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Now is the perfect time to finally download Silent Film Director to your iPhone, your iPod touch, or even your iPad. That’s because from today until Sunday, Aug. 19, Silent Film Director is available in the App Store for absolutely free. It used to go for $2.99, but now you can have it at no cost."
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Evernote is one of the most popular note-taking apps, but it has never worked all that well as a simple to-do list app. That's all changing, as the company has finally added alerts and...
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Gotta love competition, (and Evernote too of course), but it seems like Google have stimulated more innovation from E/note. This looks to be another nice addition to the Evernote stable, (wonder how long before some eyewear comes along). 
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I am always looking for that one place where I can take notes AND have reminders. Looks like Evernote is responding to consumer demand and this will continue to be one of my favorite producitivy apps.
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I couldn't agree more about how useful Evernote is, John. I'm glad that they've updated with this feature. Now there's less haggling between iCal and Evernote. Thx for finding this.
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A bit like a voki, Tellagami lets users create a short movie which can be saved to your camera roll for use in other movies or presentations. It would be great for classes looking for privacy. Delete the scoop?
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"The App Page is pleased to announce a new App Promo Video service designed to provide app developers with fast, affordable, high-quality video production services. We believe our new app promo videos will be the new standard by which app videos will be judged."
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As an app consumer this service could be really informative as too often the screen grabs and information in the iTunes Store is not all it could be. If the reviews are also critical rather than simply advertorial then they will be very useful. Delete the scoop?
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iPad Help with Accessibility Disability AssistiveTouch VoiceOver Guided Access Augmentative Alternative Communication AAC
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You can purchase the book via Amazon and other retailers or you can read it online via this link. Either way it comes highly recommended. 
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IPads are clearly doing wondering for all children, but as a big sister of a autistic 14 year old I can see that without his IPad he finds it very difficult to maintain interest in the topic and will often just walk away. Delete the scoop?
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"Welcome back to another edition of PadGadget’s iPad Tips. Each week, we offer tips, tricks, and tutorials to help you get the most out of your Apple tablet. Last week, we explained the basics of app organization. This week, we are going to walk you through what to do if you don’t have enough room on your device to download an app. This works the same way for updating large apps."
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iTunes U offers a wealth of knowledge and for the most part, a lot of it is free. This means you can download courses and lectures on a vast array of topics and subjects without ever having to actually step foot in a classroom.
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This looks like a fascinating and innovative concept and may point to where publishing might be headed. Delete the scoop?
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IMAGINE a book that you could only read if you sat at the desk where the writer created it.
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Though I'm not at all inclined to purchase this app, the underlying concept of making accessible information specific to to geographic locations is really interesting and could have a number of applications. Delete the scoop?
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Below is our curated list of the best education apps for iOS. See one that you like? Vote for it! Want to add one? Just log in and add away!
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Jeff Dunn from Edudemic is oversighting this listly list of iOS apps. Viewers are asked to crowd rank from the list by voting for their faves and anyone can add to the list from a Listly account. This could be really useful though may become a little overwhelming after time. Maybe it may be useful to also develop sub-lists eg subject based?? Delete the scoop?
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"I didn’t want to just spend the time just talking to the teachers at the workshop I wanted them to talk to each other- to share the learning that they already knew and become teachers themselves. And to have a base level of knowing how to work their iPad to do basic things before we went on to more advanced learning."
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Now who would have thought of using Bingo to introduce iPads, @Allanahk that's who. What a great idea and one that I will use for sure when working with iPad newbies thanks. Delete the scoop?
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Flowboard is trying create the best tools for "interactive storytelling" on a tablet. And the best way to illustrate those tools is through a demo, so founder and CEO Brent Brookler stopped by the TechCrunch office today to show us the app.
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Though I've downloaded the app I'm still yet to play with it so this post may be quite useful. Delete the scoop?
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Could you survive 24 hours using nothing but a mobile phone in your classroom? I decided to find out
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The redoubtable @mrrobbo gives us an insight into his day in more ways than one as he shows us that yes you can live your life mobile........ :) For a self-confessed Geek this post shows how adaptable we can be. Delete the scoop?
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How to Open Zip Files & Extract Archives on the iPhone & iPad
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I've wondered about, (but yet had to deal with), opening zip files on my iPad so now I know. Thanks to @iPodsibilities for the hat-tip. Delete the scoop?
