Here’s the latest crop of app tidbits. I’ve included some of the oldies but goodies as well:
Research and Writing
- Your writing, draft writing or shared writing: Google Drive (Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations)
- Research: Google Scholar and Alerts
- Bibliography: Zotero
- Collecting resources (and sharing them): Delicious or Diigo
- Communicating: Hangouts
- Writing for the world (or even for small groups):
- WordPress or Blogger (the page you are reading now is an example of a WordPress blog)
- PBWorks wiki – functional, free, easy, not particularly beautiful (3 out of 4? Not bad. Here’s a sample mock-up.)
- Images:
- Wikimedia Commons
- Creative Commons – declare your copyright intentions
- UVM CTL’s links to more media resources: http://www.uvm.edu/ctl/multimedia
- PicMonkey – free image editor
- GeoSpatial: Google MyMaps, Earth
- Data mashup: Google Fusion Tables
- Timelines: Dipity and MyHistro (with Google mashup)
- Screencasting: Camtasia ($78/Mac, $179/Win) or Screencast-o-matic Pro ($15/yr)
Moving to mobile:
- AirServer, AirPlay: to display your mobile device on your computer screen
- Reflector (install on your Mac or PC, then mirror your iPad/iPhone)
- DropBox
- Evernote, iAnnotate
- UPad
- FieldNotes
- Explain Everything
- Puppet Pals
- Aurasma
Writing on an iPad: if you don’t like the typical mobile stylus (the ones that write like fuzzy markers) you might like the JotPro: http://adonit.net/jot/pro/