These are the apps explored and recommended by our teachers. Some apps are free and some have costs. For BYD (Bring Your own Device) the district my be able to lend apps. Contact Jarrod Bell at jbell@prn.bc.ca
Please remember that some app prices may change.
Apple Apps Free with New Devices
Pages
- Word Processing for creating documents which can be shared as Page Doc, Word Doc, or PDF
Keynote
- Presentation App for creating a slideshow with text, images, media and animation.
Numbers
- Spreadsheet for creating spreadsheets, tables and charts
Imovie
- Turn videos and digital stills into movies or trailers
iBooks
- Download and read a variety of ebooks
Podcasts
- Explore and play audio and video podcast
Clips
- Make and share videos with text, effects, graphic, and audio.
Paid Apps
Inspiration Maps
- Creates graphic organizers to plan and organize thinking and writing.
Book Creator
- Creates ebooks by adding pictures, text and audio
Kids Write Text Types
- Exploration of writing forms with instructions, format, features and examples
Factor Samurai
- Explore multiplication facts and prime numbers
Mathboard
- Integer and operation practice with a scratchboard area for work
Geometry Pad+
- Explore and create geometric shapes with interactive geometry tools
Notability
- Note-taking app with ability to import and write on PDFs, doc, and ppt
Explain Everything
- Screencasting (digital recording of screen) and interactive whiteboard with the ability to import a variety of files
Drawing Box
- Practice drawing and painting using a variety of tools
Free Apps
Google Apps GAFE Uses Learn60.ca accounts
Google Translate
- Translate over 80 languages, includes audio, speech and handwriting
Google Drive
- Access google drive to work on documents and spreadsheets, and upload photos/videos to share
Google Doc
- Create, edit and collaborate with documents
Google Slides
- Create, edit and collaborate with presentations
Google Sheet
- Create, edit and collaborate with sheets
Google Calendar (iPhone)
- A calendar which allows user to easily add information linked to the students’ learn60 account
Google Classroom
- Access Teachers’ Google classroom for assignments and posting
Access Online Books Apps
Overdrive Media Console
- Read and listen to audiobooks and video from Libraries who supply online resources
Follett Enlight
- Read ebooks located on district ebook library
Reference and Browsers (Consumption Apps)
Wordweb Dictionary Free
- Dictionary and thesaurus
I-Nigma QR Code
- Turns camera into a barcode reader
Chrome
- Web browser
Math Apps
Virtual Manipulatives! by ABC
- virtual set of fractions bars
MathTappers ( iPhone Apps for numeracy/science)
- Equivalents: equivalent fractions, decimals and percents
- Estimate Fractions: explore fractions
- Find Sums: explore operation of addition and subtraction
- NumberLine: explore whole, integer and real numbers
- Multiples: make sense of multiplication and division
Jumbo Calculator
- Large button calculator
MyScript Calculator
- Performs mathematical operations
TanZen Lite
- Explore tangram puzzles
Sudoku +
- Play classic sudoku games
Creation Apps and Learning Apps
Pic Collage
- Create collages with photos
Stop Motion Studio
- Create stop motion animations
Duolingo – Learn Languages
- Learn French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, or Italian
Coding Apps
Hopscotch: Coding for kids
- Program characters to move and create games, using Block Based coding
Cargo-Bot
- Puzzle game where you teach a robotic how to move crates
Scratch Jr
- Introductory exposure to Block Based Coding
Light-bot
- Introductory exposure to Block Based Coding and complex principles of coding
Tickle
- Learn to code a variety of drones and robots