• The Instructional Resources Department is committed to ensuring that all instructional materials and supplemental tools are aligned with curricular goals and safe for student/teacher use. The process that is undertaken to review apps and web tools involves a multi-tiered collaborative review system that evaluates each resource based on the following factors:

    • Curricular Alignment
    • Data Privacy
    • Security
    • Internet Safety
    • Technical Specifications (if applicable)

    For more detailed information about the FBISD app/web tool review process, please read the "iPad Application and Web Tool Review Process" overview.

     

     

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  • All
  • 10 Frame Fill
  • 30 Hands Starter
  • ACT Test Center Manager
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • Adobe Comp CC
  • Adobe Illustrator Draw
  • Adobe Photoshop Express
  • Adobe Photoshop Mix
  • Adobe Photshop Sketch
  • Adobe Spark Page
  • Adobe Spark Post
  • Adobe Spark Video
  • Algebra Touch
  • Alphabet Organizer
  • AR Flashcards Space
  • Art Set
  • Articulation Station
  • Artsonia Kids Art Museum
  • ArtStudio
  • Bailboard 3
  • Bee-Bot
  • Bill Atkinson Photo Card
  • Bitsboard Pro/Bitsboard
  • Blob Chorus
  • Blockly
  • Brain Pop
  • Brain Pop, Jr.
  • Calculator Pro+
  • Capstone
  • Capstone 4D
  • Cargo Bot
  • Charms Blue
  • Chartistic Charting
  • Chat Editor
  • ChatterPix Kids
  • ChooseIt! Maker 3
  • Chromville Science
  • Claro Speak-+
  • Coach My Video
  • Comics Head
  • Community Helpers Play & Learn
  • Co-Writer Universal
  • Creative Book Builder
  • CUE by Wonder Workshop
  • DAC App (AP Testing)
  • Daisy the Dinosaur
  • Design Home
  • Destiny Discover
  • Digital Compass-Common Sense Media
  • Disneynature Explore
  • Doceri
  • Dolphin EasyReader
  • Doodle Buddy
  • Doodle Dandy
  • Door 24 Math
  • Dragon Dictation/Dragon Anywhere
  • Dreambox Math Green
  • DuckDuckMoose
  • Duolingo
  • Educreations
  • Endless Numbers
  • Epic!
  • Essential Skeleton 4
  • ESTAR/MSTAR Diagnostic
  • Evernote
  • EVO by Ozobot
  • Exoplanet
  • Explain Everything
  • FarFaria Storybooks
  • Fast Draw Sports
  • Fetch! Lunch Rush
  • Flip Grid
  • Freedom Stories AR
  • Garage Band
  • GeoBoard
  • Go for Dash & Dot Robots
  • Google Chrome
  • Google Drive
  • Google Translate
  • Green Screen by Do Ink
  • Haiku Deck
  • Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read
  • Hopscotch
  • How To Make Origami
  • HP Reveal (Formerly Aurasma)
  • iBooks
  • iMovie
  • i-nigma QR Code
  • Interactive Math Glossary (Texas Education Agency)
  • iStation
  • iSURVEY
  • iTalk Recorder
  • iTunesU
  • iWriteWords
  • Keynote
  • Khan Academy
  • Kids A-Z
  • L’Escapadou Word Wizard
  • Learning Ally
  • Lee Paso a Paso
  • Lego Education MINDSTORMS EV3
  • Lego Mindstorms Robot Commander
  • LetterSchool-Learn to Write! Lite
  • Lexia
  • Life of a Monarch Buttrefly
  • Line-em Up
  • Long Division Touch
  • Make 10 Plus
  • Make Another Number Sentence
  • Math Ref
  • Merriam-Webster Dictionary
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office Lens
  • Microsoft OneNote
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Sway-App NO LONGER available in the Apple store. Online version must be used.
  • Microsoft Word
  • My Math Flash Cards
  • My PlayHome
  • MyON
  • NASA Visualization Explorer
  • National Gallery of Art HD
  • NCSU MyTech
  • NearPod
  • Numbers
  • OneDrive for iOS
  • Open eBooks
  • Origami Paper Art
  • Osmo Coding Awbie
  • Osmo Numbers
  • Osmo Tangram
  • Osmo Word
  • Padlet
  • Pages
  • Path for Dash & Dot Robots
