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1 | Storytelling Apps | Description | Reviewed By | Free/Paid | Device | |
2 | Book Creator | Create your own books and publish them as PDF or EPUB formats. | CommonSenseMedia | free to create one book, $4.99 to create unlimited books | iPad, Android | |
3 | PuppetPals | Create and record animated short stories. | FCPS & CommonSenseMedia | free but has limited access unless purchasing additional in-app items | iPad | |
4 | Dragon Dictation | This voice recognition app allows you to speak into your phone or device and watch as your words are transcribed into written text. Students can use this for note-taking or for dictating papers or written projects. | FCPS | free | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
5 | Write About This Free | This app contains prompts and images to spark creativity and students’ interest in writing. Students and parents can also add their own images and prompts into the app. | CommonSenseMedia | free (Another version with more prompts, images and features is available for $3.99.) | iPad | |
6 | Shake-a-Phrase | Students can select a category and get a writing prompt in the form of a silly sentence or question. Then, students can expand these into their own stories. Other modes in the app are a vocabulary builder and a parts of speech quiz. | CommonSenseMedia | $1.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices | |
7 | Big Nate: Comix by U! | From the creator of the popular Big Nate book series, this app gives students the opportunity to write their own comic strip using the characters from the book. Students can use three different modes to get help with starting their comics and may print or email them when finished. | CommonSenseMedia | $0.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
8 | MakeBeliefsComix | This comic strip creator app allows students to use pre-drawn characters and settings to write their own comics. When completed, the comics may be printed or emailed. | CommonSenseMedia | free ($1.99 for ad-free version) | iPad | |
9 | Rory’s Story Cubes | Students shake their digital device to roll 9 virtual dice, each of which have pictures. Then, students use the resulting pictures to write a story. | CommonSenseMedia | $1.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android | |
10 | Lark | From the Storybird website, this app allows users to create poetry through images and stickers. Poems may be shared via social media or sent to friends. | educational blog | free | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
11 | Strip Designer | This app allows students to take pictures with the device’s camera or from the photo roll to turn them into comic strips. They can use a variety of layouts and stickers to create a custom comic strip, which can be exported as a PDF for printing or sharing. | CommonSenseMedia | $2.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
12 | Book Apps | Description | Reviewed By | Free/Paid | Device | |
13 | Axis 360 | Online access to free ebooks and audiobooks. Students can browse, check out and read books in this all-in-one app. | FCPS | free | all iOS devices running iOS 7 or later, Android devices, Kindle Fire | |
14 | Starwalk Kids | Online access to ebooks for students. Many nonfiction titles are available. | FCPS | free | iPad, Android devices, Kindle Fire | |
15 | Middle School Confidential 1 | This book app features a story about students who encourage each other’s self-esteem while standing up against bullying. | CommonSenseMedia | $2.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices, Kindle Fire, Nook | |
16 | News-O-Matic | This app summarizes world news in 5 daily news articles written for children. The app also contains a Read to Me feature, word puzzles, games, and maps to show the location of the news stories and distance from the reader. | CommonSenseMedia | free for 10 trial editiions (one time fee of $19.99 for unlimited editions) | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices, Kindle Fire | |
17 | Loose Strands | This interactive book app follows the story of Roland, a boy who begins exploring the secrets of his family’s barber shop. In the app, readers decide what actions Roland should take, see the consequences of those actions, and follow clues to determine the steps to take next. | AASL | $4.99 | iPad, Android devices | |
18 | The Un-Stealer | This app features the story of a thief who steals the “un” from the beginning of words to create chaos. | AASL | $3.99 | iPad, Android devices | |
19 | Reading & Vocabulary Apps | Description | Reviewed By | Free/Paid | Device | |
20 | Quizlet | This app allows you to make custom flashcards to study vocabulary words and definitions. You may also create games to use to study the words. | FCPS | free | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices | |
21 | KidsVocab-MindSnacks | This app features nine different games to teach students vocabulary words with correct spelling, usage, and pronunciation. | CommonSenseMedia | $1.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
22 | Chicktionary | After choosing a timed or untimed game, players race to unscramble letters to form words. | CommonSenseMedia | free | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices | |
23 | SpellingCity | A variety of games to help students learn vocabulary words from different preset lists. Users can register for free and upload their own custom vocabulary lists for the games. | CommonSenseMedia | free | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle, Chromebook | |
24 | Spellboard | Spellboard allows users to enter a custom list of spelling words from any language. Then, it creates a variety of spelling quizzes to help test the user on correct spelling of the words. | CommonSenseMedia | $4.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
25 | The Opposites | In this fast-paced game, students are encouraged to learn new vocabulary by pairing words with opposite meanings before the screen is filled. | CommonSenseMedia | $0.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
26 | Presentation Tool Apps | Description | Reviewed By | Free/Paid | Device | |
27 | HaikuDeck | This app, and its accompanying website, allow users to create presentations using a gallery of images and templates. | FCPS | free | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices | |
28 | Prezi | This app, and its accompanying website, allow users to create and view presentations by uploading their own images, links, videos and PDF files. | FCPS | free | iPhone, ipad, Android devices | |
29 | Green Screen by Do Ink | This app allows students to create green screen images and videos using an iPad. | FCPS | $2.99 | iPad | |
30 | EduCreations | An interactive whiteboard that allows users to animate and narrate videos that teach others how to do something. | FCPS | free | iPad | |
31 | Explain Everything | An interactive whiteboard that allows users to animate and narrate videos that teach others how to do something. | FCPS | $3.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android devices | |
32 | Trading Cards from Read Write Think | This app allows students to create a baseball card about real or fictional people, places and things. After answering a template of questions and importing a picture, students can save, email or print their trading card. | educational blog | free | iPad, Android | |
33 | Keyboarding Apps | Description | Reviewed By | Free/Paid | Device | |
34 | Typing Maniac | This app works on students’ speed of typing. As words fall down the screen, students must type them correctly to clear them from piling up. Too many piled up words signals an end to the round. | CommonSenseMedia | $0.99 | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
35 | Tap Typing | This app helps students master touch typing and improve their skills typing on tablets and other devices. It provides them with shortcuts and hints for improving their use of a keyboard. | CommonSenseMedia | free (must pay for more samples and practice levels) | iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad | |
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