Kathy Casey's iPad Resources Collection on Pearltrees

17:44 Posted by Unknown

I have posted about Pearltrees before, it is an app that allow you to collect, curate, make connections and then share sites, blogs, articles or websites around similar ideas or concepts. I said at the time that I liked this concept because it was such a visual interface and that it allowed the viewer to see the physical links between ideas.


I found this one the other day and was impressed with the quality of the links. Kathy Casey has obviously spent a good deal of time collecting great resources for using the iPads in the classroom. This is the sort of curation and sharing that Pearltrees was designed for and Kathy has certainly used it well. 

Make sure you also have a look back up the tree as she also has some great resources around;
  • 21st Century Learners, 
  • Technology to Promote Thinking and 
  • Differentiation. 
She has done a great job pulling all of these resources together. Make sure you also follow the other related interests links to find further iPad related resources.



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6 Apps for Creating Outlines on the iPad:

17:09 Posted by Unknown

Capturing information quickly and efficiently in a classroom is an important skill. So much of what we do in the classroom needs to be documented either by you, the teacher or by the students. Apps that make this process quick and easy are therefore vital. Here are a quick list that might work in your classroom - some are quite expensive but they do offer a vastly different product depending on who will be the primary user.


Notability: $0.99
Notability 4.0 is the first truly integrated note-taking app for iPad. Standing on a framework that automatically links notes with audio recordings, Notability supports all of your note-taking needs -- handwriting, PDF annotation, word processing, and more work together seamlessly allowing you to create comprehensive, beautiful notes, quickly and simply. Auto Sync ensures your notes are backed up safely.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/notability-handwriting-note/id360593530?mt=8


OminOutliner for iPad: $20.99 AU
OmniOutliner starts as a blank page. But as you collect, compose, and rearrange text, its powerful outlining features emerge to organize your ideas. Hierarchy, columns, styling, notes — use them all in concert or keep things simple, depending on the project at hand. From basic lists and tables to serious writing and data wrangling, OmniOutliner understands how to keep your work structured and tidy.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/omnioutliner/id430118869?mt=8


iOutline for iPad: $0.99 AU
An outline editor is an essential tool. Point lists and numbered lists, which predate computers, are themselves essential tools. Being able to keep these lists on an iPad makes them cleaner, more useful, and easier to modify. iOutline is an outline editor for the iPad, in which you can build lists of single-line items. You can add sub-items and items at the same level of indentation.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/id401884533


Outliner for iPad: $5.49 AU
CarbonFin Outliner for iPad allows you to organize your thoughts, tasks, and projects. Easily create a todo list for today, or track an entire project anywhere you are. Share your outlines, edit them online, and collaborate with other Outliner users. Create outlines for structured notes, lists, tasks, tasks with subtasks, projects or search through all your outlines, or find text in the current outline.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/outliner-for-ipad/id360659928?mt=8


Simple Outliner: FREE
Simple Outliner is an outline processor which can be operated easily. To pop up the menu, tap the bottom of the main screen. Edit an item by double tapping it. To show a note wipe the item left or delete or copy an item by wiping it right. To change an item into folder, double tap the dot at the left of it. To change the outline level of an item, shift it horizontally.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/simple-outliner-free/id357042200?mt=8


Circus Ponies Notebook: $31.99 AU
Ever wonder why note taking apps don't let you bold, underline, color text, or use multiple fonts? The answer is because it's HARD. Problem is, bold and other text styling are super important when taking notes. Sometimes you need to scribble, sometimes you want to add a diagram. It's a rare app that allows all three. Add to this the ability to sync your notes between your iPad and Mac via Dropbox.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/circus-ponies-notebook/id405636065?mt=8





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10 Tools for Getting the Most from Dropbox

16:06 Posted by Unknown

This has also been posted at my Web 2.0 blog - Edtechtoolbox - some of these tools are cross platform.

1. Dropbox Copy

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This is a simple application that adds the copy button menu option letting you transfer files to dropbox and also copies the URL in your clipboard so that you can share faster.


2. DropItToMe

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This is a password protected online application created to help you set up a process for transferring files using Dropbox. The password is known only by you and your counterpart whom you wish to send documents or files to.

3. Picplz

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This is a photo sharing application available for both iPhone and Android users. Picplz let’s you manage photos and create interesting galleries which can be shared with ease. The service also provides features to let you create your own photo streaming through Dropbox.

4. Dropbox Forms

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A service hosted by Jotforms. It allows you to create online forms where people come, create documents or leave impressions, fill out form for you and then Dropbox Forms automatically synchronizes the content with your Dropbox account.

