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Join us as we do a Review of Tips and Tricks - iPad Secrets, an eBook type app that covers iPad basics and more. Via John Evans
Scotty, an app that I use almost daily to beam photos and screenshots from my iPhone to my Mac*, has just been updated to version 4.0, and now lets you beam your photos between your iOS devices as well.About Scotty: Scotty transfers photos and... Via Jason Feather
"After unboxing your new iPad and getting it setup, the first thing you should do is open up the App Store and download some essential apps. We’ve compiled a list of 12 of the App Store’s greatest offerings, which we think should be installed on every iPad. These are apps you certainly won’t want to miss." Via John Evans
"When you cross this free-sometimes-crazy-expensive-the-rest-of-the-time approach with education you end up with iTunes U, the free service and app that puts you into some of the world’s greatest classrooms that would cost tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars to normally attend." Via John Evans
Apple's image editing and photo organizing software has made the leap from the Mac to iOS with impressive results. Ars goes hands-on on the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 to see how well it stacks up. Via plasmaborne4rel
Here are some ideas for teaching words for food and drink – or about the topic of food – using apps and mobile devices.
"One academic task the iPad lends itself towards is screencasting. After all, the iPad is portable, powerful, and has been used with other presentation mediums (Keynote, PowerPoint, and Prezi) since its release because users have the option to create, save, and share all in one compact and visually-robust device. However, it’s been less obvious how to find screencasting software for the iPad." Via John Evans
View and present your prezis anywhere with simple, intuitive multitouch gestures. Drag to pan and pinch to zoom in or out of topics, just like you do in any map apps. Via John Evans
"Everyone with a camera loves taking photos on vacation. The prospect of sorting through hundreds of them when you get home, though, isn’t quite as much fun. However, with the iPad and Apple’s Camera Connection Kit, it’s amazing how much you can do on the move." Via John Evans
The PhatPad iPadProductivity app, one of hundreds of Productivity apps reviewed by the experts and users at Macworld...
Note-taking app combines text, graphics with mixed results Via plasmaborne4rel
The SunSpecial iPad app to be designed for David CameronThe SunBy TOM NEWTON DUNN, Political Editor DAVID Cameron is having an iPad app created to help him keep tabs on government.
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"Let's be real about this. You can't do everything on an iPad. As Shawn Blanc pointed out the other day, you can't make iOS apps on it, for example. But you might be surprised by how much real work you can do on it with the right tools. If your work requires generally office-like capabilities, there are definitely iPad solutions." Via John Evans
ZDNet (blog)iPad 3 'Heatgate' drama is completely overblownZDNet (blog)By Jason D. O'Grady | March 20, 2012, 9:50pm PDT Summary: Yes, the iPad 3 runs warmer than the iPad 2.
The Adonit Jot Pro Stylus is touted as the most precise touch capacitive stylus on the market. Via John Evans
"A Maryland high school math teacher has launched an educational app for the iPad that allows students to add their own notes and markups to teachers’ Word, PDF, and PowerPoint files without the need to convert those files to another format." Via John Evans
This page includes a few of my favourite apps for primary as well as links to app lists. It was inspired by Mark Anderson (@ICTEvangelist) who has written a blog post for secondary, which is well... Via David Miller
"In this 3.5 minute screencast, digital learning consultant Wesley Fryer demonstrates how to use the $4 iPad application “eBook Creator” to export an enhanced eBook (in ePub format) to the DropBox application, and then email a public link to the ePub to a Posterous blog so it will “post” as a publicly accessible link for anyone to download." Via John Evans
The Kindle Fire Shade features a 7 colour display and lets you examine books, view High definition videos and television shows. It's got 8GB built-in memory which can hold up to 6000 books. Uncover who the Kindle Colour is acceptable for, ...
"Here are five ideas for teaching numbers 1-10 using apps and mobile devices. The activities are aimed at young learners of English as a foriegn/additional language but could be adapted to other contexts." Via John Evans
"Side by Side is a remarkable free app. With Side by Side, you can split the iPad screen into as many as four windows that can be positioned and sized as needed. These windows can be used to view multiple websites, PDF’s or MS Word files. Or, any of the windows may be used for note-taking text editors. Text can be copied into a text editor from other open windows. Text-to-speech is available in any of the windows via Speak Selection." Via John Evans
"Rainbow Sentences, by Mobile Education Store, is another incredible learning tool, just released, by the award winning developer Kyle Tomson! Rainbow Sentences offers a unique environment for improving a student’s ability to create grammatically correct sentences." Via John Evans
PopHerald.comGoogle Wants to Beat the iPad 3ForbesWe've heard this claim from Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), a company that appeared to have an iPad killer in its hands until the PlayBook, the atrociously forgettable BlackBerry-inspired tablet,...
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