Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Apps That Accommodate Reading & Writing

What is Your Dream Adventure? What is your favorite Genre?
We will explore apps today, but hopefully tap into and tantalize your sense of adventure...

Agenda and Resources
Free Apps your will need to download today:
Adobe Reader
Popplet Lite
Plain Text 2 for Dropbox
Zentap (iPhone app - but can go on iPad)
Writable

iBrainstorm
iBrainstorm Companion (IPhone only)
Evernote
PenUltimate
Vjournal
Skitch

Miss Spell's Class
Toontastic
Madlips
PicCollage

Resources:
Gutenberg.org (will search for:The Island of the Yellow Sands -E.C.Brill -Kindle with images)
Read, Write, Think (especially see mobile apps)
Apps for Literature
pdfgive.net - PDF Search Engine (Will use to search for Edgar Allen Poe Resources)
Dropbox App
Lit2go
Articles: 
Using iPads in Literature Circles
Apps and Ideas for Literature Circles on iPads

Agenda:
1. Opening Activities
2. What's Available in iPad OS Settings? Pages App?
3. Resources for books and pdf's -Gutenberg for books (The Island of the Yellow Sands)
    The Raven Worksheet for pdf (pdfgive.net)
4. Pdf's - Adobe Reader, Skitch, Evernote/iBooks/Dropbox for storage
5. Writing Apps that Accommodate: iBrainstorm, Popplet, Zentap, Plaintext2, Writable,
6. Literature Circles: Articles
7. Resources - Lit2GoCathy library, Read Write Think, Lit2go,
8. Putting it all togther - Building a Literature/Writing Collage on a chosen book - work with Author partner



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