Contents contributed and discussions participated by Bill Garr - Georgetown TLT

Teaching Large Classes with an iPad - 3 views

www.sageonstage.com

shared by Bill Garr on 13 Jan 12 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 13 Jan 12

Two methods for projecting iPad interactions to a class. As with old overhead projects, lets you engage w students, record comments, etc.

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VoiceThread M/5 commenting - 0 views

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blogging

shared by Bill Garr on 30 Mar 11 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 30 Mar 11

Multi-media and multi-file comments -- threaded together in a video-like playlist. Nice idea, but playback was buggy for me in their online example.

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JavaScript InfoVis Toolkit - 0 views

thejit.org

datavisualization

shared by Bill Garr on 28 Mar 11 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 28 Mar 11

Very nice collection of javascript-based visualization tools.

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Reading in the Dark Ages - 0 views

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iPad eBooks

shared by Bill Garr on 22 Mar 11 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 22 Mar 11

Impassioned plea for annotation capabilities in eBooks from a guy who typically favors print.

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NOTATIONAL VELOCITY - 1 views

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shared by Bill Garr on 16 Mar 11 - Cached

Bill Garr on 16 Mar 11

Fluid notetaking app. Rethinks some UI conventions for maximum speed in creating and accessing notes. Includes "Excruciatingly Useful Shortcuts"

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instant text translator - 4 views

www.fastcompany.com/...acation-into-something-amazing

iphone mobile languages

shared by Bill Garr on 17 Dec 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 17 Dec 10

OMG.

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Kids' Books Make The Leap Off The Page And Online - 0 views

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gaming ebooks

shared by Bill Garr on 15 Dec 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 15 Dec 10

NPR story on multimedia children's books, where kids' online activities become part of an ongoing series of books. One kid interviewed had her online character appear in the second installment of a series!

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OmniGraffle iPod tutorial - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch

iPad mobile

shared by Bill Garr on 18 Oct 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 18 Oct 10

Seems like a great UI for gestures

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Digital Storytelling through the Art Institute of Chicago - 0 views

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digitalstorytelling

shared by Bill Garr on 06 Oct 10 - No Cached

Kno Creates 14-inch Tablet for Students | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 1 views

www.wired.com/...kno-single-screen-tablet

tablets ebooks

shared by Bill Garr on 30 Sep 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 30 Sep 10

A larger format tablet designed with students in mind -- what does that mean?

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From InDesign to iPad: An Overview (Part 2) - 2 views

indesignsecrets.com/to-ipad-an-overview-part-2.php

iPad

shared by Bill Garr on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 15 Sep 10

Covers ways to get mildly interactive content onto the iPad. Includes writing your own app, but other less expensive options as well.

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VLC media player for the iPad - 0 views

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iPad video

shared by Bill Garr on 09 Sep 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 09 Sep 10

VLC is an open-source media player that supports many formats -- http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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Launch of the Kaltura Cross-Campus Education Suite - 1 views

site.kaltura.com/...emailWebview

video

shared by Bill Garr on 09 Sep 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 09 Sep 10

Kaltura is a great platform for all kinds of work with video. Should we be making the case for piloting this as well as Sharestream? It's got a modern streaming server, editors, authentication and authorization, etc. Lots of other schools have such initiatives.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Kaltura is a great platform for all kinds of work with video. Should we be making the case for piloting this as well as Sharestream? It's got a modern streaming server, editors, authentication and authorization, etc. Lots of other schools have such initiatives.</div>

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT LAUNCHES HMH FUSE™ WITH FIRST INTERACTIVE FULL-CURR... - 0 views

hmheducation.com/...index.php

iPad

shared by Bill Garr on 08 Sep 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 08 Sep 10

HMH FUSE™ is an iPad framework for ed. software. Does some structured quiz stuff. It will be interesting to see if/how the UI impacts how effective these methods are.

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Pros and Cons of the iPad in Education - 1 views

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iPad

shared by Bill Garr on 08 Sep 10 - Cached

Bill Garr on 08 Sep 10

kind of a silly blog post, but there are some good nuts-and-bolts features to talk about re: iPad advantages.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">kind of a silly blog post, but there are some good nuts-and-bolts features to talk about re: iPad advantages.</div>

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iPad Pilot Launches in Texas University MBA Program - 0 views

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iPad

shared by Bill Garr on 08 Sep 10 - No Cached

Bill Garr on 08 Sep 10

... I wonder who does accreditation for the University of the Incarnate Word?

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free HTML 5 intro - 0 views

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shared by Bill Garr on 31 Aug 10 - Cached

Bill Garr on 31 Aug 10

Fig Leaf Software (local) offering a free HTML 5 intro 9/9

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Monterey College of Law Pilots iPad Programs for Students and Faculty - 0 views

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iPad

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iPad vs. Tablets - 0 views

campustechnology.com/...style-but-no-stylus.aspx

iPad

shared by Bill Garr on 24 Aug 10 - Cached

Textbooks Up Their Game - 1 views

online.wsj.com/...3791804575439522126865254.html

iPad eReader

shared by Bill Garr on 20 Aug 10 - Cached

Bill Garr on 20 Aug 10

Former Apple employee has begun start-up named Inkling to bring college textbooks to iPad. Partners include McGraw-Hill, Wiley, Cengage.

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