Given that this article was written in March, 2013, there are no doubt several new apps that aren't mentioned here that would qualify for the list. Which is a problem with such lists.
You may still wish to check out the website, as it provides a range of other articles relating to digital technology and education.
At the time of writing, articles on 21st century thinking and digital citizenship were highlighted.
Here is a considerable extract that appears at the start of the article.
The following is our list for the 55 best apps for learning we can find. Some are formal learning–math drilling and phonics, for example–while others are RSS readers, social media platforms, and the like. These are purposely not all purely academic, “training” apps that focus on individual skills, but rather the an array of apps students could use daily to improve their ability to think, connect, and use information.
A few notes:
1. Some may require in-app purchases, but we tried to limit these. We also tried to limit how many “lite/free” versions of more robust paid apps we included. We wanted the list to be as truly free as possible for you to use.
2. Some of these we included a brief statement of why you should use the app, while others we included developer commentary.
3. They are numbered, but are in no certain order.
4. We tried to included a wide variety of apps. It might be that 25 of the best 50 are phonics instruction, but we didn’t want the list dominated by any single grade level or content area.
5. We’ve got an Android version (of the list) coming in the next few days.
