The Great Educational App Review

1) SWD App

Subject Area: Mathematics

App Title: ModMath
App Price: Free
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Rationale for Curriculum Use: ModMath helps students with dysgraphia solve math by using
the touchscreen and keypad to set up and solve math problems on graph paper without using a
pencil. ModMath can be used for simple math, all the way up to complex algebraic equations.
Dysgraphia affects kids with dyslexia, ADHD, autism, dyspraxia, and other disabilities, this app
makes the learning of Math more accessible and inclusive for them.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards: 2. Leader: B. Advocate for equitable access to educational

technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.

ISTE Student Standards: 6. Technology Operations and Concepts: A. Understand and use
technology systems

NYS p-12 Common Core/NYS Standards: 6.EE. 1. Write and evaluate numerical expressions
involving whole-number exponents. 6.EE.2. Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which
letters stand for numbers.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Grade 6: Number Sense and Numerations: Overall

Expectations: Read, represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 1 000 000, decimal
numbers to thousandths, proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers;
 2) ENL App

Subject Area: English Language Learners

App Title: Duolingo
App Price: Free
Languages: English, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian,
Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified
Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

Rationale for Curriculum Use: Duolingo allows ENL students to learn English in an easy, fun
and engaging way. Students are able to progress through different levels, complete speaking,
writing, listening, and translating tasks.

Standards:
ISTE Educator Standards:
7a. Analyst: Provide alternative ways for students to demonstrate competency and reflect on
their learning using technology.

6a. Facilitator: Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and
outcomes in both independent and group settings.

ISTE Student Standards:

1a. Empowered Learner:
Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to
achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

NYS P-12 Common Core/ NYS Standards:

RL.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including
figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning
and tone.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

3.1 Reading Fluency: Reading Familiar Words.
Automatically read and understand most words in a range of reading contexts.
3) ELA - Writing App

App Title: Book Creator

App Price: Free Version- Create one book; Upgraded Unlimited version $4.99, but 50% off for
schools.
Subject Area: ELA
App Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian,
Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese

Rationale for Curriculum Use: Book Creator is the perfect app for promoting student creativity
as they can create their own stories and share them through the app. Combining text, imagines,
audio, and video, students are able to create interactive stories, poetry books, comics, and
more! This app is perfect for engaging reluctant writers, demonstrating understanding,
collaborating, and sharing.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards: 5. Designer: a. Use technology to create, adapt and personalize
learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences
and needs.
ISTE Student Standards: 1. Creativity and Innovation: b. Create original works as a means of
personal or group expression

NYS P-12 Common Core/NYS Standards: Grade 6 Writing Standards: 3. Write narratives to
develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive
details, and well-structured event sequences.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Grade 6 Writing Overall Expectations: 1. generate, gather,

and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience.
4) ELA - Reading App

App Title: Dictionary

Subject Area: English Language Arts
App Price: Free
Languages: English

Rationale for Curriculum Use: Help students expand their vocabulary by being able to find
definitions, synonyms, and practice pronunciation of English language words.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards:

5a. Designer:
Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent
learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.

ISTE Student Standards:

3a. Knowledge Constructor:
Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other
resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.

NYS P-12 Common Core/NYS Standards:

RL.4. Craft and Structure.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and
connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

3.1 Reading Fluency: Reading Familiar Words.
Automatically read and understand most words in a range of reading contexts.
5) Math Content Area App

App Title: Khan Academy

App Price: Free
Subject Area: Math, Science, Economics, History, and more.
App Languages: English, French, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

Rationale for Curriculum Use: A great app for cross-curricular learning and lessons. Students
are able to go back and watch lessons to reinforce what they are learning or to seek out
homework help. Amazing and free resource providing endless video resources that can be used
at their own pace by pausing and replaying.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards: 6. Facilitator: b. Manage the use of technology and student learning
strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands-on makerspaces or in the field.

ISTE Student Standards: 4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making: c. Collect
and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.

NYS P-12 Common Core/NYS Standards: Grade 6 Mathematical Practices: 1. Make sense of
problems and persevere in solving them.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Grade 6: Mathematical Process Expectations: Selecting

tools and computational strategies: select and use a variety of concrete, visual, and electronic
learning tools and appropriate computational strategies to investigate mathematical ideas and to
solve problems.
6) Math Content Area App

App Title: MyMathsApp

App Price: Free
Subject Area: Math
App Languages: English

Rationale for Curriculum Use:

For students to practice and master their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills.
It is free and requires no sign up! The students will never run out of new math questions for
practicing and developing their skills.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards:

6a. Facilitator: Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and
outcomes in both independent and group settings.

ISTE Student Standards:

1c. Empowered Learner: Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves
their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

NYS P-12 Common Core/NYS Standards:

6.NS.1. The Number System:
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by
fractions.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations:

Operational Sense By the end of Grade 6, students will: – use a variety of mental strategies
to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems involving whole numbers; –
solve problems involving the multiplication and division of whole numbers (four-digit by two-
digit), using a variety of tools (e.g., concrete materials, drawings, calculators) and strategies
(e.g., estimation, algorithms)
7) ENL App

App Title: SpeakingPal English Tutor

App Price: Free with In-App Purchases
Subject Area: English Language
App Languages: English, Greek, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese,
Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese

Rationale for Curriculum Use: This app is a fun way to learn English! Students may speak
with a video character and get instant feedback. They speak English and SpeakingPal listens,
allowing them to practice and improve their English at the touch of a button, anytime.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards: 6. Facilitator: a. Foster a culture where students take ownership of
their learning goals and outcomes in both independent and group settings.

ISTE Student Standards: 2. Communication and Collaboration: a. Interact, collaborate, and

publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media

NYS P-12 Common Core/NYS Standards: Grade 6 Speaking and Listening Standards: 1.
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher
led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and
expressing their own clearly.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Grade 6 Oral Communication: Overall Expectations: 2. use

speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a
variety of purposes.
8) Tech/Media App

App Title: Comic Life

App Price: Great deals for schools to buy for mass number of computers.
Subject Area: Technology/ Media
App Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese,
Spanish, Traditional Chinese

Rationale for Curriculum Use: Students create, design, build, and produce their own comic
strips. They get to enhance their skills in technology, reading and writing, creativity, storytelling,
critical thinking and so much more all in one app.

Standards:

ISTE Educator Standards: 5b. Designer

Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools
and resources to maximize active, deep learning.

ISTE Student Standards: 6d. Creative Communicator

Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended
audiences.

NYS P-12 Common Core/NYS Standards:

MA:Cr3.1.6: Media Arts: Creating:
a. Experiment with multiple approaches to produce content and components for determined
purpose and meaning in media arts productions, utilizing a range of associated principles, such
as point of view and perspective.
b. Appraise how elements and components can be altered for intentional effects and audience,
and refine media artworks to reflect purpose and audience.

Ontario Curriculum Expectations: Visual Arts: Creating and Presenting: D1.4.

Use a variety of materials, tools, techniques, and technologies to determine solutions to design
challenges. Example- technology: create a digital photo montage that represents aspects of
environmentalism.