5. DropVox


If you’re a big fan of the audio note-to-self but you’d like more flexibility than the iPhone’s default Voice Memos app, DropVox may be for you. It’s a simple audio-recording app that links with and uploads M4A recordings directly to your Dropbox account.

6. MailDrop

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This is an advanced backup tool designed to help you save your important emails and conversations from your email account. When using MailDrop you can even choose which folder of your email you want to backup.

7. FileStork

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An easy and very secure way for Dropbox users around the world to request files from each other. All you have to do is to register, send a request and then the file will be uploaded to Dropbox and you have full access to the file.

8. Send To Dropbox

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This application will collect all attachments you receive on your email account and automatically synchronize them with your Dropbox. An easy way never to lose that assignment a students sent you.

9. URL Droplet

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If someone sends you a file which you are uncomfortable downloading to your own computer then URL Droplet will download the file to your Dropbox just by entering the URL in the box. This is a nice way to create another level of security.

10. ePubBooks

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ePubBooks is a marketplace where you can download eBooks and have them synchronised automatically to your Dropbox account. 





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10 Teleprompter Apps to make you a Confident Public Speaker

23:16 Posted by Unknown

I was in the State Parliament recently at the invitation of our local member. During our time there I had the opportunity to watch Question Time. One of the things I found really interesting was the number of politicians who carried iPad or iPhones. The leader of the government actually used a teleprompter app to give one of his prepared speeches. It was quite natural for him to scroll down the text as he spoke. Obviously he was not reading it word for word but using it rather like a well-prepared student uses palm cards.

A quick count showed that over 15% of the politicians actually had iPads and nearly 70% iphones, many of which were being used to text or twitter during this time. This makes an interesting model for our students. There are many teleprompter apps available for the iPad and there are many instances where these would be beneficial for yourself, your students or your colleagues.
  • class presentations or speeches 
  • book reports 
  • prepared monologues 
  • scripts for student videos 
  • teacher notes 
  • school assemblies 
  • staff meetings. 
Here are a list of 10 Teleprompter apps we have found useful.


1. Prompter Pro: $10.49 AU
Prompster PRO is the ultimate teleprompter for the iPad. It smoothly scrolls easily readable text. It is the ideal app for practicing and delivering public speeches, lectures, podcasts, radio scripts, video scripts, and for any other scenario that requires a speaker to communicate with an audience using notes or a script. Great for practice sessions or live presentations.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/prompster/id378704861?mt=8


2. Teleprompter +: $15.99 AU
Teleprompt+ is a simple yet powerful teleprompter for the iPad. The most advanced and full-featured professional teleprompter. Many new features - including video recording, BlueTooth keyboard and foot pedal support, additional fonts, preview window, comprehensive user manual and help screens. Perfect for lecturers, students, teachers.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/teleprompt-for-ipad/id364903926?mt=8


3. ProPrompter: $10.49 AU
ProPrompter allows you to use your iPad as a smooth scrolling professional teleprompter. ProPrompter features professional settings for fonts, font sizes, background colors, scroll speeds, mirroring, looping, landscape, portrait and automatic orientation modes, adjustable countdown, editing, direct script creation, remote control and a complete help menu.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/proprompter/id309792203?mt=8


4. SpeechPrompter: $8.49 AU
Turn your iPad into a mobile teleprompter with SpeechPrompter. SpeechPrompter lets you load the text from an existing speech or create a speech directly in the app, and play the text for your presentation just like a top-quality teleprompter! With SpeechPrompter, you have complete control - copy and paste text from a Web page, email other apps, set initial scroll speed and finger swipe to adjust.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/speechprompter-teleprompter/id391104771?mt=8


5. Best Prompter Pro: $4.49 AU
Best Prompter Pro for iPad allows you to create and smoothly scroll scripts during a speech. It becomes your best friend while practicing and delivering public speeches. Useful for presenters, teachers, lecturers, students,  and any other person who needs to use scripts, notes or cue cards while speaking in front of an audience. Best Prompter also has an audio recorder and BBCode text formatting.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/best-prompter-pro/id418419206?mt=8


6. On Air: FREE
On Air is a simple teleprompter app for iPad. On Air will smoothly scroll your script, and store as many scripts as you need. Settings are saved with each script. With On Air you can choose font color, font size, scroll speed, background color, and toggle a 3 second countdown.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/on-air/id398208944?mt=8


