The following is a list of apps I’ve found useful in my life in regards to teaching and learning. Click the link to visit the AppSafari website (http://www.appsafari.com) where you will find excellent reviews of the apps and links to download from the Apple App Store.
Free Apps
Blackboard Learn: Receive course information and updates from Blackboard Learn right on your iPhone!
GV Mobile: GV Mobile is an iPhone app that lets you leverage your Google Voice account to make phone calls and send SMS text messages from your iPhone. (Apple disabled this app, but you can still access your GVoice account via Safari and it works great.)
Dropbox App: Dropbox iPhone app gives you full access your Dropbox from your iPhone, including your photos, videos, and documents.
Animoto Videos: The Animoto app for the iPhone lets you select from the pics on your phone, choose a soundtrack from their library, and click a button.
Google Docs: You can view your Documents and Spreadsheets and Presentations on your iPhone with a very slick user interface.
Remember the Milk: This is a personal task management tool. Some of the features included are the ability to view upcoming tasks, view your tasks in a list, add new tasks and notes, and edit existing tasks.
Evernote: Evernote for iPhone (and iPod Touch) lets you capture any moment or idea as it happens, wherever you may find yourself. And, thanks to Evernote’s amazing cloud-based sync, you can recall it all any time from your iPhone, Mac, PC, the Web, or other mobile device.
Kindle for iPhone: Thanks to the Free Kindle for iPhone app from Amazon which gives you wireless access to the same 240,000-plus e-books previously only available on Amazon’s own Kindle and Kindle 2 electronic readers.
Stanza: Stanza app for iPhone lets you read eBooks on your iPhone and iPod Touch. With a clean and organized interface, Stanza is expressly designed for reading digital publications, including electronic books, newspapers, PDFs, and general web content.
eBuddy: eBuddy is a powerful chat app for the iPhone that supports MSN, Yahoo, AIM, GoogleTalk, ICQ and Facebook! You can use eBuddy on your mobile Safari web browser or download the free app from the App Store for your iPhone or iPod touch.
Skype: Superb quality Skype-to-Skype over WiFi using the Skype application. Finally be free of your computer and microphone to make those long distance calls. (Similar: Truphone)
Not Free, but Almost ($.99 – $3.99)
AcSync – Academic Sync: Fast access to Blackboard Academic Suit(R) and any other web pages on your iPhone. You no longer need to go through all the course web pages to check for homework updates ($3.99).
CliffNotes to Go: The CliffNotes that you know and love have gone digital and you can buy and read them on your iPhone or iPod touch ($.99).
Expensive, but May be Worth it (Over $3)
TextFree Unlimited: Currently the best alternative to high SMS plan costs, offering free text messaging using Push Notification. ($5.99)
Papers: Papers for iPhone and iPod touch holds your personal library of research literature wherever you go ($9.90).
Quick Office: Edit Word and Excel documents on the go.($19.99)
Other Lists
- 8 Must-Have Education Apps for iPhone | Edu in Review Blog
- The Top Educational iPhone Apps | Open Culture
- Top 50 Free Education Apps
