ncompass live: wanna get happy? using the ipad in schools and libraries
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iPads, iPods, and tablets are the most popular devices around today. There is a wealth of educational and literary apps available for these devices. Sara Churchill, Library Media Specialist at Blair Community Schools, will focus primarily on apps for the iOS and how they can be used in schools and libraries.TRANSCRIPT
Wanna get hAPPy?
Sara ChurchillBlair Community Schools
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Why Apps?
Web 3.0
Personal & Mobile, Interactive, Media Rich & Social
People want so much more
Educause - 7 Things You Should Know About
Android vs. iOS
Different Devices
Quantity and Quality of Apps
Tips
Lots of tips for parents
For educators and libraries - look to the web
Check YouTube for previews of apps
Finding Apps
Best Kids Apps - www.bestkidsapps.com
Digital Storytime - www.digital-storytime.com
Moms with Apps - momswithapps.com
People & Twitter
Personal Use
eBook apps - Kindle, Nook, iBooks, etc.
Skype
Netflix
Dropbox
Keynote, Prezi, Google
Library Use
Titlewave
Card Catalogs
Vendor Resources (Gale, Ebsco, etc.)
NYPL
Barcode apps
Educational Use
Interactive Books
Classics: There’s a Monster at the End of this Book, Going to Bed Book, Animalia, Dr. Seuss
New Stories: Bartleby’s Book of Buttons, Treasure Kai and the Lost Gold of Shark Island
Creative Works
PuppetPals
Toontastic
GarageBand
Reading, Math, Science
Super Why!
Licking Letters
McGraw Hill - Squeeze & Bluster
Solar Walk & iLearn Solar System
Games
Solitaire Chess
Rush Hour
Geared & Geared 2
Cut the Rope, Angry Birds
Sticker Sudoku