ipad

====I'm working with a large pilot in Virginia to deploy iPads into Social Studies classrooms. The pilot is called Beyond Textbooks. Below is the current list of apps I'm recommending for students and teachers. Here's an iPad Usability Study, focusing on the usability of iPad apps and websites.====


 * __FREE Student Apps__**
 * Early Jamestown (this is the official app for the elementary students for the VA pilot)
 * Adobe Ideas (free drawing and photos)
 * BrainPop (BrainPop's education movie of the day)
 * Dragon Dictation (speech to text)
 * Google Earth
 * History: Maps of World
 * Library of Congress Virtual Tour
 * Pass the Past (Virginia Standards of Learning Review for World History and US History)
 * USA Presidents
 * Planets (3D Guide to Astronomy)
 * World Book - This Day in History
 * iBooks (reads the free epub format - see link below for free epub books)
 * Evernote (be sure to explore this one to make sure teachers understand what it does)
 * Discovery United Streaming Mobile Site (bookmark it with Safari if your district has a subscription to United Streaming)


 * __Teacher Apps__**
 * ABC Player (watch TV shows from ABC)
 * Big Calculator Lite
 * Dropbox (online synchronized file storage)
 * Evernote (synchronized note taking)
 * GoodReader (pdf reader) .99
 * Google Mobile
 * GoSkyWatch Planetarium (incredible, $5.99)
 * Keynote ($9.99)
 * Kindle
 * Netflix
 * New York Times Editor's Choice
 * NPR
 * Pages ($9.99)
 * Pandora
 * Reeder (RSS Reader)
 * Slash Gear
 * Toy Story Read Along
 * Twitterific
 * Voice Memos
 * Weather Channel
 * WebMD
 * WebEx
 * Words with Friends (just for fun-has a chat feature, so possibly not good for classrooms)
 * *Be sure to visit @http://www.epubbooks.com and @http://www.feedbooks.com for tons of public domain books already in epub format!

ZDNET's Screenshots of 100 iPad Apps here. Big list of free ipad apps here. Loads of great tips here.