Tag: ipad
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Comparing iPad PDF readers for annotation #edapp
Goodreader and iAnnotate are the two best applications I’ve used to date for reading PDF files and annotating them on an iPad. I like the way iAnnotate supports signatures, which can be handy when you need to sign a document, but I don’t like the fact that it doesn’t handle double column PDFs for annotations…
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Watch full length PBS documentaries on your iPad
I love documentary films, PBS, and my iPad. Small surprise that I love the new, free PBS iPad app which was released October 25th. Among many other things, users can now watch full length documentaries via the app like the five part “We Shall Remain” series. It’s a great day to be a learner. –…
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Remote Control iPad Presentations #edapp
Ever since I purchased my iPad last October following the ACTEM conference in Maine, I’ve dreamed of sharing a presentation with it and using a remote control to advance the slides. Last April at the Iowa 1:1 Schools conference, I presented a session on Open Educational Resources (OER) using my iPad and the Keynote app,…
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Dropped iPad
Ouch! Fortunately this drop resulted in minor damage to this corner of my iPad and the upper left corner. No screen damage, no functional damage. It is also fortunate I was the one in our family to drop it, I am guessing one of my kids (who also use it constantly at home) would be…
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Podcast346: Discussing Digital Literacy with Educators in the New Literacies Collaborative
This podcast is a recording of a Ustream presentation by Wesley Fryer on 16 April 2010 to educators at North Carolina State in the New Literacies Collaborative. We used a Google Moderator Topic Series to solicit questions for this open forum. Tablet technologies, 1 to 1 laptop initiatives, digital literacy, and helping students improve their…