This week my junior high school will be getting 10 MacBooks and iPod Touches (I was unable to snag iPads) on loan for a month from Apple Education as part of the Apple Learning Experience. I've asked some of my fellow teachers for their educational app suggestions.  I've asked what type of educational apps would be good to have on the iPod Touches and asked them to consider how they might integrate these into their junior high curriculum.

Here are some links I gave then to help learn more about the iPod Touch:

• Apple Learning Experience (http://www.apple.com/ca/education/resources/apple-learning-experience.html);
• Apple in Education: Special Education (http://www.apple.com/ca/education/special-education/);
• Apple in Education: Learning with iPod touch and iPhone (http://www.apple.com/ca/education/ipodtouch-iphone/);
• Apple (Canada): iPod touch (http://www.apple.com/ca/ipodtouch/games-and-apps/);

Here is a list of sites I provided:

• IEAR (http://www.iear.org/) - A site that reviews educational apps;
• Learning in Hand: iPod touch (http://learninginhand.com/ipodtouch/);
• U Tech Tips: 50 Educational Apps for the iPod Touch (http://www.utechtips.com/2009/11/03/50-educational-apps-for-the-ipod-touch/);
• Bright Hub: The Best Free Apps for Education: Apple iPod Touch Apps for Language Arts Teachers (http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/62720.aspx);
• Bright Hub: The Top 10 iPod Touch Apps to Use in Math Class (http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/63422.aspx);
• Bright Hub: The Best Apple iPod Touch Apps for Science and Social Studies (http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/64593.aspx);
• Living in the 4th Screen: Special Education Apps for the iPod Touch or iPhone (http://www.livinginthe4thscreen.com/special-education-apps-for-the-ipod-touch-or);
• Moving at the Speed of Creativity: Top 10 Education Apps for iPod Touch and iPhone (http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/03/01/top-10-education-apps-for-ipod-touch-and-iphone/);
• appSafari: iPhone Apps tagged with Education (http://www.appsafari.com/category/education/);
• Speech-Language Pathology Sharing: iPhone and iPod touch Apps for (Special) Education (http://speechlanguagepathologysharing.blogspot.com/2009/12/iphone-and-ipod-touch-apps-for-special.html);
• EdTech: IPod Touch and Educational Applications (http://innovations.oise.utoronto.ca/edtech/index.php/IPod_Touch_and_Educational_Applications);
• iPhone Answer: 12 Best iPhone Education Applications (http://iphoneanswer.com/12-best-iphone-education-applications/.

I also sent out a message on Twitter asking people what they recommend and one teacher in Australia sent a pic of an iPod screen filled with educational apps that she likes (http://twitpic.com/3tedq6):

If you would like to make a suggestion for an educational app for the iPod Touch that you think would be worth considering then please let me know.  Please keep in mind that as with most public education systems with limited budgets we like things that are free. ;>)