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Use your iPad a wireless slate for your computer or IWB

Try out Doceri, which allows you to use your iPad as a control to annotate on your computer and IWB. The Doceri app is free, the Doceri desktop has a free tr...

Feb 7

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Caryn Trautz commented on Amanda's blog post Make Thinking Visual with iPad

"As much as I like Educreations the best out of the 3 apps, one big drawback that my students have found is that once they have their slides all created, if they make a mistake during the recording, there is no way to redo it. They must start from…"

Jan 19

Nate Gordon commented on Amanda's blog post Make Thinking Visual with iPad

"Sadly, there is no perfect app here... each has features missing. My ideal would have eraser undo multiple pages scrolling down Some others to look at: Ask3: the people at TechSmith told me that they envision this as a replacement for…"

Dec 5, 2012

Amanda posted a discussion

Configurator for Check -in/Check- out

Is anyone using Configurator to check in and out devices to specific students? If so, how long does the check in check out process take for a cart of iPads? It seems like a great solution to being able to share carts of iPads throughout the building, but I'm worried it will take too much time at the beginning of class. Thanks so much! See More

Sep 11, 2012

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Amanda replied to Sam Gliksman's discussion Collecting Student Work in an iPad Classroom

"I guess not a teacher, but a student. Saving the pdf to turn in into Dropbox is awesome, but I'm thinking of a school with iPad carts and student A is not finished with his work. If the teacher is using Printopia, then the work that gets saved…"

Sep 11, 2012

Amanda posted a blog post

Make Thinking Visual with iPad

Video on 3 Free apps to make Thinking visualWith touch screen technology, iPad allows you to make your thinking visual. Apps like ScreenChomp, ShowMe and Educreations allow you to record your voice and your annotations on the screen at the same time. All three apps are free and have great potential for use in your classroom. You can record over an image and make engaging lessons to share with students,…See More

Sep 10, 2012

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Amanda replied to Sam Gliksman's discussion Collecting Student Work in an iPad Classroom

"Great post! Awesome solution. 1 quick question: Is there any app/program you can think of that will allow a teacher to save non-pdf versions? "

Sep 10, 2012

Amanda replied to Sam Gliksman's discussion Mirroring Your iPad Wirelessly Without an Apple TV

"One of the great classroom uses about this kind of mirror app is that you don't need a HDTV or a big screen at all. If you have a projector with your Promethean board, smart board or just a projector, you can connect your computer to your…"

Jun 27, 2012

Amanda commented on Sam Gliksman's blog post Projecting Your iPad Wirelessly - Without an Apple TV

"You can also mirror multiple iPads at once with Reflection - with each one running different apps! "

Jun 11, 2012

Amanda shared Sam Gliksman's video on Twitter

Mirror Multiple iPads with Reflection

Jun 11, 2012

Amanda replied to Sam Gliksman's discussion Mirroring Your iPad Wirelessly Without an Apple TV

"I've tried it out on a Promethean Board and while you can only interact with the iPad itself, you can bring up a Desktop Overlay or an Ink Layer and write on top of it and have those annotations show up on top of the image of the iPad on your…"

Jun 1, 2012

Amanda shared Sam Gliksman's discussion on Twitter