iPad Apps
Just starting a new category for iPad stuff. This looks good.
iPad Apps
Below is a list of iPad Apps that MacKillop College staff and students have found useful or interesting:
via iPad Apps.
Productivity
- Pages – $12.99 – Word processing
- Numbers – $12.99 – Spreadsheet applications
- Keynote – $12.99 – Presentations
- Dropbox – Free – Syncronising files between multiple computers and iPad/iPhone/iTouch(also see How to set up DropBox)
- Evernote – Free – Personal Organiser
- Dragon Dictation – Free – Voice Recognition
- inClass – Free – Student organiser (recommended by Sam)
- iBooks – Free – download and read books – including textbooks and PDFs
- Attendance – $5.99 – Rollmarking (has facility for adding pictures of students and emailing any students absent from a class)
English
- Dictionary.com – Free – as per title
- StoryKit – Free – create an electronic storybook
- 23,469 free books – Free – 23,469 free classic books in one easy download
- WordFlip free – Free – challenging word game (Game)
- Blanks – Free – helps you to learn more english words
- Shakespeare – free – his complete opus, text only
- Shakespeare in Bits – Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet – each $15, combines text, images and sound
Science
- GoSkyWatch – Free – view the stars in the sky as you move the iPad (awesome App recommended by Sam)
- Periodic Table – Free – as per title
- Gravity HD – Free – Physics puzzles (Game)
- 3D Brain – Free – as per title
- Molecules – Free – View 3D renderings of molecules
- mentalBlock lite – Free – Physics puzzle (Game)
- Orbits HD – Free – how our solar system works
- Graphing Calculator HD – $2.49 – high-resolution function plotter and scientific calculator
- The Elements: a visual exploration – $17
- eClicker – Polling software providing instant feedback; Host is $10, client is free
Mathematics
- PocketCAS – Free – Advanced forumla and function calculator
- iMathsBrain – Free – Improve your mental skills (Game)
- Mental Maths Lite – Free – Improve mental maths skills through various exercises
- Graphing Calculator – $2.4
- Quick Graph – free
- PCalc RPN Calculator – $12.99
- eClicker – Polling software providing instant feedback; Host is $10, client is free
Geography
- Google Earth – Free – 3D Earth
- GeoPlay 2 – Free – Multiple choice quiz or flash cards – vs your friends (Game)
- The World Factbook 2010 – Free – facts about countries, people, government, economy, geography, transportation, military etc
World Atlas HD (from National Geographic) – $2.50
History
- Today in History – Free – as per title
- The World Factbook 2010 – Free – facts about countries, people, government, economy, geography, transportation, military etc
LOTE
- French Essentials – Free – as per title
- Japanese Essentials – Free – as per title
- HGP – Free – all in one app for Japanese language learning
TAS
- Chemical Cuisine – $1.19 – Food additives, safety and chemical information
Hospitality
- Epicurious – Free – Recipes and shopping list
Visual Arts
- Adobe Photoshop Express – Free – Edit, manipulate and share photos
- ArtStudio for iPad – $3.99 – draw, paint and edit photo
- Adobe Ideas – $12.99 – digital sketchbook
- Art Authority – $12.99 – overviews, timelines and histories of Art and Artists
- ArtHD – free
Music
- Beatwave – Free – create music
- Drums! – $1.19 – realistic and intuitive drum set
- Garageband -$5.99 – a collection of touch instruments and a full-featured recording studio
Entertainment
- ABC iView – Free – ABC TV on demand
Professional Learning and Ideas
- TED – Free – Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
Other sources of Apps