apps that are floating our boat

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Apps that are “floating our boat”ILT Forum, 23 February 2012

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iBooks Author (free)

Not so much an App for the iPad, but a great development tool for Macs that help create interactive resources.

Andrew Edis, New College Nottingham

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ibooks-author/id490152466?ls=1&mt=12

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Singing fingers (free)

A great finger painting app that records sound whilst you paint. Great for encouraging motor control.

Matt Harrison, Portland College

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/singing-fingers/id381015280?mt=8

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Prezi Viewer (free)

Upgrade your presentation skills and show them from your iPad.

You will need a VGA adapter.

Chang Ge, Lincoln College

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/prezi-viewer/id407759942?mt=8

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ShowMe (free)

Use your iPad as an interactive whiteboard. You can sketch over images and record your voice.

Chang Ge, Lincoln College

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8

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DocAS Lite (free)

Annotate pdf documents with audio and text. Great for giving feedback.

Chang Ge, Lincoln College

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/docas-lite/id451036875?mt=8

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DocsToGo (£11.99)

A suite of office tools to mobilise your documents

Tanya Kesterton , Leicestershire ALS

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/documents-to-go-premium-office/id317107309?mt=8

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iBrainstorm (free)

Collaborate ideas where individuals add their thoughts and suggestions on their iOS device and send it to a central iPad. You can then organise the ideas to help analysis.

Mike Mason, Pearson

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ibrainstorm/id382252825?mt=8

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StoryKit (free)

Create your own digital story books or even gather evidence for assessment

Lyn Lall, JISC RSC East Midlands

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/storykit/id329374595?mt=8

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North Nottinghamshire College (free)

Why not create your own app? NNC’s app helps learners keep up to date and find out about other services or courses

Adam Elce, North Nottinghamshire College

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/north-nottinghamshire-college/id400873829?mt=8

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Socrative (free)

Get rid of voting pads and start using the learners’ devices as a clicker. It can be used on all internet enabled mobile devices.

Steve Saffhill, JISC RSC East Midlands

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/student-clicker-socrative/id477618130?mt=8

The future of AR can be seen with Blippar (free)

http://blippar.com/

Just a brief glimpse into the future where Blippar are developing some fantastic AR ideas.

Steve Saffhill, JISC RSC East Midlands

Bloom’s Taxonomy – with an iPad

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