Write My Name iPad app supports children ages 4 through 6 to learn how to write their name, trace uppercase and lowercase letters in manuscript, and write over 100 familiar sight/Dolch words. Great feature allows name tag creation to individualize the experience.
Cost: $1.99 (Limited introductory price)
WhQuestions is an app designed to help children with language delays and disorders practice answering questions in the following formats: Who, What, Where, How, Why and When. WhQuestions features audio recordings for each question as well as the ability to track progress.
Cost: $14.99
Shake-A-Phrase is a language app that asks students to identify adjectives, nouns and verbs within the context of a sentence. Tap on a new vocabulary word and a definition appears. There are also story starters meant to serve as inspiration for creative writing and a quiz me mode to test your skills with adjectives, nouns and verbs.
Cost: $1.99
iCardSort is a brainstorming tool that helps you to visually organize ideas quickly and easily. iCardSort allows you to group, order, and explore your possibilities. Then, when you are ready, share it with everyone involved.
Cost: $5.99
Lifecards – Postcards is an app to create a media postcard, mini poster, stationary, newspaper and more. With over 350 templates, you can upload up to 4 photos to design your own postcard while telling a story in first person narrative. Users can edit their creations by adding speech bubbles and adding text by selecting font, color, size, and alignment. Creations can be saved in different formats and shared.
Cost: $1.99
With Strip Designer, you can create your own personal comic strip. Strip Designer can import maps, images from iPhoto, or a photograph taken with a mobile device directly into a comic strip template. When the comic strip is complete, simply save the comic, print them out or email them.
Cost: $2.99
Book Creator offers users to create your own iBooks. These books can then be stored and read in iBooks. The app allows users to add photos, text, and to change the background color on each page of the book. There is a short app tutorial introducing users to Book Creator. Once the book is created, it can be duplicated, emailed or deleted.
Cost: $6.99
Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool which allows you to annotate, animate objects and use your own voice to explain what is going on. Explain Everything is one of the best app available for students and teachers right now. The app provides a powerful resource for all grade levels and curriculum areas. Explain Everything can also be used as a substitute for more expensive licensed computer software.
A highly recommended App Essential by the BPS EdTech Team.
Cost: $2.99
