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10 New iOS Apps Perfect For Summer Learning

Posted on June 6th

Summer is nearly upon us. That means students and teachers alike will be out of the classroom. But there’s a fact that you should remember: all those students and teachers will still be using their smartphones and tablets on a daily basis because, well, it’s fun.

So in that vain, we’ve compiled a list of useful (and brand new) apps that are available for iOS devices. We’ll have an Android list coming out shortly. Click the title to view the app in the iTunes App Store.

1. Earthlapse (iPhone, iPad) – $0.99

Explore amazing interactive time lapse views from the International Space Station. A complete space experience designed for iPad and iPhone by the makers of Magic Window. Earthapse includes 8 interactive time lapse scenes photographed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The application allows you not only to view, but to interact with these scenes, controlling them with a touch of your finger. The app also includes 8 relaxing ambient space soundtracks, a clock, and complete worldwide weather. It is not only amazing to explore, it is useful on your desk and nightstand.

2. Morton Subotnick’s Pitch Painter (iPad) – $2.99

Morton Subotnick presents a new way for your kids to create music. Pitch Painter is a musical finger painting app that is simple yet surprisingly sophisticated. While engaged in creative musical play, the child will be introduced to a variety of musical instrumental sounds and authentic scale tunings from four regions of the world.

3. The Smithsonian Channel (iPhone, iPad) – Free

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. Check the schedule for what’s on tonight, tomorrow or next week. Smithsonian Channel explores the history of our planet, life and culture, with 100% original, family-friendly programming. From the origins of the universe to the deaths of civilizations, from upscale design awards to down-home chili cook-offs, we tackle subjects as diverse and limitless as the landscape we cover.

4. Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough (iPad) $6.99

As a companion to the stunning series airing on Sky 3D, Sky Atlantic and Sky 1, continue your journey through the Kingdom of Plants in the company of the world’s favourite naturalist. Using exclusive clips, interactive features and Sir David’s inimitable guidance throughout, witness events few people ever get to see, including night-flowering cacti and the incredible Millennium Seedbank vaults. Go behind closed doors to discover Kew’s vital research work, and discover hundreds of images exploring the diversity and wonder of the plant kingdom.

5. NYTimes Crosswords (iPhone, iPad) – Free

The New York Times Crosswords comes with a one week free trial of the official daily puzzles from The New York Times and its archive of more than 6,000 classic puzzles! After the initial free week you can continue to play the classic puzzles or you can purchase a subscription to the daily and archive puzzles.With The New York Times Crosswords, you can play the same puzzles that are published daily in the print newspaper!

6. SpellBoard (iPad) – $4.99

Whether you are a student, teacher or parent, we all know the weekly spelling drill. Monday, we get our weekly words. Wednesday, we have our pre-quiz and Friday is the spelling test. Of course, during the week there are endless impromptu spelling quizzes, — at home, in the car, at dinner, before bed — you get the idea. Well, all that may have just changed — say hello to SpellBoard! SpellBoard allows you to create any spelling quiz in any language. That’s right, you could even use this for your Spanish class! SpellBoard provides a fast and intuitive way for you to enter your list of spelling words. All you need to do is enter the word (correctly spelled), the grade level (1-12) and the spoken word (recorded via the iPads built in microphone). Optionally, you can add a written and/or spoken phrase. That’s it! Now you are ready to study your word list and be quizzed on it.

7. Popplet (iPhone, iPad) – Free / $4.99

Great for work. Great for school. Popplet is a platform for your ideas. Popplet’s super simple interface allows you to move at the speed of your thoughts. With Popplet you can capture your ideas, sort them visually, and collaborate with others in realtime. Quickly and easily! Popplet Lite will be free forever, but is limited to just one popplet. The full version of Popplet lets you create an unlimited number of local popplets, which are stored on your iPad. You can also use the full version to create online popplets, which can be shared with and edited by other Popplet users, both on the web at popplet.com and on their iPads.

8. Coton (iPhone, iPad) – $1.99

Coton is a beautiful cloud identification app for your iPhone and iPod Touch. Click here to view the iPad version (Coton HD) Identify clouds by browsing stunning pictures and detailed descriptions of all the different types of clouds you may spot. Coton relies on the International Cloud Atlas classification, the authoritative book from the World Meteorological Organization. Learn about cloud types and their corresponding weather forecast including chances of rain and storm. Try to figure out the weather of the day, just by looking at the sky!

Coton includes:
– 33 cloud index cards for the main cloud genera, species, varieties and special clouds
– a gallery containing more than 120 awesome pictures
– an illustrated guide which simply explains what is a cloud and how clouds are classified
– a chart of the 10 cloud genera
– a setting allowing you to switch between metric and imperial measurement system

9. Erudio (iPhone, iPad) – Free

School is complicated. Erudio makes it simple. With Erudio, managing your day to day life as a student has never been easier. Erudio understands how school works—it effortlessly and intuitively organizes the chaos of classes, assignments, readings, grades, exams, and tasks that you face every day.

Erudio compliments the power and convenience of your iPhone with a gorgeous, straightforward interface that divides the complexity of your education into four categories: courses, tasks, grades, and timeline. Together, they provide a concise overview of everything that you need to survive school. Erudio Free is limited to managing 10 tasks and 1 academic term. If you like Erudio Free and want the complete experience, upgrade to the full version of Erudio. Don’t worry about all your data—it will automatically be transferred upon download of the full version.

Erudio remembers class names, locations, times, call numbers and more so that you don’t have to. Everything that you need to know for your class is grouped into one place, so you can quickly and easily see all of your upcoming assignments, class information, and grades. Erudio can even archive your previous terms, so you can start with a clean slate at the beginning of every new term.

10. iTalk Recorder Premium (iPhone, iPad) – $1.99

iTalk Recorder Premium is a full-featured recording app with a streamlined and intuitive user interface. Press the big red button to record; press it again to stop. You can append to existing recordings, choose from three levels of recording quality (11.025, 22.05, or 44.10 kHz sample rates), and manage your recordings, all with just a fingertip. You can email recordings straight from iTalk. iTalk also supports Dropbox file transfers and direct file sharing through iTunes. Whether you’re recording minutes of a meeting, a lecture, or the sounds of birds singing in a meadow far from any electrical outlets, iTalk Recorder Premium puts the sound quality you need in the palm of your hand.

Other Great Apps

What are your must-have summer apps? Add them down in the comments or on the Edudemic Facebook page so everyone can see! We’ll be sure to share the other new (and useful) apps as well. Thanks in advance!

Paul Champion
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