60 apps in 60 minutes - #nycsts13

Chris CasalTechnology Coordinator/TeacherP. S. 10 Brooklyn (15K010)ccasal@ps10.orgTwitter: @mr_casal

60 Apps in 60 Minutesan iPad primerSchool Technology Summit 2013 - 7/31/13Presentation Materials:http://goo.gl/YBkr1Y (case sensitive)

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900,000

That’s how many apps are in the App Store

We will cover 60* in 60** minutes

Brief overviews to get you started with a list you can immediately use as a reference library for your iOS device

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Asterisks...

* The number of apps is a rough estimate as some developers have multiple versions of apps or “Lite” vs “Premium” options** 60 minutes is the full session but there will be time left for questions

Think of it as 60+ apps in 45-ish minutes...

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Disclaimer

I have a lot of apps...

525 currently on my iPad

Each slide will contain 1-3 apps of a specific function

Most slides will also contain a picture of the corresponding folder on my iPad, which sometimes contains up to 20 apps of identical function

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Apple AppsCamera

a great way to document student work & class activities

iTunes U

Apple has a DOE-centric course:

PodcastsTechLandia - @TechLandiaCast

Take5 - @DaveGuymon

OutOfSchool.net - @fraserspeirs & @bradleychambersWednesday, July 31, 13

AppsTrack apps, read reviews, help make sense of the 900,000+ options

AppsGoneFree - $free - daily digest of 8-12 free apps every day

AppShopper (iPhone) - $free - shows all price changes & allows Wish List creation & price change notification

AppAdvice - $1.99 - regular updates with app news & reviews

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Bookmarking

Don’t keep your Bookmarks/Favorites on a single computer, make them accessible anywhere

Diigo - $free web service & app

my favorite - can bookmark annotations & notes too

create student accounts to “crowdsource” references

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BrowsersSafari is the built in & only default option but others provide more flexibility and versatility

Chrome - $free - Google’s browser, syncs with desktop version - great for GAFE schools

iCabMobile - $1.99 - very robust & versitle browser with many add-ons & connections to other services

Rover - $free - geared to education & preloaded with edu content

Puffin - $2.99 + Lite version - plays Flash content & can download directly to cloud services

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Cloud StorageKeep your files accessible from anywhere

No more emailing files or USB drives

Dropbox - app free - storage fees vary, free->pay

market leader, most app integration

Box - app free - storage fees vary, free->pay

strong competitor, starts with more free space

Google Drive

free but doesn’t play well with all files or appsWednesday, July 31, 13

Common Core

Apps to help navigate the Common Core Standards

CommonCore Standards by Mastery Connect - $free

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Conferring with StudentsPut all your conference notes in one place

Supports individual conferences as well as small group situations

Confer Lite - $free - limited to 10 students, 5 notes per student & 2 subjects

Confer - $14.99 - unlimited

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EvernoteA great suite of note taking apps & syncing to online companion - evernote.com

Apps allow you to handwrite & annotate images

Evernote - free service with paid upgrades

type notes, tag & file, add pictures & web content

Skitch - $free - annotate pictures & sync to Evernote

Penultimate - $free - notebook for freehand writing + inserting pictures - syncs with Evernote

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FlippedCreate “flipped classroom” or general video tutorials

ExplainEverything - $2.99 - whiteboard, insert images, add video - import & export from various cloud platforms

Educreations - $free - basic whiteboard & audio recording, insert pictures - upload to educreations.com

ShowMe - $free - basic whiteboard & audio recording, insert pictures - upload to showme.com

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Fotopedia14 free apps with amazing images from around the world

Show your students in amazing clarity to world outside the room

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Math Dojo

13 iPad apps geared toward students & learning

Free -> $2.99 depending on app - some apps discounted periodically

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McGraw Hill

52 total apps

ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music, PD, Engineering, College & Career Readiness

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Everyday Math16 iPad apps from McGraw-Hill

Generally $1.99 but are often on sale or free - keep an eye out!

