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"This is where Google Drive shines. Thanks to built-in integration with literally hundreds of third-party apps, Drive not only stores all your files, it brings powerful, PC-like capabilities straight to your browser. To access these apps, open your Google Drive and click on the Gear icon on the right. Click "Manage apps" and then click "Connect more apps" in the window that pops up. Welcome to your new life in the browser. Check out your superpowers below."

"MIT App Inventor is an innovative beginner's introduction to programming and app creation that transforms the complex language of text-based coding into visual, drag-and-drop building blocks. The simple graphical interface grants even an inexperienced novice the ability to create a basic, fully functional app within an hour or less."

"One good thing about this easy-to-use technology is that students can still use important English language arts skills like writing a narrative, planning a sequential story, and including key details when getting ready to make a movie. These apps can enhance the work that you are doing with children in the classroom and give them room to be creative storytellers."

"Creative writing can be a daunting task for students who struggle to think of story ideas or who don't love the writing process. For kids who have trouble putting pen to paper, there are a handful of fantastic iPad apps that just might inspire them to tell a story. Your students will be able to gather ideas, brainstorm and publish writing straight from their tablet."

"Meet Dictation v2.0, a web-based speech recognition app that will transcribe your voice into digital text using the Chrome Speech API. You can also install Dictation as a Chrome App."

"Google Apps for Education Ontario Summit"

"Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available. "

Supervise devices: · Organize supervised devices into custom groups · Automatically apply common configurations to supervised devices · Quickly reapply a configuration to a supervised device and remove the previous user's data · Import apps into Apple Configurator and sync them to supervised devices · Define and apply common or sequential names to all devices · Restrict supervised devices from syncing with other computers Assign devices: · Add users and groups manually or auto populate via Open Directory or Active Directory · Check out a device to a user and restore the user's settings and data on that device · Check in a device from a user and and back up the data for later use, possibly on a different device · Apply custom text, wallpaper, or the user's picture to a device's Lock screen · Import and export documents between your Mac and Apple Configurator · Sync documents between assigned devices and Apple Configurator

"Kik describes itself as, 'the fastest, simplest, most personal smartphone messenger out there.' It is an app that can be downloaded onto a smart phone, an iPod, or iPad and users can text others for free. This is one of its allures! At the time of writing 19 million had joined Kik Messenger. It is fun, effective, cheap so what are the dangers?"

"Tutorials from the Google Apps Learning Centers"

"Despite what Apple and Microsoft would like for us to believe, there isn't always "an app for that." Sometimes, it takes multiple tools to complete a process, and this idea becomes abundantly clear when working with mobile devices."

"A superb time lapse video creator app from Instagram. It uses your device's positioning system to produce a stunningly smooth image and you can change the speed of your videos in post-production. It's a 'must try' tool for both educators and students."

"Asked by Cooper Hewitt to come up with a visitor technology that emphasized play and spoke to the specificities of a design museum, the concept for the Pen originated from Local Projects working with Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Pen was pitched as a way to invite visitors to learn about design by designing themselves. Beyond working as a tool for drawing, it would encourage visitors to engage with the works on view in the museum, rather than looking at them through the small screen of the more traditional approach of a 'museum App'."