Bump
Bump is practical and fun! Use it in the classroom to rapidly exchange photos, files, and assignments with students simply by bumping two handheld devices (iPods, iPads, smartphones) that have the Bump application and are sharing the same WiFi network. Students will love it.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bump/id305479724?mt=8
Free Grammar Up
Grammar Up is is a free app with a multiple choice quiz system for English which provides over 50 questions across 10 grammar categories. It incudes Adjective word choice; Adverbs word choice; Pronouns word choice; Causative Verbs.
It has a TEST MODE with multipulchoice and the results; PROGRESS METER:that tracks weakn areas.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-grammar-up/id299024911?mt=8
Textfree Unlimited
This app allows you to text from your ipod touch with out having a phone or cellular text plan. Textfree will give you a internet telephone number and you are on your way to texting other people for free. You can also register the number to receive your cell texts on TextFree. This is a great app for the iPhone and iPad as well.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textfree-unlimited-send-text/id305925151?mt=8
Stick It - Sticky Notes with Bump
Students and teachers can use sticky notes as reminders as well as exchange sticky notes through Bump technology (see above). Comes with a variety of wallpapers and emojicons which can be used in any iPod text app such as sticky notes, emails, texting. Inexpensive but not free (yet).
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stick-it-free-sticky-notes/id346224003?mt=8
Skype
Skype is a free app that allows you to make free WiFi to WiFi calls without a cellular connection or contract. Great for the iPod Touch. Skype can be used to communicate with other classrooms around the world - free.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype/id304878510?mt=8
ResponseWare
The app is free but an modest subscription is required to use this system. This app enables your students to use their mobile device as a classroom polling station, answering quizzes, voting, and response. Students can even use their iPods to answer homework questions from home. The responses are collected, formatted and presented from the subscription site.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/responseware/id300028504?mt=8
Dragon Dictation
Easy to use free voice-recognition software that allows you to dictate emails and memos up to 5 times faster than typing them into your iPod or iPad.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8
Doodle Buddy (Free) – “Doodle Buddy is the most fun you can have with your finger! Finger paint with your favorite color and drop in playful stamps. Connect with a friend to draw together over the Internet”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy/id313232441?mt=8#
Google Mobile App (Free) – “Search Google quickly using your voice and your location.” Note: use this app to search for books in Google books."
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-mobile-app/id284815942?mt=8#
WhiteBoard Lite (Free) (at ELC must turn on BlueTooth) – “Whiteboard is a new collaborative drawing tool that allows 2 iPhone or iPod touch devices to create pictures together over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth peer-to-peer."
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whiteboard-lite-collaborative/id301962306?mt=8#
Utilities & Organizational Applications
BugMe (Free) – “Make quick notes and reminders on the fly... save notes to your Home Screen, set quick alarms and share your notes with friends - enjoy this FREE version of our famous BugMe! note-taker!”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bugme-lite-notes-alarms/id368002537?mt=8#
Evernote (Free) – “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."
Brain Trainer (Free) – “For years, Lumosity has worked closely with the world's leading neuroscientists from top universities -- including Stanford, UCSF and Berkeley -- to create the best cognitive enhancement program.”
Entertainment Apps
Flashlight (Free) – “Flashlight fills your screen with bright white light to illuminate your world when you find yourself in a dark spot or concert.”
