Guest Blogger Monica Burns

This app simulates base ten blocks and allows students to manipulate the pieces and annotate their screen.

Poems by Heart from Penguin Classics teaches users how to memorize a poem.

Timeline: Art Museum is an excellent free app that allows users to explore the artwork of artists from the 14th to 20th centuries

Perfect for upper elementary and middle schoolers, The Phrasal Verb Machine is a fantastic free app for grammar practice.

For a different take on an encyclopedia try the Revolutionaries of the Past Century app.

Presidents vs. Aliens is a fun app that teaches facts and trivia about the presidents of the United States.

Tellagami is a fantastic free iPad app takes it to another level by allowing users to create their own avatars and place themselves anywhere they’d like

If you use rubrics to grade student work you have to try ForAllRubrics!

I love hands-on science activities, especially when I can integrate technology into my lesson.

I love using the camera on my iPad to record “Picture Perfect” behavior.

My students aren’t quite ready to write their own resumes but there is still a place for this app in my classroom.

If you are looking for a new formative assessment tool, check out Understoodit.