Group items tagged

"Most Android phones and tablets have some kind of video trimming tool already built into the camera. Not everyone is aware of that and some phones don't make the option easy to use. YouTube has recently updated the YouTube for Android app to streamline the process of uploading trimmed videos from your phone. The YouTube for Android app now lets you trim the start and end times of your videos and preview those edits before uploading your video. This is quite similar to YouTube's browser-based video uploader."

Cloud Print is a free Android app that allows you to wirelessly print from your Android devices. Cloud Print works by syncing your devices to the Google Cloud Print service. You will have to set up Google Cloud Printing on at least one computer in order to take advantage of the Cloud Print app.

If you're just getting started with Android, its customizability can seem a bit daunting. We'll walk you through customizing your Android home-screen, taking advantage of widgets, and getting third-party launchers with more features.

" The popular student behavior tracking service ClassDojo has just released a new Android application"

RT @rmbyrne: Create Time-stamped Multimedia Notes on Your Android Device https://t.co/0gPQ4h5ych

could be a good, free Android app for students learning English, Spanish, or French to use for independent practice. The feedback feature will help students recognize errors in their pronunciations and correct them before moving on to more difficult words and phrases.

Physics Sketchpad is a free Android app that physics teachers may find useful. The app, which is still in beta, provides a simple interface creating simulations of the effects of global gravity on object and gravity between objects. The app also allows users to create collisions to view their effects on objects. The simulations that you create can be saved in your Physics Sketchpad notebooks. Sharing notebooks is a feature advertised for future development.

If you're looking to improve your study habits, take advantage of your smartphone sitting on your desk, or just interested in learning more about the Android operating system, these are few of my favorite apps that I've tested out and found to be quite useful.

What this blog provides: Reviews of apps (mostly free ones) that are appropriate for use in K-12 settings. And some suggestions about how those apps could be used by students, teachers, and school administrators.Reviews of Android-powered tablets for use in K-12 schools.

Google announced a new service that could make Android tablets a stronger challenger to iPads in education. Google Play for Education (not live yet) promises the features that many of us have wanted for a long time.

There are plenty of calculator apps in Google Play, but IDEAL WebMath is different because it shows students how to solve a problem.  IDEAL WebMath can help students with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, comparing fractions, ratios, proportions, place values, and rounding.