Martian (Free) – “Help develop that young, imaginative, and creative mind by designing Aliens, Martians, and Monsters in Outer Space! Mix and match hundreds of slithery, creepy and crawly body parts with several different color combinations!”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-a-martian/id301753989?mt=8
MindShapes – (Free) – “A new revolutionary puzzle- and fun-game. At the beginning of each level some objects float in and stop at certain positions. Now it's time to memorize these positions very well, because after a short break, the objects line up at the top of your screen. It's your task now to move them back to their original positions with your finger! Can you do it and remeber their correct positions? You have a limited amount of time and a limited amount of strokes for each level. It might sound easy, but it can get tough!” http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindshapes/id357014550?mt=8#
Pocket Pond (Free) – “Create relaxing ripples while you enjoy the sounds of nature. Interact with the fish - scare them, feed them, and watch their schooling behavior. It's your own personal pond to cleanse your worries and free your mind.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-pond/id363154844?mt=8#
Tanzen lite (Free) – “Find your Zen, with this updated version of the classic tangram puzzle game! Nearly 50 puzzles for free!”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tanzen-lite/id287657517?mt=8#
Zentomino Lite (Free) – “Find your Zen, with this challenging take on the traditional pentomino puzzle game! Nearly 40 puzzles for free!”
Art Gallery Free (Free) –“ Enjoy viewing famous art right on your iPhone or iPod Touch! Browse our huge collection of user submitted art, pick your favorites, and save them to your photo album.”
http://itunes.apple.com/app/art-gallery-free/id291693489?mt=8#
Art Lite (Free) – “Great Artists and their masterpieces. Factbook, Gallery and Quiz game.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/art-lite/id299037255?mt=8#
Composer of the Day (Free) – “Read concise, one-sentence biographies of classical composers, one biography per day, on each composer’s birthday. Learn why Igor Stravinsky was important, what inspired Robert Schumann, what major works Aaron Copland composed, and much more. What does the composer of the day’s music sound like? Simply click on a link to iTunes. This free app features Composer of the Day biographies created by music majors, faculty, and alums at Wittenberg University, a small liberal arts college in Springfield, Ohio.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/composer-of-the-day/id336077559?mt=8#
Doodle Buddy (Free) – “Doodle Buddy is the most fun you can have with your finger! Finger paint with your favorite color and drop in playful stamps. Connect with a friend to draw together over the Internet”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodle-buddy/id313232441?mt=8#
Etch A Sketch Lite (Free) - "This "Lite" version allows you to draw and color with your finger or with the knobs! You can "shake to erase", and save up to 3 of your drawings.”
GlowColoring (Free) – “Glow 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.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glow-coloring/id360776513?mt=8#
iColoring Book lite (Free) – Coloring App
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icoloringbook-lite/id312623577?mt=8
iFractal (Free) – “Explore the famous Mandelbrot and Julia sets with a few gestures. Mandelbrot and Julia sets are famous mathematical objects where art meets mathematics.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ifractal/id285558755?mt=8#
JamPad – (Free) iPad only - “A digital music maker at your fingertips. Play up to 4 instruments at once: piano, rhythm guitar, electric guitar, and drum kit. Slidable keyboard with 7 octave range. Electric guitar with virtual strings. Customizable rhythm guitar with different strumming and fingering options. Over 180 different drum beats and 6 drum kits to choose from.”
Metronome-iTick (Free) - "This is a simple digital metronome with time signatures, Italian tempo markings, and BPMs, and allows you to locate your desired tempo quickly."
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/metronome-itick/id288292919?mt=8#
130 + Amazing Illusions (Free) – “This app has the largest number of illusion pics in the app store! And you can find almost all the illusion pics in other illusion apps in this app! All the pics are the best collection of optical illusions. And each pic almost has one tip to tell you which kind of illusions is this pic.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/130-amazing-illusions-lite/id335073857?mt=8
Pocket Piano Song Universe Lite (Free) - "A great way to try out the fantastic Pocket Piano Song Universe for free - learn hundreds of songs on the piano by playing in time with the falling notes on the screen - very addictive and educational at the same time."
