Pictello is a simple way to create talking photo albums and talking books on your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Each page in a Pictello Story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or text-to-speech using high-quality voices. Stories can be shared using iTunes File Sharing or via WiFi with other Pictello users through a free account on the Pictello Sharing Server.
"Playing with Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing" is:an eBook by Wesley Fryer published in ePub format including video tutorials / screencasts (link to Lulu.com coming soon! Eventually I plan to publish a .mobi version on Amazon, the ePub to iTunes, and an audiobook version too!)this website, anda BYOL (bring your own laptop) workshop (scheduled for the ISTE 2011 conference in Philadelphia)
Create Rich Text With Rich Notes
There's not a lot you can do with your notes in iOS for the most part. Most notes apps let you type and that's about it. If you need to call out specific sections of text or give emphasis to certain phrases, there's only so much you can do.
Rich Notes is an app that allows you to not only create notes with bold, underlined, and italicised text, but you can also add color and even highlight passages. If you've been looking for a notes app that will let you create rich text in iOS, this may be the one. We'll take a look at it and see how it holds up against the rest.
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Technology Seminars for Educators and IT Leaders
The Tune-in Series is a collection of free webinars focused on introducing educators and IT leaders new to Apple to the capabilities of Apple technology in education. In the current series, we'll focus on a different element of the benefits of mobile devices in and out of the classroom each day of the week, then answer questions from participants. Join us any weekday from June 7 to July 30, 2010, for just the topics of interest to you or watch the whole series.
View the Common Core State Standards in one convenient FREE app! A great reference for students, parents, and teachers to easily read and understand the core standards. Quickly find standards by subject, grade, and subject category (domain/cluster). This app includes Math standards K-12 and Language Arts standards K-12. Math standards include both traditional and integrated pathways (as outlined in Appendix A of the common core) and synthesizes Language Arts standards with the Corresponding College and Career Readiness Standards (CCR's).
View the Next Generation Science Standards in one convenient FREE app! A great reference for teachers, parents, and students to easily read and understand the standards. Quickly find standards by various topic arrangements or keyword search.
