: $2.99
By MorrisCooke
iPad
Description++
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design,
screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool
that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import,
and export almost anything to and from almost
anywhere.
Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes,
add text, and use a laser pointer. Rotate, move,
scale, copy, paste, clone, and lock any object
added to the stage.
Add new or existing photos and videos. Import
PDF, PPT, DOC, XLS, Keynote, Pages, Numbers,
and RTF files from Evernote, Dropbox, Box,
GDrive, WebDAV, Email, iTunes, and any app
that allows you to open these files types using
"Open In…". Export MP4 movies, PDF
documents, PNG images, or XPL project files
directly from your iPad.
neu.Notes+
Price: Free
By neu.Pen LLC
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Annotate photos and maps.
Unlimited undo/redo.
Pinch zoom in and out of details.
Organize notes/drawings into notebooks. Use
tags for finer levels of notepad organization
and management.
Share using Twitter and email to send PNG
images and PDFs..
Create multi-page hand-written PDF documents.
Write notes with a stylus comfortably with the
palm guard.
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Web Browsers
Chrome
Price: Free
By Google, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Browse fast with Chrome, now available on
your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Sign in to
sync your personalized Chrome experience
from your computer, and bring it with you
anywhere you go.
Dolphin Browser
Price: Free
By MoboTap, Inc.
iPad
Description
Simplify your mobile life. Let Dolphin do all the
work so you don’t have to. Use Dolphin’s
tabbed browsing and share any web content
instantly to your favorite social networks and
send between desktop and mobile devices.
Download Dolphin for the best iPhone web
browser experience. Dolphin's free iPhone
browser has tons of exclusive features.
Firefox Web browser
Price: Free
By Mozilla
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Experience a fast, smart and personal Web.
Firefox is the independent, people-first
browser made by Mozilla, voted one of the
Most Trusted Internet Companies for Privacy.
Upgrade today and join hundreds of millions
who depend on Firefox for a more personal
browsing experience.
News Readers
Flipboard: Your Social News
Magazine
Price: free
By Flipboard Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Flipboard is your personal magazine. Used by
millions of people everyday, it's a single place
to follow topics that interest you and share
stories, videos and photos with friends.
To start, pick a few topics, and Flipboard
creates your personal magazine. You can
always add more as you find new topics,
magazines or interesting people to follow.
Feedly
Price: Free
By DevHD
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Feedly is a new way to browse and share the
content of your favorite news sites, feeds,
tumblr blogs and youtube channels. Instead of
having to hunt down for news, feedly uses RSS
to aggregate the contents of the news sites and
blogs you like and deliver them as a fast
mobile-optimized experience.+
Scoop.it
Price: Free
By Scoop.it Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
+
Description++
Scoop.it lets you easily publish gorgeous online
magazines by curating content on your favorite
topic.
New to Scoop.it? Sign up first on our web site:
http://scoop.it
Curate on the go with the Scoop.it iPhone App:
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- Select, edit and publish posts in the same
engaging visual format as from the Web site
- Review your suggestion list
- Add posts from Safari mobile
Document Editing and Management
Apple’s iWork suite
Price: $9.99 for each application
By Apple, inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Pages
Exclusively designed for the iPad,
iPhone, and iPod touch, Pages lets you
create, edit, and view documents wherever you
are. Every page looks stunning and clear on
iPad — and also on iPhone 4 and the latest
iPod touch, thanks to the high- resolution Retina
display.
Keynote
Exclusively designed for the iPad,
iPhone, and iPod touch, Keynote
makes creating a world-class presentation —
complete with animated charts and transitions
— as simple as touching and tapping. Use full-
screen view to present right on your iPad,
iPhone, or iPod touch.
Numbers
Exclusively designed for the iPad,
iPhone, and iPod touch, Numbers lets
you make compelling spreadsheets in minutes
— with tables, charts, photos, and graphics —
using just your fingers.
Microsoft Office for iPad
Price: Free to edit with Office.com
account, Office 365 subscription
required for full editing and features
By Microsoft Corporation
iPad
Description
Word
Read Word documents for free. To
create and edit, an Office 365
subscription or free Office.com account is
needed.
The real Microsoft Word app designed for
iPad.
Now your Word documents look great on the
iPad. When you edit or create documents, you
can be confident they will look exactly how you
want across PC, Mac, tablet and phone.
Powerpoint
View and show PowerPoint
presentations for free. To create and
edit, an Office 365 subscription subscription or
free Office.com account is needed.
The real Microsoft PowerPoint app designed
for iPad.
Now your PowerPoint presentations look great
on the iPad. When you edit or create
documents, you can be confident that they will
look exactly how you want across PC, Mac,
tablet and phone.
Excel
View Excel spreadsheets for free. To
create and edit, an Office 365
subscription subscription or free
Office.com account is needed.
The real Microsoft Excel app designed for iPad.
Now your Excel spreadsheets look great on the
iPad. When you edit or create spreadsheets,
you can be confident they will look exactly how
you want across PC, Mac, tablet and phone.
