Free iPad Apps for Online Educators

I just received an iCapsule Keyboard and Case for my iPad 1 from my brother. It's pretty cool. Of course, I want to do something with it, so what better way than to write a blog post! Recently, a friend of ours received an iPad 2. She teaches medical terminology to undergraduates looking into a career in healthcare. The university bought it for her because she teaches online, and she asked me what are the best free apps out there for this purpose (of course, they didn't provide her with a budget for apps). Loving everything techie, I was only too happy to oblige. Below is a list in no order for what free apps I would recommend to online teachers. I myself have not taught a course online yet, but plan to with my teaching staff next semester, all via iPad. If you have an opinion or suggestion about this list, please share it as this may be the blind leading the blind. Teacher Tools (Free) Edmodo - Host a class, like Facebook only for teachers and students Mail - Assign your email to this app to instantly view messages & sync Calendar Evernote - Take notes and record voice, with ability to share info many ways Twitter - Connect with other like professionals, host chats and share information Google + - Hold video conferencing with students Google Docs - Work on a document with others at the same time or asynchronously iBooks - Read textbooks as eBooks, highlight and share text, easily search for specific information Safari - Use the "Reading List" feature to save articles online for later reading and sharing WordPress - Write and share blog posts, plus track data about how often people read your writing. Can also add comments to people's posts, nice way to provide feedback for assessment. Pinterest - Create boards for different areas of professional interest, and allow others to pin like interests to your boards Dropbox - Sync documents, pictures between iPad and personal computer neu.Annotate - free PDF reader that allows you to write comments on it and save it as is in Dropbox, or send out to others via email Flipboard - Subscribe to several news outlets, media and blogs and read information in a magazine-style format iTunes - Download or subscribe to free podcasts about many things education and learning related Shutterfly - Take pictures, then post them for others to see on the Share Site Prezi Viewer - Make a Prezi on a computer then present it on this app YouTube - Take video, then post it online for others to watch