Getting iPads in middle school, what iPod touch apps are you using now that I should know about?

The middle school at my school is getting a class set of iPads in the near future. What iPod touch apps have you used in the classroom that I should know about that would be invaluable on the iPad? I know there will obviously be iPad only apps that will be different but because I can't see those yet and want to get a head start on thinking about how best to use these. What apps have others used in middle school?

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Wylie on March 21, 2010 at 7:13pm

Here are some articles I wrote on just that subject. All the apps listed are free to download. I hope they help.

The Best Apple iPod Touch Apps for Science and Social Studies
The Top 10 iPod Touch Apps to Use in Math Class
Apple iPod Touch Apps for Language Teachers
The 10 Best Apps for Education

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Bonsignore on April 10, 2010 at 6:58pm

Matt,

There's also been a great, long-running discussion with lots of links in it at the following Classroom2.0 discussion thread:
http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/ipod-touch-schoolwide
Lots of experts in implementation to be found there....

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Bonsignore on April 10, 2010 at 7:14pm

Matt,

Apologies, but I wasn't thinking of iPod touch apps that would be available on the iPad when I sent the link of the iPod touch discussion.
One app I do know that is on the iPad is the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL), with almost 4500 books in >50 languages available for reading. More at: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Info at the AppStore...
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icdl-for-ipad-free-books-for/id36373...

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Permalink Reply by Michele Lattanzio on April 11, 2010 at 7:26am

I used the Greek Mythology in my literature class. I made a Smartboard presentation and the students had to use the application to answer questions. They had to respond with Chatzy. I used this an introduction to Antigone. They remembered so much and they even came into class after seeing Clash of the Titans to tell me all the information that they remembered from the game.