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Tips and tricks for the iPod Touch are needed to assist teachers in making the process easier when using this digital device for teaching and learning. As these digital devices become more widespread in classrooms, the need for more efficient use of these tools is coming to the forefront. This evolutionary course of action is resulting in more efficient and time saving strategies. The purpose of these 10 tips and tricks is to provide teachers, both novice and experienced, with features and applications (apps) designed to make an iPod Touch's functions easier to use. These features and apps offer the ability to customize this device to resolve management issues and integrate efficiently with other digital devices, such as a Mac laptop.

looks like a good app for recording and synching notes with lectures--it was featured by Apple. 

Create your free maps of anywhere in the world. Feature whatever you like, create a legend, annotate, and save your maps.

LDS chatting feature --- ask anon questions about religion

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For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned lesson of printed worksheets placed on the web. The web-based activity is inquiry-based and incorporates the full features available on the web - interactivity between computer and student. The learning activity must engage student critical thinking skills by using the scientific inquiry process.

A cleaner version of Pinterest, without the messy newsfeed (that can sometimes be inappropriate). Also, it has a cool feature where not only can you curate web material on your boards, but upload your own material too.

great example of a chemistry video by one of our students!

supposedly more powerful than surveymonkey in the free version.

websites to help support literacy instruction

great, but kind of long, video on the effects of cyberbullying and how to break the chain.

A fun example of an instructor video showing how to deconstruct research and cite properly.

Goldwave is like Audacity. I had a student use it, so maybe it's just as good?

Increasing technology trends in higher education