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Below are applications you may find helpful.
|| Free (and installed) || iPad's built-in email app is excellent. It syncs with the DPS email if it is set correctly. Although you can get your email via a web browser, it is worth the effort to set up your Mail to get access to all the features. ||  || || Free (and installed) || Planning time and keeping appointments are essential parts of the day. The iPad's built in calendar lets you add new appointments, accept or reject meeting invitations, set reminders, and modify your calendar. If your secretary adds appointments in your calendar through Outlook, those appointments will show up automatically in your iCal. ||  || || A hefty $40 (and worth every cent) || Omni-Focus is a hub for all your to-do lists. Although this is NOT free, the app is powerful and must-have tool. If you are looking for a more inexpensive solution, you can use Things. But keep all your tasks together in one app. ||  || ||   || Evernote is like an electronic file cabine. It accepts text, photos, file attachments, etc. and makes them all searchable. Best of all, the data lives on Evernote's servers and is instantly synched between your iPad, iPhone, and laptop computer (whether you have a Mac of PC). Favorite feature includes a bookmarklet to clip items you want to later research on the web. ||  || ||   || Tired of that pile of articles you want to read? If you don't have time at the moment, save it to InstaPaper. Instead of printing it, you can save the article to InstaPaper and read it at your convenience. Great typography. Be sure to install Safari's bookmarklet to improve the ease of saving articles. With so many online education publications available (EdWeek, Educational Leadership, Phi Delta Kappan, etc.), you can flip through the online paper, search for articles, and save them to InstaPaper. ||  || ||   || In addition to the huge number of titles being released in the ibook format, you now have a convenient tool for keeping abreast of books. In addition to purchasing the book, Amazon has an added icon called "I want to read this book on Kindle". When the Kindle edition is released, you are notified and can download the book for reading on your iPad. ||  || Mathematics and Technology) || $2.99 || This is a great app for teachers integrating the Common Core State Standards into their classroom! ||   ||
 * Mail
 * iCal
 * Omni-Focus
 * Evernote
 * InstaPaper
 * Kindle and iBooks
 * Common Core State Standards ||  || View the Common Core State Standards in one convenient FREE app! A great reference for students, parents, and teachers to easily read and understand the core standards. Quickly find standards by subject, grade, and subject category (domain/cluster). This app includes Math standards K-12 and Language Arts standards K-12. Math standards include both traditional and integrated pathways (as outlined in Appendix A of the common core) and synthesizes Language Arts standards with the Corresponding College and Career Readiness Standards (CCR's). || __@http://itunes.apple.com/sn/app/common-core-standards/id439424555?mt=8__ ||
 * Pages || $10 || Part of Apple’s iWork Suite, this $10 app is a must for new iPad owners. With the Pages word processor installed, you can create professional-grade documents, brochures, and reports. Pages also lets you open and edit Microsoft Word documents and save Pages documents as Word or PDF files. In addition, Pages enables you to share files between the iPad and Windows/Mac machines using iTunes. ||  ||
 * Common Core State Look-Fors
 * To Do’s List || Free || A place to record and track daily task || [] ||
 * TED || Free || TED is a place for short lectures on education and tech topics || [] ||
 * iTranslate || Free || A good translator || [] ||
 * iAnnotate PDF || $9.99 || Expensive but powerful tool to read, annotate, and share their PDFs. || [] ||
 * Infinote Pinboard || Free or premium $2.99 || Multiple "post-it" type notes in a variety of colors || [] ||


