Today the School of Distance Education hosted the very first Lunch and Learn open to the rest of Andrews University. We had been offering them all the past year for internal learning; but we decided it was time to start sharing with the campus!
Today’s topic: iOS mobile devices: iPads, iPods, and iPhone.
This post contains the apps and resources shared by facilitators Janine and Marsha and the participants. In addition, I have added a few other references related to what was discussed and shared.
Communication
- FaceTime – Apple’s video conferencing app – connect between iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Mac computers.
- Tango – Communication program similar to FaceTime. Read more here.
- Skype – video, voice, and chat tool that works across all devices and computers
- Adobe Connect Mobile – Host and attend presentations
Tips and Tricks
- Profhacker: Print From Anywhere with Dropbox and IFFTT
- eHow: How to Print via BlueTooth with the iPad
- Apps such as Print to All Printers
- Onavo – Extending or better managing ATT or Verizon Mobile Data Plans
- Hit the home button twice and it brings up the active apps that can be closed.
Productivity Apps
- Evernote – Comprehensive and popular notes app. Notes can synchronize across multiple devices. App; install on your computer; add to web your browser.
- Dropbox – Cloud storage for photos, docs, and videos
- Inspiration Maps – Graphical mapping and flow charts program
- Timer plus – Timer program
- Check your bank; they may have an app (5th/3rd for example)
Places to Find Apps
- Appsfire deals – Lists apps that are free today but normally have a cost
- Free app a day
- Bloom’s Taxonomy of iPad Apps: InfoGraphic and Article
Apps for Travel
- Hop Stop – Public transportation app for large cities
- itranslate – Text translation program
Religion Apps
- Daily Bible Inspirations – created by one of the participants
- Bible
- EGW Writings
- Sabbath School Lesson
Learning Games for Kids
- DragonBox – Game to teach algebra
- Bloom’s Taxonomy of iPad Apps: InfoGraphic and Article
- iPad Activities for Kids
Content Consumption
- Kindle App – read books and on all your devices
- Flipboard – read news, Facebook, Twitter, GoogleReader and other information sources in a nice magazine format
- Netflix
The consensus was that we just scratched the surface and we should run this session again in the future.
My favorite App to find Apps is AppShopper. You can create a wishlist and it will notify you if the price changes or if the app is updated! I have gotten some great deals on Apps through it!
Great tip! Thank you for sharing, Amy!
Another great app, that I forgot to mention, is AroundMe. It lets you search for businesses around you and even gives you contact numbers and connects with your map app to get you there. And it’s free!
The one you list Timer Plus was not the one I showed at the meeting. The one I showed is a free app Timer+
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/timer+/id391564049?mt=8