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App of the Week: Notes Plus for iPad
Product Notes Plus (Viet Tran) Category Note Taking Overview A feature-rich note taking, handwriting, drawing, and voice memo app that you will find yourself using every day. Learning Curve Fairly...
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App of the Week: Pages
Product Pages (Apple) Category Word Processing Overview A Word Processing app that has a nice, somewhat intuitive but simple feel to it. Pages provides all of the basics and a bit more. Learning Curve...
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App of the Week: Sketch Pad
Product Sketch Pad (Catalystwo Limited) Category Sketching Overview An excellent sketching app that can serve multiple purposes. Learning Curve Very easy to use. Rating (5 star scale) Chock full of...
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App Review: MapMyWalk Tracks Your Fitness Activities
Product MapMyWalk (MapMyFITNESS) Category Health Overview If you’re looking to improve your health by doing more walking, why not track your progress? Available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry....
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App of the Week Review: iAnnotate PDF
Product iAnnotate PDF (Aji, LLC) Category Productivity Overview A great app for working with PDF documents. Learning Curve Fairly easy to use, a great user friendly tutorial to help explain available...
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App of the Week Review: NatureScenes
Product NatureScenes (Red Hammer Software) Category Relaxation, Meditation Overview A simple but powerful app that allows you to experience the outdoors no matter where you are. Helps relieve stress....
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App Review: PickMeBuzzer
Product PickMeBuzzer (Groupics.com Inc.) Category Buzzer Overview A good way to introduce a game like activity to teaching and learning. Learning Curve Confusing instructions. Rating (5 star scale)...
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App Review: Splashtop Whiteboard
Product Whiteboard (Splashtop) Category Productivity Overview A really neat way to wirelessly connect iPad with PC or Mac. Android tablet version coming soon. Learning Curve Intuitive Rating (5 star...
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App of the Week: Noteshelf
Product Noteshelf (Ramki) Category Note-taking Overview An excellent app for iPad fence-sitters contemplating a move to digital note taking. Learning Curve Intuitive and very easy to use Rating (5...
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App Review: Socrative
Product Socrative (Socrative, Inc.) Category Classroom assessment, student response Overview A real-time feedback tool to gauge student understanding. Learning Curve Fairly easy to use Rating (5 star...
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App Review: Seagate’s GoFlex Satellite App plus Mobile Wireless Storage Unit
Product GoFlex (Seagate) Category Productivity Overview Wireless access to data on an external drive. Learning Curve Surprisingly easy Rating (5 star scale) Finally, easy access to portable external...
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App Review: CloudOn
Product CloudOn (CloudOn, Inc.) Category Productivity Overview A great Office-like suite. Learning Curve Rather easy especially if you use MS Office or similar products. Rating (5 star scale) A good...
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Detailed Instructions for Using PickMeBuzzer on Apple iOS Devices
Product PickMeBuzzer (Groupics.com Inc.) Category Buzzer Overview A good way to introduce a game-like activity to teaching and learning. Rating (5 star scale) Upgraded from 2 stars in previous review...
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Using Goodreader to Keep Journal Articles Organized, Aid Research
In preparing for my own dissertation research, I began getting electronic copies of journal articles so that I would not be burdened with lots of paper copies and for better file organization. I also...
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ScreenChomp App Review: Recordable Whiteboard Provides Easy Way to Create,...
Product ScreenChomp (TechSmith.) Category Education Overview Provide clarification on course assignments, develop tutorials, share ideas, peer-teach, and collaborate. Rating (5 star scale) Cost: Free....
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App Review: Doceri Combines Screencasting, Desktop Control, and Interactive...
Product Doceri (SP Controls, Inc.) Category Whiteboard and screencast recorder Overview A really great app for remote control of a computer, screen annotations on an image/whiteboard, or dynamic...
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App Review: Voice Record Pro
Product Voice Record (Dayana Networks Ltd.) Category Voice recorder Overview A very good app for making podcasts. Learning Curve Extremely easy to use! Just four controls: ‘Record’, ‘Pause,’ ‘Stop’...
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Apps for News: NPR, BBC, and TED
OK, I admit it, I am a news junkie, but I am careful about where I get my fix. For news, I typically turn to National Public Radio (NPR) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). For...
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Scanner Pro Turns iPad, iPad into Portable Scanner
Product Scanner Pro (Readdle Category Productivity Overview A great tool for digitizing documents and photos. Learning Curve Very easy to use! Rating (5 star scale) Cost: $6.00 I remember well the...
View ArticleUsing the Remind App in the Online Classroom
As of January 2014, nine out of 10 Americans own a cell phone, with almost half using a smartphone (Pew Research, 2014). Given the ubiquity of mobile devices, it makes sense for instructors to leverage...
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