 * Document Create/Editing || Pages || create and edit documents || docs can only be shared in iwork or by email, no gdocs or dropbox support ||  ||
 * . || Document & Spreadsheet Create/Editing || Office2 HD || create and edit documents || cannot share from within app, you need to go to online app to set share permissions ||  ||
 * . || Document & Spreadsheet Create/Editing || QuickOffice Connect || access, create and edit Office docs and spreadsheets. Connect using google docs, dropbox and other || they say editing powerpoint docs is coming ||  ||
 * . || Document Sharing || Evernote || share clips, notes, webpages, docs ||  ||   ||
 * . || Document Sharing || Dropbox || import or view documents from online storage ||  ||   ||
 * . || Edmodo access || Edmodo || for iphone and ipad - connect with classroom edmodo site ||  ||   ||
 * . || Moodle access || mTouch || access to classroom moodle sites || to be available by Sept 10 ||  ||
 * . || Note-Taking || SmartNote || create notebooks, import pdfs to annotate, export to dropbox, excellent classroom delivery tool - lite version available ||  ||   ||
 * . || Note-Taking || Penultimate || write or type notes in individual notebooks || does not import documents, saved notebooks can be emailed only ||  ||
 * . || Note-Taking || Noterize || write or type notes on pdfs or yellow lined paper. Import/export to dropbox and others. VGA out. ||  ||   ||
 * . || Note-Taking || Sundry Notes || import pdfs write notes, vga out, audio recording ||  ||   ||
 * . || Presentations || Keynote || create and display presentations || export in ppt not available and sharing only through email and iwork.com ||  ||
 * . || Presentations/doc viewing || GoodReader || view or display documents in a variety of formats ||  ||   ||
 * . || Spreadsheets || Numbers || create and analyze data spreadsheets, easy to use, || export in xls not available, sharing only through email and iwork.com ||  ||

REading and Research
 * Book Reader || iBooks || attractive book reader, annotations, highlighting and bookmarks all available || limited bookstore, but ability to add your own pdf ||
 * . || Book Reader || Stanza || access thousands of free or open source materials through stanza, upload your own pdfs ||  ||
 * . || Book Reader || Kindle || access the Amazon bookstore, annotations and bookmarks ||  ||
 * . || Dictionary || Dictionary || dictionary and thesaurus which accesses dictionary.com ||  ||
 * . || Research || Wikipanion || search and navigate wikipedia sources ||  ||

Social Sciences Special Needs
 * Maps || Google Earth || standard features of desktop google earth ||  ||
 * . || Maps || History: Maps of the World || search, region and era, source info ||  ||
 * . || US History || Constitution || the US constitution docs ||  ||
 * . || US History || My Congress || News, video and twitter feeds of congress ||  ||
 * . || World History || World Book This Day in History || interactive calendar of each day in history ||  ||
 * . || Geography || World Fact Book || 2010 world facts ||
 * Communications || Autism Express || encourage people with autism to recognizes and express their emotions through its fun and easy to use interface. ||  ||
 * . || Communications || First Then Visual Schedule || designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support for those with communication needs. ||  ||
 * . || Communications || Grace || picture exchange system developed By and For non-verbal people allowing the user to communicate their needs by building sentences from relevant images ||  ||
 * . || Communications || iCommunicate || Create pictures, flashcards, storyboards, routines, and visual schedules. Record custom audio, includes 100+ pictures Add your own pictures. ||  ||
 * . || Communications || iConverse || AAC tool allows parents, teachers, and the general public to understand the basic wants and needs of individuals who are unable to verbally communicate ||  ||
 * . || Communications || Proloquo2go || augmentative and alternative communication solution for people who have difficulty speaking ||  ||
 * . || Communications || Stories2Learn || used to promote an individual’s literacy, leisure, as well as social skills. ||

> > || Business || Expedition || Web browser that supports video out. || || > || . || Notepad || iMeetingPad || Sketching and images can be collected, and projected, for meeting notes || || > || . || Photograph viewing || Photos || The Photos app comes on the iPad. Only slideshows are available through VGA adapter. || || > || . || Presentation || Keynote || Only shows slide on iPad; no presenter notes || || > || . || Presentation || PaperDesk Lite || Whiteboard component of app shows over VGA || || > || . || Presentation || Sadun's Whiteboard || Drawing tool that allows you to connect to video-out to share your drawings || || > || . || Presentation || Power Presenter || Displays PDF files. Also includes mark-up tools. || || > || . || Utility || Safari || Will output videos only || || > || . || Utility || Web2vga || a web browser to VGA out for the iPad || || > || . || Utility || GoodReader || GoodReader will mirror anything being viewed in the application || || > || . || Video viewing || Netflix || Streaming only; must have Netflix account || || > || . || Video viewing || YouTube || Videos only in output || || > || . || Presentation || Whiteboard VGA || simple white board app with vga output || > Virtuoso || Whether it's just bashing the virtual keys of the piano or playing something more tuneful, the iPad has a number of apps to make music.
 * || || Presentation Aid || Mobile Mouse || make your ipod or your ipad into a wireless remote and mouse ||
 * CREATIVITY / JUST FOR FUN ||  ||
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Virtuoso is free and is a large keyboard that can be moved to access higher and lower notes. ||
 * Brushes || [|Brushes] is one of the many software programs for the iPad that allow you to paint, draw, sketch and doodle.

