Evaluating Apps
Apps Taskonomy
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Using a rubric to evaluate Apps
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Camera Apps
Apps to use to augment your camera
Photosynth – very easy – very cool panorama! free
DMD Panorama panoramic picture app on the iPhone. Just launch, take a picture, steadily move the camera to the left or right to slide an on-screen Yin symbol into a Yang symbol free
Instagram - simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your iPhone. free
Camera Awesome Camera Awesome takes your photos to the next level by shooting faassst and taking sharper, better-exposed shots. Make your memories come alive with stunning professional effects. 0-Tap sharing on the sites you love. (no photo roll) free
O Snap time lapse photography free
Photosynth – very easy – very cool panorama! free
DMD Panorama panoramic picture app on the iPhone. Just launch, take a picture, steadily move the camera to the left or right to slide an on-screen Yin symbol into a Yang symbol free
Instagram - simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your iPhone. free
Camera Awesome Camera Awesome takes your photos to the next level by shooting faassst and taking sharper, better-exposed shots. Make your memories come alive with stunning professional effects. 0-Tap sharing on the sites you love. (no photo roll) free
O Snap time lapse photography free
Apps that Use Images: Studying and Note Taking
Evernote: - Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders- free
Quizard: Quizard Lite is a smart flashcard application that allows you to create sets of up to 20 flashcards for your own use or download them from Quizlet, Flashcard Exchange, Course Hero, or Study Stack on the web. Flash cards with audio and images! - free (try also A + Flashcard Pro)
Notability: Notability is optimized for the new iPad! It powerfully integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing so you can take notes your way! Discover the freedom to capture ideas, share insights, and present information in one perfect place on iPad. - $1.99
Quizard: Quizard Lite is a smart flashcard application that allows you to create sets of up to 20 flashcards for your own use or download them from Quizlet, Flashcard Exchange, Course Hero, or Study Stack on the web. Flash cards with audio and images! - free (try also A + Flashcard Pro)
Notability: Notability is optimized for the new iPad! It powerfully integrates handwriting, PDF annotation, typing, recording, and organizing so you can take notes your way! Discover the freedom to capture ideas, share insights, and present information in one perfect place on iPad. - $1.99
Making it Social: Connecting and Sharing
Chirp: Use Chirp™ to share photos and web pages by using sound. Chirp 'sings' information from one iDevice to another.
Whiteboard Lite Interactive: Collaborate with friends and family with Whiteboard, the easy-to-use collaborative drawing app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Two users can create pictures together over local Wi-Fi or Bluetooth peer-to-peer. - free
Lino: lino is an online stickies service that offers stickies and canvases. You can post, see and peel off stickies on canvases freely. Stickies posted from this iPhone/iPad App can be accessed with PC browsers. - free
Don't Forget:
Whiteboard Lite Interactive: Collaborate with friends and family with Whiteboard, the easy-to-use collaborative drawing app for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Two users can create pictures together over local Wi-Fi or Bluetooth peer-to-peer. - free
Lino: lino is an online stickies service that offers stickies and canvases. You can post, see and peel off stickies on canvases freely. Stickies posted from this iPhone/iPad App can be accessed with PC browsers. - free
Don't Forget:
- Skype
- Facetime
Photo Editor Apps
Photo Toaster Jr - photo editor for the iPhone and iPad. free
Adobe photo shop express: one-touch effects, or simply drag your finger across the screen to crop, rotate, or adjust color. Add artistic filters like Soft Focus or Sketch. And never fear: A copy of your original file is always saved, and you can undo and redo changes until you get just the look you want.
Adobe photo shop express: one-touch effects, or simply drag your finger across the screen to crop, rotate, or adjust color. Add artistic filters like Soft Focus or Sketch. And never fear: A copy of your original file is always saved, and you can undo and redo changes until you get just the look you want.
