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Free Technology for Teachers: Nearpod Introduces New Options for Delivering Lessons on ... - 5 views
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"Nearpod is a service for delivering lessons, quizzes, and polls to students through iPads. I reviewed Nearpod when it launched to the public in May. This week Nearpod introduced some convenient updates to their offerings. One of the the new features that I like is Web Share which lets teachers share websites with students in a safe browser environment. Another option that I like is a PIN system that allows students to access content that teachers share with them before a class meeting."
"Let the iPad choose. It's the fair way." - Random teams & groupings in PE | iphysed - 9 views
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Zite News app goes 2.0 on the iPad, taking the good with the bad | iGo With My iPad - 7 views
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"We have long been fans of the free Zite Personalized News on the iPad. The Universal app lets you choose groups of news types, then watches what you tend to read to find more of similar type content. Every now and then throwing in a bit of 'other' news to keep you well informed of your options. This week, the Zite developers released a version 2.0 with a new app icon and a new user interface throughout."
Top 3 Math Apps for iPhone or iPad | Computer How To Guide - 8 views
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"Lets face it, math is not the most intriguing or intuitive subject. For this reason, many students find learning math a real drag! As a math tutor in NYC that deals with children of all ages, I am constantly looking for fun, new ways to teach my students. Since many of them have access to an iPhone or iPad (or both), I recommend that they use their devices as an educational tool. Believe it or not, your smartphone or tablet can be a great learning resource."
5 Things To Know About The BYOD Trend | Edudemic - 8 views
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"The Bring-Your-Own-Device trend makes sense. It's cost-effective and lets students use the device they already know and love. While it may present some problems for your school or district's IT department, it's a great start to bringing in web 2.0 tools and apps to the classroom."
8 Great Ways to Use Air Display & iPad - 0 views
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"If you saw our Air Display review you'll know it's a pretty awesome app that lets you turn an iPad into an external display for a Mac or PC ($10 on the App Store). If you bought it and haven't figured out what to do with it yet, here are eight of our favorite ways to use Air Display as an auxiliary screen."
Simplifying Photo Editing on the iPad - layers, filters, effects, color splash and mask... - 6 views
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"An app that on the surface appeared too simple has turned out to be a great find, letting us to pinpoint tuning of images without complicated steps. The app, Paint FX Photo Effects Editor (say that 10 times fast), has both the full image effects and pin point editing capabilities."
How to Play Unsupported Video Files on Your iPad | Mac|Life - 5 views
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"nfortunately for many video lovers, iOS devices have a limited number of codecs built in to the device, leaving users only able to play H.264 video, MP4, MOV, and MPEG-4. Even though the versatile VLC Player is no longer on the iPad, you still have some options. We recommend CineXPlayer, a $3.99 iPad app that lets you play Xvid and AVI file formats, complete with subtitle support."
How to Beam Photos Between iOS Devices Using iPhoto - 5 views
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"iPhoto for iOS has a great feature that lets you wirelessly beam pictures from one iOS device to another, this means that if you're editing a photo on an iPad you can immediately send it over to an iPhone and vice versa, without ever leaving the app."
32 iPad Tips and Tricks | PCWorld - 8 views
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"You know that your new iPad will let you easily watch movies, browse the Internet, or play games on the go, but plenty of advanced features hidden beneath the surface of iOS can improve your tablet computing experience even further. To help you become an iPad master, we've compiled a handy list of tips and tricks for new iPad users. Read on if you want to learn how to multitask, take screenshots, encrypt your backups, and more."
Top 20 Must-Have Educational iPhone & iPad Apps - List Of Must-Have Educational iPhone ... - 13 views
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"Today, we bring you 20 of the best and must-have educational apps for your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. These apps can be utilized for different levels of classes. Not only these apps educate the students effectively, but students also take keen interest in learning with help of mobile devices and apps. Nearly all of these apps have been recommended by teachers and educators. Come, let us have a look at these educational apps."
How to Enable and Use Text to Speech on iPhone & iPad - 5 views
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"The newer versions of iOS include a fantastic text to speech engine that lets you select any text and have it spoken to you. This basically means you can have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch read you the content of any web page, notes, text files, or even eBooks and iBooks. Before you can use the text to speech function though, you have to enable it."
Tie Your Loved Ones Together with Family Ribbon - iPad App Review | PadGadget - 2 views
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"Family Ribbon really does tie all of your online social interactions together. Send and receive emails and text messages. View and share photo albums stored on Flickr, Picasa and Facebook. Make phone calls to loved ones using Skype. Family Ribbon even lets you effortlessly check weather forecasts!"
Getting the job done with easy to use interfaces on the iPad, the Minu Timer and Stopwa... - 1 views
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"For the iPad there is a great timer/stopwatch app called Minu Timer. This universal free app needs no instructions (although it does include a start up 'how to use' page appearing on your first launch). The interface is simple and the user experience proves that a well written app will let users jump right in and get started. A lack of buttons and excessive tuning options keeps things uncluttered and removes the need to tap through to layers of screens."
These Are The 13 Most Awesome Wallpapers For People Who Love Shark Week [Gallery] | Cul... - 2 views
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"To celebrate the brutish magnificence of the king of the ocean, we found the 13 best shark wallpapers. Take a look. Download them. And let your iPad or Mac bathe in the glory of nature's most spectacular beast."
Free App Friday: Haiku Deck | Mac|Life - 11 views
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"Don't feel like paying for Keynote? Haiku lets you create presentations from your iPad wherever you are for free, hence its inclusion in toddy's Free App Friday. "
How to disable Notification Center banners, popups, badges, and sounds on your iPhone a... - 0 views
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" Luckily, Notification Center also lets you turn off those banners, popups, badges, and sounds on an app-by-app basis, so you get to decide what's important enough to get your attention. That's right, serenity -- and sanity! -- can be yours again in just a few simple steps."
Kindle App For iOS Updated With New Layouts, Notebook, Adjustable Margins | Cult of Mac - 1 views
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"The universal Kindle App for iOS was updated today with quite a few new features for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Included are adjustable margins when running on the iPad, allowing you to choose from three new layouts. Amazon has also added faster highlights to let you mark important stuff to reference later as well as an improved brightness control, highlighting for images, a notebook feature to gather all the bookmarks, notes, and highlights for studying, and better navigation for print replica textbooks."