Deb

1. Rookie Photo Editor. 4 1/2 stars--FREE This app would allow me me to make my photos look like a professional took them. It has filter technology to really bring out the colors and enhance my images. I have been looking for an editor app that could help me do this excited!

2. Food Network in the Kitchen. 4 1/2 stars FREE My goal is to cook more. My children have also been interested in the food network lately. This app would allow me to access thousands of top favorite recipes of the food network stars.

3. Disney Creative Studio. 4stars. FREE I have always loved drawing and Disney. Both of these loves have been passed on to my daughters. This would be a great app to play, create, and spend time with my girls while learning to draw some of our favorite characters.

4. iPhoto 3stars $4.99 Since we have multiple devices by Apple it seems like this would be a great app to use to manage, edit, organize, and share all my photos.

5. iMovie 4stars $4.99 My dad has used this to create movies for the family. I would like to also learn how to take all of the video clips I have collected and put them into a movie for the family to cherish.

1. Kids Reading Comprehension $.99 no ratings yet

I will have the ability to track multiple students reading progress, provide follow up questions and be able to do progress reports. It helps students use the essential skills for reading comprehension.

2. News-O-Matic-Daily Readings for Kids. 4 1/2 stars Free

This is kid certified by Apple. I will use it to help students explore the world, learn about other extraordinary kids, and discover age appropriate and exciting world news. This would be a fun way to start the first 15 minutes of class.

3. Abby Phonics not yet rated Free

I could use this both at home or in the classroom. It will help students strengthen reading, comprehension, writing, and spelling.

4. Raz-Kids (learning A-Z app). 4 1/2 stars Free

This works with the original Raz Kids and Reading A-Z. This will allow me access to 1,100 additional ebooks and eQuizzes. I will also be able to access thousands of reading resources, printables, leveled books, quizzes, lesson plans, worksheets, phonics resources and resources for implementing common core.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">5. Number Bingo 4stars Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I will be able to use this with students to access 3 different difficulty levels in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as well as an all in one option. I will also have the ability to personalize the game.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">6. Splash Math. 4 stars Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I will be able to use this with students to access over 180 math skills as well as an endless supply of math problems. It also has an option to set a password for parents and gives links to other study apps.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">7. Sushi Monster. 4 1/2 stars Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I will be able to use this app to help students reasoning and strategies for whole # addition and multiplication. It has 12 levels and will help reinforce math fact fluency.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">8. Endless Alphabet 5 stars $6.99

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This is a 2013 app of the year runner up. While expensive it looks like a great app. It helps students learn ABC's and builds vocabulary while also teaching you definitions.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">9. Mathway 4 stars Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">I will use this app to help students solve difficult math problems. Math subjects covered include basic math, algebra, trig., precalculus, calculus and statistics. It can not only help students, but also teachers and parents. The good thing is there is no network access required.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">10. Brain Pop 4 1/2 stars Free

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #383d48; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;">This will help students learn fun new facts everyday. I would use as a fun way to start the day or for students to access in their free time. Students can watch a different movies everyday and then test their knowledge with a quiz.