CSSLibraryGuides: K-12 Resources for Elementary and High School Students: Educational Apps

Educational Apps

Apps are for both iOS (Apple producs like iPad) and Android unless specified. Apps are also for tablets unless specified as some work on smart phones.

E-Books

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Instructions on how to search for and also download e-books - including to your Nook!

Educational Apps

Business Calendar
$4.99 Android Business Calendar is a complete calendar application that is synchronising with your Google calendars.
Jorte Calendar
Free Android "Enjoy this highly customizable app"
Sunrise
Free iOS "free calendar app made for Google Calendar users. Designed with love, Sunrise is a new experience that will make your life easier."
Tempo Smart Calendar
Free iOS Smart Phone Only mobile calendar that intelligently enhances your meetings and events by connecting emails, contacts and location to your calendar.

Dropbox
Free “…bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all your computers, iPhone, iPad and even the Dropbox website.”
Google Drive
Free Store and save files
Sugar Sync
Free "Best way to access, sync, and share your documents, photos, videos, music, and more — from any computer or mobile device."

Adobe Connect
"...host, attend, present, and completely drive collaboration in Adobe® Connect™ meetings or training - anywhere, anytime."
BlackBoard Mobile
Use the BlackBoard Mobile app to access all your BlackBoard courses and communities in an optimized format for tablets
Google Hangouts
Free "Bring your conversations to life with photos, emoji, and video calls"
iTunes U
Free Courses from other universities and a digital catalog of free education content
LectureTools
Free “…a student response system that also allows students to take notes linked with the slides and videos presented in class, answer instructor generated questions and pose questions to the instructor.”
Mixable
Free “…connects you to classmates, enables classroom discussions, and helps create online study groups”
Skype
Free "... provides a top tier voice, video, and instant messaging experience"
Socrative
Free "...smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets"

Quizlet Flashcards
Free iOS "Create your own flashcards and study sets or choose from millions created by other students — it’s up to you."
StudyBlue
Free iOS "...create and share a plethora of mobile flashcards, study guides, and quizzes, or choose from an extensive collection of student-authored flashcards and flashcard decks."
AnkiApp
Free "Study flashcards in your downtime. Make flashcards with text, sound, and images, or download pre-made ones."
Brainscape
Free but limited unless upgraded "Brainscape's online flashcards app applies decades of cognitive science research to make studying as efficient as humanly possible"

Ebsco
Be able to use the Library database Ebsco for SOLAR, CINAHL, Business Source Complete, Education Full Text and more. This is designed for smart phones, but it can be used on tablets. To be able to use it, you must first create an authorization key by clicking on the EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Applications link on the bottom of any Ebsco database web page.
EndNote
$9.99 First download EndNote from CSS Library (see link below) and create an EndNote Web account. "Collect and sort all your research references and full text articles in an EndNote library, then link to Word documents to create properly-formatted documents and bibliographies."
EndNote help from Company
See this page for more information from EndNote.

Remember the Milk
Free Take your to-do list anywhere with this feature packed app
TeuxDeux
Free iOS simple, design to-do service. This iPhone app provides the ability to work offline and sync. It requires a TeuxDeux account.
Toodledo
$2.99 Powerful task and note manager, you can use Toodledo as a standalone application, or you can synchronize with Toodledo.com, one of the most popular online task managers.
Wunderlist
Free "easiest way to manage and share your daily to-do lists"

FreeMind Lite
Free iOS "native software on iPhone for reading, showing and modifying the FreeMind files"
iBrainstorm
Free iOS "Capturing and sharing your inner most creative genius has never been easier", allows for hand writing
Mindmeister
Free Create and share mind maps easily
Mindnode
Free Graphic organizer, mind mapper, syncs with mac, can be exported as tiff, PDF, PNG, rtf outline
Popplet lite
Free iOS "Capture your ideas, sort them visually, and collaborate with others in realtime."
SimpleMind
Free iOS "Mind mapping tool that turns your iPad into a brainstorming, idea collection and thought structuring device."

ListNote
Free Android "Take notes even when you don't feel like typing! Just speak your note, and it will be saved as text. This notepad app was designed to quickly jot down your ideas, with minimal hassle. And it makes it easy to keep those ideas organized."
MIcrosoft OneNote
Free iOS "Capture your thoughts, discoveries, and ideas and simplify overwhelming planning moments in your life with your very own digital notebook."
Note Everything
Free Android "A note (notepad) application where you can create text-, voice- and paint-notes. Your notes can be organized in folders. You can create shortcuts on home, send notes, use live folders & much more! Allows for handwriting."
Note Taker HD
$4.99 iOS Captures handwriting, allows a zoom to accommodate larger stylus, exports as PDF and can be emailed, can be organized into folders
Paper by FiftyThree
Free iOS Makes sketching so much easier! Variety of pen styles and colors, color wash from light to dark, ability to share through email, tumblir, facebook, and twitter
PaperPort Notes
Free "digital note taking tool for the iPad that is transforming the way people create and share information. Now you can combine documents, web content, audio, typed text as well as hand written notes into a single document that you can easily organize and share with anyone."
Penultimate
Free “handwriting app for iPad to take notes, keep sketches, etc.

