Amy+Henry

Amy Henry Waverly High School English/Spanish Teacher ahenry@waverlyk12.net (517) 323-3831 X 1176

=MACUL Conference 2010 - Grand Rapids, MI - Devos Place=

This session was GREAT! Most of the apps that were presented are available both on the iPhone and iPod/iTouch. There are a few that are based on the internet that will be useful to you regardless of whether or not you own any Apple products. Here is the list: > This is an application that allows you to consolidate your applications; an app app, if you will. ;) > This is a great app to have. It is an internet based program, so it is available to anyone! It gives you a 2gb account online where you can file share with your students. If you have an iPhone or other compatible product, you can sync your online information right to your device. It allows you to assign permissions to specific files, setup individual folders, install multiple types of files, and much more. > This app remembers passwords for all of your accounts. He mentioned that there was also a way to have the app create passwords for you that would be more complex than your standard ideas. > This app is a spiffed up camera app. It has gridlines, timers, a 3-shot burst, a leveler, and a "press anywhere" feature. > 'Nuf said! > This has a voice activation feature and will search Google using all Google apps. It is almost like Google on steroids. > This app confused me a little. If I understand it right, you can access your computer and control it via any wifi connection. I'm going to try playing with it in the near future so I'll update this then. > This app was thrown in for fun. It is meant to annoy students since they are the only ones who can hear the sound it makes. =) > This app can be defined as a micro-podcast. I'm not familiar with it, but I will update this when I know more. > This is a database tool for Mac users. > This is just that - a graphing calculator! It is fully functional. > This app adds a link in your browser that allows you to send links or pages to the app. You can then access them later via the app. I assume this would be helpful for when you want to read information you searched for without using a wifi connection. It will grab text, links, and pictures; no videos or ads. > This is an app that gives you TONS of how-to videos. After looking into this a bit more, I found out that there are two versions: One is general, and the other is health related. > This app is a video editor similar to iMovie. There is a video demo on YouTube. > This app turns your device into a remote for Keynote. It only works with Apple's Keynote program. > This is an app similar to Amazon's Kindle app. He said that it is better than Kindle and contains about 100,000 free books. Amazon found that it was better so they bought the company. It sounds like they are currently working on improving availability. > This app downloads ALL of the information from Wikipedia. It's $8.99. The presenter said that a lot of people complain about the price, but you literally get ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN THE WORLD! With that being said, it's worth it! > This app tracks all of the wifi connections within a certain radius. It helps you to get to a "hot spot" that is close to you. > This app can convert just about anything! VERY cool! > This is a dictation app. He gives a quick warning about a screen asking to load your contact information. He says to do it as it will help with functionality later. A network is needed for this app. > This is a way to paste things onto a clipboard so that you don't have to open and close apps continuously while you are working. > This app allows you to store mass amounts of information in "codes." You enter the code into a program and it will input your information from that app. For example, I have to enter my address into a few different applications and websites. In order to keep from having to enter the entire thing every time, I could store a code like "addr" into this program. Every time that I type that code in on my phone, my address would appear. (Hopefully that makes sense!) > This app acts as a translator. For an additional fee, you can access the audio version of most languages. > This app will pull information from educational websites for you. > This app allows you to enter student into and it will then sync with GoogleDocs. I cannot remember why it was so "cool" right now... I'll get back to you. > This was the app that he raved about the entire time and saved for last. Because of that, I can't remember why it was the best. Go figure! In my notes, I wrote that it will send all of your information and materials to the Evernote website. I'll get back to as to why that was so cool. =)
 * __25 iPod/iPhone Apps to Help You Teach__**
 * **App Box Pro - $0.99**
 * **DropBox - FREE!**
 * **1Password** **- FREE! or $7.99**
 * **Gorilla Cam - FREE!**
 * **Google Earth - FREE!**
 * **Google Search - FREE!**
 * **Airmouse - FREE! or $1.99**
 * **Anti-Mosquito - $0.99**
 * **Audio Boo - FREE!**
 * **Bento - $4.99**
 * **Graphing Calculator - $0.99**
 * **Instapaper - FREE! or $4.99**
 * **Howcast - FREE!**
 * **Reel Director - $7.99**
 * **Keynote Remote - $0.99**
 * **Stanza - FREE!**
 * **Encyclopedia - $8.99**
 * **Wifi Trak (I'm not finding anything by this name, so I assume he meant Wi-Fi Finder) - FREE!**
 * **Units (by TheMacBox) - FREE!**
 * **Dragon Dictation** - **FREE!**
 * **Pastebot - $2.99**
 * **Text Expander - $4.99**
 * **iTranslate - FREE! or $0.99**
 * **EduTeacher** **- FREE!**
 * **Educate** **- $6.99**
 * **Evernote - FREE!**

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 * __Part 1: Developing Curriculum-Based Projects by Using Student Cell Phones__** To be quite honest, I went into this session looking for a reason to shoot down EVERYTHING that came out of the presenter's mouth. I walked out a changed woman! She had TONS of great resources for including cell phones in our instruction. She gave us an assignment using our cell phones later that day. It was so fun! I participated simply for that reason. I know our students would feel the same.======

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 * media type="custom" key="5634161" __Part 2: Developing Curriculum-Based Projects by Using Student Cell Phones__** This is the second part to the session above. As we were running in the door for this session, we heard our assignment from the night before had won a contest! We received a free copy of Liz's book. If you are interested in seeing it, let me know. media type="custom" key="5634183"======