Share your work with iPad painting and drawing groups like [|this] on Flickr! ||

2. [|Cloud Browse]: Easily access Flash, JAVA, and Google Docs.

4. [|LinkedIn]: Professional networking and contacts at your fingertips. 5. [|Dragon Diction]: Easy to use voice recognition program. 6. [|FeeddlerRSS]: RSS reader that easily syncs with Google Reader.

8. [|Dictionary &][|Thesaurus]: Even includes word of the day! 9. [|The Weather Channel]: Every educator should know what the weather is going to be like each day. 10. [|Delicious]: Access all your bookmarks quickly and easily. 11. [|World Book: Today in History]: History information when you want it. 12. [|Google Earth]: Having the world in the palm of your hands isn't a bad thing. 13. [|Dropbox]: MUST HAVE! Easily sync/share files across computers and online 14. [|Infinote]: Post-It-Note creation tool.

15. [|Skype]: Make FREE calls to everyone in your contact list. 16. [|textPlus]: FREE, unlimited SMS via regular text, app-to-app, 1-to-1, or in groups. 17. [|Documents to Go]: Edit/create/view MS Word and Excel files as well as view PDF, PowerPoint and iWork files. Syncs with Dropbox! 18. [|GoodReader]: Read PDF and TXT files; syncs w/ DropBox and Google Docs. 19. [|Free Translator]: Translates over 18 languages. 20. [|Simplepedia]: A simple Wikipedia reader. 21. [|Groupboard]: Turns your iPad into a collaborative whiteboard. 22. [|Pcalc Lite]: Fully functional scientific calculator.

