Apps+We+Use

This page will be devoted to cataloging the apps that teachers use with recommendations. When you add an app be sure to identify purpose, pros & cons. and see their laptop's desktop on the iPad. Once connected, the teacher can control his/her laptop from the iPad from anywhere in the room. || Biggest advantage is the flexibility to move around the room and still manipulate the computer. When using SMART Notebook software, the teacher can use all the tools of the Notebook itself to manipulate objects and write text. If not using Notebook, the teacher can annotate over any projected image.
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 * SPLASHTOP** || This app allows the teacher to connect to their laptop

The iPad can also be handed over to a student to do the manipulation from his/her desk. ||  || **KEYNOTE** || This app allows the creation and display of slideshows. The user can create presentations that include animated charts and transitions.
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It will also display presentations created in the Mac OSX version of Keynote. || Students can create slideshow presentations without requiring computer lab time.

Dynamic transitions and animations

Presentations can be carried on the iPad, eliminating the need to log in to a computer or carry around a flash drive.

Files can be emailed or saved in pdf, keynote, or PPT format || Does not have built-in integration to dropbox.

Students may have difficulty with correctly typing in school weblockers addresses when using the "Copy to WebDAV" function. || **BLACKBOARD** ||  ||   || The online Social Studies Textbooks cannot be accessed on the ipad app || **CLASSCARD** ||  ||   ||   || Student names must be entered to participate so you always know who participating and quizzes can be graded. || Dependent on the network - can be slow or the student app can be buggy at times. The new beta site might improve this as it will be app-independent. ||
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 * Turning Point Responseware** || This is an app that allows students to use their iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, and even Android devices (if you don't have the iPad anymore) as clickers with TurningPoint Responseware. || * Can use with existing Turning Point clicker powerpoints and with Turning Point Anywhere
 * Quest text is copied to the students' devices unlike clickers, so they can see the question and answer choices on their device
 * Each student can see the response graphs on their device after the question.
 * Students can input more than just a multiple choice response. It also allows for short answer or even short essay responses. || * Connectivity is not great - I had issues with kids getting "kicked out" and then having to rejoin the class. This made it difficult to look at the data after class because some students would have multiple entries. ||
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 * Join Me** || This is an app that allows the teacher to mirror their screen on all of the student . || * When using a computer to collect data from a motion detector experiment, instead of 27 students gathering round a PC, they can see the live data collection on their devices.
 * It's a great way for students to see things more clearly and in more detail than when it is projected on the SMART Board
 * A good accommodation for students with problems seeing the board. || * Chat! Students can be anonymous on Join.me and chat functionality cannot be turned off. This requires some class norms to be set about not being anonymous. Also, inappropriate chat can be mitigated by using the chat for content-related discussion. ||
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 * Adobe Ideas** ||  ||   ||   ||
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 * Socrative** || Survey Tool. Has both a student app and a teacher app. || Can be used in creating warm-ups, checks for understanding, exit tickets, as well as a quiz. Can choose correct answers and provides immediate feedback. Results are downloadable.
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 * iAnnotate** ||  ||   ||   ||
 * [[image:http://macsparky.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/pages.png width="94" height="94"]]**Pages** || This app allows the user to create both traditional text files and more graphically intensive "publisheresque" layouts.

I used this app for an in class project of creating a "Constitutional Convention online advertisement" || * easy to manipulate images found online in a pages document
 * easy to export the document to turn in via printing, iwork, or student weblockers
 * templates available make creating an excellent looking document very straightforward and simple || * not remotely as easy to use as its Mac OS X counterpart - using a mouse and keyboard make for a much less cumbersome experience
 * as the screen size limits what you can view at one time, it was hard for some students to get a feel of how bit the page canvas was at times
 * importing photos from the web, while relatively easy, is a multi step process that I found most students couldn't figure out on their own (also, the photo app was often buggy and wouldn't show recently imported photos) ||

This makes perfect sense for the active classroom. This app will dramatically increase 1 on 1 face time with students. Perhaps also allowing for seamless interaction with those students who might otherwise be tentative in offering vocal participation.