graphite From Common Sense Media

Have you signed in to graphite yet?

If not, you are missing out on a valuable resource for your 1to1 iPad or "One-iPad" classroom.  A product of +Common Sense Media, graphite is a type of social network where teachers share, search and create reviews for the best apps (web-based or tablet), games, websites, and other digital curricula.  

You can find and share the best app workflows (App Flows) for you or your classroom.  And graphite's content is searchable by grade level, subject, type of content, and by Common Core Standards.  If you are not sure where or how you can start, try the Top Picks and explore some of the more popular choices by teachers.

graphite can serve as your Personal Learning Network (PLN) when it comes to finding the right digital content for iPad or other devices.

The account is FREE and easy to sign up.

What Are App Flows?

Great Resource For iPad App Reviews

Richard Byrne delivers again with his third very popular blog devoted to iPad app reviews - iPad Apps for School.  Though not all of them, but most of his app reviews are of FREE apps.  He does, however, feature some very pertinent apps for education.  Richard Byrne is best known for his edublog Free Technology for Teachers.

Add his iPad blog to your list of frequent visits or your blog reader to find some valuable content for your iPad in the classroom.

AppAdvice - App News, Reviews, and Much More

Previously I mentioned the app directory Appolicious, which is a great directory and social media platform for finding iPad, iPhone or Android apps.  Another one I stumbled upon through the highly resourceful social medium of Twitter is AppAdvice.  This is an extremely resourceful app search service.  Similar to Appolicious, AppAdvice not only features an easy to navigate search directory, but they also offer fresh updates and news on anything iOS (which is referring to your Apple mobile devices; iPad, iPhone, etc).  I believe you will thoroughly enjoy perusing through this site.

Here is an excerpt from their About page:

AppAdvice is the ideal resource on the web for people looking to discover iPhone apps. AppAdvice thoroughly filters through the 60,000+ apps in the App Store to bring you up to date on relevant news regarding apps, as well as providing detailed app reviews.
The focus of AppAdvice.com is not to give you the same monotonous content found all over the web, but rather aggregate it in a useful way making it easy to figure out which apps you should download, that’s it. No Apple or Mac news, just iPhone apps. From our custom AppLists to instantaneously updating our BargainBin to inform you of discounts on apps, AppAdvice aims to be your one stop shop for everything App Store.

And...as they would say in the infomercial business..."but wait there's more", AppAdvice has their own app collection.  Their recent one is free for a limited time - AppStart for iPad.  The same great search/news features offered on their site is now available in a fully packed iPad app.  They also offer their $1.99 AppAdvice app that has their complete, unadulterated version of the AppAdvice service and their FREE iPhone/iPod app AppsGonefree where they feature several apps that have recently become free; which is great for your iPad collection as well.

As mentioned in the excerpt above, AppAdvice's AppLists and AppGuides are a great way to find exactly what you are looking for; from apps for Passover to apps for Filmmakers to Flashcard apps, and much more.