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Tris Hussey, article writer for Cult of Mac, provides details and screenshots of the Top 5 apps he would recommend for note taking. I completely agree with Tris’ recommendation of Notability. I have been using it myself and like how I can handwrite notes, type, integrate photos, and organize by categories. The other apps look promising too! Those are Noteshelf, Remarks, Wacom Bamboo Paper, and FiftyThree’s Paper app.
Those of you familiar with any of these apps please share your thoughts and advice with us. Happy note taking everyone!
See on www.cultofmac.com
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I find this post regarding the roll out of iPads to students and staff well organized. Mr. Lovegrove covers the “Why”, “How”, and adds links to additional resources they incorporated. We too have been considering the Griffin multidock stations for our cart alternatives.
Another point he addressed was the home screen of the iPads. He stated they went with each iPad’s wallpaper having the school logo. I find this a great way of also identifying who the iPad belongs too. However, to place a twist on this idea, how about having each student design a screen image using school details as a way of encouraging student creativity, pride, and ownership? Then, have the student body vote on it.
What do you think of students creating a school iPad screen logo?
See on www.mrlovegrove.net
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In a world of social media and networking, I am always appreciative of John Evans and Kathleen McClaskey. These two folks have a great collection of resources focusin on the integration of iPads into the classroom via Scoop.it.
This post in particular caught my attention as I am always on the look out for app recommendations. This post focuses on students that struggle with text. I am familiar with PaperPort Notes, Cloudon (cloud based MS Office), and Dragon Dictation. I have seen posts about Book Creator via Wesley Fryer (@wfryer). However, the two I have recently downloaded and testing out are Idea Sketch (visual mind mapping) and Side by Side. Side by Side claims to be able to split your iPad screen into 4 different zones allowing for multitasking.
Oh, not to forget, those of you wanting to be able to share files from Pages to Dropbox should checkout the app GoodReader as it will allow those two apps to connect.
Enjoy these apps and let us know your thoughts on how they can be used in the classroom.
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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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Dean Mantz on May 20th,2012
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By Rob Van Nood
“I was using portfolios with limited success and spending a lot of time on them, until Evernote came into the picture.
“When I first started researching options, I was coming across a lot of companies that were really expensive, charging a lot for each student’s use. I also knew that we needed an app for mobile devices that would make it easy to capture and document paperwork and I wasn’t finding that in most of the tools I was evaluating. Evernote was free, had an app for virtually every device, and we could get started right away.
“After creating accounts for the students [learn more about how to get set up in the Portfolio Forum discussion] capturing and organizing information became insanely easy. Here is how we are using Evernote in the classroom:”
Via Julie Dalley
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“The latest National Geographic magazine in the NG iPad app provides a realtime opportunity to track a current/live expedition to climb Mount Everest.” Thanks to John Evans (scoop.it/t/ipads-in-education) for sharing Wesley Fryer’s (@wfryer) post on following a live climb to Mount Everest.
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In media studies we often look at the creation of print and digital advertisements. Traditionally, students learn many of the foundational principles for creating a layout through a lecture or text book reading, and then eventually create their own.
What if we started with creativity rather than principles?
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Developing information literacy skills is perhaps the most important issue in 21st Century Learning and yet the struggle to do so is an uphill battle. We asked our friends in the library world what they think of the state of information literacy in schools. Check out this cool infographic to see what we learned.
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The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information.
See on vue.tufts.edu
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