As promised, Frank Bannon from teachmetekkie.com has got in touch with his list of Apps he has tried and tested on his iPhone/iPad. Frank uses his iPad in class every day either to manage his register, update his planner and hand out to pupils to answer questions or watch podcasts.
Frank has also told me that his school have just invested in an iPad for staff to use.
Here is Franks essential apps list…
“Hi Doobs, loving the Blog/FB. Here is my list as promised. There are new apps appearing all the time but these are the ones I get most milage from“.
Official Twitter App (Free)
Official Facebook App (Free)
Friendly Plus Facebook App (0.59 allows multiple user accounts)
PS Express (Free Photoshop App)
Official Flickr (Free)
AppMobile Photos (Flickr App £1.79)
VLC (Movie Player)
Flipboard (Free – social media magazine – customisable)
Dropbox (Free)
iCab Mobile (£1.19 – allows projection of iPad browser with use of VGA adapter)
AppShopper (Free app search)
Pages (£4.99)
Keynote (£4.99)
Numbers (£4.99)
My Exams by SQA (Free – kids can log in with their UCAS/SQA number and plan exams)
BBC iPlayer (Free)
BEP 360 (£0.59 – demonstration of what augmented reality apps can be in the future al la Black Eyed Peas)
Essentials For Teachers.
iStudies Pro (£1.79 – Great Teacher Lesson Planner – backs-up to Dropbox)
TeacherPal (Free – Gradebook, seating plan, behaviour tracker and more)
Prezi (Free – allows login and native viewing of Prezi account on iPad)
Google Earth (Free)
