BYOD: Useful apps for life Monique Bowes

Sheldon Williams Collegiate February 28th 2014

BYOD

This presentation is designed as a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) presentation. Please use your phone / ipad / tablet or use a library ipad to follow along.

PresenterPresentation NotesOrganized into tools to help you in school (high school and beyond) and in the real world. Divided into categories – organizing, note taking, word processing & reading comprehension, presentation. Designed to take about half an hour and then allow time to “play” with at least one or two suggestions.

Apps for organizing • Evernote • Popplet (lite free) • Inspiration $ • Dropbox • Google drive

Evernote

Turn & Talk: How could you use this in school / extra-curricular / everyday life?

PresenterPresentation NotesCreate notebooks and notes, tag items for easy locatingCould use for digital portfolio – collecting awards, prizes, letters of recommendation, etc. Organize classes (assignments, reading, video, images)Could use as a presentation tool for an assignment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p_7snQhdLI

Organizing / classifying / pre-writing

Inspiration / Popplet • Free “lite” version • Allows brainstorming /

preplanning • Could be useful for:

– Creating an outline before a writing assignment

– Remembering / organizing a written text

– Sharing your ideas with your teacher before the writing stage

Dropbox & Google Drive

Sharing & saving information • Cloud based • Create account (free) on all

of your devices

Apps for note-taking

• Audio note (lite version) • Dragon Dictate • Notability $ • Doc Scan / Tiny Scan

PresenterPresentation NotesExplain briefly all four. More detail for Dragon Dictate and Notability.

Audio Note ($ - lite free) • Useful for in class note

taking • Playback feature • Allows for:

– Recording of voice – Input of text, images, pictures

Notability ($) • Same features as Audio

Note • Allows for PDF annotation

Dragon Dictate (free)

• Voice recognition app • Allows you to dictate

your words and create text

• Can be uploaded to dropbox, saved or emailed

• Need to “train” your voice

Apps for word processing / reading comprehension

• Kurzweil / firefly • Natural reader • Overdrive • Ibooks • dictionary

Firefly (Kurzweil) / Natural Reader

• Both of these apps allow you to upload text and have it read to you.

• Can alter speed / voice / pacing

• Web version includes dictionary, study tools, writing features

• School laptops have kurzweil

Apps for publishing / producing

• Animoto, sliderocket, prezi • iMovie • Haiku deck • Tellagami • Story Buddy, Toon Camera • Book Creator • Glogster • Voice thread • Recorder HD, Super Note • Wordpress, Blogger • Show Me / Explain Everything • Scribjab (EAL) • PicCollage

Haiku Deck • Presentation program

(app & web) • Allows selection of

theme, uploads of images (creative commons)

• Visually appealing • Variety of layouts

Tellagami • Allows you to

create an avatar to share your presentation

• Select character, background

• Record your own voice

• Ideal for the “nervous” presenter

Apps for life • Fitness apps (Runtastic, Nike +, couch to 5 k, 7

minutes, yoga, pushups /situps, timer, weight lifting, myfitnesspal, micoach)

• Grocery / budgeting / banking apps • Movie / business / check in apps • Photography (piccollage, instagram)

Your turn:

Turn & Talk:

What is your “go-to” app that you can’t live without?

My favorite app: AppsGoneFree

• Wide range of free apps for limited time

• Photo, fitness, etc.

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