Sonoma County Office of Education

iPads for Educators: Education Apps

Education Apps

Prices change often so please check in the iTunes store for current pricing of apps. You may also want to read the reviews before downloading new apps. Last updated, March 2015.

English-Language Arts
A+ Writing Prompts
ABC Pocket Phonics
Ace Writer Dolch Sight Words HD
eSkills Minimod Reading for Details
eSkills Minimod Reading for Inferences
Fact or Opinion
Grammar Jammers
iThoughts HD
Mad Libs
Magic Words
Sentence Builder
StarFall ABC
StoryKit
Toontastic
Word Bingo
Word Sort
WordWeb Dictionary

Fine Arts
Adobe Ideas
Comic Life
Draw Free
GarageBand
Getty Images
iMovie
Virtuoso Piano

History/Social Science
Atlas of the World
BrainPop
Early Jamestown
Google Earth
Press Democrat
Virtual History ROMA

Mathematics
Dino Division
Fraction Basics
MathBoard
Motion Math
Number Line
Oh No Fractions
Word Problems

Media
PBS

Productivity
Audiotorium
Corkulous
GarageBand
iThoughts
Keynote
Numbers
Pages
Stickyboard
Strip Design

Reference
Dictionary
Google Translate
WolframAlpha

Science
3D Brain
101 Science
BrainPop
Google Earth
Hubble Top 100
Solar Walk
Star Walk HD
The Elements

Teacher Tools
Common Core
Corkulous
Dropbox
Evernote
Flipboard
iThoughts HD
Keynote Remote
Quickoffice Pro HD
Skype
Stick Pick
TED
Twitter

More App Collections

From the Adaptive Technology Center
The following listings of education apps were compiled by Bonnie Niewiarowska at the Sonoma County SELPA’s Adaptive Technology Center. The listings were originally developed with an eye toward the needs of special education students, but may be useful in the general education environment as well.

Early Learning Apps (pdf)
Handwriting Apps (pdf)
Math Apps (pdf)
Reading Apps (pdf)
Spelling Apps (pdf)
Writing Apps (pdf)

Susie Truelove, SCOE HR Analyst
"Everyone at SCOE has the focus that what we do is to support students, directly or indirectly." - Susie Truelove, SCOE HR Analyst