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iA Writer
Price: $4.99
By Information Architects, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
The quintessential writing machine for your
iPad and iPhone. iA Writer makes sure that
your thoughts go into the text—and not into the
program. With keyboard extension, focus
mode, iCloud and Dropbox integration.
iAnnotate PDF
Price: $9.99
By Branchfire, inc.
iPad
Description
iAnnotate is an elegant PDF reader and a
powerful annotation tool -- and consistently one
of the best-selling apps for the iPad. You can
open documents from email, fill out forms, sign
and send out contracts, enter notes for edits,
sketch diagrams, copy text, and add highlights
or underline with the drag of a finger!
PDF Expert - Fill forms,
annotate PDFs
Price: $9.99
By Readdle
iPad
Description
PDF Expert is the ultimate solution for all your
PDF needs. It lets you read and annotate PDF
documents, highlight text, make notes, draw
with your finger and save these changes being
compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat.
Moreover, PDF Expert is the only iPad
application that can fill PDF forms!
neu.Annotate+ PDF
Price: Free
By neu.Pen LLC
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
neu.Annotate+ has the same features as our
free neu.Annotate, plus the following features:
• Create new PDF documents
• Sort PDF documents by title, date create or
date modified; ascending or descending
• Control feature restrictions
• Directly import/export from/to Dropbox
• Duplicate pages
• Duplicate documents
• Search documents (including text annotations)
• Protect documents from modifications
(lock/read only)
• Group / ungroup annotations
• Easily rearrange document pages
• Edit images
Google Docs
Price: Free
By Google, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Create, edit, and collaborate with others on
documents from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad with
the free Google Docs app. With Google Docs
you can:
* Create new documents or edit any that were
created on the web or on another device
* Share documents and work together with
others in the same document at the same time
* Open, edit, and save Microsoft Word
documents
* Get stuff done anytime -- even without an
internet connection
* Add and respond to comments
* Never worry about losing your work --
everything is automatically saved as you type
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* Protect your documents with a 4-digit
passcode
Google Sheets
Price: Free
By Google, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Create, edit, and collaborate with others on
spreadsheets from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad
with the free Google Sheets app. With Google
Sheets you can:
* Create new spreadsheets or edit any that
were created on the web or on another device
* Share spreadsheets and work together with
others in the same spreadsheet at the same
time
* Open, edit, and save Microsoft Excel files
* Get stuff done anytime -- even without an
internet connection
* Format cells, enter/sort data, view charts,
insert formulas, use find/replace, and more
* Never worry about losing your work --
everything is automatically saved as you type
* Protect your spreadsheets with a 4-digit
passcode
Google Slides
Price: Free
By Google, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Create, edit, and collaborate with others on
presentations from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad
with the free Google Slides app. With Google
Slides you can:
* Create new presentations or edit any that
were created on the web or on another device
* Share presentations and work together with
others in the same presentation at the same
time
* Open, edit, and save Microsoft PowerPoint
files
* Get stuff done anytime -- even without an
internet connection
* Add and rearrange slides, format text and
shapes, and more
* Present right from your device
* Never worry about losing your work --
everything is automatically saved as you type
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Price: Free
By Adobe Systems Incorporated
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Adobe Acrobat (formerly Adobe Reader) is the
free, trusted leader for reliably viewing,
annotating, and signing PDFs. Additional
Adobe Document Cloud subscriptions are
available for purchase to easily convert and
edit PDFs anywhere.
WPS Office
Price: Free
By Kingsoft Office Software, Inc.!
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
WPS Office is one of the most popular FREE
office apps, allowing users to create and share
office documents, presentations and
spreadsheets from any iPhone, iPad or iPod
Touch.
Key features:
• Create and edit documents that are fully
compatible with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
and Excel
• Supports 24 file formats including doc, docx,
ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx, rtf, pdf and zip
• Rich formatting features similar to a PC
experience - fonts, colors, image editing and
more
• Advanced editing and collaboration tools
including track changes, comments and spell
check
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• Open and edit documents directly from
popular cloud services such as Google Drive,
Dropbox, Box, OneDrive and WebDAV
• Share documents with other devices using
AirPlay, AirDrop, DLNA or WIFI
• Supports wireless printing and Bluetooth
keyboards
Polaris Office
Price: $19.99
By Infraware Co.,Ltd!
Description+
POLARIS Office is a mobile office solution that
allows users to view/edit MS Office documents
on iPhone/iPad. Users can view/edit text files
and view .pdf and .hwp files. POLARIS Office
supports convenient features for mobile users
such as direct opening of email attachments,
cloud service, file manager and more.+
Adobe Slate
Price: Free
By Adobe
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Slate lets you turn your next newsletter, report,
invitation or travel adventure into a gorgeous
visual story that delights readers on any device.
Simply tap to select a unique look — beautiful
fonts, color and magazine-style design are
automatically incorporated. Fluid movement
and elegant motion are applied instantly.
