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Teachers around the world are catching onto new learning technology, primarily focusing on tablets ... Sam Gliksman has written the black-and-yellow handbook to help simplify the iPad in Education. In addition to highlighting innovative lesson plans and informative anecdotes, Gliksman aims to promote an overall educational philosophy, one that integrates new technology rather than forcing it. The book will be out in January, but TabAdapt got a first look at what’s inside.
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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.
This scoop.it page is designed to give you a one-stop access to the best content on and beyond academiPad. It curates articles from other blogs that are useful for people in academia, and of course also the newest and best topics from academiPad.
Visit the blog at http://academiPad.com for high quality reviews and articles of workflows, apps, devices, accessories, and other tricks that make you a better scholar. And while you are there, be sure to join academiPad's free email, RSS and twitter news services to stay always up to date.
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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 
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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
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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. 
Rosemary Tyrrell's curator insight,
May 20, 2:07 PM
Some good insights in the article, but I can't say I'm crazy about the sample Prezis. 
Sofi Lapizco's curator insight,
May 23, 12:29 PM
Aquí hay un poco de ayuda para construir su cinematografía, lo que significa pensar como camarógrafo. Imagínese cómo una cámara se mueve a medida que avanza a través de su presentación y predecir la siguiente vista que verá su audiencia. Lo que tienes que hacer es plan de plan de plan hasta que su presentación se convierte en un arte de la performance. 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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handyPrint is a Mac app that lets you print wirelessly from the iPad (or iPhone) to just about any printer, even legacy printers that don’t support AirPrint. If you’re tired of looking for which pr... Via John Evans
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That should be helpful next time you are going to uni the "light" way and somebody bugs you for a form to be handed in :) Delete the scoop?
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Top 3 new iPad educational apps, released in Q1 2013, that are informative, interactive, as well as extremely well-designed. Via Peter Mellow Delete the scoop?
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WorkFlowy is an organizational tool that makes life easier. It's a surprisingly powerful way to take notes, make lists, collaborate, brainstorm, plan and generally organize your brain.
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My personal productivity-ninja-friend @bsippel introduced me to WorkFlowy - a dead simple and free to-do and outlining web app. It can help you organize personal to-dos, collaborate on large team projects, take notes, write research papers, keep a journal, and so much more. 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.
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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
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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 
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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)! 
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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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A new news app for the iPad is offering an in-depth look at some overlooked topics in a visually rich formula.
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This app could be well placed in between mainstream media (con: what Vicotia Beckham ate for lunch is more important than residents of an entire region in South Darfur didn't) and blogs (con: noise, redundancy, copy and paste "journalism"). It offers an in-depth look at a particular topic through a curation by professional journalists. Here is what Track180 wants to be:
"It's essentially an engagement platform to expose readers to all sides of an issue and help form opinions. And instead of trying to chase the tail of the ever-elusive tiger that is news, Track180 focuses on under-the-radar news that has not yet trended mainstream. Instead, it's more feature-y on the cusp material like the persecution of bloggers in Russia or human rights abuses. If you're looking for entertainment gossip and sports, this isn't the place for you." Worth a try Delete the scoop?
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A brief intro into the MOOC universe: Who backs what? 
davidgibson's curator insight,
May 2, 4:44 PM
Remarkable how this subsector has taken off! Does anyone have a link to a critique and categorization? 
Craig Fleming's curator insight,
May 20, 12:10 AM
Loving the disruption. Higher Ed is starting to quaver. Delete the scoop?
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So sad that academiPad isn't on that list :(
But still check it out :)
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May 2, 10:00 AM
academiPad (http://www.joachim-scholz.com/academipad/) is another great site that specializes on using iPad in research, teaching and learning :)
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David Levy's course at the University of Washington puts technology in its place—in the control of students.
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This article holds what I believe to be two of the most important things to be productive: medidation and monotasking.
It's a lengthy article, but reading it is very eye opening in how we want to live in a time of internet distraction and information abundance. Plus. it is already an exercise in monotasking - try to get through it without checking twitter! At the core, the idea is to focus your energy on one task at hand. Like in mediation, bring yourself back to the task when your mind wanders.
At the end of the article you are rewarded with a comprehensive list for further reading. Delete the scoop?
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Sam Glisksman hits the nail on the head:
"....ERA: Are tablets the future of education?
SG: I don’t think any technology is “the future” of education. The dilemma I had in writing the book is that it’s a dummy’s book, and if you’re familiar with the dummy series, it’s really a how-to series: ‘tap here,’ ‘use this.’ As far as possible I’ve tried to integrate education into the book and principles of education as much if not more than the technology itself. That’s really what it’s more about. I don’t see the future of education tied to a particular technology as much as I do see it tied to more of a philosophy of education that’s more student-centered, more experiential, discovery learning, less frontal content delivery. Any technology can be used in a multitude of ways, and I don’t think using technology to support the old frontal content delivery systems is a successful model. I don’t think it’s necessarily the future of education; it could be...."
Sorry, Dummies? How about iPad in Education for Teachers?