Writing apps are a dime a dozen. It isn’t often I come across a noteworthy writing app because most are so similar in design and feature set. One is pretty much as good as the other, and can be interchanged depending on your particular workflow – Evernote, Dropbox, iCloud, what have you.
Phraseology breaks the mold and does so in a way that will benefit student writers as well as professional writers.
Instapaper makes reading Internet articles more like reading and less like surfing the web. It is perfect for longer pieces of journalism or essay, even horribly long emails.
Noteshelf is the best handwriting tool available on the iPad.
Zadie Smith has mined the deeply buried vein of discomfort I feel about technology in education (over which Facebook looms as it looms over the entire world, it seems.) Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is making us stupider and shallower. That argument seems almost too blunt, even if it is in some sense true or accurate. Ms. Smith points to subtler sources…
Response to NYTimes.com article on Twitter in the classroom.
The second iPad workflow is for teachers who use blogging platforms with their students. In this workflow, I’ll explain how to manage a lot of blogs using your iPad and two apps: Blogsy and Reeder.
The first installment of iPad Workflows for Education. iPad Workflows will attempt to answer the question: OK, Cool, but how do I get stuff done with this thing? This workflow is for teachers, and it covers the basics of collecting, annotating and redistributing student work. The apps and services involved are minimal: GoodReader and Dropbox are the core, JotForm and Turnitin are optional. Enjoy.