Top Education Apps
February 18, 2013
GoSkywatch Planetarium - the astronomy star guide
As seen in Apple's iPad 2 event
Easily and quickly identify and
locate stars, planets, constellations
and more by simply pointing to the
sky. Your personal telescope to the
wonders in the night sky. Go outside
and explore the night sky.
✭ Featured on ABC's "The View"
show
✭ Featured in "Wired" magazine
EasyMeasure - Measure with your camera
Today's Document
Edmodo
EasyMeasur
e shows you
the distance
to objects
seen through
the camera
lens of your
iPhone or
iPad. Simply
aim your
iPhone/iPad
to any object
in your
surroundings
, and EasyMeasure displays the distance towards
that object on top of the camera image. With its
amazing 3D camera overlay grid, using
EasyMeasure is very intuitive and easy!
Explore
American
history with
365 of the
most
fascinating
documents
and photos
from the
collections of
the US
National
Archives.
Today's
Document is an interactive gallery that displays a
significant historical document or photo for each day
of the year. You can learn what happened on your
birthday, search for a document by keyword, or just
browse at your leisure.
Awardwinning
Edmodo for
iPod touch,
iPhone, and
iPad makes
it easy for
teachers and
students to
stay
connected
and share
information.
Use your
iOS device to send notes, submit assignments, post
replies, and check messages and upcoming events
while away from the classroom.
Find out how far it is towards that boat at the other
side of the lake. Measure how tall buildings are.
Use the app as a golf-aid. Measure your friend's
height (and width :P). The possibilities are
endless!
How does it work? EasyMeasure uses the height of
the camera lens and its tilt angle to calculate the
distance to the object. A comprehensive animated
tutorial on how to use EasyMeasure is included.
Featured documents have included popular
documents like the Declaration of Independence and
Emancipation Proclamation as well as lesser known
(but equally fascinating) documents like the
Zimmerman Telegram, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower’s 1961 Farewell address, and a
handwritten draft of President John F. Kennedy’s
1961 Inaugural Address.
Teachers can post messages, keep tabs on recent
assignment submissions, and grade assignments.
Students can view and turn in assignments and
check their latest grades. Class discussions can be
conducted securely, both during and outside of
school hours.
Files can be shared between Edmodo and other
applications such as Pages.
Book Magic
Science360
Book Magic
inspires
creativity by
allowing you
to author,
publish, and
share your
own books.
Before long
you may
find yourself
on top of the
bestsellers
list!
Book Magic is the ultimate platform for creating
novels, books, magazines, photo albums, and
brochures. You can then publish your book and
share it with family and friends.
Book Magic comes with numerous themes and
hundreds of clipart images to get you started. Then
add personal photos, designs, and stories to your
pages. Publish and share your book with family and
friends and even upload it for the world to see.
Book Magic allows your creativity to come alive!
Interpret
Quick Graph
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.
If you have questions or comments, or if you are an
NSF-funded researcher and would like to have your
images or video included in the app, contact
[email protected].
Features:
Heart 3D
With
"Interpret"
you'll never
feel at a loss
for words
again!
Organize your
schedule.
Share your
notes.
Ace your
classes.
"Interpret" is
the most
powerful
language
translator
available for
the iPhone.
"Interpret" provides free translation for over 50
languages!
***Feb '12:
Featured in
What's Hot in
Education by
Apple!***
***Aug '11:
Featured in
the Back To School Apps by Apple!***
Interpret does it all!
It is a
powerful,
high quality,
graphic
calculator
that takes
full advantage of the multitouch display and the
powerful graphic capabilities of the iPad and
iPhone, both in 2D and 3D. A simple, yet intuitive
interface that makes it easy to enter and/or edit
equations and visualize them in mathematical
notation.
It's capable of displaying explicit and implicit (opt)
equations as well as inequalities (opt) in both 2D
and 3D, in all standard coordinate systems:
cartesian, polar, spherical and cylindrical, all with
amazing speed and beautiful results, which can be
copied, emailed or saved to the photo library.
- Spectacular images from NSF-funded institutions
available in high resolution for download to your
iPad
- Fun and engaging streaming video (WiFi or 3G
connection required) on a wide range of topics
- Hundreds of images and videos to experience, with
new content added weekly
- Share images and videos on Facebook and Twitter
or via email
- Keep abreast of breaking stories in scientific
discovery as they happen with the in-app news feed
- Pan through content in the unique 360 view or find
content via keyword with a simple two finger touch
- With a single touch, save favorite images and video
within the app so that they can easily be found again
inClass
With "Interpret" you can:
- Translate single words or entire sentences.
- Email your translations to anyone.
- Post your translations to Facebook!
- Tweet your translations on Twitter!
- Tag translations as favorites.
- Keep a list of recent translations.
Quick Graph
is the best
graphic
calculator
available on
the
AppStore!
inClass, the last school app you will ever need, is
here to help you survive school. No matter how
complex your school schedule is, inClass will help
you keep track of all your courses. Not only that, but
it will help you keep track of your tasks by
reminding you that one is due soon, that way you
have no excuse to not do your homework.
On top of everything inClass will help you take notes
way more efficiently than ever before. Video notes,
audio notes, photo notes! You name it! Just take out
Heart 3D is a
learning
activity
which
provides an
immersive
learning
experience.
You can
learn about
the structure
and
functions of
human heart
along with various factors affecting the normal
functioning of the heart. With supporting text
information and audio, along with “rotation” and
“pinch to zoom” interactivities on the heart, it
makes it much easier to visualize the human heart
and understand its functioning.
your iPhone or iPod Touch and start taking notes.
inClass will even know which class you are in!
But wait! There is EVEN more!
+ Background recording
+ iTunes File Sharing
+ Repetitive tasks
+ Retina display ready
+ Local alarms
+ Automatic course selection
...AND MANY MORE AWESOME FEATURES!!!