{"id":773,"date":"2013-11-13T20:54:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T01:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/?p=773"},"modified":"2013-11-14T12:17:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T17:17:28","slug":"tech-dim-sum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/2013\/11\/13\/tech-dim-sum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Dim Sum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest crop of app tidbits. I&#8217;ve included some of the oldies but goodies as well:<\/p>\n<h3>Research and Writing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your writing, draft writing or shared writing: Google <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Drive<\/a> (Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations)<\/li>\n<li>Research: Google <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\" target=\"_blank\">Scholar<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">Alerts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bibliography: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zotero.org\" target=\"_blank\">Zotero<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Collecting resources (and sharing them): <a href=\"https:\/\/delicious.com\" target=\"_blank\">Delicious<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diigo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Diigo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Communicating: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/+\/learnmore\/hangouts\/\">Hangouts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Writing for the world (or even for small groups):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blogger<\/a> (the page you are reading now is an example of a WordPress blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pbworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PBWorks<\/a> wiki &#8211; functional, free, easy, not particularly beautiful (3 out of 4? Not bad. Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/hag2011pbio109.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/47920964\/FrontPage\" target=\"_blank\">sample mock-up<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Images:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativecommons.org\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons<\/a> &#8211; declare your copyright intentions<\/li>\n<li>UVM CTL&#8217;s links to more media resources:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/multimedia\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/ctl\/multimedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.picmonkey.com\" target=\"_blank\">PicMonkey<\/a> &#8211; free image editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>GeoSpatial: Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\" target=\"_blank\">MyMaps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Data mashup: Google <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/fusiontables\" target=\"_blank\">Fusion Tables<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Timelines: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dipity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dipity<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myhistro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyHistro<\/a> (with Google mashup)<\/li>\n<li>Screencasting: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsmith.com\/camtasia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Camtasia<\/a> ($78\/Mac, $179\/Win) or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.screencast-o-matic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Screencast-o-matic Pro<\/a> ($15\/yr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Moving to mobile:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AirServer, AirPlay: to display your mobile device on your computer screen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airsquirrels.com\/reflector\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reflector<\/a> (install on your Mac or PC, then mirror your iPad\/iPhone)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dropbox.com\" target=\"_blank\">DropBox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.branchfire.com\/iannotate\/\" target=\"_blank\">iAnnotate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/upad\/id401643317\" target=\"_blank\">UPad<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fieldnotesapp.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">FieldNotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explaineverything.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Explain Everything<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/puppet-pals-hd\/id342076546\" target=\"_blank\">Puppet Pals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aurasma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aurasma<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Writing on an iPad: if you don&#8217;t like the typical mobile stylus (the ones that write like fuzzy markers) you might like the JotPro: <a href=\"http:\/\/adonit.net\/jot\/pro\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/adonit.net\/jot\/pro\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the latest crop of app tidbits. I&#8217;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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/2013\/11\/13\/tech-dim-sum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8586,150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ipad","category-techow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}