January 22, 2011 Meeting Notes

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October 27th, 2010 Notes

Graphic Novel Generator - It can be printed and saved but not embedded. Very EASY and BASIC program.

ePub Bud

Math Moves U

Office Live

Revisit some links and share

September 22, 2010 Web Resources

http://www.kerpoof.com/
http://www.seussville.com/
http://zimmertwins.com/ OR http://domo.goanimate.com/
http://www.nhptv.org/pbskidsgo/main_list.asp?offset=0
http://www.dushare.com
http://www.animaljam.com/
http://www.answergarden.com
http://www.aviaryeducation.com/
http://www.epubbud.com/
http://www.zuitube.com

HUB Notes - September 22, 2010

APPS we will be working with….

Science -
BrainPop – can use school account
Google Earth
Geared (.99) – really fun
World Wiki – world fact book/research

Social Studies –
Library of Congress – research purposes
Stack the States Lite – has full version/upgrade; really cute
Geo Play 2

Math –
Math Magic (.99) -
Tangrams XL Free – taken down from App Store
Math Quizzer
Number Line – easy to use but fairly difficult; made for iPhone but will run on iPad
Basic Math – made for iPhone
Brain Blaze Divide
Tanzen Lite – nice
Tangrams HD
Tape Measure
Units
Mad Math Lite

Language Arts/Reading –
iBooks
Toy Story Read Along
StoryKit
Spell It Lite
Inkling – platform for digital textbooks
ePub Bud – web site-not an app

Apps for YOU –
Evernote – note-taking app
Drop Box – for sharing documents; free account gives you 2GB storage
Adobe Photoshop Express -
Keynote – Apple’s presentation app. Can use video adaptor and projector
Pages – Apple’s word processor/page layout program
Numbers – Apple’s spreadsheet program
GoodReader – for viewing PDF files
Office HD – working with MS Office docs
Docs to Go
Dragon Dictation – free; for iPad and iPod Touch – coverts speech to text
Soundnote – use to take notes and create audio recordings at same time
Shazam – identify/tag music

Fun APPS –
Alice - Alice in Wonderland
Animalia – uses book in interactive format
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Toy Story 2
Triazzle – matching animals with 3-sided puzzle pieces
Art Puzzle – solve puzzles of famous paintings
Talking Tom – new version/upgrade has horrible reviews
What’s the Difference (ipad edition) – love it
WeeMee Avatar – for iPhone

Primary -
Kid Apps: 13 in 1 By Pilot Fish Media
ABC Phonics/Counting/Math
Ace/Sight Words Dino Free – has rather high level information
ABC Pocket Phonics Lite
Baby Piano - cute

Hub Notes

May 10th Links and Ideas:

1. http://www.zooburst.com/
2. http://www.prezi.com/ - Review
3. http://www.shoutmix.com/
4. http://www.storyjumper/ -Review
5. http://www.tes.iboard.co.uk/player/index.htm
6. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT103751791033.aspx
7. http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/mouse-mischief/lessons.aspx
8. Ribbon Hero/Power Talk
9. http://www.livebinders.com

Hub Notes

www.prezi.com (online presentations/like a powerpoint-basic 5-6 different layouts)

www.storyjumper.com (K-3rd-write and publish books)

http://chogger.com (cartoons, in beta form, simple format, click, drag, drop and upload)

http://museumbox.e2bn.org

www.teachwithvirsona.com (create virtual people your kids can interact with)
very specific with the size of the picture you upload

www.preceden.com (timelines)
www.timetoast.com (can add pictures to timelines)

www.tagxedo.com (like wordle, makes shapes and will highlight some of the words) type words in and choose shape-use with vocabulary, spelling, describing characters, etc.

Hub Notes

Links from the March 22, 2010 meeting:

http://www.fotobabble.com - talking photos
http://www.grammaropolis.com/index.html - grammar games
http://crocodoc.com - shared documents
http://www.etherpad.com - shared documents
http://www.issuu.com - online book
http://www.vuvox.com - LOVE IT
http://www.storybird.com
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/characters/notes.htm
http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/SqoolTube_Videos/Book_Related/Shel_Silverstein/
http://digitalcitizenship.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/
http://kids.direct.gov.uk/resource_areas/html/MainHomePage.aspx