> //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.// //Please check out the other pages here, too!//
 * **[|AccuWeather]** || Free. ||
 * [|**Adobe Ideas**] || Adobe Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go. ||
 * [|**Air Video**] || Watch your video collection from your Mac on your iPad..anywhere! ($2.99) ||
 * [|**Apps from the Fed Govt.**] || Government apps provide information when you're on the go. Find instant notification of recalls to the status of veterans benefits. USA.gov is working hard to make the government easy, convenient, and accessible. ||
 * **[|Bento]** || Bento for iPad can be used as a standalone database app, and it comes with 25 templates for such business purposes as inventory, contact management, and expense tracking. ($4.99) ||
 * [|**Big Calculator**] || Free. ||
 * [|**Big World**] || Big World is the ultimate location organizer and GPS-enabled navigation tool fused into one incredible iPad app! Create custom guides for travel, your favorite spots, your own “Best-of...” lists, your friends, family, or business clients’ Contact addresses, or for any reason you can think of! (Free) ||
 * [|**Chegg**] || Chegg, the #1 textbook rental company, helps students save hundreds of dollars off the price of textbooks. With millions of textbooks to choose from, Chegg has a variety of shipping options, free returns and plants a tree when you rent! (Free app) ||
 * [|**Chess HD**] || Free Chess program for the iPad. Play against the computer or another player. ||
 * [|**CleanWriter**] || Clean Writer is the minimalist text editor app focused on simplicity, designed for the creative people: bloggers, journalists or writers looking for their muse. A clutter free, Zen-like interface carefully designed for minimal impact on your writing process. ( ||
 * [|**Conference Pad**] || Control a presentation on any number of iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches from your device, simultaneously and wirelessly over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Display it seamlessly on one or more external screens or projectors attached to any number of iPad and iPhone 4 devices. ($4.99) ||
 * [|**CourseNotes**] || CourseNotes is a student's class companion for the iPad! ($4.99) ||
 * [|**Dragon Dictation**] || Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email message. (Free) ||
 * [|**Dropbox**] || Dropbox offers mobile access to shared documents that are stored in a virtual cloud. Sync and share files easily across multiple computers without setting up a costly and complicated IT network. (Free) ||
 * [|**Educational Apps**] || List of all educational apps by title in the iTunes App Store. ||
 * **[|EverNote]** || From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop. ||
 * [|**Flipboard**] || Flipboard is one of a growing category of iPad apps that build you a personal newspaper by grabbing content from your social networks. The difference with Flipboard is that it actually feels like picking up a magazine and flipping through it, but the supersimple interface hides some powerful features. (Free) ||
 * [|**Fotopedia Heritage**] || Get ready for an endless visual journey across the 890 UNESCO World Heritage Sites! (free) ||
 * [|**Free Translator**] || This application provides an interface to the free Google Translate API for many languages including Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese. (Free) ||
 * **[|Google Earth]** || Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With Google Earth for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you can fly to far corners of the planet with just the swipe of a finger. Explore the same global satellite and aerial imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth, including high-resolution imagery for over half of the world's population and a third of the world's land mass. (Free) ||
 * [|**GoSkyWatch Planetarium**] || Easily and quickly identify and locate stars, planets, constellations and more with a touch or by simply pointing to the sky. (Free) ||
 * **[|GoToMeeting]** || GoToMeeting is the easiest and most convenient way to attend online meetings – and now you can take it to go! Download the free app and join a meeting on your iPad in seconds just by tapping the link in your invitation email. View slide presentations, design mockups, spreadsheets, reports – whatever meeting presenters choose to share. (Free) ||
 * [|**Groupboard**] || Groupboard turns your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad into a collaborative whiteboard, allowing you to draw and chat in real time with other people anywhere on the internet, even with users using a web browser.(Free) ||
 * [|**HMH Fuse: Algebra 1**] || HMH Fuse: Algebra 1 features the award-winning core content of the Holt McDougal Algebra 1 configured for mobile devices. ||
 * [|**iBook**] || "iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages." (Free) ||
 * [|**iCab Mobile**] || Cab Mobile is a web browser for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is probably one of the iPhone browsers with the richest feature set. It provides many unique and useful features you won't find in other iPhone browsers. ($1.99) ||
 * [|**IEP Checklist**] || IEP Checklist is a tool for parents and teachers to consider as they develop the IEP. Not every item on the checklist is required by special education regulations. (Free) ||
 * [|**iObserve**] || iObserve is a data collection tool that will help you conduct surveys, complete inspections, judge sporting competitions, observe experiments, appraise items or bid on jobs. Administrators are also using it for teacher evaluations. ($4.99) ||
 * [|**Keynote**] || Keynote is the powerful presentation app from Apple. ($9.99) ||
 * [|**Logmein Ignition**] || Directly control your Mac or PC, all your programs and all your files – like that important presentation for your boss or that application that only exists on your work computer – with a simple touch. ($29.99) ||
 * [|**MacLife**] || MacLife, the leading independent magazine devoted to all things Apple, comes to the iPad — with the MacLife Tablet Edition! (Free) ||
 * [|**MaxJournal**] || MaxJournal is a simple and elegant way to make a daily diary or journal. Designed to be easy to use and easy to navigate - it makes it a joy to sit down and get introspective with your diary-writing self. Everything you need is at your fingertips. It's also a scrapbook - you can attach photos and images to your journal entries. ($2.99) ||
