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From Explain Everything: "Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design tool that lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad2 video display. Explain Everything records on-screen drawing, annotation, object movement and captures audio via the iPad microphone. Import Photos, PDF, PPT, and Keynote from Dropbox, Evernote, Email, iPad photo roll and iPad2 camera. Export MP4 movie files, PNG image files, and share the .XPL project file with others for collaboration. Explain Everything has been designed for use in educational, business, and entertainment settings."

Very quick and easy read about iPad "best practices" for learning. Talks about how to successfully use the iPad for learning and elaborates on a variety of effective apps. Useful for all subject/content areas.

From Wolffam|Alpha: "Take the power of Wolfram|Alpha wherever you go. With special features designed for each platform, Wolfram|Alpha mobile apps let you access the full power of the Wolfram|Alpha knowledge engine wherever and whenever you need it."

Apps: iMovie, TouchCast, Glogster, SpeakerDJ Teachers: Annie Massie, Meg Krause Click here to learn how Annie and Meg use their iPads to plan instruction and develop a variety of creative, multimedia based learning experiences for their students. They've used iPads to create book trailers, ePortfolios, digital posters, and more.

App: Explain Everything Teachers: Nicole Weiss and Stacey Cummings

"Screen Marker allows you to write and draw directly on your desktop and above all of your opened applications. You can use it to highlight areas you want people to notice before taking a screenshot, draw on your screen in classroom settings or just doodle away during those "important" meetings. "

Sort of a Rube Goldberg machine builder (read: physics puzzle) for your iOS device. 

"Highlight is a tool designed with teachers and demos in mind: it helps you attracting the attention of your audience on what happens on the screen. It is designed to be as unobtrusive and simple as possible, while letting you express your communicating skills efficiently."

Ink2Go is a screen annotation and recording solution that lets you write on top of your active desktop applications in real time. Save your annotations as image files or even record the entire annotation process as a sharable video!

Free and very customizable QR code generator. Just be sure to test your more outlandish designs to ensure they are actually readable...

Interactive Middle School-aged journey through a set of challenges that teach digital citizenship.

"A free Mac application to help you avoid distracting websites."

"RescueTime helps you understand your daily habits so you can focus and be more productive."

Today's presentation.

Ever heard of AutoCAD? Maya? 3ds Max? Autodesk has some of the best 3D software on the market, and they give it to faculty and students for free. 

Click here to learn how LaShawn Ross and Tracy Smith are using their iPads in the MS/US Library. They describe how they've integrated the devices into their daily work routines. Tracy's Documentation: https://docs.google.com/a/riverdale.edu/document/d/1Wm0D86bnc3xG3VrGQC2cpka4pk_bxWruszCtzbAoqT4/edit

From ShowMe: "ShowMe is the easiest way to create and share lessons on iPad. Create beautiful video tutorials with the tap of your finger and share with your students."

Easy-to-use Chrome extension for taking a screenshot of a scrolling web page.

"Take a video of an object in motion, mark its position frame by frame, and set up the scale using a known distance. Video Physics then draws trajectory, position, and velocity graphs for the object."