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Tag: Applications

“App Spotlight”- Week #2- Remote Tap, NPR News, Shape Builder, Melodica, Proloquo2Go, IEP Checklist, and TextExpander Touch

One app a day… 7 days a week. The “App Spotlight” features one iPhone/iPod touch application a day that has been selected because we think that it rocks or because a reader of edu.Mac.nation (You!) thinks that it rocks. The picks stretch across many different categories. Here are the last 7 apps spotlighted on edu.Mac.nation [...]

[Media] iPad and Wired Magazine: “The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration”- Wired.com

Take a look at this video from Wired.com and begin to imagine this in the hands of a student…
Imagine static content coming alive…
The Wired Tablet App: A Video Demonstration | Epicenter | Wired.com:
“The point here is that we are entering a new era of media, where we finally have a digital platform that allows us [...]

[Education] iPod Touch in the Classroom- Do’s and Don’ts: “Learning in Hand Blog” by Tony Vincent

Tony Vincent, from Learning in Hand, has compiled an excellent list of suggestions for using the iPod Touch with students…
Learning in Hand Blog by Tony Vincent:
“Bringing iPods into the classroom is a great way to give students access to learning tools. However, there are so many things to keep in mind to make the iPods [...]

[Awards] 2009 Best App Ever Awards: Winners have been announced…

The 2009 Best App Ever Awards winners have been announced. This is the second year for this “best apps” competition. The purpose of the awards are to select the “best” applications from various categories. The overall winner for 2009 was the entertainment/game application “Pocket God.” To me this is not surprising based on the success [...]

[Event] The First Children’s App Design Institute: AppCamp 2010

(image source: www.childrenssoftware.com/dustormagic/)
Are you an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad application developer, reviewer, or researcher? Are you interested in educational application design? AppCamp 2010 might be worth your time…
Dust or Magic Institute, 2010:
“What is it?
The First Children’s App Design Institute is an informal show-and-tell session on the art and science of making and publishing [...]

[Update] Additions to edu.Mac.nation Top Paid and Free Applications

It has a been a little while since I last updated my favorite paid and free application lists. I try to make the lists reflective of the applications that I use on a regular basis. There are so many other applications that I carry daily on my phone but these listed applications are my personal [...]