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|| Edmodo || Edmodo || Codea (formerly Codify) || $7.99 iPad || "Codea for iPad lets you create games and simulations — or just about any visual idea you have. Turn your thoughts into interactive creations that make use of iPad features like Multi-Touch and the accelerometer." || Students can work in teams to plan and develop apps for others in their school to use.
 * **DEPLOYMENT ADVICE** ||
 * Click the heading on the widget above. In the tags look at 'management' or 'deployment'. || Nov.2011
 * [[image:pine_glen_deployment.jpg link="http://pineglen.info/2011/09/setting-up-a-cartful-or-two-of-ipads/"]] |||||| Pine Glen started wiith 60 iPads this school year on two Bretford Power Sync Carts! It was quite a bit of work to get the iPads ready to go for the students. I made a few mistakes a long the way, but here’s the most efficient method that I’ve found for getting all the iPads up and running in a uniform manner, particularly if you already have a bunch of free apps and apps purchased from the [|Volume Purchase Program]: || Oct.2011
 * [[image:techlog.ca_deployment.jpg width="84" height="110" link="http://www.techlog.ca/school-ipad-deployment-with-ios-5-step-by-step/"]] |||||| This blog seems to have the most up-to-date information which takes into account the new iTunes poilcy for deploying to multiple devices. || Oct.2011
 * Links || **Specs ** || **Description** || **Learning Activity Suggestions** || **Added** ||
 * [[image:codify_app.jpg width="103" height="108" link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codify/id439571171?mt=8"]]
 * [[image:codify_app.jpg width="103" height="108" link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/codify/id439571171?mt=8"]]

See this [|YouTube channel]for the games made using this software. || Nov.2011 Edmodo || Capture, upload, edit, collaborate, share videos.
 * [[image:Creaza.jpg link="http://www.creaza.com/"]]

Now called [|WeVideo]. || Use source media from any camera.

Free

Mobile upload app coming soon. || (Great tutorials at each link) Free and premium versions (Bummer -- can't export audio or video files without premium) NO PRICE GIVEN!!!
 * [|Mindomo] (mind mapping tool)
 * [|Cartoonist] (make comic strips online)
 * [|Movie Editor] (web-based with multiple tracks)
 * [|Audio Editor] (blend sound effects and recordings)

` || The collaborative aspects -- enabling more than one person to access the file -- makes it great for group storytelling projects. || Aug. 2011 SueH ||
 * [[image:docscsanner_app.jpg width="132" height="46" link="http://www.docscannerapp.com/"]] || iDevices and androids

Also for Macs || Take an image of a document, scan it, and save it as a jpg or pdf . || "I have used it to take images of worksheets, books, etc. that I do not have electronic copies of. I can post these PDF's to edmodo with the assignments. Great way to create a PDF for your edmodo when you don't have a scanner." . || Oct.2011 Mrs. McVey Edmodo || Evernote and an online version. || *Keep, tag, & share notes, images, and web page clippings
 * integrates with Evernote
 * can get text recognised so the document is searchable
 * good online support
 * [[image:evernote_app.jpg width="71" height="139"]]
 * [|iPhone & iPod touch]
 * [|iPad]
 * [|android] & [|other tablets] || There are also computer versions for Mac and Windows
 * It syncs directly from mobile device to computer


 * This is a very cool way to use phones or cameras and track sharing of 'old school' posters, whiteboard notations, and so forth.

. || The teacher who recommended it says she uses it to document little things in class that can slip her mind.

Another teacher says this is a great app to replace traditional lab books.

media type="youtube" key="tmtHJ71JPrc?rel=0" height="300" width="400" || Oct.2011 Edmodo || any computer, laptop, or smartphone || * Syncs between different devices . || A 21st century way to gets kids to read along together || Sept/ 2011 [|Jolicloud] || Virtual Desktop -- all your apps and files on the cloud in one place. || CROSS-PLATFORM in private beta, but you can ask for an invitation
 * [[image:ibisreader.jpg width="151" height="58" link="http://ibisreader.com/"]] || CROSS-PLATFORM
 * Runs without downloads or installation
 * Remembers where you stopped
 * Stores your whole library online for access anywhere, anytime
 * Makes it easy to find new books
 * Reads DRM-free ebooks in the ePub format
 * Lets you download all your books
 * [[image:joilcloud.jpg]]

seems to be free at least for now || Create your own apps by typing in the URLs of websites you use. They will be added as apps to your Launcher. These can be shared. || media type="custom" key="10560320" || Sept/ 2011 [|Jolicloud] ||
 * [[image:linoit2.jpg width="161" height="49" link="http://en.linoit.com/"]]

Sticky notes, pictures, videos

~It will email you reminders.~Can also share files (100mb free, up to 1GB with Premium) ~Can embed in blog or wiki. ~Search with keywords.

NOTE: free public boards have ads. || [|Free & premium subscriptions]

iPad iPhone || Alternative to Wallwisher, you can set up groups for collaborative projects. This is a very visual way to bookmark. Because the stickies can be rearranged it lends itself to clustering of ideas almost like a mind map.

> * PC browsers required to create a new group and manage its members.
 * Features of iPhone/iPad App**
 * You can freely post memos, pictures and videos you take with your iPhone, and even files as stickies on a canvas.
 * You can set due date, tags and icons on a sticky.
 * You can post stickies even when you’re offline. Stickies posted while you’re offline will appear once you’re online.
 * You can use group canvases shared with your friends.

