15 Favorite iPad Apps As Selected By Teachers Out of 125 responses from teachers indicating their top 3 apps, these are the apps that were listed most often. Over the last few weeks, we ran a survey asking teachers to tell us about two or three of their favorite iPad apps that they use in an education-related context. Today we share the apps that were listed most often, and include some feedback from teachers regarding why they like them so much. As it turns out, free apps really outweighed paid apps in our survey responses. Here I list eleven free apps that rose to the top of the list when ranked by numbers of votes, followed by four paid apps that performed as well as the lower ranking free apps. Evernote and Dropbox easily rose to the no. 1 & 2 spots in the ranked list, with about 1 out of 3 respondents recommending at least one of these two popular applications. First, we list the Favorite FREE iPads Apps that teachers indicated they use in their roles are educators: 1. - “It makes my life simpler! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11.
14 Ways to Use Garageband in the Classroom Garageband is a great app that I think any student or teacher using an iPad should consider buying. It is a multi-track audio editing app that is as robust as you will ever need (unless of course you teach audio production). Later this week I will be posting a new page full of Garageband resources for teachers, students and learning. For now, you can get your brain juices flowing by reading the list below, watching the embeded ‘how to’ videos, and then go start playing with Garageband yourself! Download Garageband from iTunes here. 1) Create Soundtracks/Scores to Your iMovie Project – if you’re not already making iMovie projects with your students, you should read ’13 Ways To Use iMovie in the Classroom‘. 2) Teaching Dance in PhysEd - Dance is sometimes a difficult unit to teach because students aren’t interested or are embarrased or just to shy. 3) Podcasts – Use garageband to create podcasts. Check Out This Introduction to Garageband Video Learn About Jam Session for GarageBand
How To Capture Ideas Visually With The iPad By its very design, the iPad promotes consumption. Essentially an interactive mobile screen, the combination of physical form and supporting software-based user interface on Apple’s wunder-tablet suggests watching and listening, enabling you to tear the “monitor” off the desk and take it with you. By lacking a keyboard, input and production aren’t quite as natural. That isn’t necessarily because the iPad can’t accommodate such input, but rather that the software–and our habits as users–haven’t completely caught up with the not-insignificant shift in interface. But it doesn’t have to be that way. One microcosm of the potential of the iPad in learning is the concept of visual recording. Visual recording is what it sounds like it’d be. But executing it in practice–and then doing something meaningful with those iPad-captured images–isn’t second-nature simply because it’s not something you do everyday. 1. 2. 3. 4.
NearPod - create and share lessons on iPads in classroom - free NearPod is a free service/app that allows you to create interactive lessons and then share them across iPads in your classroom. Teachers create interactive presentations and then share them with the class. Here's how it works. The teacher uses the Content Tool to create multimedia presentations and then share the content with the students. The Teacher app allows the teacher to control the activity also. Students receive content and assessments on their device and then can submit answers and responses. The multimedia presentations start with a PDF file and then quizzes, polls, videos, activities and more can be added. It's free, easy to use, and a great resource to use with iPads in the classroom. Get it from the App Store:
A Visual Intro To Teaching With Tablets Tablets–iPads, Nexus 7s, Kindles, and even Intel’s Studybook–can be powerful learning tools, offering: 1. Alternative to print books 2. Mobile learning actuators 3. 4. And perhaps the most powerful argument? Times they are a’ changin’. Below is an excellent, visual introduction to the practice of teaching with tablets. Infographic provided by content partners at OnlineUniversities.com Top 5 iPhone Video Apps Making a great video used to mean pulling out an expensive video camera and owning your own video editing suite. Now you can do many of the same things once exclusively reserved for a high-end equipment right on your iPhone without a ton of cash or a lot of training. The iPhone is capable of recording high-definition video suitable for the giant plasma screen in your living room, and there are a number of video editing apps out there to help you polish your video and add opening credits, sound effects and even a soundtrack into the mix — without ever leaving your device. If you're more interested in sharing your video than giving it a professional look -– or if you want to share a masterpiece you've just created immediately –- most iOS video apps also offer the ability to upload your finished product directly from your phone to popular video hubs such as YouTube and Vimeo, where you can share them with friends, family and the world. Do you have your own favorite video app for iOS?
A List of Great Google Apps for your iPad So you are looking fog Google best apps for iOS ? Well you landed in the right place. I have just finished compiling and reviewing a bunch of Google apps that you can use on your iPad. Of course this list is not exhaustive but we have focused our attention only on the most important ones for us as teachers and educators. 1- Google Search " Search the web faster and easier with the latest Search app from Google. 2- Google+ " Stay connected and share life as it happens with Google+ for iPhone and iPad. " Browse fast with Chrome, now available on your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. 4- Google Drive " Google Drive lets you keep all your stuff in one place. 5- Google Play Books " With Google Play Books for iOS start reading today with millions of titles from Google Play on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. 6- Google Offers " From food to fun, Google Offers connects you with great deals every day in your city......" 7- Google Translate 9- Google Current 10- Google Voice 11- Google Shopper 12- Orkut
App Filter: Best Meditation App for iPhone Meditation and smartphones don’t immediately seem like the best fit. When your phone is normally a source of great distraction, it isn’t an obvious choice for a tool to help you calm your thoughts and your body. But most of us need a little help to tune out the hustle and bustle of daily life, and there are some great apps out there that will help you achieve that goal. I’ve been immersing myself in peace and calm this week to bring you the best meditation apps. Meditator Simple is best, especially when it comes to apps for meditation. Of course, there is power in that simplicity. There is one mark against Meditator: it can’t continue without your input if it’s interrupted, so you might be well-served to put your device in airplane mode while meditating. Relax Melodies Relax Melodies is extremely popular, and it isn’t hard to see why. If there’s a sound you find particularly meditative, Relax Melodies probably has it. Headspace
Top 10 Graphic Design Apps for the iPad Graphic Design has come a long way since the days of paint and canvas, and powerful graphics computers are becoming easier and easier to get a hold of. On top of this, broadband Internet access is making it increasingly possible to do your design work on the go, from any location, with a few excellent graphic design apps. Freeform is an essential tool for any graphic designer who needs to work with vectors. Sometimes all you need is a little vector tool to mock up an idea on the move. SketchPad HD is the replacement of bulky notebooks and clusters of pens, pencils, and drawing tools. PhotoPad by Zagg does everything for photo manipulation that you would want Photoshop to do, but it does it on your iPad. Moodboard Pro is essentially a bulletin board, only it’s digital. Brushes App is your digital substitute for paint and canvas. Color RGB is an extremely simple app, but can be very useful. Layers Pro is about as robust a graphics program as you’ll find in the iPad app store.
How One App Uses Digital to Empower Education The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Three Ring Quick Pitch: Create and share digital portfolios of students’ work quickly and easily. Genius Idea: Three Ring allows teachers and students to digitize student work by snapping pictures or videos with their mobile or tablet devices. Crumpled assignments drifting to the bottom of students’ backpacks may soon be an experience of the past. With a smartphone or a tablet, the app allows teachers to take a photo or video recording of student work and then seamlessly view and share the work online. Three Ring is already in the hands of almost 2,000 teachers in New York, Delaware and Maryland. Three friends — Alec Turnbull, Michael Lindsay and Steve Silvius — who share a passion for education reform joined to create Three Ring. Image courtesy of Flickr, flickingerbrad