Guest Blogger Monica Burns

The Library of Congress has a variety of apps including some great choices for virtual field trips.

A fantastic scheduling tool, LifeNoted merges your calendar, notes, and photo taking in one powerful app.

Shadow Puppet is an amazing app that is perfect for students of all ages.

Frolyc is a terrific tool for teachers looking to design their own lesson-based activities.

Pinterest is such a fantastic resource for teachers!

For teachers looking to explore iPad best practices at their own pace, my course “Teach with Your iPad: Part I – Instruct, Assess, and Manage Your Classroom with a Single iPad” will remain

There are combos for math I love to use, and here is another one to try out:

If you update a class blog that contains information on each night’s homework, try using Siri!

One of the most memorable parts of my experience at the Apple Distinguished Educator Institute in Austin this past July was using virtual whiteboard apps to find people with similar interests.

Wooords is a free app with optional upgrades that lets players build words using a set of letters.

If you’re looking for a fun classroom management tool, check out Too Noisy.

Futaba is a fantastic app for elementary teachers looking to support their instruction with a vocabulary acquisition game.

TinyTap is a a great new app for creating customizable games for your students.

There are lots of great iPad apps for teaching literacy skills and Learn With Homer is definitely worth checking out!

Teach students the basics of coding by giving commands to the dinosaur as it moves across the screen.

Spell + Friends by Tap to Learn is the perfect free app for preparing your students for their next spelling bee.

I’ve shared some apps that seem too good to be true and Augmented Reality Basketball Game is definitely one of them.

If you’re looking for a quick reference tool for a science classroom, here are two options for the periodic table.

Designed for visitors to Gettysburg, the Gettysburg Battle app can be used as a virtual tour of the Civil War battlefield.

The American Red Cross has three apps designed to support victims of natural disasters.

With high quality images, a biography, timeline and detailed information about each painting, there’s a lot to explore in this free app!

If you’re exploring the ocean with your students or looking for an informational multimedia text, check out Ocean Science.

There are lots of apps for math fluency but Math vs. Zombies has to be one of the most engaging ones!

There are lots of choices for current events on iPads but a kid-friendly option is News-O-Matic.

My students publish a variety of work on their iPads and use different apps throughout the writing process.