Check museums for apps to help you navigate, for example:
Type 'Art' into the App Store search for lots of cool Art apps.
Mashable, our favorite app and website for techie news, put together this collection of apps for virtual museum tours: http://mashable.com/2013/08/06/best-museum-apps/
Constitution for iPad
Declaration for iPad
MyCongress
Stack the States (free, or more features with $.99 upgrade)
World Book: This Day in History (free for iPad or $.99 for iPhone)--interactive multimedia calendar; historical events for current day or any selected day
History: Maps of the World--high-resolution maps
Westward Expansion--interactive maps, games, timelines (this is a prizewinner)
Early Jamestown--interactive textbook, videos, vocabulary
Duolingo--learn a language, play games with it, compete with other learners
iTranslate (free, or more features for $1.99, or specific languages for $.99)--Universal translator, over 50 languages, auto-detects a foreign language, 11 voices for text-to-speech
BrainPop--watch a featured animated movie and then take a quiz to test your new knowledge
Quizlet--make electronic flashcards, and then make those into games for learning vocabulary and concepts
Wikipanion--FREE: full access to Wikipedia with in-page searching, bookmarks, and built-in dictionary with audio pronunciation; $5: support for offline viewing
iTunesU--find lectures and podcasts; K-12 or college; almost every discipline; Library of Congress content
MOOCs4U--find MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) from a wide variety of educational institutions through a wide variety of providers (such as Coursera, Udacity, edX and others)
iStudiez--class management for students: homework assignments, courses, task management, follow-up
Evernote--organize research and classwork (Jackie on Evernote)
Prezi--presentation software (might be easier to create them on computer, but view them through device app)
Haiku Deck--presentation software with up-to-date photos
Bucks Mobile--access BCCC's Library and other college information (Brian on Bucks Mobile)
FOR TEACHERS:
Teacher Pal--track attendance, grades, behavior
Edmoto--helps make the paperless classroom a possibility: lead secure classroom discussions, post assignments, track grades, share files
Whiteboard Genie for Edmoto--add brainstorming and demos
Show Me Interactive Whiteboard--turn your iPad into an interactive whiteboard; record voice-over tutorials and share them (for $5 get a subscription for your group
Footsteps--Pedometer
Endomondo--another favorite of the Today Show hosts--watch your workout history and progress and copy and share workouts
Strava Run
Nike--check out Linda's video below:
3D Brain--touch, rotate, and view a 3D rendering of the brain with sections labeled and highlighted
NASA--live-streaming of NASA TV, space images, countdown clocks, mission updates
Star Walk ($5)--hold the iPad to sky and locate stars and constellations; use the Time Machine to see where constellations will be in the future; adjust where on eart you'll be viewing from
Planets--see Brian's video below
Frog Dissection ($.99)
Mathematricks ($1)--learn mental math tricks to easily solve complex math problems
Even if you are not a musician, there are many apps to help you create and enjoy music.
Pandora is like a little radio in your device in which you can specify what kind of music you would like to listen to. If you are a serious art music lover, clicking on "Classical" will bring you pops and orchestrated movie themes along with actual classical music.
Shazam will identify music and movies it hears. If Shazam is running while you are watching a movie, it will identify the movie without you asking it to. This happening to me when I had TCM on and a 1940s movie was playing. Amazing!
Amazon Cloud Player: If you have purchased CDs through Amazon.com, check this thing out. Not everything you have purchased will be there, but you might be pleasantly surprised that you can access the content wherever you are. Gifts you have purchased through Amazon might also be there. You can access this on your computer through the Amazon site, or look for the app on your device.
Songify will take any short bit of text you speak into it and make it into a song. You can choose from various styles. Your voice will come out sounding like it has been Auto-tuned.
There are quite a few piano keyboards designed for use on iPads. Some are free, some give you two keyboards (with one facing your friend), and some cost money but have many more features. For example, Virtuoso Piano is free, and Pianist Pro costs $10.
