“ Appy Hour”
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“Appy Hour” Monique German Powdersville Middle School August 2012
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“ Appy Hour”. Monique German Powdersville Middle School August 2012. Must Have Hardware. Keyboard Tricks. Double-tap spacebar to add a period “Tab” Quick apostrophe Quick quotation marks Just one number or symbol Shake to undo, shake again to redo Add emoticon keyboard - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“Appy Hour”Monique German
Powdersville Middle SchoolAugust 2012
Must Have Hardware
Keyboard Tricks
Double-tap spacebar to add a period“Tab” Quick apostrophe Quick quotation marksJust one number or symbolShake to undo, shake again to redoAdd emoticon keyboard More good stuff at Gizmo’s Freeware
Do You Know About This?
• Zoom bubble to move the cursor
• Open In…. option for email attachments
• Screen shots
• All Caps• Multitasking• Swipe to
search• Digital
Frame
Daily Use AppsStandard
Free
$9.99 $9.99
Safari Tricks
• Add frequently used websites to homescreen
• Organize bookmarks into folders
• Add most important shortcuts to Bookmark Bar
• Use the Reader option to simplify the site
Tap and Hold Stuff in Safari
• T&H the + tab to reopen a recently closed tab
• T&H a link to select “Open in New Tab”
• T&H the back browser button to retrieve your history
Twitter – Hashtags for apps and mobile learning.
#edapps#edapp#appsforkids#ipadEd#mlearning#ipadchat
News Apps
Zite- FreeCreate a magazine with your interests
Pocket- FreeSave articles and websites to read later
Newsify – $.99Pull your Google Reader articles into a newspaper format
Finding Apps for the Classroom
Screenshot:Schrock, Kathy. “Bloomin’ Apps.” 20 Aug. 2012. Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything. Web. 23 Aug. 2012.
•iPad Educator Ning•Kathy Schrock’s iPad Page•Langwiches Blog•Appitic•I Education Apps Review•Moms with Apps•Teachers with Apps•Cybraryman’s iPad Page•Pinterest•Autism Speaks – app suggestions for children who are autistic
•Apple Education Apps
Other Useful Websites
• iPads in Schools Livebinder• 60 Educational Apps in 60 Seconds Prezi• Cybraryman’s iPad Page• Rubric for Assessment of Educational App
The App Closing Controversy
View and Kill Running Apps• Double click the home
button• Tap and hold an app icon
until they all dance and have the minus sign
• Tap the minus sign to close the app
• WHY? Some folks swear that open apps drain the battery and can cause the iPad to run slower
What Apple says about it“Multitasking in iOS allows
you to switch instantly between apps and to resume an app. When you return to an app, you can pick up right where you left off. Multitasking doesn't slow down the performance of the foreground app or drain battery life unnecessarily.”
Wireless Slate Apps
Splashtop 2 – Remote Desktop Splashtop Whiteboard
$6.99 $19.99
Allows annotating on everything. Useful if you do not have SMART-Notebook on a computer.
You do not need both!
Connecting to LCD Projector
• $30.00 VGA connector (Apple store, set price)
• Wireless Projection Equipment– Apple TV, $99.00– HDMI Cable, $2.00– HDMI to VGA Converter, $30.00– Switch, $25.00– Audio Y cable, $5.00
•Total: $161.00
Your Turn
Make a list at your table of the apps you use the most often. Be prepared to share those with the rest of the group.
All of the apps mentioned will be compiled into a list and added to the Tech Flex Wiki on the August page.
