Karren

Favorite Apps

My 10 favorite school apps are: 1. Virtuoso- free- excellent piano that has a very true sound. Also has option of two pianos face-to-face. 2. Music Tutor - free- Reviews note names on staff, key signatures, & other theory. Grades 1-12 3. World Music- free- has nice quality recordings of music from around the world. Easy app to use. Great resource as a listening list. 4. Wave Pad - free- record your voice and it shows the sound waves. Music & science connections 5. Metronome - free-metronome to use while practicing or while finding tempo of piece. 6. Sand Timer-free-when last sand drops from hourglass timer students need to be in seat ready to go or they're tardy for class. 7. Novation Launchpad-free-4 stars-easy for students to create & remix music 8. Garage Band-$4.99 awesome app that allows you to compose using assortment of instruments and mix them until you get the sound you want, then record the tune. 9. Tabletop-free-customizable music studio. More basic than Garage Band. 10. Too Noisy-free-decibel reader-cafeteria on full moon days vs. normal day :-)

My 5 personal fav. apps: 1. Dropbox-free- virtual storage 2. Today in History- free- tells what happened in history today, every day 3. Weather Bug- free- local forecast and national forecast <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">4. Creative Book Builder-$3.99 - creating your own books. Love this app for making a meaningful gift for our God-children and others. Parent's 50th wedding anniv. Gift from everyone. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">5. Overdrive-free-connection with library systems around the country for locating online books and magazines <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">+ Edmodo and Evernote as well.