Eight Great Apps for Educators to Create, Display and Share

Nancy White/Flickr By Kathy E. Gill, PBS MediaShift For educators looking to integrate iPads, iPods and other mobile devices, here are eight must-have apps that will make life easier to do things like move files, capture lectures, read PDFs, and much more. 1. With cloud file storage, there’s no need to email yourself a copy of that Powerpoint lecture or video clip; just save it to the cloud and access it later from campus. In the U.S., our markets tend toward duopoly and oligopoly: FedX and UPS; Apple, Microsoft and Google; Facebook and Twitter. And none as easy to use as Dropbox — until now. In mid-May, security company Barracuda Networks tripled the free storage on its fledgling cloud service Copy from 5GB to 15GB. Copy makes it easy to share files or folders, to share publicly or privately, and to share view-only (student assignments) or sync-and-edit (collaboration). Kahn Academy has spotlighted the possibilities inherent in recorded, screen-captured mini-lectures. 5. 6. 7. 8.

coolappsforschools - home Save Kahoot Quiz Results In Your Google Drive Account Kahoot is featured at the end of nearly every Best of the Web presentation that I give. Kahoot provides a fun way to gather feedback from a group through their phones, iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device that has a web browser and an Internet connection. You can include pictures and or videos as part of each question that you create and share in a Kahoot activity. The latest update to Kahoot, one that I failed to share a few weeks ago when it came out, enables you to save the results of a Kahoot in your Google Drive account.

5 Free iPad Apps for Drawing and Sketching Notes Parts of this post originally appeared on one of my other blogs, iPadApps4School.com Sometimes when students are taking notes, words don't do enough to fully capture an idea. In those cases, being able to quickly sketch an idea will enhance students' notes. Sketching notes on an iPad enables students to edit and share sketched notes more quickly and easily than ever before. IdeaStorm is a free iPad app for quickly creating sketches and diagrams. Idea Sketch is a simple app for creating mind maps on your iPad. Inkflow is an iPad app that can be used to sketch mind maps, draw pictures, write free hand, and just about anything else you might do with a pencil and paper. Penultimate provides a place for you to hand-write notes on your iPad. iBrainstorm is a free brainstorming application for the iPad and the iPhone.

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