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News

Create custom magazines based on your content source preferences

Currents - $free - Google’s magazine app

Flipboard - $free - “your personal magazine”

Zite - $free - “an intelligent magazine that helps you discover interesting things to read”

NewsMix - $free - “your personalized newsstand”

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Note-takingIf Evernote isn’t your thing consider:

Notability - $1.99 - supports freehand writing, typing, images, audio & import/export to cloud platforms - very versatile app

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PaperlessIf you create documents on your computer why print them out just to file them away...?

GoodReader - $4.99 - great for paperless reading records, rubrics, signing forms - syncs to cloud services & can email direct from app

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PostersCreate original, high quality, classroom posters

Phoster - $1.99 - import Camera Roll photos, add text, apply filters, export & share

Motivational - $0.99 - create original motivational-style posters with Camera Roll photos

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ProductivityNo Microsoft Office on the iPad?

No problem!

Pages - $9.99 - Apple’s version of Word

Keynote - $9.99 - Apple’s version of PowerPoint

Numbers - $9.99 - Apple’s version of Excel

Widely regarded as the best “Office” apps on iPad, designed for iPad with Mac version syncing available

Expensive, yes. But high-quality & fully functional

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Productivity

Smart Office 2 - $9.99 - View, create, edit, share Microsoft Office documents

DocsToGo - $9.99 - View, create, edit, share Microsoft Office documents

CloudOn - $free - edit Microsoft Office files from youe cloud account (Dropbox, Box, Drive, etc) - doesn’t always work well with firewalls (ie: NYCDOE proxy)

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Reference

BYDK - $free - Bet You Didn’t Know from the History Channel - great facts & conversation starters

EasyBib - $free - look up MLA, APA & Chicago citations for books

Biography - $4.99 - “... a journey with the world’s most influential people... 100 biographies of eminent people of all time..”

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ScanUse the iOS camera to scan documents

Not simply taking a picture, apps convert the image to black & white (or color) PDF looking exaclty like you scanned it on a traditional scanner

JotNotPro - $0.99 - scan multiple pages to single file

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Science

Science360 - $free - created by National Science Foundation - science & engineering images & videos

Video Science - $free - 80 hands-on science lessons

NASA - $free - thousands of NASA images, videos, news & information

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Social

Don’t think of it as “social media” think of it as networking & connecting

Twitter - $free - network & connect

Google+ - $free - share & collaborate

Hangouts - $free - Google’s app for video chat/conferencing - create distance learning opportunities

Pinterest - $free - digital scrapbook your resources

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Tutorials

Handy to have if you are new to Apple products

SCO Tutor for iPad - $1.99

SCO Tutor for Mac - $1.99

Developer offers additional titles at varying prices

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VNC (Virtual Network Control)Remotely control computers

Great for remote tech support & controlling IWBs from anywhere in the room

Splashtop Personal - $0.99

remote access

Splashtop Whiteboard - $19.99

remote access + whiteboard tools - great if you have projector but no IWB

Mocha VNC Lite - $freeWednesday, July 31, 13

Many VNC options...

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WikipediaVarious apps to search & view Wikipedia entries natively on the iPad

Wikipedia - $free - Wikipedia.org’s native app

WikiWeb - $4.99 - shows Wikipedia entries as well as related pages in connected-web style interface

Wikinodes - $1.99 - “...infinite constellation of visual links... Browse. Discover. Bookmark. Annotate. Share.”

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Summary

60 highlighted linked apps & developers

Over 100 total apps

Some free, some paid

Hopefully this will give you some ideas of the versatility & possibility the iPad offers...

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Contact

Christopher M. Casal Technology Teacher/Coordinator

P. S. 10 (15K010)Email: ccasal@ps10.org

Twitter: @mr_casalDiigo: mrcasal

www.mrcasal.comthecasalos.blogspot.com

ps10ipads.wikispaces.com

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