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This is a great free app for combining voice with images. Just take pictures or upload them from your gallery and then add audio and voice messages to them and share them. Great speaking practice. Via Nik Peachey 
This free site enables you to create a ovie from your Facebook timeline. This is a great way to create a digital narrative of your life since you joined Facebook. Via Nik Peachey 
A quick guide for teachers who are beginners at Web 2.0 tools and online learning.
All those fancy features in your 4G LTE phone are amazing. A dual-core, soon to be quad-core processor, with 8+ MP cameras, huge HD displays with the added speed of 4G LTE in a tiny frame is something sought after in today’s phone market. Via Heath Sawyer 
Editor's note: Mario Armstrong HLN's Digital Lifestyle Contributor. You can follow him on Twitter @MarioArmstrong. The biggest challenge of the International Consumer Electronics Show, without a doubt, is finding the hottest new tech. Via k3hamilton 
Last month I shared 40+ networks that you could consider depending on your niche or interests. As part of my commitment to this community, I shared that I will expand on this list througout 2012. So here is the first addition to that build! The topic- Curation!I thought I would focus on curation because a) I have a favorite site and b) there has been a lot of “press” on Pinterest as a curation tool and as a result I thought the timing was right. However before I list the sites lets talk curation.
What is social media curation?
Today, with the exponential growth of social networks and blogs, it can be overwhelming searching for information on the internet. As a result, the act of filtering, selecting, reviewing and providing commentary with a perspective on an article, or collection of articles, have become increasingly important. This is known as social media curation. Recently, I had posed the question : What is a social media curator” on Linkedin.
Read more: http://socialmediapearls.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/40-social-media-curation-sites-and-tools/ Via Shirley Williams (XeeMe.com/ShirleyWilliams), Martin Gysler 
Apps for Teachers
Text from the blog: My students have always use Prezi exceptional well to zoom in and investigate the detail and then pull back to see how it all fits within the curriculum outcomes.
Skitch is one that has been a very recent addition but one that I am finding indispensable. Who has What? is also a recent addition but one that I will use frequently this year.
I don't know how many great resources I have lost simply because I have lost track of who borrowed them. So here is my little list of apps that I think are great for teachers Via Gust MEES 
I’m a mobile learner. In fact, I’d say that of all the learning experiences in my life, m-learning has been the most productive. How so? Learning is a habit (see previous post)and I’ve habitually learnt on the move, largely in what Marc Auge calls ‘non-places’ – trains, planes, automobiles, buses, hotels, airports, stations. I’m never without a book, magazine or mobile device for learning. It’s been boosted recently by my new iPOD 6.0, which is about the size of a watch (indeed it can be worn as a watch) which contains 400+ podcasts. M-learning has become my dominant form of informal learning. Via Nik Peachey 
Skitch is a fantastic tool for MAC users, now you can also use it on iPad / iPhone, Android etc. It's free to download and it enables you to take screenshots from iPad etc and annotate them for sharing online. Great tool. Via Nik Peachey 
"The report shows that, “the average respondent institution has enabled only a few services for mobile access. Institutions that have invested more money and those that have larger numbers of staff assigned to mobile-enablement initiatives show greater progress.”"
"Educause made several suggestions for college and universities that wish to expand their mobile IT abilities. According to Educause, schools should: Focus on coordinated and organized development of mobile information technology, making sure to provide adequate funding and staff. Prioritize and maximize limited resources to get the most out of them. Remain flexible to multiple or innovative uses of different approaches to mobile learning, in order to serve the constantly changing needs of students and faculty and new developments in technology. Pursue collaboration with other institutions. Via k3hamilton 
Via Scoop.it - E-Learning-Inclusivo Desks, Language Labs, Computers, Homework, Standardized Tests in College Admissions . . Via Dr. Nellie Deutsch |
This is a great way to improve your essay and assignment writing. This tool will check your grammar, show you any areas where you may have plagiarised content and make suggestions for improving your writing style. Via Nik Peachey 
This website enables you to upload a video and convert it into a series of images that you can print to make notes on. This is very useful for taking notes about video lectures or information rich documentary type programs. Via Nik Peachey
Google finally confirms the launch of the most awaited OS the Android 4.0 namely Ice Cream Sandwich. Via Heath Sawyer Robin Good: The age of curated UI design for portable devices is already here.
But I had never thought of it this way. Until I ran into this interesting video clip from Sarah Rotman (back from May 2010) that made me think about curation in the realm of UI and content delivery design.
"Forrester Research Analyst Sarah Rotman Epps talks about how Apple's iPad and other tablet devices will usher in a new era of personal computing.
Forrester Research calls this "Curated Computing"-- a mode of computing where choice is constrained to deliver less complex, more relevant experiences.
There's more at stake here than just tablets: Curated Computing will be the dominant design principle behind future form factors like wearable devices.
Product strategists that don't want to cede the future of devices to Apple should start thinking like museum curators and editors: Sometimes less is more."
Is this really about "curation"?
What's your take on this?
Read more on the original "curated computing" Forrester concept here: http://blogs.forrester.com/sarah_rotman_epps/10-05-14-curated_computing_designing_for_the_post_ipad_era Via Robin Good, k3hamilton 
Teachers who resist using social media in the classroom are stripping their students of an essential component of their future success. Avoiding – or worse, banning – social media platforms for students prohibits them from being successful professionals in fields like accounting, chemistry, the arts and more. Via Judy O'Connell 
It's a known fact that students are Facebook-obsessed. But a new survey shows that teachers might rival their younger counterparts when it comes to social media use. Nearly all professors are active on social media, and 80% of them use it as a teaching tool. Check out the infographic below to learn how college faculty are using social media both personally and professionally. Via Nik Peachey 
This is a very impressive free app for iPhone etc which enhances any videos you create on your mobile device. It's a little like the Instagram of video. Really useful to enhance your videos. Via Nik Peachey 
This site has a very impressive grammar checker. It not only checks the accuracy of your grammar but also makes suggestions for possible improvements. It can really help to boost your confidence to use something like this before submitting papers etc. It also checks for plagiarism. Via Nik Peachey |
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