  • Pattern Shapes
  • PBS Kids Games
  • PBS Kids Video
  • PDF Notes for iPad
  • Pearson Dash
  • Pic Collage
  • Pick Me!
  • Pixlr
  • Poll Everywhere
  • Popplet Lite
  • Preschool and Toddler Kid Learning
  • Prodigy Math Game
  • Puffin Academy
  • QR Code Reader by Scan
  • Quaver’s Marvelous World of Music
  • Quiver
  • Quizizz
  • Quizlet
  • Reflex Student
  • Rhythm Cat
  • Run Marco
  • RWT Crosswords
  • RWT Timeline
  • Schoology
  • Science 360
  • Scratch, Jr.
  • Sequence It
  • Shadow Puppet Edu
  • Shakespeares Globe 360
  • Skyward Mobile Access
  • SlideIdea
  • SmartBook
  • SmartMusic
  • Snap Type Pro
  • Sock Puppet
  • Socrative Student
  • Socrative Teacher
  • Solar System Scope
  • Spark Camera
  • Sphero Edu
  • STAAR Online
  • Staff Wars
  • Starfall
  • Stop Motion Studio
  • StoryKit
  • Swift Playgrounds
  • TalkingPoints
  • Tawe
  • Tayasui Sketches
  • Tesla Town
  • The Chemical Touch
  • The Chemical Touch Lite
  • ThingLink
  • Tiggly Story Maker
  • Tiny Scanner Pro
  • TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome
  • Toontastic
  • Treble Cat Lite/Treble Cat
  • Tumblebooks
  • Tune Train
  • Tynker
  • Venn Diagram
  • Virtual Nerd Mobile Math
  • Voice Dream Reader
  • Voice Record Pro
  • WeDo 2.0 Lego Education
  • WeVideo
  • Wonder for Dash & Dot Robots
  • Word Mover
  • Xylo
  • YouTube
  • All
  • Admin Tool
  • Assessment
  • Assessment/Testing
  • Assistive Tech
  • Assistive Tech/Productivity
  • Assistive Technology
  • Assistive Technology/dyslexic student support
  • Coding/Robotics
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Curriculum Support
  • Dictionary/Research
  • Display
  • eBooks
  • eBooks/Audiobooks
  • Game/Assessment
  • Game/Augmented Reality
  • Game-based Learning
  • Knowledge Building
  • Language Tool
  • Learning Management System
  • Multimedia
  • Multimedia/Create & Publish
  • Multimedia/Photo Editing
  • Productivity
  • Productivity/Accessibility
  • Productivity/Skills Review
  • Productivity/Student Creation
  • Productivity/Web-Browser
  • Simulations/Animations
  • Skill Building
  • Skill Building Support
  • Skill Building/Skill Reinforcement
  • Skill Building/Skill Reinforcing
  • Skill Reinforcement
  • Skill Reinforcement/Interactive Learning
  • Skill Reinforcement/Skill Building
  • Streaming Educational Content
  • Student Creation
  • Teacher Tool
  • Testing/Assessment
  • Web Browser
  • Web-Browser
  • All
  • All Content Areas
  • Assistive Technology
  • Athletics/Health/PE
  • CATE
  • Cross-Curricular
  • ELA/Bilingual
  • ELA/Literacy
  • Fine Arts
  • Fine Arts and Athletics
  • Fine Arts/Art
  • Fine Arts/Music
  • Literacy/ELA
  • Literacy/ELA/Social Studies
  • Literacy/Math
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics/Science
  • NA
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education/ Support for Auditory Impaired
  • STEM
  • World Languages
  • All
  • Admin Only
  • All
  • All Levels
  • As per FBISD Math Department’s Recommended Use
  • Early Childhood/ Elementary
  • Early Childood/Elementary
  • EC
  • EC-1
  • Elementary
  • Elementary/Middle
  • Grades 1-8
  • Grades 2-8
  • Grades 3-12
  • Grades 3-8
  • Grades 4-12/Teachers and Staff
  • Grades 5-12
  • Grades K-3
  • Grades PK-3
  • Grades PK-5
  • High School (13 and up)
  • High School Only
  • PK-3
  • Secondary
  • Teachers/Staff
  • Teachers/Staff Only
  • All
  • $0.99
  • $1.99
  • $14.99
  • $14.99 + Offers In-App Purchases
  • $3.99
  • $4.99
  • $59.00/seat
  • Cost
  • Cost + in-app purchases
  • Free
  • Free (Cost to remove ads)
  • Free (Lite)/ HD-$3.99
  • Free + in-app purchases