Photo Mash Up Apps
Strip Designer personal comic strips, created on your iPad, iPhone or iPod using just the photos from your photo album or iPhone camera. $2.99
Snapguide A simple way to share and view step-by-step how to guides. Show new things to cook, build, wear, play and more. Create and share on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and more. free
WordFoto an app that turns photos and words into amazing typographic works of art. $1.99
Comic Touch Lite Add balloon to give your subjects thoughts and words. Add captions to describe the scene of give the photo a title. free
Halftone: Halftone turns your photos into unique, vintage comics. Halftone makes it easy to add paper styles, captions, speech balloons, graphic stamps, and fonts (including built-in comic fonts). $0.99
Pictello: Pictello is a simple way to create talking photo albums and talking books. Each page in a Pictello Story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or text-to-speech using high-quality voices. Stories can be shared using iTunes File Sharing or via WiFi with other Pictello users through a free account on the Pictello Sharing Server. Stories can be shared with non-Pictello users as PDF files through email or iTunes File Sharing. $18.99
Snapguide A simple way to share and view step-by-step how to guides. Show new things to cook, build, wear, play and more. Create and share on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and more. free
WordFoto an app that turns photos and words into amazing typographic works of art. $1.99
Comic Touch Lite Add balloon to give your subjects thoughts and words. Add captions to describe the scene of give the photo a title. free
Halftone: Halftone turns your photos into unique, vintage comics. Halftone makes it easy to add paper styles, captions, speech balloons, graphic stamps, and fonts (including built-in comic fonts). $0.99
Pictello: Pictello is a simple way to create talking photo albums and talking books. Each page in a Pictello Story can contain a picture, up to five lines of text, and a recorded sound or text-to-speech using high-quality voices. Stories can be shared using iTunes File Sharing or via WiFi with other Pictello users through a free account on the Pictello Sharing Server. Stories can be shared with non-Pictello users as PDF files through email or iTunes File Sharing. $18.99
Photo Mash Up to Video Apps
ScreenChomp: Just - Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable, replay-able video that tells your story clearly. Share a great idea... Explain a tricky concept... Help kids with their homework... free
ShowMe: Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely easy to use, regardless of age or background. free
Doddle Buddy: Uber simple and fun! Loads of choices; markers, chalk, and glitter pen, awesome colors, stamps and backgrounds, including from your photo library. An app that can do so much and can be applied across any subject area. Here’s a How To video that reviews the cool app. Also, here’s one 5th grade math example from Tech Chef 4 U using Doodle Buddy in the classroom, Doodle Zoo. free
Explain Everything: lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad 2 (and the new iPad) video display. $2.99
Book Creator The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad. Read them in iBooks, share via email, or submit them to the iBookstore. Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on. $4.99
More About ScreenCasting Apps: This is a great blog post comparing screencasting Apps.
Gayle Underwood's iPad screencasting comparison chart- click here.
ShowMe: Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely easy to use, regardless of age or background. free
Doddle Buddy: Uber simple and fun! Loads of choices; markers, chalk, and glitter pen, awesome colors, stamps and backgrounds, including from your photo library. An app that can do so much and can be applied across any subject area. Here’s a How To video that reviews the cool app. Also, here’s one 5th grade math example from Tech Chef 4 U using Doodle Buddy in the classroom, Doodle Zoo. free
Explain Everything: lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities, assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard using the iPad 2 (and the new iPad) video display. $2.99
Book Creator The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad. Read them in iBooks, share via email, or submit them to the iBookstore. Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on. $4.99
More About ScreenCasting Apps: This is a great blog post comparing screencasting Apps.
Gayle Underwood's iPad screencasting comparison chart- click here.
Video Editors and Mash Ups
TimeLapse: TimeLapse is the professional choice for creating time lapse sequences on your iDevice. Now featuring long exposure functionality! (iOS 5.0 required, see details in feature list) Create and edit HD videos on your device. free or $1.99
Coach's Eye: Video capture with slow-motion review, drawing tools, and simple sharing. $4.99
UberSense: Video capture with slow-motion review, drawing tools, and simple sharing. free
VoiceThread: Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. Accessible from iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC -- anytime, anywhere. free
Video Editors
iMovie $4.99
Splice free
ReelDirector $1.99
Coach's Eye: Video capture with slow-motion review, drawing tools, and simple sharing. $4.99
UberSense: Video capture with slow-motion review, drawing tools, and simple sharing. free
VoiceThread: Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. Accessible from iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC -- anytime, anywhere. free
Video Editors
iMovie $4.99
Splice free
ReelDirector $1.99