Apps+&+Usage

Hello All,

I think the most basic thing we can begin with is give a lost of apps that we all use, and what the general uses are for them. I'll begin:

Edmodo (aka the greatest app ever... for now): Social networking app that allows for teacher/student posts, testing with instant grading/stats collection by question, video browser (works best with an actual video file housed in a public Dropbox folder with link in Edmodo), please to upload class documents, and also offers free Droid and iPhone apps. Dropbox + Office 2HD: Office 2HD allows students to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations (all Office compatible) with the ability to upload to a personal Dropbox account via the Dropbox app (FYI: Pages, Keynote, and Numbers do not support Dropbox yet). TeacherVUE (if your school uses Synergy systems): Take attendance by touching a picture of the student while walking around the classroom Air Watch: Management tool which allows manger to create profiles for the iPads.

What are all of you using?

General apps (not subject specific):
 * Educreations** - screencasting app uploadable to website
 * TypeDrawing** - Input text and then draw. The text is used as the "line" for the drawing. Good for vocabulary for any subject. Students can use definitions, examples, etc. for text and then draw a representation of their vocabulary word.
 * Animation Creator HD** - Creates animation. Can be uploaded to website.
 * WavePad** - Create mp3 files
 * DocScan HD** - Take a picture and you can turn it into a pdf.
 * Splice** - easy video editing
 * Skitch** - bring in photos or start with blank canvas. Can write, annotate, circle, point, etc.
 * Puppet Pals** - Create videos with puppets
 * Fotobabble** - Bring in photo and record audio
 * StoryLines for Schools** - Think about the game of telephone. In groups, students begin with text (possibly vocabulary word). The next person sees the text and draws a picture without words or numbers. The next person sees only the picture and has to go back to text (maybe asking this time for description or characteristics or something). The next person sees only the latest text and must draw a picture. Etc. Then, students can play back their StoryLine and upload to website.
 * Bump** - Students can share photos with each other. Good for collaborative work.
 * iMotion HD** - Stop motion video
 * StoryKit** Students can create their very own storybook with this app by adding text and images.
 * Replay-** Students can draw and have it "replayed" including a voiceover feature. Great for the reading strategy like visualization. Note: Stylus pen works best to add details.
 * Tanzens**- Interactive tangrams learning (free)


 * Evernote**- digital notebook, cloud based but also stores notebooks locally. iOS and Android compatible. Website when apps aren't available. Local client app for OS X and Win. -JSG
 * Docs To Go**- top office app for iOS, spreadsheet, word processing, and presentation. Edit Google Docs, and items stored on DropBox. -JSG 2/25/12