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Free iPad Apps for ELA & Social Studies Karen Vitek Computer Teacher Spackenkill Schools Poughkeepsie, NY March 26, 2014

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Free iPad Apps for ELA

& Social Studies

Karen VitekComputer TeacherSpackenkill SchoolsPoughkeepsie, NY

March 26, 2014

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iPad Apps for ELA

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Voice Dream Lite1

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Total Recall

Dictionary

Free Books

Google Drive

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Voice Dream Lite

NavigatingAudioFile Types

• Features

• Change voice and reading speed

• Continues to read when screen is locked

• By sentence, page paragraph, chapter, etc.

• Bookmarking, highlighting and note taking

This app is a text-to-speech reader app. It works beautifully with Bookshare and other documents.

• PDF, Plain Text, Word, PowerPoint

• DAISY, Bookshare and Gutenberg

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Total Recall

PlatformsAppearance

• Features

• iPad, iPhone and iPod

This app is a mind mapping tool.

• Unlimited size - expands automatically

• Various shapes, colors, sizes and arrows

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Dictionary

ReadabilityMoreContent

• Features

• Audio pronunciations

• Spelling suggestions

• Custom font sizes for better viewing

This app is from dictionary.com andincludes a Thesaurus

• Over 2 million definitions, synonyms and antonyms

• Word of the Day

• Word origins & history

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Free Books

FormatLiteratureReading

• Features

• Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, and more

• 23,469 books

• Author pages, reading statistics, night mode

This app provides access to public domain content.

• Includes notes, highlights, bookmarking and dictionary support.

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Google Drive

StorageEditing

• Features

• Access files that you have saved to Spacknet

This app provides access to Spacknet Google Docs

• Documents and Spreadsheets can be created and edited in the app

• Always have access to the latest version of files

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More ELA Apps to Explore

• iTooch Middle School

• Simplenote

• Penultimate

• Idioms Illustrated

• Poetry from the Poetry Foundation

• Inspiration Maps Lite

• Dragon Dictation

• firefly

• Word Stack Free

• Shakespeare

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iPad Apps for Social Studies

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DocsTeach1

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This Day in History

Constitution

My Congress

American History

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DocsTeach

Students/Teachers

ActivitiesContent

• Features

• Focusing on Details

• Making Connections

• Finding a Sequence

• Mapping History

•Weighing the Evidence

• Seeing the Big Picture

• Students can complete activities designed by teacher

• Teachers can create their own activities at the website

This app was developed by the National Archivesand Records Administration.

• Choose by topic or historical era

• Activities based on primary source documents

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This Day in History

Type of Content

Content

• Features

• Photos, illustrations, music and speeches

• National anthems for country birth dates

This app was created by World Book

• Interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events

• For the current day or any selected day

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Constitution

NavigationContent

• Features

• Menu: by Articles and Amendments

• By Signers

Created by a professor at the University of Mary Washington

• Full text of the US Constitution

• Includes notes

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MyCongress

ContentNavigation

• Features

• Description of elected official

• Ability to link to their website and contact them through the app

• Twitter feed

This app is a portal to information about elected U.S. Congressional officials.

• By name, state, party or chamber

• Locate elected officials by zip code or auto location

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American History Games

GamesContent

• Description of the contents

• Whacky History

• Clues to the Past

• History Hunter

• Say What?

This app was created by Pearson Education, Inc.

• Games, puzzles and interactive word games.

• More than 100 different games

• Multiple levels of difficulty

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More SS Apps to Explore

• The Presidency

• Ken Burns

• History: Maps of the World

• Today’s Document

• iAmerica

• Early Jamestown

• Google Earth

• Declaration for iPad

• Lincoln Telegrams

• U.S. Westward Expansion

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Thank You!