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academiPad is a platform for sharing ideas on how to use iPad, Mac and the web in research, teaching and learning.
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As we are moving to video-supported teaching, our note-taking environment also evolves. Delete the scoop?
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More and more, the fragments of your life exist as particles on a disk mounted inside your computer—disks susceptible to temperature changes, power surges, fire, theft, static, and just plain wear and tear.
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Crashplan is the cloud backup solution of choice in this article, and it is a good one. From free options if you find a buddy who also lets his computer running 24/7 to reasonably priced true cloud solutions, CrashPlan has the right backup solution for you. Delete the scoop?
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There are more than 300,000 iPad apps currently available in Apple’s App store with all those options, how will you get to know best one for without wasting much money? Via John Evans
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These are great apps when you are starting out. Some of them (Evernote) are a real must. Delete the scoop?
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Spreeder.com is free online speed reading software designed to improve your reading speed and comprehension. Delete the scoop?
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Forget about Dropbox and Google Drive: Copy gives you 22GB of free cloud storage - and more if you act fast.
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This is for real: Get 22GB of free cloud storage - waaaay more than your free Dropbox or Google Drive account. Heck, even more than the entry level iPad! Delete the scoop?
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If I could only use one web tool for the rest of my life, I would choose Diigo to highlight & annotate the web. This post tells you why Diigo is so amazing.
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Do you sometimes wonder how people were doing research in the pre-internet age? I do this quite often, and do you know what I am thinking right after? How the hell did I do research on the web before I knew about Diigo?!! Delete the scoop?
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Named the “iMedEd Initiative,” all of the students enrolled in the college’s med school receive tablets with their textbooks and educational materials loaded on them. Via John Evans
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So iPad's boost learning in HigherEd: "The university reports that students participating in the program scored on average 23 percent higher on their exams than previous UC Irvine medical school classes. One group of medical students at the school even formed a group to discuss how the technology could be used at the medical school, and students have built new apps specifically for healthcare because of their experience with the program." Delete the scoop?
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I can see this as a useful tool for creating and sharing ad-hoc presentations in group work during class. Delete the scoop?
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Since news broke that Salesforce acquired Web clipping service Clipboard, users have been seeking a similar service to fulfill their Web curation needs.
academiPad's insight:
There are more and more content curation solution available, so please don't stick with pinterest. Oh whom am I talking to, you are reading this on scoop.it already!
What makes Keeb.it interesting is that the collections are private by default. Not bad, could be nice to organize your online search and interests. Delete the scoop?
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Bunkr is cloud-based presentation software that allows professionals to centralize all the content that inspires them, and to use this content in their presentations. Via Baiba Svenca
academiPad's insight:
Prezi isn't the only challenger of Keynote / Powerpoint any longer. Bunkr looks interesting, but I worry if this is not further transforming us into a cut'n'paste culture. 
Thomas N. Burg's comment,
May 8, 1:21 PM
de rien ;-) I went PRO within 24 hrs it's convincing; some things to iron out though
ICTPHMS's comment,
May 10, 2:39 PM
What else is there presentation tools besides Prezi? This is one is blocked by my school district.
LundTechIntegration's comment,
May 10, 2:43 PM
I love Jux, Brainshark, Sliderocket, Glogster, Beeclip, Slideboom, Slideshare, and that is just to name a few.
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We've selected a few that we know to be some of the most popular screencasting tools in use today by teachers, students, and many others. Via Kathleen Cercone
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Screencasting is a great way to recycle your conference talks on your blog 
Kathleen Cercone's curator insight,
May 5, 11:14 AM
What is screencasting? Why would you want to record your computer screen, anyway? Well, I’m glad you asked! Recording what is happening on your screen can be a pretty useful tool for teachers who want to create video tutorials or presentations for their classrooms, and many teachers are usingscreencasting tools in their flipped classroom models Delete the scoop?
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Two things I learnt from this scoopt:
1) Blogger might be closign down??? What's going, google? Is Search going to be the next one on the chopping block?
2) As a wordpress blogger, I am totally uncool. Check out these great blogging platforms that seem to transform your blog into your own personal socially networked facebook substitute (OverBlog) and that are so stylish that it hurts my eyes (Ghost)! 
academiPad's comment,
May 5, 6:37 PM
Google might close down Blogger?? What's going to be next? And boy do I look old with my wordpress blog... Thanks Ana for this scoop
Ana Cristina Pratas's comment,
May 5, 6:47 PM
Glad you found it useful :-) Blogger? No....really don't even want to begin believing it might shut down!
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In this fun and quirky animated video, Intel expert and anthropologist, Genevieve Bell, describes a future in which we have "relationships" with computers.
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Great video about computing in 2020 for two ways: First, some really nice overview how computing has evolved and will evolved in the near past and future. And second: really nice blend of talking head video and RSA style animated presentation. Delete the scoop?
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Another platform to free your presentation from Powerpoint/Keynote duopoly. 
Bernad Bao's comment,
June 7, 6:15 AM
Working of PowerPoint presentations on ios devices is a big problem nowadays. Many companies are working on developing a tool which makes html5 files from presentation that work on ios platform. In my opinion 'HTML5Point' created by DigitalOfficePro is very useful and simple way to convert PowerPoint presentation to html5 format.
http://www.digitalofficepro.com/Powerpoint/powerpoint-to-html5-converter.html 
Manoj Karunakaran's curator insight,
June 14, 10:29 AM
HTML 5 the feature technolgy for handheld devices!
