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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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Mac and Linux users can mount read-only versions of their Copy folder directly to their filesystem by making use of a utility in the Desktop Agent. This lets you browse your Copy folder without ever...
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I love Copy more and more! Haven't tried this out yet, but with my new MacBook Air only having 128GB of storage, I will certainly soon look into that.
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This new app ecosystem for collaborative writing might be interesting for working with co-authors on papers. Especially the integrated chat and an in-buiild checklist can be useful for larger co-writing projects in academia, although the maker of this app do not seem to have recognized this yet.
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As we are moving to video-supported teaching, our note-taking environment also evolves.
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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.
academiPad's insight:
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.
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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
academiPad's insight:
These are great apps when you are starting out. Some of them (Evernote) are a real must.
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Spreeder.com is free online speed reading software designed to improve your reading speed and comprehension.
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Forget about Dropbox and Google Drive: Copy gives you 22GB of free cloud storage - and more if you act fast.
academiPad's insight:
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!
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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.
academiPad's insight:
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?!!
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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."
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I can see this as a useful tool for creating and sharing ad-hoc presentations in group work during class. 
PublishME's comment,
July 9, 2013 11:01 PM
We take care of working with groups in closed or open environments. Check out PublishME http://vimeo.com/68740723 http://www.publishmeapp.com
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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.
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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, 2013 1:21 PM
de rien ;-) I went PRO within 24 hrs it's convincing; some things to iron out though
Dan Kirsch's comment,
May 10, 2013 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, 2013 2:43 PM
I love Jux, Brainshark, Sliderocket, Glogster, Beeclip, Slideboom, Slideshare, and that is just to name a few.
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How a little bit of technology can fix the editing and production processes for the social sciences.
Academic text production faces many challenges. Some of them are of a technical nature. Johannes Wilm, initiator behind Fidus Writer, argues that by adapting the text editing environment for scient...
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Via Nik Peachey
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Roon might be good for getting class assignments published online. If this doesn't work for you, try tackk.com. 
Walter Rubén Tur's comment,
August 3, 2013 9:55 PM
hay algún vídeo de cómo utilizarla, en castellano, gracias
Nik Peachey's comment,
August 4, 2013 3:11 AM
There's quite a long review and brief tutorial of Roon here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/roon-is-a-slick-easy-to-use-blogging-platform-you-may-want-to-try/ I particularly like the comment in the summary "Sometimes we get caught up in complex blogging platforms, plugins and more. Roon takes all of that away and ensures that you focus on what matters the most – your words." A rich feature set isn't always an advantage. Roon certainly isn't a competitor to WordPress, but it does make it easy to just get down to writing. For students that can be quite an advantage.
Tracee Orman's curator insight,
August 4, 2013 9:14 AM
I just tried Roon out and made a post (on my Mac, by the way). I wanted to try it to see if it was something to share with students. It was pretty easy, though figuring out how to change the title of the post from "Untitled" was frustrating (I assumed the "Header" was the title...not so. You just click on it after you save and can change it in the sidebar.).
I'm not sure what the point of giving your blog a title was when it posts as your user name and never shows your blog title. My advice: use your blog title as your user name.
Not sure if I will use this with my students, but it is a simple and easy format. And free. Here's my simplistic post: http://mrsorman.roon.io/untitled
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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.
academiPad's insight:
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.
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Another platform to free your presentation from Powerpoint/Keynote duopoly. 
Bernad Bao's comment,
June 7, 2013 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
LundTechIntegration's curator insight,
June 11, 2013 9:31 AM
Great tool to use with HTML5 presentations. 
Manoj Karunakaran's curator insight,
June 14, 2013 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.
academiPad's insight:
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.
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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
academiPad's insight:
A bit general, but useful list.
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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.
academiPad's insight:
Some great general tips - highlights: There's power in pauses. Never forget that one.
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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, 2013 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
academiPad's insight:
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.
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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, 2013 3:29 AM
:-) i think Prezi creates two team: who loves it, and who hates it! :-)
Vittorio Canavese's curator insight,
June 4, 2013 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. 
Ken Morrison's comment,
July 9, 2013 10:59 AM
Thanks for following my topic. Ir eally like what Isee on your site as well!
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Your place for good, concise, Mac keystrokes, tips and tricks.
academiPad's insight:
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.
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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.
academiPad's insight:
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."
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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. |
