The Overdrive app provides access to the popular ebook console system. Users can access ebooks and audiobooks from larger institution libraries. Users can check out content from within the app. Content is available through a regular lending period and users can request holds on unavailable content.
Cost: Free
Puppet Pals provides a simple user interface for creating digital stories and animated movies. Puppet Pals can be used in many grade levels and curriculum areas. Digital storytelling is one of the most powerful uses of an iPad in a 1:1 classroom. Puppet Pals allows students to create digital stories that explain literary works and concepts.
Cost: Free
Flipboard is news reader built in a magazine style. Flipboard is a Burlington App Essential. The app organizes content by category so users can personalize their news experience. This app also works with Google Reader. The app can provide students with a great introduction to using online articles and web stories in a news aggregator.
Cost: Free
Follett Digital Reader is a great app for schools that use Follett Destiny as their library management system. The Digital Reader app provides access to FollettShelf and ebook content purchased through Follett. Students can check out books and read on or offline. Students need Destiny accounts enabled to use some features. Burlington uses Follett Destiny and students in elementary, middle, and high school have access to digital content with the Digital Reader app.
Cost: Free
Nearpod is great collaborative presentation and review app. Teachers can create presentations with embedded digital content and assessment questions. These presentations can be easily shared to student devices. Students can view presentations and answer questions providing teachers with instant data. Nearpod has been reviewed by Burlington teachers and is being used for several curriculum areas.
Check out a full review of Nearpod on the BHS Student HelpDesk blog.
Cost: Free
Your World is a fun app for learning about countries and states. The app provides a visual search like Google Earth and has some built in assessment and review. Screenshots can be saved for use with presentations and projects.
Cost: Free
The Khan Academy app provides access to Khan library of videos. Khan Academy provides thousands of educational videos on math and science. The app allows quick access to video content. Please not that users will need a log in for progress monitoring.
Cost: Free
MyFitnessPal is a free calorie counter and diet tracker app. MyFitnessPal provides a large database of foods but users can also scan product barcodes for data entry and analysis. MyFitnessPal is being as part of our middle school health and nutrition projects. The app provides students with a simple view of what makes food good or bad choices. Students can also use the app to complete nutrition projects that track healthy eating habits.
Cost: Free
