My 5 Favorite Personal iPad/iPod Apps

Readers,


As many of you know, I LOVE my iPad2! In this point, I will share my favorite personal iPad apps with you. In fact, if this post is successful, I plan to post an App of the Week post and review. We shall see! :) Let me know if you like the post!


My Top Five Personal Apps
1 - Google Voice (I use this app to send text messages and listen to voice messages from family and my students).



2 - Jumbo Calculator (free)



3 - Overdrive (free download and use with your public library subscription)



4 - Groupon (free)



5 - PBS (free and features WONDERFUL full-length videos)



What is your favorite iPad/iPod app?


Sincerely,


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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Wandering Wednesdays - Educause's "7 Things You Should Know About" Series

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Readers,

Today's Wandering Wednesday post is focused on my favorite resources on the Educause website, the "7 Things You Should Know About" series! Here are some recent (2011) articles from this series...


*Of course, you probably know which one is my favorite... the iPad one.. :)


7 Things You Should Know About Personalized Digital Magazines


7 Things You Should Know About Organizing Files in the Cloud


7 Things You Should Know About LMS Evaluation


7 Things You Should Know About Modern Learning Commons


7 Things You Should Know About Open Textbook Publishing


7 Things You Should Know About iPads Apps for Learning


7 Things You Should Know About Open-Ended Response Systems

Enjoy!

Sincerely,

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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A Great Opportunity! - Sign Up for the Next Generation Learning Challenges's Learning Summer Learning Webinar Series

Readers,


Here's a great online seminar opportunity for all of you! As part of Next Generation Learning Challenges's "Summer Learning Series", these webinars are focused on the amazing role that technology can have in the classroom environment. Each of the webinars will be held in the NGLC Adobe Connect webconferencing room.


Topic: Blended Learning at the University of Central Florida
Speaker: Thomas Cavanaugh, Assistant Vice President, Distributed Learning
Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: The Gamification of Education
Speakers: Steve Ritter, Carnegie Learning; Chris Sprague, OpenStudy; and David Gibson, SimSchool
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: The Open Learning Initiative
Speaker: Candace Thille, Director, Open Learning Initiative
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Topic: Using Openness to Bridge to Success
Speaker: Patrick McAndrew, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET


Enjoy!


Sincerely,


Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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E-Books and Education - Rules from the U.S. Department of Education

Readers,


Recently, the United States Department of Education issued new rules on e-reader technologies for higher education institutions -  

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/dcl-ebook-faq-201105.pdf

Does your institution require students to use e-readers? It will be interesting to see how these rules affect K-12 schools, many of which are phasing out textbooks in their classrooms.

Sincerely,

Millennial Professor - Jennifer T. Edwards, Ed.D.

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