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For years, I kept hearing how awesome Evernote was: how it could store everything you possibly needed, make it available everywhere, and how scores of people couldn't live without it. I tried it multiple times, and never saw the appeal until now.
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The best tip in this article is maybe to keep lots of different notebooks with shorter notes, instead of adding stuff to a single notebook from time to time. So instead of thinking as an Evernote note as a page to which you can easily go back later and add stuff, think about it maybe as a little box where you can throw in lots of little pieces of papers you jotted down ideas. Delete the scoop?
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Want to increase the educational value of iPads? Good news, there’s an app for that. Actually, here are 50 worth checking out:" Via John Evans
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A bit general, but useful list. Delete the scoop?
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Giving great presentations is a skill that can be perfected by anyone with practice. Here are 10 tips and 7 applications to giving better presentations.
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Some great general tips - highlights: There's power in pauses. Never forget that one. Delete the scoop?
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Reading is the area in which students with dyslexia struggle the most. Luckily, there are mobile apps that can help with functions like text-to-speech translation. Via DM 
Elahe Amani's curator insight,
May 22, 5:02 PM
This app is a powerful tool for students with Dyslexia. Many of these tools have other unintended benefits... This is a good tool for English as a second language learners...
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Tired of feeling tired? Your phone can help you sleep better, for longer. Hack College tells you how. Via John Evans
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Andrew Johnson meditation apps and a host of sleep cycle apps are also available on iPhone. When it comes to binaural waves (third apps), , Mindwave is my favourite. Delete the scoop?
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Editor’s note: Steve Wishman is a presentation designer at Prezi. Known for creating rich cinematic presentations for TED presenters and Silicon Valley leaders, engineers, startups, and more, Steve comes to Prezi with a lofty but simple goal: to create breathtaking visual stories that help change the world. Via Baiba Svenca
academiPad's insight:
This is a blog post from prezi. If you now think that this one pushes prezi as a tool, you are correct. However, the first two of three tips (Create an outline first, Keep it clear) are true for every presentation software. The third tip about camera movement is where prezi can become useful - if useful enough for you, you have to decide yourself. 
LucaVanin's comment,
May 27, 3:29 AM
:-) i think Prezi creates two team: who loves it, and who hates it! :-)
Vittorio Canavese's curator insight,
June 4, 8:19 AM
Prezi realizza presentazioni di grande effetto con il minimo sforzo, ma spesso l'autore non riesce a sfruttare il supporto nel migliore dei modi. Questo post fornisce indicazioni utili e semplici almeno per cominciare nel migliore dei modi. Delete the scoop?
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Your place for good, concise, Mac keystrokes, tips and tricks.
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This is a great resource to better find your way around the Mac. All keyboard shortcuts you could ever ask for, plus much more, in a well organized table design. Delete the scoop?
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We all have to go to meetings. Some of us have to take notes on those meetings. Here's one workflow for making sure those notes are as useful as possible.
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What is really great about this article is how it discusses how note taking can be integrated with your task management. Check the "Action items" section:
"The next step is to make sure I do what I need to do after the meeting. The key is OmniFocus and its Mail Drop service; put simply, that means I can email to-do items to myself. For this to work, I sync OmniFocus with the Omni Sync Server. You have to apply to use the Mail Drop service; when I did, I received my invite in a matter of minutes. Once accepted, I set up a unique email address that is my direct link to the Sync Server. Using the latest version of Drafts, I configured a customized email action called ‘Email to OmniFocus Mail Drop’. This action sends a given note to my personalized OmniFocus email address using the first line of the note as the subject." Delete the scoop?
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Is your iPad getting slow? Check out these 7 tricks to speed up your iPad. This post delivers long-term results, and it explains what does NOT work as well.
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My first-gen iPad really got slow over time, up to a point that it drove me nuts! I didn't want to buy a new one yet, so I researched and then wrote a post (the best one you will find online, naturally) how to get some more life out of your iOS device. Some things might surprise you. Delete the scoop?
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Pinterest meets Evernote. Every day you surf and find amazing things on the internet. With Keeeb you can save sentences or paragraphs, single images and vide... Via Robin Good, J Lynn Lock, Gerrit Bes, Gust MEES
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The content curation (public and private) space is getting really crowded. I am no big fan of the very limited pinterest and prefer scoop.it. But Keep seems to be very worth checking out. 
Susan's comment,
May 9, 2:28 PM
I would say it's more of a replacement for Symbaloo or other bookmarking tools.
Karen Johnson's comment,
May 9, 3:48 PM
I would agree with Susan's comment. I think it is something to try instead of Netvibes.
Elizabeth Hutchinson's comment,
May 9, 4:52 PM
I think like all curation tools, you need to find what works for you. If you have time investigate the next thing if not, stick with what you know.
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Will closing apps from the multitasking bar speed app your iPad and preserve battery? No - that's a myth. Save yourself the time and don't do it.
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I originally intended to write a post on how to speed up the iPad (because mine is running slow), and most posts I read mentioned to manually shut down apps in the multitasking bar. Wrong! In most cases, it won't change a thing. Good thing I researched this thoroughly - I don't want to make the same mistake as so many other bloggers.
Still a little surprised that so many people believe in and tell this myth (even some people working as Genius for Apple), I decided to write this as its own post. Read it, you will be surprised. And: You will know for what few apps it makes sense to fiddle around in the multitasking bar.
The post I originally wanted to write about speeing up your iPad is coming soon on http://www.joachim-scholz.com/academipad. Delete the scoop?
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