ELA and Writing
Elementary
- Read and Write Keyboard for iPad by TextHelp- (Free for 30 days and Premium plan $19.99)- Word prediction for spellcheck, talking and picture dictionary for use with any writing app. (For more information, contact Kellie Martini-DSISD Assistive Technology Coordinator)
- Endless Reader by Orginator (Free to trial; $5.99-$11.99 bundles)- Great for visual learners. Animations and characters help with sight word learning.
- Orton Gillingham Card Deck by Mayerson Academy- (Free)- Multisensory card deck with consonants, single vowels, consonant digraphs, vowel teams, vowel +r, short vowel signals, VCe, and common suffixes. Auditory drill. Record and playback to hear pronunciations. Video see and hear sounds. Great phonics practice.
- Sight Words App by Little Speller- (Free)- All 200 sight words, no-frills program that allows you to create your own sight words lists- lower case and upper case letters. Can allow hints.
- Sight Words Reading and Spelling by Edoki- ($3.49 Android) Includes 320 sight words (Fryes =+ Dolce) Ages 3-8. Game-based.
- Easy Spelling Aid by Nuapp- ($3.99) Don't have your students 'dumb down' their writing to avoid spelling mistakes! Using the Easy Spelling Aid, students can speak a word or phrase that they're having trouble with and the app will write the correctly spelled words. Also translates which may help for foreign classes. Simple interface for younger children or those who need/prefer a simpler tool.
- Ginger Page Writing- ($3.99)- Ginger is much more than your typical spell check. It will catch tricky homonyms, grammar by using context. Personal dictionary, txt reader, translate, sync across devices, even an enhanced feature that allows you to rephrase.
- Read and Write Keyboard for iPad by TextHelp- (Free for 30 days and Premium plan $19.99)- Word prediction for spellcheck, talking and picture dictionary for use with any writing app. (For more information, contact Kellie Martini-DSISD Assistive Technology Coordinator)
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Secondary
- Evernote- (Free and Premium plans)- Web clipper, note taker, capture audio, photos, annotate pdfs, business cards
- One Note- (Free)- Web clipper, note taker, capture audio, annotate, draw collaborate, organize. Import tool to transfer from Evernote. One Note also has unique grammar functions and integrates with OfficeLens which can scan in worksheets.
- Inspiration Maps- (Free and Premium plans)- Mindmapping, pictures, switch between diagrams and written outlines. Graphic library. Record and attach audio.
- Notability from Ginger Labs-($7.99) Note-taker that includes pdf annotation, audio, graphics. Integrates across devices.
- OfficeLens by Microsoft- (Free)- Snap and OCR works on typed and handwritten text including whiteboards.
- Prizmo by Creaceed ($49.99) Snap a photo and read. Very handy for students who aren't reading on grade-level or college students who need a quick way to convert documents to audio. Helpful for word problems and reserve documents on file in the library.
- Read and Write Keyboard for iPad by TextHelp- (Free for 30 days and Premium plan $19.99)- Word prediction for spellcheck, talking and picture dictionary for use with any writing app. (For more information, contact Kellie Martini-DSISD Assistive Technology Coordinator)
- Voice Dream Reader- ($14.99) Ebook reading app. Integrates with Bookshare.org as well as Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive, local files and any website.
- SwipeSpeare-Modern Shakespeare- This is a brilliantly informative app which not only includes all of Shakespeare's plays, but has them both in the original, and modern day (translated) text.
- The Poetry App- (Free) Allows users to read their favorite poetry collections alongside performances and narrations by great actors.
- Of Mice and Men Study App by Mammoth Graphics- This app will help you understand this great story and has great graphics and audio.
- Easy Spelling Aid by Nuapp- ($3.99) Don't have your students 'dumb down' their writing to avoid spelling mistakes! Using the Easy Spelling Aid, students can speak a word or phrase that they're having trouble with and the app will write the correctly spelled words. Also translates which may help for foreign classes. Simple interface for younger children or those who need/prefer a simpler tool.
- Ginger Page Writing- ($3.99)- Ginger is much more than your typical spell check. It will catch tricky homonyms, grammar by using context. Personal dictionary, txt reader, translate, sync across devices, even an enhanced feature that allows you to rephrase.