  • Free if user has access to Raz-Plus, Raz-Kids, Headsprout, or Science A-Z.
  • Free initially-subscription based
  • Free to Try/Subscription Based
  • Free with subscription
  • Free. Offers in-app purchases
  • Free+ in-app purchases
  • NA
  • Pricing based on Quaver app. Free-$1.99
  • Pro edition: $19.99/ Regular edition: Free + in-app purchases
  • Subscription Based
  • All
  • iTunes account required
  • NA
  • Requires iOS 10.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 10.0 or later.
  • Requires iOS 10.3 or later
  • Requires IOS 11 or later
  • Requires IOS 11.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 2.2.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 3.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 4.3 or later
  • Requires iOS 5.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 5.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 5.1.1 or later.
  • Requires iOS 6.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 6.0 or later + ExploreLearning Reflex subscription
  • Requires iOS 6.0 or later.
  • Requires iOS 6.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 7.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 7.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 8 or later
  • Requires iOS 8.0 or later
  • Requires iOS 8.0 or later + active account for Lexia Core5 Reading
  • Requires iOS 8.0 or later + extra equipment
  • Requires iOS 8.0 or later +extra equipment
  • Requires iOS 8.0 or later and a Evo robot
  • Requires iOS 8.0 or later and extra equipment
  • Requires iOS 8.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 8.3 or later
  • Requires iOS 9.0 + an account
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later
  • Requires IOS 9.0 or later + extra equipment
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later and Capstone 4D books with the Capstone 4D icon.
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later and Learning Ally Membership.
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
  • Requires iOS 9.0 or later; Requires a Cue robot from Wonder Workshop and a Bluetooth Smart/4/LE-enabled device
  • Requires iOS 9.1 or later
  • Requires iOS 9.1 or later + extra equipment
  • Requires iOS 9.2 or later
  • Requires iOS 9.3 or later
  • Requires iOS 9.3 or later + extra equipment
  • Web-tool
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Approved Specialty Instructional Software

Software Content Area Grade Level Target Audience
Jeroo Technology Applications or CTE Secondary Students enrolled in Computer Science II, Pre AP
Greenfoot Technology Applications or CTE Secondary Students enrolled in Computer Science II, Pre AP Computer Science students
BlueJ Technology Applications or CTE Secondary Students enrolled in Pre-AP, AP, Computer Science III
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Community Technology Applications or CTE Secondary Students enrolled in Game Design.
PyGame (The Library) Technology Applications or CTE Secondary Students enrolled in the Game Programming and Design course.
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  • SUBMITTING A REQUEST- If you would like to submit a request to have the App/Web Tool Committee review a tool, please adhere to the following submission window dates. 

     

    App or Web Tool Review Request Form

     

    THE SPRING SUBMISSION WINDOW IS NOW CLOSED

     

    SPRING SUBMISSION WINDOW

    Requests Accepted: January 7, 2019-February 28, 2019

    Requests Reviewed: March 18, 2019- April 22, 2019

    Approved App List Updated: End of April-Beginning of May

     

     

     

     

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