Author: Taylor Williamson taylor.williamson@cortland.edu

Purpose
This brochure was created using a collaborative effort to find the top applications. We have compiled three top apps that we thought would complement your child’s education the greatest. The applications we found are fun and interactive. They range in content area from math to ELA. There are games and activities that are included to support a fun and engaging learning experience. We hope you enjoy!

Resources
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Applications were downloaded within the Apple Store
Reviews were found within the Apple Store
Common Core Learning Standards
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Book Creator—
Common Core Learning Standards (ELA)
Writing. Speaking and Listening, Language
Math Doodle—
Common Core Learning Standards (Math)
Counting-Cardinality, Geometry, Operations
(majority if not all standards)
Quick QR Code Reader & Creator—
Common Core Learning Standards (Technology)
Information Systems, Analysis, Inquiry, and Design

The Applications:
Book Creator
Doodle Math
Quick QR Code Reader & Creator
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Brochure Created By:
Andrew Chicoine
Taylor Williamson
Paige LaBouf

Top Educational Apps to Use for Learning

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Book Creator
Price: $4.99 (full) Free (lite)
Our Review: This app is great and easy to use. The buttons are clear and simple. It comes included with a free interactive tutorial book. The free version, which we worked with, only allows students to create one book at a time. The paid version allows students to create as many books as they would like and gives more options of different story layouts (e.g. Comic, Photo Album, Recipe Book). Book Creator allows students to become authors and to explore their creative side. With easy exporting to iBooks, they can see their books being published into their own library.
Their Review:
MamaStarFish –March 21, 2012
“Pros: Easy photo placement from your library, easy text additions, easy music/narration additions, easy formatting for color, style, background, paragraph, etc, and easy upload to iBookstore, iCloud, and multiple-app support.”
Reading Buddies –April 2, 2012
“I have several book making apps, and this is by far the best. I love that it is easy enough for my kids to use but has enough features that it works for me too.”
Ways to implement:
Students can be assigned to write stories or journals using the book creator.
Students can practice handwriting using the lined-paper template
Students can create cards during holiday seasons

Doodle Math
Price: Free ($4.99/month to unlock extra features)
Our Review: This app is wonderful for a student struggling to learn math. Doodle Math can be fun and exciting and students may not even realize they are learning. What makes this app great is when the student first opens the app they can create their own profile. The student can pick his character and can add his name and then he can take a seven question interactive quiz to see what level he is at. There are than games he can play to raise his level gain stars and win prizes. There is also a way for parents to access this account to see how their child is progressing.
Their Review:
Educational App Store –March, 2015
“DoodleMath is an excellent learning tool for use in school or at home… it provides essential data to the teacher or parent of not just what their student or child is good at, but more importantly, areas of weaknesses… extremely intuitive…”
Clare C, Suffolk –September, 2014 "I shall continue to rave about how good DoodleMath is. We've noticed a huge improvement in his math over the summer and he very proudly let me know he'd been moved up a math group this week."
Ways to implement:
Students can practice and track their math progress on the app.
Teacher can broadcast app on the smart board and class can work on problems as a fun activity.
This can be assigned as homework and students will view it more as a game than another assignment. They will compete with each other to see who can get the most stars.

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Quick QR code reader & creator
Price: Free
Our Review: This app is useful for utilizing QR codes It allows users to create a code or to scan them. QR codes are helpful for getting the audience to an exact location. For example, scanning a code may prompt an image or, it may prompt a website, it may prompt a document, or could even prompt specific text. Teachers can use this to send information home to adults, to build activities such as a scavenger hunt, or as directions for learning centers.
Their Review:
Mcc–June 15, 2013
“I was looking for an app that di both create and scan qr codes. My trial code and scan worked great!”
AvidIPader –May 1, 2014
“With this app, the QR code can be copied, added to the photos, or, my favorite, sent by email. This app also gives a lot of size and input options .Versatile and simple to use, this app is the one to go with.”
Pinterest for IPad –February 9, 2014
“Simple and easy to use.”
Ways to implement:
Teachers can set up stations using QR codes. Students scan the codes to find out what they will be doing
Teachers can use QR Codes as ways to send information home to adults. The adult scans the QR code to get the information

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