- Read and Write Keyboard for iPad by TextHelp- (Free for 30 days and Premium plan $19.99)- Word prediction for spellcheck, talking and picture dictionary for use with any writing app. (For more information, contact Kellie Martini-DSISD Assistive Technology Coordinator)
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Math
Elementary
- Mathpix- (Free)- Snap a photo and solves handwritten math problems. Includes graphed equations. Arithmetic, fractions, algebraic equations, roots, logarithms, trigonometry, integrals, derivatives, infinite series. Linear algebra, matrices, and multi-line equations.
- Mod Math- (Free and Premium)- Great for students with dysgraphia and visual processing issue. Solve problems in the iPad on graph paper then email to your teacher.
- Number Line by Math Learning Center- (Free)- Help scaffold number line learning with this app. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, negative numbers.
- Photomath- (Free)- For students who have trouble following step-by-step solutions of math problems. Snap a photo and the app solves the problem for you. Arithmetic, fractions, decimals, linear equations, equation systems, logarithms. More complex math (integrals, trig) will work, but problem solving steps are not completed yet. Great way for checking work.
- Thinking Blocks by Math Playground-(Free)- Scaffolds the math problem solving (including word problems) process. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, ratio and proportion.
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Secondary
- Mathpix- (Free)- Snap a photo and solves handwritten math problems. Includes graphed equations. Arithmetic, fractions, algebraic equations, roots, logarithms, trigonometry, integrals, derivatives, infinite series. Linear algebra, matrices, and multi-line equations.
- Mod Math- (Free and Premium)- Great for students with dysgraphia and visual processing issue. Solve problems in the iPad on graph paper then email to your teacher.
- Photomath- (Free)- For students who have trouble following step-by-step solutions of math problems. Snap a photo and the app solves the problem for you. Arithmetic, fractions, decimals, linear equations, equation systems, logarithms. More complex math (integrals, trig) will work, but problem solving steps are not completed yet. Great way for checking work.
- Thinking Blocks by Math Playground-(Free)- Scaffolds the math problem solving (including word problems) process. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, ratio and proportion.
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Science / Social Studies
Elementary
- Henri le Worm-($1.99)- Packed with games, facts, music & a hilarious story, the app encourages kids & adults to discover more about food, ingredients, nature & bugs. Aimed at children aged 4 to 8yrs old to enjoy with or without their parents, Henri Le Worm is informative and fun to play. Our mission is to try and get children reconnected with nature & food, not by preaching but by primarily making them laugh.
- 3D Bones and Organs (Anatomy)- (Free)- A true and totally 3D free app for studying human anatomy, built on an advanced interactive touch interface.
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Secondary
- Anatomy 3D: Organs- ($3.99)-Expand your knowledge of the organs with this robust application that combines 3D models, video, audio lectures, quizzes and text to create a rich learning experience. Includes detailed information on the brain, heart, stomach, spleen, pancreas, small intestines, reproductive organs, large intestines, kidneys, liver, skin and lungs. Also learn about cells, tissues and organ systems. Each of the 16 pages includes beautiful diagrams of the organ anatomy, histology and location, along with text, video, audio and 3D models that support easy learning.
- 3D Bones and Organs (Anatomy)- (Free)- A true and totally 3D free app for studying human anatomy, built on an advanced interactive touch interface.
- Tree of Life: (Free and Premium)- The Tree of Life App is an interactive and illustrated family-level phylogeny of living beings based upon an integration of data from hundreds of published phylogenetic studies. Main groups of organisms –from Bacteria to Vertebrates- are displayed in the initial tree as collapsed branches that can be opened to view family level relationships
- World Heritage Sites on Chronicle Map-(Free)- Enjoy 1300+ World Cultural/Natural Heritage sties interactively on world map with UNESCO recognition timeline.
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.
Social Skills
- Social Quest- ($21.99) Developed by a Speech-Language-Pathologist to improve pragmatic language comprehension and expression in a variety of social situations for older elementary, middle school and high school-aged populations.
- SnapType-(Free and Premium)-SnapType helps students keep up with their peers in class even when their penmanship holds them back. Students can easily complete school worksheets with the help of an iPad or iPhone.