RUConnected #58 Essential Creative Apps for 2013
Jan 14, 2013•25 min
Episode description
Essential Creative Apps for 2013
Jenny and Lois discuss their essential apps and give the results of RUC listeners responses. You can listen in the player below or subscribe to the podcast in iTunes
Lois's must have apps
Stip Designer, Explain Everything, TinyTap, Toontastic, AudioBoo, Edublogs, Educreations, Popplet
Jenny's essential apps
Explain Everything, Evernote/Dropbox, Bookcreator, iMovie, Keynote, iTalk, Edublogs
Survey - 5 most essential apps result
If you could only add 5 apps to your iPad..........
1. Explain Everything
2. Evernote
3. iMovie
4 Skitch
5 Twitter
Thanks to everyone who completed our survey.
How to choose apps
Most apps are Bad? Research (thanks to John Pearce’s Scoopit)
Common Sense Media (site for searching for apps for a specific age, subject and purpose, rates age appropriateness also and there is an app)The New Bloom’s Taxonomy/Models for assessing iPad Appshttp://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/new-version-of-blooms-taxonomy-for-ipad.htmlhttp://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/blooms-taxonomy-for-ipad.htmlhttp://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/Blooms+Taxonomy+with+AppsSAMR model curtesy of Greg Swanson's website
From Britthttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/01/build-media-gallery-with-your-students.html#.UOtNkoletON
What's On
TeachMeetMelb, Feb 2nd, Little Markov, Drummond S,t Carlton VIC 3053
MOTM2013, FEB 16 & 17, Melb – Inspire 9 Co working space
Cybersafety tips
Instagram – Staying Safe Online
TIPS
When writing contractions like we’ll that won’t move from well use auto flick the exclamation mark to add an apostrophe.
Shrinkurl. free
Eyeconit free
Haiku deck thanks to @iPadSammy
WordFoto free or $1.99
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android