7. Orator: $2.99 AU
Give successful speeches with the power of a prompter in the palm of your hand. Orator's intuitive controls allow you to set the pace of your speech's text as it scrolls upward across screen. Orator is perfect for any of your public speaking needs. Adjust the speed as needed by tapping on the icons at the bottom of the screen. Double tap the screen to pause your speech.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/orator/id364885398?mt=8


8. IQ Prompter: $15.99 AU
iQPrompter has far surpassed being just a mobile teleprompter. It is the perfect personal tool for the professional, academic, student, politician, pastor, amateur or professional reporter, or anyone giving a speech or creating a podcast. Whether for a 30 sec. elevator pitch or a major presentation, iQPrompter is the ideal solution for creating, practicing, and presenting any speech, anywhere, anytime.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/iqprompter/id364908131?mt=8


9. Prompterous HD: $1.99 AU
Prompterous will guide you during presentations, lectures. Import any type of document for both online or offline reading. Prompterous is the only application of its kind to support 24 formats including popular DOC, TXT, PDF, EPUB. Powerful combination of settings such as fonts, colors, backgrounds, styles, alignments, flipped text and timer are fully customizable.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/prompterous-hd/id385053734?mt=8


10. PrompterPal: $5.49 AU
PrompterPal automatically scrolls your speech for you to allow you to engage your audience and not worry about losing your place. Various forms of remote control are possible as well as an external monitor. Share files between PrompterPal and a computer in several different ways. Currently PrompterPal is only available for the iPad. PrompterPal is not compatible with the iPhone or iPod touch.


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Screencasting Apps for the iPad

21:32 Posted by Unknown

Looking for app reviews and technology integration advice?  I just came across a great site - Technology with Intention. This article is on Screencasting Apps and is an example of what to expect from this site - comprehensive easy to read analysis in table format of a variety of apps. This is then followed by individual reviews of each of the apps mentioned. 

Put together by Jac de Haan, this site not only gives you great how-to and mini tutorials he showcases examples of teachers using appropriate technology to enhance the learning of their students. This is a very useful site full of interesting articles and great tech know how. Make sure you check out the rest of Jac's site. I have already spent a couple of hours here - well worth a little time to explore.



How cool is this! Jac from Techwithintent emailed me the other day and sent me the iframe code so this table will be updated everytime an iOS update is issued. You have to check out this guy's website - he is good, very good.






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Beautiful textbook comes to the iPad - The Professional Chef

17:20 Posted by Unknown

Inkling again shows the way with their innovative approach to textbooks. This is an excellent example of how textbooks continue to develop into interactive experiences. The learner has a say into how they view the information, how many times they revise a concept and how they record their observations, or conversations with other students.  They even have a FREE chapter on Soups as a intro to the concept.


Inkling has teamed up with The Culinary Institute of America to rethink the classic cooking textbook, The Professional Chef, for the digital age. Their version is more than just a simple ebook... it incorporates videos, search, bookmarks, intelligent navigation, and stunning photos. It even adds social networking, that allows you to view and share notes written into the margins.

The social networking aspect of some of these textbooks is what will really extend the learning outside the classroom. The Professional Chef not only allow you to record your own notes but allows you to view the notes of others - this would be a great way to connect with professionals in the industry. We already see hundreds of talented and enthusiastic experts connecting with classrooms all round the world. This is a simple way to link the conversations back to the syllabus - meeting specific outcomes.

This concept is one that is also very easy to transfer to other subject areas. In a way every time one of these eTextbooks is published it means the next one is easier. As an Art Teacher I can see the possibilities of similar coding being used for Visual Arts, Maths, Science, English the whole range of subjects - each with videos, interactive graphs and manipulative interactives.






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15 Apps for Creating Photo Collages on your iPad 2011

16:31 Posted by Unknown

Photo Wall Pro: $2.99 AU
Photo Wall is about creating photo collages and sharing them with family and friends. It has a very user-friendly interface with features that will bring out the best of your creativity and imagination. To get started, "Add" your favorite Photos and Background, "Shake" to randomly arrange them, "Personalize" to your taste and then "Share" with family and friends.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/photo-wall-pro-collage-app/id366672688?mt=8


Photo Table: $0.99
Play with your photos on a virtual table. Tap, zoom, flick, rotate, and drag images around your table and share experiences with family and friends. Photo Table is a multi-touch interactive slideshow. Music can be added to each album in the slideshow play mode. Albums are bigger than the screen. There are both on-screen and off-screen images in every album.



