Wednesday 7 November 2012

Tech. session; 10 November Study Day

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Update from Mark: 12 November

Useful Websites

Flipping the Classroom

Screencast tools – Screenr, Presentme, Camstudio

Cool Stuff

Presentation Tools
Assessment tools
Online Storage and collaboration
A list of Apps to consider and install:


This is a working list so if you have any to add please share.


Apple
Android
RED LASER – reads bar and QR codes.
QR CODE READER     
Put things off
Assignment planner free
Imovie – paid app, but great movie editor.
Magisto – Magical Video editor
Ianki flashcards - – Gapped recall app that allows you to create flash cards on a system that learns what you know and what you don’t.
MemoDroid – Gapped recall app that allows you to create flash cards on a system that learns what you know and what you don’t.
Google Drive or Gdrive – 5gb of free online storage and allows you to create and edit Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint files.
Google Drive – 5gb of free online storage and allows you to create and edit Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint files.
TED – Great talks from remarkable people free to the world.
TED – Great talks from remarkable people free to the world.
HD elements
The Elements (£4.99) – awesome worth every penny.
Elements – periodic table and/or periodic droid
Imathematics
Mathematics
A Level maths core 1 -
Dropbox – 2gb of free online storage.
Morfo booth
Lookout mobile – virus security and theft tracking.
Evernote – allows users to create to-do-lists, take notes and record voice reminders.
Evernote – allows users to create to-do-lists, take notes and record voice reminders.
Dropbox – 2gb of free online storage.
Color Note – a note taking app that allows users to take notes and edit them on the go.  Offers a sticky note environment, a calendar and to-do-list options.
Google Maps
Google Maps
Educreations interactive Whiteboard – interactive recordable whiteboard.
Sync  Space – whileboard app – used to create drawings and documents.
Mobile Podcaster – (£1.49) – podcast creator.
Iblug is free, but new so unrated.
Audioboo – a free web tool where users can record their audio clips and share them with others.
Idea flight – allows you to send presentations to other users logged in on their ipads.
Tape a talk – allows users to record voice notes, voice memos and several other audio formats.  You can even record when the display is off.
ITunes U
AndroidMedia – a video editing app for Android that allows its users to create and edit their videos on the go.
Revision App – The Ultimate revision app.
Minus – allows its users to upload and share files between their Android devices and their computers. 50GB
Khan Academy – Mobil access to the Khan academy and all the educational videos available from Khan academy.org.
WiFi file transfer – allows users to transfer files from an Android device to any other device on the same WiFi network.
Edmodo – this is a VLE website which you can set up for your learners.
AnyDo – allows users to create to-do lists by speaking into their device.
Mindjet - allows users to create awesome mind maps and diagrams.
Mindjet – allows users to create awesome mind maps and diagrams.
Qwiki – great app that talks through Wikipedia articles in two minute videos.
One Note – enables users to take notes very easily and on the go. Windows live ID required.
 
And the Survey results are here.