10 top iPad Apps for Teaching and Learning
Posted by Sandra Pinto Pires | Filed under Collaborative tool, E Learning, Mobile learning
The Learning Without Frontiers 2011 Conference – Sunday Service was amazingly useful, inspiring, engaging and fun.
I particularly enjoyed Pecha Kucha “There’s an app for that” and the TeachMeet sessions. If you need really good and exciting ideas, don’t miss it next time!
It is a parade of examples of good practice and exciting projects done by teachers and students from different parts of the world – Projects using iPhones, iPods, iPads, PSPs, QR codes, Augmented Reality, free web tools such as blogs, Flickr and Twitter.
I’ll definitely be there in 2012 for some more!
I have never seen so many iPads in one place! The popular device has, definitely, conquered the hearts of teachers and educators! It was one of the most mentioned mobile devices in different presentations I attended during the whole day.
So… (because I’m also a fan of the iPad!), I decided to write this post to share the most popular iOS apps for education pointed out during the day in various sessions.
These are definitely the best Apps for teachers and students:
1.Evernote
What does it do?
As described by the app’s developers – Evernote is “an extension of your brain”. This app comes very handy in a teachers’ busy life as it allows us to create notes, take photos and record audio wherever we are. Notes, snapshots and recordings in your Evernote instantly synchronize from your iPad or iPhone to your computer.
How can you use it?
2.Kindle
What does it do?
Let’s you read all Kindle books on a very clean and user-friendly interface. It automatically sync your last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights.
How can you use it?
3.Expedition
What does it do?
VGA, Composite, Component out Web Browser – shows browser/web on a TV, projector or interactive whiteboard.
How can you use it?
4.Tuneinradio
What does it do?
Plays and Records radio with no wi fi
How can you use it?
5.Shhmooze
What does it do?
App that helps you find and connect with useful and interesting people at conferences and events.
How can you use it?
6.ReelDirector
What does it do?
It’s a video editor. You can splice, split, trim, add titles, ken burns and transitions to your video. And you can multi-task while it renders.
How can you use it?
7. iAnnotate PDF
What does it do?
This app is a PDF reader and an annotation tool. You can open documents from your email, enter notes, draw diagrams, copy text, stamp, bookmark and highlight or underline just by dragging your finger. It’s easy to synk with your desktop.
How can you use it?
8. Word Genius
What does it do?
Word Genius is a very clever vocabulary game. The player has to find as many words as possible from randomly generated boards. The “Word Genius” is whoever finds all the words recognized in the dictionary.
How can you use it?
9. CutieBounce
What does it do?
This is another fun physics-based game. The learner holds the iPad in different ways to make the bouncy cute smilies collide or fall on the ground.
How can you use it?
10.QuickVoice Recorder
What does it do?
Easy! This is a voice recorder. You can sync the recordings to your computer.
How can you use it?
Now… just a few TIPS
In case you need to import photos and videos into your iPad get an Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit.
The iPad Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera: Using your camera’s USB cable or directly from an SD card. iPad and the Camera Connection Kit – It supports standard photo formats, including JPEG and RAW.
Camera Connection Kit
Accessibility tips – If you have special needs learners, go to General Settings > Accessibility > and then you can zoom, enlarge text, change to black on white and add voice over for people with sight difficulties.
There is so much more to show you, but I’ll stick to these for this week!
Tags: collaborative, E Learning, Free Software, Games, Mobile learning, Web Tool
