Recommended Apps
It is a well known fact that our adult students are confronted with many barriers that preclude them from achieving their goals and while we can’t address all of their needs through our program, we hope to at least provide the tools and resources needed so they can have a better chance. Please take full advantage of the resources listed on this website and let us know if a listing doesn’t work or if you would like to suggest a service that might help others.
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SkyView® Lite
SkyView® Lite brings stargazing to everyone! Simply point your iPhone, iPad, or iPod at the sky to identify stars, constellations, satellites, and more! |
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Google Translate
• Text translation: Translate between 103 languages by typing • Offline: Translate with no internet connection (59 languages) • Instant camera translation: Translate text in images instantly by just pointing your camera (38 languages) |
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Google Earth
Gain a new perspective of the world as you explore the globe with a swipe of your finger. |
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Google Arts & Culture
Keep exploring with Google Arts & Culture. Meet the people, visit the places and learn about the events that shaped our world. Discover collections curated by experts from the most famous museums. Be moved by stories depicted in thousands of photos, videos, manuscripts and artworks on every type of screen and in virtual reality. |
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YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream
Make watching your favorite videos easier with the YouTube app. Explore brand new content, music, news and more with the official YouTube app for iPhone and iPad. |
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Khan Academy
Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free. |
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Coursera: Top online courses
Learn on the go with Coursera for iOS. Access free and paid courses, Specializations, and degrees developed by experts from Stanford, Penn, Google, Autodesk, and 150+ others. |
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edX
Flexible learning on your schedule. Access more than 1900 online courses from 100+ leading institutions including Harvard, MIT, Microsoft, and more. |
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iTunes U
iTunes U provides everything an instructor needs to bring the classroom together on iPad—build lessons with apps and your own materials, collect and grade assignments, start class discussions or talk with students to answer questions and provide feedback. |
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USCIS: Civics Test Study Tools
USCIS: Civics Test Study Tools is an official application of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), designed to help you study for the civics test portion of the naturalization interview. |
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Countable - Contact Congress
Countable makes learning about what your government is up to easy and fun. Learn about issues you care about, influence Congress with one-tap voting, and rally your friends around specific legislation. |
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U.S. Congress Info
U.S. Congress Info provides information of U.S. legislators, legislation, nominations, and committees. You can read the text of bills up for consideration, and see actions taken on the bill. Bills can be found by searching on a keyword. There is biographical information on each legislator, along with voting history, and constituent maps. This app supports dynamic type, and does not save any information to the cloud, maintaining your privacy. |
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DMV Genie Permit Practice Test
Don't take any chances at the DMV. With DMV Genie, you'll be prepared. Download it right now and be ready to ace your car, motorcycle or commercial driver's license (CDL) test tomorrow. You'll be surprised at how close this app is to the real thing! |
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Here to Career
The Here to Career mobile app empowers California students to find degree programs that match their career interests. Developed on behalf of the California Community Colleges. |
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NJ TRANSIT Mobile App
Using the NJ TRANSIT Mobile App, it’s easier than ever to travel throughout New Jersey to New York and Philadelphia. NJ TRANSIT information is conveniently available to you. Buy and display passes or tickets securely and get transit options on your mobile device |
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Moovit: Public Transit
Selected by App Store as one of the best transit apps of 2017, Moovit is the #1 local transit app in the world trusted by 170 million riders across more than 2200 cities. With the most precise public transportation information of any public transit app, know your bus time and train time so you can plan your trip with confidence. |
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My Books – Unlimited Library
Many books you’ve missed, many books you want to read! FREE! 5,000 Audibooks available as a one time in-app-purchase! |
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TED
Feed your curiosity and expand your world with TED Talks. Explore more than 3,000 free videos and learn from the world's most remarkable people. Search by any mood or topic, from tech and science to the surprises of your own psychology. |
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Building a Strong Vocabulary
Practice matching words with their definitions and improve your vocabulary. Building a Strong Vocabulary is a 3-book series from New Readers Press. This app will help you learn new words from the books. |
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English Conversation Courses: Funny English Videos
Learn English from beginner to expert. Hundreds of courses (videos) with many subjects Funny videos to make it more exciting to learn English |
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Learn English Vocabulary TFlat
No more boring when learning English vocabulary. It's offline and free. Have fun and learn English vocabulary as easy as possible. ► There are many mini games for you, playing game to learn English, you have 8 levels to pass. |
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Learn Real English
Would you like to improve your English? Would you like to watch the movie? Would you like to listen the music? Real English allows you to improve your English listening skills quickly and easily via listening movies, musics. |
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Kahoot! Play & Create Quizzes
Create your own quizzes in seconds, play anywhere, anytime, on your own or with friends, have fun and LEARN! Kahoot! unleashes the magic of learning for students, teachers, office superheroes, trivia fans and lifelong learners. |
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VOApod - VOA Learning English
VOA Learning English is a special program of Voice of America to help English learners all over the world to improve their English. This program includes stories, lessons, as well as news reports which are written by simple vocabulary and are spoken at a quite slow speed to help learners to understand them easily. |
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Newsela
Newsela supercharges learning in every subject. It starts with interesting articles about tons of topics—each available at 5 reading levels. Assessments are included |
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LearnEnglish Sounds Right
LearnEnglish Sounds Right is the British Council’s FREE pronunciation chart for learners and teachers of English worldwide. |
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Reading Comprehension Prep
Try the most advanced reading comprehension tool in the App Store for free! "This app helped me in my reading. Now I have an A+. I am very happy I did this app." |
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English - Irregular verbs !!
This is an application with a simple and effective design to learn more than 360 verbs. In order to help you, each of the verbs is read by a native speaker - with a very clear pronunciation. |
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Get America’s most useful and respected dictionary, optimized for your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. This is the best iOS app for English language reference, education, and vocabulary building |
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