iPad Applications for collaboration

Hello Colleagues:
Due to the fact that we will soon be receiving ipad carts, and also to the fact that Mr. Venuto expects us to use these carts, I decided to do a little ipad research. I separated them according to class, but this first ipad post is applications that any teacher can use. I added a brief description of each app. I borrowed from a number of websites, and will continue to update as new apps come out. Please feel free to comment or add any applications that you have successfully used!


Replay Note: Replay note is an app that allows you to do screencasts. Similar to jing, you can capture what you are doing on screen. You can use text, pictures, and even record your voice. It can be exported directly to youtube.com.

Polldaddy: PollDaddy is an app that allows students or teachers to conduct surveys. This could be used in any number of classes. Data can be used to create bar graphs. It can also be used without wifi access. Students could use this app on their ipod touches, survey people outside of school, and create graphs upon returning to a wifi enabled area.

MindBlowing: Allows students to type in an idea or concept, and gather information related to this topic through self-made videos, pictures, and pictures. Information is organized as a concept map and can be emailed to an instructor.

Dragon Dictation, ShouthOut: Both are speech to text applications. Students can speak into the ipad, and text will be created. Students must enunciate well in order for them to work. Shoutout is tied in to social networking sites.

iPhone Baldi, Speak it: Both are text to speech applications. I am including them in the general apps section, though it really would fall under special education. Good for students who are hard of hearing, or autistic. Could also be used with English language learners. This app will read websites for you.

Text Expander, Typ-o: Both are text completion apps. They allow you to type abbreviations that will be expanded to words for faster type speeds.

Pages Epub Format: Pages new format will allow you to create a book with embedded graphics, hyperlinks, and video. Students can create an ebook in a short amount of time. Teachers could also create learning books for units which could be shared with classes.

Outliner for ipad: Allows students to quickly create outlines for reports or projects.

eClicker: eClicker turns your ipads into personal response systems. Teachers can poll students for understanding. Similar to polldaddy or polleverywhere.

Whiteboard Pro: Whiteboard Pro is a collaborative drawing application. Offers real time collaboration for brainstorming or collaborative drawing.

Magic Piano: Apropos of nothing, but really cool. Free app that turns the ipad into a piano.

Depict: Pictionary for the ipad. Fun for a rainy day?

gFlash: Good for drilling vocabulary or math facts.

Quiki: A “quiki” is a short, interactive story: a drastically improved information experience provided by interactive video.

Doink: Great features to draw flipbook animation sequences and move them along a path. Easy timeline, editing, and exporting features.

Animation Studio: Draw frame by frame images to create short animations.

Flipboom Lite: Same as the last two.

Brushes: Excellent drawing tool with multiple brushes, layers, VGA out, image importing etc. Used to make several New Yorker covers.

Image Pro: Google image search narrowed by subject, size,, filters, type.

Writer’s Studio: Create your own talking storybooks. Import images or draw your own, add text and record narration.

Lifecards: Create your own postcards with multiple images and text.

ReelDirector: Splice, add text, audio and transitions, upload videos to youtube from app or save to photos.

Photospeak: Use a portrait or draw your own and have this app animate it with your recorded voice.

Sonic Pics: Get photos from your camera, add voiceover and send to youtube or your computer.

QuickOffice Connect: Access, create and edit Office docs and spreadsheets. Connect using google docs, dropbox, and other.

Evernote: Share clips, notes, webpages, docs.
iBrainstorm: a free brainstorming app for the ipad. The app allows you to record brainstoming sessions using a combination of free hand drawings and sticky notes. You can share and collaborate with other users of ibrainstorm. Sharing notes and drawings between users is as simple as flicking an item to another user.