Apps for Learning
Presentation to Community
September 2012
Kohia Team: Jess Malifa
Toontastic (free)
Lights, Camera, Play! Toontastic is a Creative Learning tool that
empowers kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons
through imaginative play.
Wake the Rooster (free)
The Rooster on the farm has become old and needs help from Tiny
to wake up on time. For this, Tiny buys him an alarm clock and
needs to set it to the correct time in the morning.
This game will
teach your child how to tell time from an analog clock in a fun,
interactive manner. The child is encouraged to set the alarm for the
rooster and is rewarded by beautiful animations whenever the alarm
is set.
Hungry fish (free)
Practice mental addition and subtraction with Motion Math: Hungry
Fish, a delightful learning game that's fun for children and grownups.
You can make delicious sums by pinching two numbers together –
instant addition! Keep feeding your fish to win a level and unlock
new colors and fins.
Koru Team: Lucie Lindsay
Popplet (free)
Great for work. Great for school. Popplet is a platform for your ideas.
Popplet's super simple interface allows you to move at the speed of
your thoughts. With Popplet you can capture your ideas, sort them
visually, and collaborate with others in realtime.
 People use Popplet to:
 Explore Ideas: Brainstorming, Mindmapping
 Plan Projects: Diagrams, Process Charts  Record Thoughts: Journals, Notes, Lists
 Collect Inspiration: Mood Boards, Scrapbook, Travel
Plans
 Create Galleries: Photo albums, Portfolios,
Presentations
 Study: School Projects, Class Notes
Notability ($1.29)
It powerfully integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing,
recording, and organizing so you can take notes your way! Discover
the freedom to capture ideas, share insights, and present
information in one perfect place on iPad.
Science360 (free)
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science360 for iPad
provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images
and video from around the globe and a news feed featuring
breaking news from NSF-funded institutions. Content is either
produced by NSF or gathered from scientists, colleges and
universities, and NSF science and engineering centers.
Harakeke Team: John Fowler
Sockpuppets (free)
Sock Puppets lets you create your own lip-synched videos and
share them on Facebook and YouTube. Add Puppets, props,
scenery, and backgrounds and start creating. Hit the record button
and the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.
i movie ($6.49)
Make beautiful HD movies anywhere with iMovie, the fast and fun
moviemaking app that puts everything you need to tell your story at
your fingertips. Browse and play projects in the Marquee view.
Create spectacular trailers and thrilling home movies in minutes.*
And share your finished projects with the world — right from iMovie.
V dictation (free)
Just use your voice instead of typing, touch the microphone
dictation app, then say what you have to say,
the iPhone converts
your words into text. Use the dictation to write an email or an SMS
messages, taking notes and more.
Pohutukawa Team: Helen Martin
Educreations (free)
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating
a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking.
Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add
commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...
Find synonym (free)
Combine the seven letters in each game to find the synonym /
antonym before the time runs out.
Need help? Use Clue Letters!
Carefully. Using Clue Letters will decrease your score.
You can
find an accurate definition for each word and you can add
synonyms / antonyms to your favorites list.
1500 unique synonyms
and 700 antonyms to discover!
Sudoku cross (free)
The more you play the more addicted you become! Enjoy Sudoku
Cross today! Sudoku Cross is a hybrid between Sudoku and
Crossword puzzles.