 * **[|mBook]** || mBook is the application for Moodle on iPad. ($3.99) ||
 * [|**MobileNoter**] || MobileNoter is a powerful and multifunctional note taking application which is able to sync with Microsoft OneNote. Although you can use MobileNoter as a standalone application to take and store your notes, its real power comes into play when you start using it with Microsoft OneNote. (Free) ||
 * [|**mTouch+**] || The best and most functional native iOS app for Moodle with support for all standard Moodle modules. mTouch+ is for students and requires no server side tweaking or installation, you can begin using mTouch+ right away.($2.99) ||
 * **[|MyScratchWork]** || MyScratchWork allows you to take notes and browse the web while having the two side by side to avoid back and forth flipping. It also provides a custom math keyboard. (Free) ||
 * [|**Naturespace Holographic Audio**] || Naturespace Holographic Audio provides an audiophile-class listening experience to all headphone users, including earbuds. I have it, and when the world gets too noisy, I can escape to wome wonderful sounds of nature. (Free) ||
 * [|**Numbers**] || Numbers is the most innovative spreadsheet app ever designed for a mobile device. ($9.99) ||
 * **[|OmniCalc]** || OmniCalc lets you choose from 10 different calculator designs, 19 color schemes and 3 button styles. Includes: • Standard Calculator Functions, • Scientific Calculator Functions, • Statistical Calculator Functions, • Date Math Calculator Functions (Price reduced to Free) ||
 * [|**Pages**] || Word processor let you create and edit documents but can import files from the corresponding Microsoft Office applications. ($9.99) ||
 * [|**PhotoTransfer**] || Photo Transfer App allows you to easily download photos from your iPhone to your computer as well as exchange photos from and to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch. Transfer photos over WiFi, no cables or extra software required. $2.99 ||
 * [|**PlainText**] || For editing text on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. PlainText is a simple text editor with an uncomplicated, paper-like user interface. PlainText allows you to create and organize your documents in folders and sync everything with Dropbox.com. (Free) ||
 * [|**PressReader**] || PressReader brings over 1,500 full-content newspapers from 90 countries in 47 languages to your iPad & iPhone. For a limited time, download PressReader and your first 7 newspaper issues for FREE!* (App is free but subscription fees to newspapers may apply) ||
 * **[|PrintCentral]** || Print to ALL printers. Print direct to most WiFi/Wireless printers without additional software. Print to ALL printers and any document type via your Mac/PC. Print remotely over 3G and in corporate/other networks where WiFi is not available. ||
 * [|**Quick Graph**] || Quick Graph 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. (Free) ||
 * [|**QuickOfficeConnect**] || Have full control of creating, editing, formatting, accessing and sharing Microsoft® Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets. ($19.99) ||
 * [|**Simplenote**] || Simplenote is the fast, clean, synchronized notes app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. When you download Simplenote, you also get access to our free web app and a growing variety of desktop apps. Your notes will sync securely, wirelessly, and automatically in both directions. (Free) ||
 * **[|Smithsonian Channel]** || More than museums, so much more! Stay connected with Smithsonian Channel's original series, documentaries and fun facts — on the go, anytime, anywhere with the Smithsonian Channel app for iPhone and iPod Touch. View full episodes and hundreds of video clips of your favorite Smithsonian Channel programs. (Free) ||
 * [|**SoundPaper**] || SoundPaper is the best way to take notes on your iPad. It tracks what you type and draw while recording audio, so you'll never worry about missing an important detail. ($2.99) ||
 * [|**Spider Solitaire**] || We all need a break now and then! (Free) This iPad version has a fantastic user interface, beautiful graphics and subtle sound effects. ||
 * [|**Tao**] || TAO (TranslateIt! Online) is an app for one-click translation of texts from one language to another powered by Google online translation engine. Customizable list of source and target languages, support for Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Indonesian, Catalan, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Filipino, Ukrainian (more to come in the future). (Free) ||
 * [|**TeamViewer**] || TeamViewer HD provides easy, fast and secure remote access to PCs and Macs. (Free) ||
 * [|**TextNow**] || Text Nowoffers unlimited free texting and picture messaging. It has been a hit on the iPhone, now it works great on an iPad too. TextNow is available for 99 cents at the App Store. However, users should be aware of additional costs. The download includes just three months of service. For $3.99, an additional one year of service can be purchased from within the app. For $7.99 (which is the best deal) users get a lifetime of texting with no future costs. ||
 * [|**Waken Shaken**] || This new application combines several novel features that are sure to wake you up and get you going. When the alarm sounds, simply SHAKE the device and the alarm turns off. (Free) ||
 * [|**Whiteboard**] || Transform your iPad into a presentation screen with Whiteboard. Whiteboard lets you connect to a TV or projection system using an Apple VGA or composite/component video-out cable and draw directly to an external screen using standard whiteboard markers and erasers. ($1.99) ||
 * **[|Wolfram Alpha]** || Get answers. Access expert knowledge. Wherever you are. Whenever you need it. ($1.99) ||
 * [|**World Book: This Day in History**] || This Day in History for iPad is an interactive multimedia calendar that displays historical events for the current day or any selected day, along with related media such as photos, illustrations, music, and speeches. You can hear the national anthems of countries on the day they became a nation, listen to presidents’ speeches on the anniversaries of their inaugurations, and play sound clips from famous artists on their birthdays. //(Great for those looking for some tidbits for morning announcements!)// (Free) ||

A hefty $40 (and worth every cent)