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-piano-song-universe/id303369832?mt=8#
Pop Art Lite (Free) –“ Pop Art Lite brings a modern Andy Warhol-like effect to your photos. It draws your photo into four different frames and applies coloring effects to each of the frames in much the same way that PhotoBooth does to your photos on the mac. You can either take a new photo using the iPhone's built-in camera or use an existing photo from your photo library. There is also a pop art preview section with a slider to change your low intensity and high intensity color settings. By changing the color settings on-the-fly you can preview the best effect before saving.” http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pop-art-lite/id320338807?mt=8#
Scribble Lite (Free) – “Use scribble to draw, doodle, finger paint, sketch and trace. Great for kids and children of all ages.”
http://itunes.apple.com/app/scribble-lite/id285008210?mt=8#
Sketchmania (Free) – “Sketchmania for iPhone/iPod Touch is an incredibly intuitive and fun drawing app anyone can use -- but it isn't your usual sketch app! Watch your creations instantly come alive on your iPhone or iPod Touch! As you draw, your shapes don't just stick to the canvas -- they react to the forces of gravity, friction, and momentum -- automatically! Your imagination is the limit. Great for all ages, you don't need to be an Einstein to enjoy Sketchmania!” http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sketchmania/id306761857?mt=8#
TonePad (Free) – “TonePad is the easiest and coolest way to make music. Discover the inner musician in you. Create songs by simply touching the screen and seeing notes light up. Share your unique creations with friends. If you like Andre Michelle's ToneMatrix or the Tenori-On, then you will absolutely love this app. TonePad features a clean minimalist user interface with a full 16x16 matrix. The sound quality remains excellent regardless of how many notes are playing at the same time. You can save an unlimited number of songs. The current song is also saved automatically on exit.” http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tonepad/id315980301?mt=8#
Virtuoso (Free) – “Be the maestro with Virtuoso Piano Free, a new iPod touch, iPhone and iPad instrument. Learn and play the piano anytime and anywhere.”
Water Gallery II & III (Free) – “When your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad be shaking, be touching, or just be watching, still paintings becomes so dynamic with living ripple effects, swiping the screen with your finger makes rows of ripples, occasional rain drops make more wonderful effects, melodious classical music makes you relaxed.”
o http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/water-gallery-ii/id366590073?mt=8#
WTD – What’s the Difference? (Free for a limited time) “I'm a huge fan of JVL's games. WTD is not an exception because it's another very, very polished game with a top-notch production in several ways, I mean: awesome graphics, subtle sounds, good background music, local and a complete online high score... by Carlos on iTunes Store”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whats-difference-ipad-edition/id364616409?mt=8#
WhiteBoard Lite (Free) (at ELC must turn on BlueTooth) – “Whiteboard is a new collaborative drawing tool that allows 2 iPhone or iPod touch devices to create pictures together over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth peer-to-peer.”
MadPad HD (Free for limited time) - 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?http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/madpad-hd-remix-your-life/id460309682?mt=8&ls=1
World Languages Applications
Free Spanish Tutor (Free) - "Learn or refresh your Spanish, anytime and anywhere with your own personal language lab.
24/7 Tutor Spanish goes beyond the simple talking phrasebook or flashcard programs, providing a set of engaging, interactive study tools that help you really learn the language. FREE Spanish Tutor Lite Edition (LE) is a fully functional version containing a useful subset of vocabulary and phrases drawn from several of the learning modules in the 24/7 Spanish series."
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-spanish-tutor/id294858049?mt=8#
Free Translator (Free) – “This application provides an interface to the free Google Translate API for many languages including Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese.” http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-translator/id293855167?mt=8#
iSign lite (Free) – “iSign Lite is the small and free version of iSign. The full version adds;800 signs, volume control, the ability to add / remove favorites from the sign play screen, category quiz mode.”
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/isign-lite/id292486900?mt=8#
SpanishDict (Free) – “The SpanishDict app features a complete Spanish-English dictionary, talking phrasebook, interactive word game, and a word of the day. Use it as a handy reference or as a fun way to learn new words. This app is easy-to-use, feature-rich, and free!”
