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Finding Free iPad Content: How to Power Search in iTunes U – Video Tutorial
There are a number of resources offering free content for your iPad. One such collection is Apple’s iTunes U section of the iTunes Store. iTunes U offers thousands of lectures, presentations and other learning resources from leading educational institutions. As I mentioned in a previous post I’m working with a small team to create an [...]
Continue reading...Splashtop Apps on Sale Now: Splashtop Remote Desktop & Splashtop Touchpad
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
UPDATE! Just heard from Steve at Splashtop. Their Splashtop Whiteboard app is also on sale at 50% off, now $9.99. This may be the best solution for those looking to use the iPad as part of an inexpensive interactive whiteboard system (IWB). I’ve written before about using remote desktop apps with your iPad as alternatives [...]
Continue reading...iPad Tips: Free Whiteboard Apps; App Organization; Shooting iPad 2 Video; More
Monday, July 11, 2011
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Here are five tips and tutorials on making better use of your iPad. I’ve written about using your iPad as an interactive whiteboard here. Though not nearly as full-featured, John Titlow at ReadWriteWeb suggests 5 Free Collaborative Whiteboard Apps For the iPad Vicki Davis at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog offers advice on organizing your [...]
Continue reading...Kaplan Offering 126 Free eBooks for iBooks on the iPad
Saturday, January 8, 2011
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Kaplan is offering 126 free eBooks to add to your iBooks collection. Titles cover a range of subjects and test preparation topics including college prep, education, graduate, legal, medicine, and nursing. Here’s how to access the list: From your iPad, visit http://www.freekaplanebooks.com/ Tap Apple iPad Look on the page that comes up for this link: [...]
Continue reading...NY Times Expanded App Free For Now with Registration
Monday, October 18, 2010
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The New York Times is replacing the free Editor’s Choice app with a much expanded version in the NYTimes for iPad app. The new app has over 25 sections of content. Full, free access requires registration and is available for a limited time. Transition to a paid subscription model begins in early 2011.
Continue reading...50 Free iPad Apps
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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The website Art of the iPhone has a recently updated list of free iPad apps. You may not agree with all the choices, but I found a few to add to my collection.
Continue reading...Free VLC Video Player Arrives in the App Store
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Video files come in a variety of formats. VLC is a free, popular desktop application for playing formats that ordinarily wouldn’t play or would require conversion to be compatible (a process known as transcoding). VLC is now available for the iPad. Early reviews are mixed, but VLC is free and worth a try for those video formats [...]
Continue reading...Collect and Share Your Thoughts – Free iBrainstorm Apps
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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A fellow ADE recommended this app, which is actually two. The iPad app is iBrainstorm and the iPhone/iPod touch app is iBrainstorm Companion. iBrainstorm is a set of collaboration tools for sharing and collecting notes. The iPad serves as a canvas for colored sticky notes and freehand drawings. Up to four handheld iDevices can create and flick notes to [...]
Continue reading...Free e-books from Kaplan in the iBooks Store
Friday, August 27, 2010
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Kaplan Publishing is offering nearly 100 free e-books through the iBooks store through August 30. Books are in the categories of College Prep, Graduate Studies, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Education. Most of these free digital editions from Kaplan have moved to the “Top Free Books” list in iBooks on your iPad. I published directions on how [...]
Continue reading...Using DropBox to Work with Files Offline on your iPad
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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DropBox is an online storage and file syncing service that offers 2GB of free space for your data. You install client software on your computer and it creates a special folder called (no surprise) DropBox. On the Mac side, this folder shows up in the Finder under Places, making it simple to drag and drop files from [...]
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