Educreations
Free "turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking"
Google Presentation
Free New version of Google slides, click on create in Google Drive to start a new presentation
Haiku Deck
Free iOS "simple and fun new way to create stunning presentations – whether you’re pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement"
Keynote by Apple
$9.99 Presentation app designed for the iPad
Mighty Meeting
Free "It can be used to share slides and drawings in online meetings directly from your tablet."
Prezi
Free iOS "Get started by choosing one of our stunning templates then add your text and images. Pinch to zoom on topics, retouch your prezis and adjust your presentations on the move."
SlideShark
Free iOS View and share PowerPoint presentations

BaseCamp
Free iOS The official app for Basecamp, the world's #1 project management app.
Camper - Basecamp
Free Android "Camper features complete offline browsing and editing capabilities with quick updates to your favorite projects and to-dos."
iScope
Free iOS "project management 4 humans"
Wrike
Free Monitor your projects’ progress, react to the changes instantly, and stay connected with your project team wherever you are.

Bluefire Reader
Best way to read Adobe® Content Server protected eBooks such as those from the CSS Library.
Evernote
Free “…lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders, and makes these notes completely searchable.”
GoodReader
$4.99 PDF reader which helps the iPad read virtually anything; only works on iOS.
iBooks
Free Download and read books
Instapaper
$3.99 “Save long web pages to read later on your iPhone or iPad, even without an internet connection.”
neu.Annotate+PDF
$1.99 iOS "Read and annotate PDF documents with drawings, highlighting text, text notes, photos and stamps"
Readability
Free “…turns any web page into a clean view for reading now or later on your computer, smartphone, or tablet.”

Native Voices - iOS
Explore the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life for Native Americans, Alaska natives, and Native Hawaiians.
NLM Biomedical Digital Collections
Access National Library of Medicine's transcribed and fully searchable historical biomedical books and videos.
Periodic Table
More than just another interactive periodic table, this Periodic Table app from the Royal Society of Chemistry incorporates everything from podcasts to videos to help you learn about the elements.
Science 360
Free iOS "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"
TOXinvaders - iOS
Game that supports middle school science concepts about environment and health.
Turning the Pages - iOS
Virtually flip through rare books and manuscripts and learn more about them through historian and curator annotations.

Numbers by Apple
$9.99 Spreadsheets app designed for the iPad
Quickoffice
$19.99 "...office editing suite for iPad. Create and edit ALL Microsoft® Office document, spreadsheet, and presentation formats, as well as view PDF files, on the go."

Animoto
Free (Lite version) "simplest way to create the most beautiful videos online"
iMovie
$4.99 iOS "fast and fun moviemaking app that puts everything you need to tell your story at your fingertips"
Puppet Pals
Free iOS "Create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time"
Screenchomp
Free Choose a background to animate, record and then share
ShowMe
Free iOS "...record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online"

GoDocs
$4.99 Ability to edit Google docs, spreadsheets, etc. on mobile devices
Notability
$1.99 “…integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing”; only works on iOS
Open Office Writer
Free Open Source alternative to Microsoft office suite
Pages by Apple
$9.99 Word processing app designed for the iPad

CamScanner
Free Scan documents with your tablet's camera
Dragon Dictation
Free "...an easy-to-use voice recognition application...that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages."
iTalk
Free iOS "...full-featured recording app with a streamlined and intuitive user interface"
Pic Collage
Free "instantly arrange your photos into frames - or get creative with freeform collages, cutouts, filters, borders, stickers, and text"
Poll Everywhere
Free "create live polls in your presentation. Insert polls, navigate between polls, and create a beautiful, engaging experience for your audience."
QR Reader
Free "...scans both QR codes and barcodes. Fast and effective. App opens instantly in real-time scanning mode." Designed for smart phones, but it does work on tablets.
Tools 4 Students
$0.99 iOS "...features 25 different graphic organizers for students to use to organize their thinking while reading or preparing to write"
Voice Recorder
Free Android Can send data as attached file via Gmail, timer recording, search feature
VoiceThread
Monthly Fee "Participate using your voice, video or text. Use a screen reader or caption your videos. Use any computer, device, or internet connection"