Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Apps for Organization, Scheduling and Note-taking


Agenda and Resources:

Free Apps you will need to Download today

Evernote
Penultimate
Audionote Lite (Full version $4.99)
iBrainstorm (on iPad)
iBrainstorm Companion (for iPhone only)
Total Recall Mind Map
MobilsleNotes

PicCollage - Visual Learning Reminders Activity

My Homework Student Planner
My Homework Teacher Planner

Journals:
vJournal (an Evernote partner App)
Tablet Journal
Inknotes Basic

We will note use today but these are good for Cloud Storage:
Dropbox
Google Drive

Other Apps that cost (demo)
Notability $4.99
MyJournal .99 cents

Introduction/Opening Activity
Interview: Name, Subject/grade/location, Summer Activity, Little known fact

Scale 1 to 10 activity on use of tools

Cool Stuff On Your iPad/iPhone OS to Support You
Calendar
Reminders
VoiceNotes
Notes
Pages (now free on new iPads)
Dictation on keyboard with Mic button
Siri Commands - "Create an event"; "Make a Reminder"; "Find (blank) on the web"; "Find a picture of (blank) on the web"
Practice using Siri 3 items: find shark picture, History of Kona, Hawaii, Hot rock walking

Penultimate and Evernote
Penultimate: Scribble Pad, collect ideas and photos
Evernote: make daily notes, collect links, pages and links your data from other apps and computer "snipper" in browser.
Add a voice note to a page
Take a picture and save
Search for keywords to find specific notes

Activity: Pick an app, Penultimate or Evernote,  and choose to do  from below:
 1) Create a Note: 2) jot down an idea or task, 3) add images, 4) record audio clip,5) make to-do list

Put it all together:
Siri Activity Scavenger Hunt
Find items and add to Penultimate list - search with Siri

Notability Overview (this is not a free app but excellent one)
Audionote - sync lecture feature - next best thing
iBrainstorm and iBrainstorm Comapnion for iPhone
Sequence Activity - Connect to companion to get notes and put in order

Group Exploration, Assess Apps and Report:
My Homework Student Planner
My Homework Teacher Planner
vJournal
Tablet journal
Inknotes Basic

Pic Collage and Activity - do research collage from topic on card









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