Collage Creator: $1.99 AU
Create collages on your iDevice. Surprise your friends with collages of moments you cherished together. With a very easy to use interface and a multitude of features, Collage Creator makes creating the just perfect collage easier than ever before. Shake to shuffle collage or use fingers to move, rotate, or resize photos. You can email or upload collage to Facebook.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/collage-creator/id386591465?mt=8


PicMix: $0.99
This application allows you to mix two (or more) pictures into one montage. The pictures can be freely moved and resized and you have complete freedom over which parts of the photos you want to keep. With this technique you can create montages, replace backgrounds or combine pictures any possible way you can imagine. You can also create semi-transparent layers of photos.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/picmix/id324018161?mt=8


PicStitch: FREE
Pic Stitch is designed to be easy to use and give you only the features you really need to easily create photographic works of art. Share your masterpiece with your family and friends via email or post it to Facebook. Use Pic Stitch to create a before-and-after sequence, combine great photos of each of your kids, or produce a photographic series.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pic-stitch/id454768104?mt=8



Instapic: $0.99
Add a couple of pictures to your canvas. Use multi touch to arrange them to your liking. Customize the look by changing background, and voila! You have a beautiful image to share with friends and family!Features include advanced multi touch manipulation, customization of background, 7 built in backgrounds and high quality rendering. You can save to photo library, share via email or via facebook

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/instapic/id375643579?mt=8


Photo Collage HD: $0.99 AU
Create the attractive photo collages with your pictures looking better than ever with a build-in photo editor. Features include adding photos or from your picture library to the collage, edit, rotate, shrink, enlarge, bring to front or delete your pictures to your desire. You can change backgrounds, keep a library of collages and edit them, copy, share your pictures using e-mail, Facebook, Twitter or MMS.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/photo-collage-hd-pro/id478355099?mt=8


Moxier Collage: $1.99 AU
Moxier Collage helps you create and share collages. Select from a variety of backgrounds, add pictures, text, frames, sticky notes, speech bubbles, headings, clipart, and then share with friends via email, Facebook, and Twitter. Simply start with a background template, or add your own, then add photos, clipart, and text. Moxier Collage lets you quickly resize, rotate, delete, and move objects. 

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/moxier-collage/id382202742?mt=8



Picture Collage HD: FREE
Make a collage of all your selected pictures into one. You can move, rotate and change the size of the pictures within the collage. You can save the collage or share it by email or MMS (once it's saved in the gallery of pictures). Designed exclusively for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

  http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/picture-collage-hd-lite-edition/id413316306?mt=8



PhotoTangler HD: $0.99
PhotoTangler HD is a simple yet powerful tool for turning your photos into beautiful collages! Simply import images or add text captions, and PhotoTangler will instantly blend them together as you work with them. Newly optimized for the iPad, PhotoTangler lets you work with and export higher resolution images!

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/phototangler-collage-maker/id458169750?mt=8



StackPad: $1.99 AU
StackPad is really a wallpaper creator but it has a cool collage tool. It makes creating a collage very easy. Drop a number of images from your photo gallery onto the screen, rotate and resize them till happy and then simply set a background. If you don't like any of the backgrounds, you can easily scale up one of your own photos and ‘send to back’ to create your own custom background.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/stackpad-wallpaper-designer/id424119871?mt=8


Mixel: FREE
Mixel is a free creativity app. It is more a remix tool for your photographs than a traditional collage maker. This app is heaps of fun and can easily be used to create narratives and tell stories. Everything in Mixel can be shared and remixed, making it the world’s first truly social art app. It’s fun, easy and totally different. Mixel does require a Facebook account to login.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/mixel/id474254864?mt=8



Sadun's Collage: FREE
Collage transforms taking pictures into a fun and tactile experience. Pinch, zoom, and drag live camera feeds to create art! This is a basic collage app that does exactly as it says it does. It also you to make simply and easy collages of pictures in your library. Quick and easy to use but best of all it is free.


http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/saduns-collage/id441945134?mt=8






PhotoShake: $1.99 AU
With PhotoShake, you can easily combine one or more photos to make new images. PhotoShake is a photo editing program that you can use to share photos  on social networking sites.You can easily create a collage. Select a theme, import photos for your collage, simply Shake iphone to get random collage images. An editing tool is available to create special effects on the final collage.



Photogene: $2.99 AU
Combine several photos into one piece of art using a variety of templates. Collages can be saved or directly uploaded to any of Photogene's wide selection of export destinations. The user interface is quick and responsive.  Photogene allows you to export several photos at once, and it supports a wide selection of export destinations, including Flickr, Dropbox, Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, FTP and mail.

http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/photogene-for-ipad/id363448251?mt=8



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