Your district has made the iPad plunge: Either every student will receive a shiny new iPad or every class will have an iPad cart to use for all classes. Here are the must-have apps foralliPads—and the best part is they are all FREE!
App
Cost
Features
Grade
Highlights
Dictionary.com (opens in new tab)
Free
Thesaurus
Example Sentences
All Grades
Word of the Day
Calculator Free (opens in new tab)
Free
Three calculating modes- Standard, String and RPN
All Grades
Retina Ready
Biorhythm calculator
Tip Calculator
Great colors- to help differentiate
UPAD Lite (opens in new tab)
Free
3 in 1- notepad, bookpad and photopad
All Grades
Monthly and weekly calendar- use as a memo pad
Educreations Interactive Whiteboard (opens in new tab)
Free
Recordable whiteboard
All Grades
Enables differentiating instruction
Study Blue (opens in new tab)
Free
Make your own Flashcards
All Grades
Use photos, audio or text for your vocabulary word
Doodlebuddy (opens in new tab)
Free
Drawing App
All Grades
Comes with paintbrush, chalk, glitter, and more
Inspiration Maps Lite (opens in new tab)
Free
Graphic Organizers
All Grades
Free version comes with 5 graphic organizers
CNN for iPad (opens in new tab)
Free
News
Grades 4 and up
Needs Wi-Fi
Toontastic (opens in new tab)
Free
Storytelling
K-6
Storytelling and understanding of the Story Arc
Vicki Windman is a special education teacher at Clarkstown High School South.