Share your Slate story link anywhere.
Quip
Price: Free
By Quip
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Quip is the modern productivity suite that
simplifies your life and helps your team get
work done faster. It combines chat, docs, task
lists, and spreadsheets in one app — making
collaboration fast and easy. Quip enables you
to create and share with your family, friends,
or office from any device — including the iPad,
iPhone, and the desktop.
Dropbox
Price: Free
By Dropbox
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Dropbox is the easiest way to sync and share
your files online and across computers.
App features:
- View photos, videos, documents, and
presentations in your Dropbox on the go.
- Share and send files via email, or copy and
paste links to share with another app.
- Export Dropbox files to other iPhone and
iPad apps.
- "Favorite" files to download them for fast,
offline viewing.
Box for iPhone and iPad
Price: Free
By Box.net, Inc.
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
Box provides simple, secure sharing from
anywhere – letting you easily store files online,
send big files fast, access content from your
iPhone or iPad and collaborate with others.
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FileBrowser - Access files on
remote computers
Price: $5.99
By Stratospherix Ltd
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description++
FileBrowser is like having Windows Explorer or
Mac Finder on your iPad/iPhone to access
network folders on Macs, Windows, Linux, and
NAS drives and now Box, Dropbox and
SkyDrive are also supported
Documents 5 by Readdle
Price: Free
By Readdle
iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad
Description
Read, Listen, View, Download, Annotate almost
anything you want on your iPad. Files,
documents, music, videos, books, any content is
at home in Documents by Readdle.
Presentation Tools
Haiku Deck
Price: Free
By Giant Thinkwell
iPad
Description++
Haiku Deck is the simple and fun new way to
create stunning presentations – whether you’re
pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a
story, or igniting a movement. Featured on the
iTunes “New and Noteworthy” and “What’s
Hot” lists, Haiku Deck makes it fast and fun to
create beautifully designed slideshows you’ll
be proud to share.
Prezi for iPad
Price: Free
By Prezi Inc.
iPad
Description
Create and present beautiful presentations
with Prezi for iPad. Get started by choosing
one of our stunning templates then add your
text and images. Pinch to zoom on topics,
retouch your prezis and adjust your
presentations on the move.
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One More Thing…
AirServer
Price: $14.99
Mac/PC
Description
AirServer is a powerful Mac/PC application that enables you to stream or mirror your
iOS device, such as your iPhone 4S, to your Mac/PC. If your computer is connected to a
secondary or alternative display, such as an HDTV or projector, your iOS device can use
that display. If your iOS device allows Mirroring then anything you see on that device can
be displayed on the big screen.
AirServer is the most advanced AirPlay/AirTunes receiver app on the market. Mirroring
has been fully supported since version 4.0 of AirServer. No other app will let you
seamlessly stream audio, videos, photos, and photo slideshows to your Mac or iOS device.
Check out the pricing and requirements to run AirServer at:
http://www.airserver.com/Compare
Reflector App
Price: 14.99
Mac/PC
Description
Another Airplay app that allows you to mirror your IOS device to a Mac or PC; it has
some nice features like recording the mirrored session and allowing multiple IOS devices
to connect at the same time. Check out the pricing model for Reflector at:
http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/
X-Mirage
Price: $16.00
Mac/PC
Description
X-Mirage turns your Mac into an AirPlay receiver for mirroring whatever on your iPhone,
iPad or iPod screen – apps, games, photos, videos, presentations, websites and more to
the bigger Mac screen. X-Mirage receives AirPlay contents in full HD 1080p high-
definition. Teachers can then mirror class material to the projector, smartboard or HDTV
while their fingers are moving on the iPad.
http://www.x-mirage.com/store.html
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Additional Resources
Styluses
The Verge’s stylus review for drawing and writing from 4/10/12:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/10/2925937/best-stylus-ipad-
review
Cases
Macworld’s This Week in iPad Cases:
http://www.macworld.com/category/tablet-cases
Bluetooth keyboards
MacWorld’s guide on wireless Bluetooth keyboard solutions:
http://bit.ly/1f6ScnI
And from ZDNet:
http://zd.net/1f6SQS1
Apple accessories for the iPad
Apple Camera Connection kit older 30 pin
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A
Lightning to USB Camera Adapter
http://tinyurl.com/LTtoUSB
Actually the kit connects more than just cameras:
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-connection-kit/
Apple iPad 30 pin to VGA video adapter
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC552ZM/B/apple-vga-adapter#
Apple iPad Lightning to VGA adapter
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD825ZM/A/lightning-to-vga-adapter?fnode=3a
Tips for using the video adapter with various iPad models
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-faq/how-to-connect-ipad-to-tv-television-projector.html
Resource sites on apps and the iPad in education
http://www.ipads4teaching.net/
http://www.educause.edu/library/tablets-and-ipads
http://ipadacademy.com/
http://www.padgadget.com/!
http://myusf.usfca.edu/its/cit/learnBtoBuseBipad/
