The CIDDE Blog: Grasping the Realities of Educating in the Digital Age

Thursday, April 14, 2011

This is a great link to a wealth of information about Mobile learning.

GADGET GIRL'S BEST APP PICKS

EDU RELATED
**Atomic Web - Must have alternative browser that works great for BLACKBOARD USERS
*Dragon - Description Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.
*Voice Thread -Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos -- basically anything there is to talk about. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. VoiceThread takes your conversations to the next level, capturing your presence, not just your comments. Anyone can join the discussion from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC -- anytime, anywhere.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - For more than 40 years, academe has been turning to The Chronicle for news and commentary about the events, people, and issues that shape higher education. Now the same high-quality journalism found in the pages of our print edition is available on your iPad.
DVPrompter- Free Teleprompter
2EPub - 2EPUB is a website that allows most document types to be converted to ePub documents that can then be read within the iBooks app on the iPad. File types that can be converted online include: Tip: The conversion process does not always translate the specific formatting of the original document, and pictures may be lost in the conversion process. Simple text documents convert the best.
Complete Class Organizer - This is THE best iPad app for students! Tell yours!
dotepub -dotEPUB is software in the cloud that allows you to convert any webpage into an e-book.
DropBox - Save, file and share your files in the cloud. And it's free!
EduCreations Interactive Whiteboard - turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...
Guardian Eyewitness - This is a stunning visual representation of news and photography
JotNot - Scan documents, receipts, etc for later sync
OverDrive - Libraries all over - Global digital distribution of ebooks, audiobooks & more
Penultimate - Penultimate is the best-selling, easy to use handwriting app for iPad. You get the natural experience of writing on paper, with the power of Evernote and the flexibility of a tablet. Lose the paper, keep the handwriting.
PS Mobile - Photoshop online! Upload, edit and share all in one shot
Red Laser by Occipital - Find any item by UPC codes
Saddleback Mobile Central - Need a class schedule? Need to find a classroom? Want to access your class from a mobile device?
ShowMe - An extremely easy to use screencasting app with a very clean interface that offers little distraction for a younger user. Once created, screencasts are uploaded to the Showme website where they can easily be shared with a link or embed code. While this app does not include as many functions as other screencasting apps, the ease of use is perfect for the elementary or middle school classroom.
Smack Talk Totally unrelated to education but VERY funny
Stick Pick - Stick Pick is a great app for the teacher iOS device. Teachers can randomly (or intentionally) choose a student’s name from a virtual can of Popsicle sticks. Student sticks are tied to a mode and level of difficulty for each learner. Each time a student’s stick is drawn, you will be shown over a dozen Bloom’s Taxonomy related questions that are tied to the learner’s individual ability level.
Time Magazine's Must Have List - See what Time Magazine thinks about iphone apps
Zinio - Magazine subscriptions (works best with ipad)
TRAVEL RELATED
GPS Drive - Similar to Garmin driving directions - voice navigation system. Much cheaper and works great! I have been using this app now for several years - my favorite by far for navigation!
iExit THE best travel buddy ever!
Traffic - Find out what's stopping you from getting to work!

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