Apps

=Top Ten Essential Apps for iPads in Schools = The following list of Apps are a great way for your school to get started. They give a broad outline of the possibilities of the iPad across all of the Key Learning Areas. || **Pages** Pages is the word processor specifically designed for the iPad. The student is able to create great-looking letters, reports, flyers, and invitations using just their fingers. With a tap students can insert photos and movies. It’s also possible to mask images, apply reflections, and add picture frames so photos really stand out on the page. Advanced text formatting is easy in Pages as well, tap the Info button to tweak line spacing and turn text into columns. || || **Keynote** Keynote is the simplest way to create a presentation that can be world class. Students can choose from twelve Apple-designed themes and are able to organise their presentation with the slide navigator. It’s possible to add photos and movies from the Photos App and make them show-worthy. Also it’s possible to create arrows, stars, or other shapes and give them shadows so they pop out. It is fully integrated with Safari and so much easier to create a presentation than on a traditional desktop PC. The student is able to immediately give their presentation by plugging the iPad into the interactive whiteboard or eBeam. || || **PocketPhonics** PocketPhonics is a powerful App that can assist students learning to read through letter sounds, handwriting and sight words. PocketPhonics teaches all three. PocketPhonics introduces students to each of the key letter sounds. As they learn the sounds the App guides them how to write each letter through the follow-me arrow making it easy for students to learn to correctly form letters || With this App students are able to answer the questions with just their fingertips by holding down the input on the hot spaces to generate the answer. For example, hold down two fingers on the 10 hot spot if the answer will be 20, add two fingers to the 2 hot spot if the answer is 24. || This 3D Solar System model enables the student to navigate through space and time, observe all the planets in close-up, learn their trajectories, inner structure, history of their exploration, points of interest and more. They can use 3D mode to get a more realistic experience and zoom out to view and spin the entire Galaxy. || Geo Walk is a 3D interactive encyclopaedia. It has a rotatable model of Earth, with various landmarks and places touchable on it. For example, click on the Eiffel Tower, and you'll get a picture, as well as a quick blurb about the structure. || Mixeroo is a fun way to explore and experience music. Each coloured fader represents a different sound or instrument. If the student wants to hear less of the melody, Turn it down. Or maybe the Penny Whistle? The student is able to remix songs in a simple way. || Students choose a shape from the library of creatures, humans, vehicles, and more. Then push, pull and paint to make the sculpture your own. When they are done, take snapshots in the camera room or create animated QuickTime turntable movies. || This App allows students to export there written data from other certain Apps. The document is then online in the schools Dropbox account which can be downloaded, printed and stored separately from the iPad. || ABC iView allows students to watch programs from the ABC network. ||
 * = [[image:multitouchmath.jpg link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/multi-touch-mathematics/id431984332?mt=8"]] || **Multi-Touch Math**
 * = [[image:solarwalk.jpg link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/solar-walk-3d-solar-system/id347546771?mt=8"]] || **Solar Walk**
 * = [[image:geowalk.jpg link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/geo-walk-hd-3d-world-fact-book/id379602269?mt=8"]] || **Geo Walk**
 * = [[image:mixeroo.jpg link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/mixeroo/id405217181?mt=8"]] || **Mixeroo**
 * = [[image:123dsculpt.jpg link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/123d-sculpt/id446119510?mt=8"]] || ** 123D Sculpt **
 * = [[image:dropbox.jpg link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8"]] || **Dropbox**
 * = [[image:iview.jpg width="37" height="35" link="@http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/abc-iview/id401778175?mt=8"]] || **ABC iView**

= Apps Used and Tested in Western Region = **Addition/Subtraction** || || **Multiplication/Division** || ||
 * = **Literacy** || [[file:Literacy.docx]] ||
 * = **Numeracy**
 * = **Numeracy**
 * = **Various** || [[file:Various.docx]] ||