. || This is a way for students to quickly collect information sources for a project without having to use a social bookmarking service. Ask each small group member to take a different sticky colour. Ask for annotation of a source when it's added to a board. Attach files with rubrics, project instructions, etc. to their boards.

media type="custom" key="10560322" || Sept. 2011 || interactive eBook builder || iDevices androids
 * [|Moglue]

free while in beta || Enables anyone to quickly and easily create interactive ebooks for platforms such as the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android tablets and Android phones.

The content is made using a simple drag and drop interface. It is for those who are not capable of investing the money or the time developing apps on their own because they are not programmers. . || Build on Mac or PC; test with live preview; publish to iOS or android; sell them online through their store || Oct. 2011 Edmodo ||
 * [[image:popplet.jpg width="148" height="51" link="http://popplet.com/"]]

This can also be accessed from a computer and would look great on an IWB.

Fully collaborative. || iPad

'[|lite]' is free

[|full-featured] is $4.99 || Can be used to bookmark the resources (with annotations for later) in one space. (Adding the bookmarklet tool makes this easier. Individuals can choose different colours for their 'popples'.

"Popples" can then move their collections around on the screen and start linking them into a mind map. This could be very cool if it works on a Smart Table. || media type="youtube" key="kMQFH-OU9Jc?rel=0" height="275" width="325" . || Aug. 2011 || QR codes
 * [[image:QR_treasure_hunt_creator.jpg width="487" height="318" align="left" link="http://www.classtools.net/QR/"]]For any mobile device that can read

From [|Classtools]This is one Premium Subscription I'd pay for!!! || * [|QR Code Bookmarklet]
 * Online Sample

. || Sept 2011
 * [[image:QR_treasure_hunt_creator2.jpg link="http://www.classtools.net/QR/teacher.php?fold=123&fname=456"]]

Jason Spence Edmodo || (coming soon?)
 * SpicyNodes Touch

(see also [|WikiNodes])



. || iPad

iPad$.99 || If you've ever tried the [|Visual Thesaurus], you'll have some idea of the power of giving students a way to create blooming visual maps of their own ideas.

There is a free version (limited, non-collaborative, with watermark/logo) that can be accessed from any computer and should look very cool on a Smart Board. Example: [|ThinkBox 2.0 tools]

Can you hook an iPad to a Smartboard to share app creations? || media type="youtube" key="mNV06QDX4c0?rel=0" height="275" width="325" . || Aug 2011 ||
 * [[image:spaaze2.jpg width="143" height="49" link="http://www.spaaze.com/"]]

Virtual Desktop -- also works on a computer screen || iPad (free while in beta) || Collaborative, but you must invite users via email. Public is read only. || media type="youtube" key="S3-yMvH3nEI?rel=0" height="275" width="325" || Sept. 2011 || [|*for iDevices]
 * **Whiteboards (IWBs)** == == || Check each one for particulars. |||| [[image:whiteboard_app.jpg width="577" height="327" link="http://www.greengar.com/apps/whiteboard/"]]
 * Lite version is Free
 * collaborative drawing tool that allows two iPhone or iPod touch devices to create pictures together over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth

can record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online iPad, Free

|| [|or iDevices] Lite version is Free ||
 * **CONTENT AREAS** ||
 * ==**Math** == |||||| Please refer to my other wiki page: Apps you can use in Math Class.[[image:math4keeps.jpg width="158" height="144" align="left" link="math4keeps/Apps you can use in Math Classes"]] ||  ||
 * Science |||||| [[image:video_science_app.jpg width="159" height="159" align="left" link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/videoscience/id333284085?mt=8"]][|Video Science] i Devices; Free
 * Science |||||| [[image:video_science_app.jpg width="159" height="159" align="left" link="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/videoscience/id333284085?mt=8"]][|Video Science] i Devices; Free

"Over 80 hands-on Science lessons that are great for home and the classroom -- demonstrate inexpensive and easy-to- recreate experiments designed to inspire and excite kids of all ages." Videos may be downloaded for offline viewing. Store them on your school's server with access in the school library. Permit students to load them onto their own devices from a central computer in your class or library.

[|Virtual Labs for iPads]; Freemium

"Understanding science through textbooks can be hard, Xperica brings the experience of touch to various science experiments to foster better understanding. Users can interact with various elements to see how the experiment as a whole reacts. The app is available for download free of cost and comes preloaded with a couple of experiments. Additional experiment packs are available for purchase at a great price."

|| Oct.2011 Edmodo || Edmodo ||
 * **RESOURCE COLLECTIONS** ||
 * [[image:appitic.jpg width="152" height="57" link="http://appitic.com/"]] ||  || A directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. || Be sure to scroll to the bottom for links to other great resources websites || Nov.2011
 * [[image:appitic.jpg width="152" height="57" link="http://appitic.com/"]] ||  || A directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings. || Be sure to scroll to the bottom for links to other great resources websites || Nov.2011
 * ===iPad tools that are particularly effective with children who have autism spectrum disorders===

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General purpose iPad apps
media type="custom" key="10837219" . || Sept2011 Edmodo

From ipadsammy

[|Alice Chen's App collection] || various
 * iPad & ?
 * Not all free *Links go directly to the ITunes store ||
 * [[image:wondertech_weebly.jpg width="168" height="157" link="http://wondertech.weebly.com/index.html"]]

The links go to websites. || "Three days ago, my assistant principal asked me to give a workshop to teachers who are piloting the use of the iPad as an instructional tool in their classrooms. As I planned and obsessed over my workshop, I realized that it would be most ideal if I could put my list of apps online so that I can revise it whenever I want. After all, from the perspective of an English teacher, all works are in a constant state of revision, nothing is ever considered truly finished." || About 30 apps altogether -- mostly for teachers, but some cal also be useful for students || Oct. 2011 Edmodo ||