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Free Education Apps for Android OS

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With Android based tablets coming out—notably, the Dell Streak (f.k.a. Mini)—soon, as well as a few that are already “out,” I’ve been curious about what apps might be educationally appropriate. Android-based tablets are headed for schools and offer a significant advantage over iPads—they’re not Apple-based.

Here’s a list based on feedback and web sites I’ve been reading. All apps listed are available at no cost, albeit some are “lite” versions like Solo Lite Guitar Player and Celeste Lite. I’ve not included apps that cost money but you can check the additional resources section to find those.

Think I missed a free Android educationally-appropriate app? Let me know which and how it might be used in the classroom. And, if you have suggestions as to how the following might be used in the classroom, don’t hesitate to write in the comments!

Grades K-1

  1. Chicktionary
  2. Kidroid
  3. Kids Numbers and Math -
  4. Kids Connect the Dots 
  5. The Word Puzzle
  6. Zebra Paint

Correction:
Removed the Oxford English Dictionary entries because they cost money. Sigh.

Grades 2-12

  1. Calculus Review
  2. Capital Quiz - Geographic quiz Application on countries of the world, their capitals, their flags and their currencies for smartphone. 
  3. Celeste Lite
  4. CoursePro - track your homework assignments
  5. Electricity Calculator - calculate electricity usage
  6. Formulas Lite 
  7. GeoQuiz 
  8. Google SkyMap Astronomy
  9. HandyCalc - watch video…replace your TI-83 calculators and get Android phone for that $100 investment!
  10. MathDroid - algebraic calculator.
  11. MathWizard - Read the review here
  12. Memory Master - 
  13. My PocketProf - organize your notes
  14. PhotoMix - make pictures into puzzles
  15. StatDist - from their web site: “StatDist calculates densities, probabilities, and quantiles of common useful continuous and discrete distributions”
  16. Solo Lite - play a guitar on your android. awesome. I may finally learn to play (watch video).
  17. StudyDroid Flash Cards
  18. Track Iridium Flares - read this review. Pretty awesome for science.
  19. Trippo Mondo - text and audio language converter
  20. Unit Converter
  21. Wattpad - from their web site, “Wattpad gives you FREE instant access to 100,000+ novels, fan fiction, short stories, poetry and more.”

Special Education

  1. SixtyFour - Learn Braille
  2. WebTalk - Voice-enabled web browser

Other neat stuff that could be used in education setting:

  • Barcode Scanner or Lynkee for QR Code Scanning
  • Gmote - Gmote turns Android into a remote control for a computer, allowing users to run movies and music at a distance. It supports all of the standard remote control features such as play, pause, rewind, volume controls etc. It also has a built-in file browser that lets you select what to play.
  • News Sources
-   NYTimes – more up to date
-   USA Today – more graphical
-   1Cast News – video news stories

References
Thanks to the following folks for responding to my all-call for their favorite edu-apps for Android:

Thanks to the following web sites for sources; explore them for other choices:

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