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6 Tips to Extend iPhone Battery Life That Actually Work
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Most of these also relate to an iPad so it might be worth working through there also. Delete the scoop?
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"One little feature that iOS really needs is the ability to natively “print to PDF” directly on the iPad and iPhone, a popular trick on the Mac and in the PC world that allows you to digitally print anything and, in this case, save the contents of any web document or web page as a self-contained PDF document, allowing it to be read later, printed, or used for whatever other purpose. Since this great feature isn’t around on the iPhone and iPad at the moment, we can use a nice bookmarklet trick combined with a free third party web service to be able to add a “Save as PDF” option to Safari in iOS, which allows you to ‘print’ or convert any web page to a PDF file that is then accessible to apps like iBooks."
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These instructions use the relatively simple ot install javascript bookmarklet 'trick', (script contained in the instructions). Delete the scoop?
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(This post is part of our Case Study series, in which educators share how they have incorporated instaGrok into a school setting. Here Shawn Jacob takes us step by step how he uses new hardware (li...
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Instagrok is one of those tools that deserves lots more attention so it's great to see it begin used so effectively. The mention of Paper53 is interesting too as is the reference to Shawn's iTune U course. Could be one to follow up? Delete the scoop?
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The British startup hoping to create the next generation of coders by playing games
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Going by the video review, this one looks really interesting. The Kauto site is at http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/ and the app link is https://itunes.apple.com/app/fetch/id599976903?mt=8 Delete the scoop?
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Google Play for Education could kill the iPad in schools
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Because of the ease of access and organization for 'time poor teachers', this initiative could be a real challenge to Apple and iOS devices in schools. Whilst it will have huge appeal it also has the potential to continue the paradigm where the teacher/school knows best as opposed to learning spaces where students begin to identify apps/objects and learning approaches that best suit themselves. It does however a clear challenge to Apple to re-look at how they deal with education. Delete the scoop?
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I've been to a couple of presentations where people concerned with personal safety have been talking about app developments similar to AutoLocate as a means of quickly sending geolocated alerts if under threat. Delete the scoop?
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Yesterday (May 14), we deployed our first school-in-a-box (SIAB) project in a small village north of Java, Indonesia: Mauk, in the Tangerang province. SIAB is a very ambitious program we’re putting in...
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This is a fascinating story on so many levels, (albeit that it does take some time to read) :). One can't but be impressed by the problem solving and resilience needed to have moved the project so far. As David Mendels, the author, notes there are "Exciting times ahead!" Delete the scoop?
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The first professional mobile microscope for our mobile device world. The new ProScope Micro-Mobile uses custom coated glass optics to work with your onboard camera and provide superb quality images up to 80X.
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These look really robust and functional though at $149 each they are not neccessarily a discretionary purchase. Delete the scoop?
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Preview and download the course iTunes U: A Course Creation Guide for Educators on iTunes U. (RT @sjunkins: An iTunes U Course on How to Create an iTunes U Course from the brilliant mind of @TresslerTech. Via Jon Samuelson
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Excellent, this looks to be really useful and quite timely. Delete the scoop?
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"As a general rule, I don’t tend to blog too much about what I get up to at School, that’s not really what my blog is about. That said however, some of you that also follow me on Twitter may have seen me tweeting recently about a student I teach who has developed an iPad App for the School. A few people, such as Pedagoo asked me to write about it and so here are some of the steps to how this happened, so that, if you wanted to try and replicate this yourself, you might be able to."
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A really useful read for anyone contemplating creating an app for their school or other reason. Delete the scoop?
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The app is part of Googles new unified chat platform.
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At a quick glance this app looks really interesting. The interface is intuitive and it seems to just work. It will be interesting to check out more of the features though it may require more of my colleagues to become regular Hangout devotees. Delete the scoop?
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"Those looking to invest in an expensive teleprompter may not have to. The iPad has tons of apps available that will turn it into a teleprompter. The price ranges from only a few bucks to around 10 bucks for the more fully featured apps. We compare the best ones out there in this AppGuide. As always let us know if we left out your favorite."
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This is another quite comprehensive annotated app list from appadvice, (whilst you're there don't forget to have a look around at the other lists). Delete the scoop?
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