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Chris CasalTechnology Coordinator/TeacherP. S. 10 Brooklyn (15K010)[email protected]: @mr_casal
60 Apps in 60 Minutesan iPad primerSchool Technology Summit 2013 - 7/31/13Presentation Materials:http://goo.gl/YBkr1Y (case sensitive)
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900,000
That’s how many apps are in the App Store
We will cover 60* in 60** minutes
Brief overviews to get you started with a list you can immediately use as a reference library for your iOS device
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Asterisks...
* The number of apps is a rough estimate as some developers have multiple versions of apps or “Lite” vs “Premium” options** 60 minutes is the full session but there will be time left for questions
Think of it as 60+ apps in 45-ish minutes...
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Disclaimer
I have a lot of apps...
525 currently on my iPad
Each slide will contain 1-3 apps of a specific function
Most slides will also contain a picture of the corresponding folder on my iPad, which sometimes contains up to 20 apps of identical function
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Apple AppsCamera
a great way to document student work & class activities
iTunes U
Apple has a DOE-centric course:
PodcastsTechLandia - @TechLandiaCast
Take5 - @DaveGuymon
OutOfSchool.net - @fraserspeirs & @bradleychambersWednesday, July 31, 13
AppsTrack apps, read reviews, help make sense of the 900,000+ options
AppsGoneFree - $free - daily digest of 8-12 free apps every day
AppShopper (iPhone) - $free - shows all price changes & allows Wish List creation & price change notification
AppAdvice - $1.99 - regular updates with app news & reviews
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Bookmarking
Don’t keep your Bookmarks/Favorites on a single computer, make them accessible anywhere
Diigo - $free web service & app
my favorite - can bookmark annotations & notes too
create student accounts to “crowdsource” references
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BrowsersSafari is the built in & only default option but others provide more flexibility and versatility
Chrome - $free - Google’s browser, syncs with desktop version - great for GAFE schools
iCabMobile - $1.99 - very robust & versitle browser with many add-ons & connections to other services
Rover - $free - geared to education & preloaded with edu content
Puffin - $2.99 + Lite version - plays Flash content & can download directly to cloud services
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Cloud StorageKeep your files accessible from anywhere
No more emailing files or USB drives
Dropbox - app free - storage fees vary, free->pay
market leader, most app integration
Box - app free - storage fees vary, free->pay
strong competitor, starts with more free space
Google Drive
free but doesn’t play well with all files or appsWednesday, July 31, 13
Common Core
Apps to help navigate the Common Core Standards
CommonCore Standards by Mastery Connect - $free
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Conferring with StudentsPut all your conference notes in one place
Supports individual conferences as well as small group situations
Confer Lite - $free - limited to 10 students, 5 notes per student & 2 subjects
Confer - $14.99 - unlimited
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EvernoteA great suite of note taking apps & syncing to online companion - evernote.com
Apps allow you to handwrite & annotate images
Evernote - free service with paid upgrades
type notes, tag & file, add pictures & web content
Skitch - $free - annotate pictures & sync to Evernote
Penultimate - $free - notebook for freehand writing + inserting pictures - syncs with Evernote
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FlippedCreate “flipped classroom” or general video tutorials
ExplainEverything - $2.99 - whiteboard, insert images, add video - import & export from various cloud platforms
Educreations - $free - basic whiteboard & audio recording, insert pictures - upload to educreations.com
ShowMe - $free - basic whiteboard & audio recording, insert pictures - upload to showme.com
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Fotopedia14 free apps with amazing images from around the world
Show your students in amazing clarity to world outside the room
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Math Dojo
13 iPad apps geared toward students & learning
Free -> $2.99 depending on app - some apps discounted periodically
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McGraw Hill
52 total apps
ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, PD, Engineering, College & Career Readiness
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Everyday Math16 iPad apps from McGraw-Hill
Generally $1.99 but are often on sale or free - keep an eye out!
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News
Create custom magazines based on your content source preferences
Currents - $free - Google’s magazine app
Flipboard - $free - “your personal magazine”
Zite - $free - “an intelligent magazine that helps you discover interesting things to read”
NewsMix - $free - “your personalized newsstand”
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Note-takingIf Evernote isn’t your thing consider:
Notability - $1.99 - supports freehand writing, typing, images, audio & import/export to cloud platforms - very versatile app
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PaperlessIf you create documents on your computer why print them out just to file them away...?
GoodReader - $4.99 - great for paperless reading records, rubrics, signing forms - syncs to cloud services & can email direct from app
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PostersCreate original, high quality, classroom posters
Phoster - $1.99 - import Camera Roll photos, add text, apply filters, export & share
Motivational - $0.99 - create original motivational-style posters with Camera Roll photos
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ProductivityNo Microsoft Office on the iPad?
No problem!
Pages - $9.99 - Apple’s version of Word
Keynote - $9.99 - Apple’s version of PowerPoint
Numbers - $9.99 - Apple’s version of Excel
Widely regarded as the best “Office” apps on iPad, designed for iPad with Mac version syncing available
Expensive, yes. But high-quality & fully functional
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Productivity
Smart Office 2 - $9.99 - View, create, edit, share Microsoft Office documents
DocsToGo - $9.99 - View, create, edit, share Microsoft Office documents
CloudOn - $free - edit Microsoft Office files from youe cloud account (Dropbox, Box, Drive, etc) - doesn’t always work well with firewalls (ie: NYCDOE proxy)
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Reference
BYDK - $free - Bet You Didn’t Know from the History Channel - great facts & conversation starters
EasyBib - $free - look up MLA, APA & Chicago citations for books
Biography - $4.99 - “... a journey with the world’s most influential people... 100 biographies of eminent people of all time..”
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ScanUse the iOS camera to scan documents
Not simply taking a picture, apps convert the image to black & white (or color) PDF looking exaclty like you scanned it on a traditional scanner
JotNotPro - $0.99 - scan multiple pages to single file
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Science
Science360 - $free - created by National Science Foundation - science & engineering images & videos
Video Science - $free - 80 hands-on science lessons
NASA - $free - thousands of NASA images, videos, news & information
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Social
Don’t think of it as “social media” think of it as networking & connecting
Twitter - $free - network & connect
Google+ - $free - share & collaborate
Hangouts - $free - Google’s app for video chat/conferencing - create distance learning opportunities
Pinterest - $free - digital scrapbook your resources
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Tutorials
Handy to have if you are new to Apple products
SCO Tutor for iPad - $1.99
SCO Tutor for Mac - $1.99
Developer offers additional titles at varying prices
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VNC (Virtual Network Control)Remotely control computers
Great for remote tech support & controlling IWBs from anywhere in the room
Splashtop Personal - $0.99
remote access
Splashtop Whiteboard - $19.99
remote access + whiteboard tools - great if you have projector but no IWB
Mocha VNC Lite - $freeWednesday, July 31, 13
Many VNC options...
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WikipediaVarious apps to search & view Wikipedia entries natively on the iPad
Wikipedia - $free - Wikipedia.org’s native app
WikiWeb - $4.99 - shows Wikipedia entries as well as related pages in connected-web style interface
Wikinodes - $1.99 - “...infinite constellation of visual links... Browse. Discover. Bookmark. Annotate. Share.”
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Summary
60 highlighted linked apps & developers
Over 100 total apps
Some free, some paid
Hopefully this will give you some ideas of the versatility & possibility the iPad offers...
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Contact
Christopher M. Casal Technology Teacher/Coordinator
P. S. 10 (15K010)Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @mr_casalDiigo: mrcasal
www.mrcasal.comthecasalos.blogspot.com
ps10ipads.wikispaces.com
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