Science & Health Applications
The Chemical Touch light (Free) – “Sometimes all you need is a simple periodic table... The Chemical Touch: Lite Edition is a free and easy to use periodic table for your iPhone or iPod touch. Consisting of a simplified version of the periodic table display from the full application, it puts the masses, densities, melting & boiling points, radii, and electronegativities of the elements right at your fingertips. If you need more elemental information, touch the internet button to open the wikipedia page for the selected element.”tp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-chemical-touch-lite-edition/id300111574?mt=8#
Convert Units for Free (Free) – “We worked very hard in bringing you an application that has everything you need for unit conversions, while keeping it as simple and user friendly as possible.”
gFlash+ Flashcards & Tests (Free) – “Our schedules are getting packed making it increasingly difficult to find the right time and place to learn or just find a minute to unwind. With gFlash+ you can learn anything from math to chemistry or take a minute to relax and enjoy some trivia; anywhere and anytime.”
Mild EleMints 2 (Free) – “Mild EleMints 2 is the interactive Periodic Table for the iPad. It is the free version of EleMints, which not only offers a Periodic Table, but also a Plot Graph, Element listing, Electron Diagram and a wealth of information on every element.”
My Fitness Pal (Free) – “Reach your weight loss goals with MyFitnessPal, the best calorie counter on the iPhone or iPod Touch. Set a daily calorie goal, then record your daily food and exercise to make sure you stay on track. Then watch the pounds come off!”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calorie-counter-diet-tracker/id341232718?mt=8#
MyNetDiary (Free) – “MyNetDiary is the fastest, easiest, and smartest iPhone calorie counter. High-quality over 100,000 foods database with search-as-you-type magic lets you enter foods in seconds. Includes free web site access. You've got nothing to lose, but that extra weight - it's FREE.”
Muscle System (Head and Neck) (Free for limited time) – “This app is free for a limited time only to promote the full version app, "The Muscle System Pro". This version includes details of each muscle's origin and insertion. It also include details of each muscle's action and nerve supply.”
Planets (Free) – “A 3D guide to the solar system for aspiring astronomers.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets/id305793334?mt=8#
PocketDyno (Free) – “PocketDyno measures vehicle performance, providing up to 20 different metrics that report time, distance, speed, acceleration, and power. Create a vehicle profile to store and compare test runs or evaluate vehicle modifications”
http://itunes.apple.com/app/pocketdyno/id291249223?mt=8#
Pocket Pond (Free) – “Create relaxing ripples while you enjoy the sounds of nature. Interact with the fish - scare them, feed them, and watch their schooling behavior. It's your own personal pond to cleanse your worries and free your mind.”
Science Facts! (Free) - "Science Facts contains thousands of science related facts from eighth categories (Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Biology, Inventions, Geography, Bugs, Miscellaneous)"
Science Glossary (Free) - “An extensive glossary of scientific terms and short biographies of key scientists. Formatted specifically for the iPhone and provided by Visionlearning, Inc. All definitions link to related terms and detailed science learning modules.”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/science-glossary/id331657060?mt=8
Spark Vue (Free) – “SPARKvue brings real-time measurement, data visualization, and analysis to science education everywhere. Students can use the new PASPORT AirLink 2 Bluetooth interface to connect to over 70 PASCO sensors, measuring a wide range of phenomena, including pH, temperature, force, carbon dioxide level, and many more. SPARKvue is designed for scientific inquiry in biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental science, physics, and physical science. SPARKvue can also record data from the iPhone or iPod Touch's internal accelerometer, with no additional hardware needed”
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sparkvue/id361907181?mt=8#
Sketchmania (Free) -" Sketchmania for iPhone/iPod Touch is an incredibly intuitive and fun drawing app anyone can use -- but it isn't your usual sketch app! Watch your creations instantly come alive on your iPhone or iPod Touch! As you draw, your shapes don't just stick to the canvas -- they react to the forces of gravity, friction, and momentum -- automatically! Your imagination is the limit. Great for all ages, you don't need to be an Einstein to enjoy Sketchmania!”
Weather Channel (Free) – “The Weather Channel 2.80 takes your weather experience to the next level full screen maps, pollen forecasts and more.”