Presented by: Robert McWilliams

ACCA Webinar Series

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Put on Your Mental Track Shoes!

Game Changer Most students continue to feel that tablets are game changers when it comes to learning. According to the survey:

90 percent of students agree that tablets will change the way students learn in the future

Eight in ten students agree that using tablets in the classroom lets them learn in a way that’s best for them

Eight in ten students agree that tablets help students do better in class.

Users are likely to spend 3 times the amount of time on the app as they would on the actual website.

FEELING A LITTLE “APP”REHENSIVE?

Our Goal

That you walk out of this presentation with at

least one tool that you can put to use.

FILL IT TO THE BRIM [STORAGE & BACKUP SOLUTIONS]

Dropbox:

OneDrive & Google Drive:

• 2GB of storage free / 500MB of additional free storage for each friend - 16GB limit / social media links = more storage / storage top out 18GB

• Secure: two-step authentication

• OneDrive (iOS) 500MB for every friend / 3GB for mobile camera roll / storage top out 5GB / fetch files feature

• Google Drive 15GB of free storage / Google-verse sync / real-time collaboration

Similar Apps:

Amazon Cloud

Spideroak

iCloud (iOS)

THE HOLE IN THE WALL [APPS YOU DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE YOU WANTED]

EasyBib:

Remind:

• Create accurate citations in seconds by scanning a book bar code or by typing the name of a book / build and manage your works cited / email your citations and then export your citations

• Safely interact with students about important classroom information / subscribers sign up as and choose to receive messages by text, email, or in the app.

THE SHIRLEY TEMPLES [APPS FOR YOUR STUDENTS]

StudyBlue:

My Homework Planner:

• Make study sets and add recommended content as you create flashcards / quiz yourself, track your progress and set reminders to study / select the study mode -flipping flashcards or using review sheets.

• Sync homework / organizer & planner / homework widget / class schedule / homework calendar

Animoto

Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes. Fast, free and shockingly simple – “we make awesome easy.”

Available for the Apple, Android and any Web Browser.

Here is a sample video I created: https://youtu.be/itfEa49hHqA

Dragon Dictation

Dictation Software

Allows you to speak to your

device and it transcribe your

words to text.

Skype

Allows users to communicate with peers by

voice, video, and instant messaging over the

Internet.

Teaching use example: Could be used for

virtual guest speakers in your classroom.

http://www.skype.com

WordWeb

Dictionary Program

Can be used as a stand alone program or inside of any other program to get definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and pronunciation of words.

Available for PC, Android & iPhone

http://www.wordwebsoftware.com/

Merriam-Webster Apps America’s most useful and respected

dictionary.

Available for Android, iPhone & iPad.

www.m-w.com, then click on Free Apps.

Kahoot

Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn – any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!

http://kahoot.it/

Edmodo

Edmodo takes learning beyond the classroom by providing a free, safe place for teachers and students to connect and collaborate—anytime, anywhere.

Office2 HD

Create or edit Microsoft Office documents, store them in a variety of cloud based storage solutions, email documents, or share presentations using an interface with familiar icons.

Supported document types: Office 2007/2010/2013 Word,

Excel, PowerPoint (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)

Office 97-2003 (.doc, .xls, .ppt)

Text (.txt) & Rich Text Format (.rtf)

Portable document (.pdf)

Saves to: Box, Dropbox, SkyDrive,

Google Drive, and 7 other cloud services plus any service supporting WebDAV protocol.

Available for:

Polaris Office

Create or edit Microsoft Office documents, store them in a variety of cloud based storage solutions, email documents, or share presentations.

Supported document types:

Office 2007/2010/2013 Word, Excel, PowerPoint (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)

Office 97-2003 (.doc, .xls, .ppt)

Saves to:

Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Sky Drive

Available for:

Quickoffice

Create or edit Microsoft Office documents, store them in Google Docs, email documents, or share presentations.

Supported document types:

Office 2007/2010/2013 Word, Excel, PowerPoint (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)

Office 97-2003 (.doc, .xls, .ppt)

Saves to: Google Drive

Available for:

TextMaker Mobile (Text Maker HD)

Currently the only word processor for Android that lets you open, edit, and save Microsoft Word documents while preserving all formatting and content.

Supported document types:

Office 2007/2010/2013 Word, (.docx)

Office 97-2003 (.doc)

Text (.txt) & Rich Text Format (.rtf)

HTML

Saves to:

Dropbox, Google Drive, Evernote, and SkyDrive

Available for:

Presentations (PowerPoint) & PlanMaker (Excel) are separate purchases.

Office Mobile for Office 365

The official Office companion allows access to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents from virtually anywhere. Documents look like the originals. Make quick edits or add comments to a document and the formatting and content remain intact.

Caveat:

Requires a qualifying Office 365 subscription

Saves to:

Sky Drive

Available for:

iBooks Author

iBooks Author is an amazing app that allows anyone to create beautiful textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. With galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, mathematical expressions, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could.

Create and publish amazing books for iPad, iPhone, and Mac.

www.apple.com/ibooks-author

Lulu

Lulu: Online Self Publishing Book & eBook Company

Self-publishing for print-on-demand books, ebooks, music, images and custom calendars. Authors set their own royalties and control the publishing process.

www.lulu.com/

Create Your Own App!

GuideBook

Lets you distribute to up to 200 users for free.

Apple Clips

Allows you to create videos with captioning

Clips is an iOS app for making and sharing fun videos with text, effects, graphics, and more.

Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Clips requires iOS 11.1 or later.

Open Office

Office Productivity Suite Word Processor

Presentation

Database

Spreadsheet

Draw

This program is compatible with numerous vendor formats including Microsoft, Corel, dBase, Quattro Pro, Adobe, etc.

Works on PC, MAC, Linux, & Solaris

http://www.openoffice.org

Online Survey Tools

Zoomerang

http://www.zoomerang.com

Survey Monkey

http://www.surveymonkey.com

FreeOnlineSurveys.com

http://www.freeonlinesurveys.com/

Poll Everywhere

Audience response system that uses mobile

phones, twitter, and the web. Responses are

displayed in real-time.

www.polleverywhere.com

Cute PDF

Create professional quality PDF files from almost any printable document.

Available for PC.

http://www.cutepdf.com

Merge PDF Merge PDF documents easily and for

free!

Limitations:

Maximum number of input files is 10

Individual file size limit is 5 MB

http://www.mergepdf.net/

Split PDF

Split PDF documents easily and for free!

Upload file size limit is 20 MB

http://www.splitpdf.net/

ZamZar

Convert files from your desktop or from a URL online without installing any software.

Converts many types of formats for images, documents, music and videos.

http://www.zamzar.com

Online image editor

Pixlr – Photo Editing Services http://www.pixlr.com

FotoFlexer http://fotoflexer.com

Works with any computer with online access.

Cool Text

Create neat logos and buttons – online.

Download over 1,200 fonts

Can be useful for creating handouts or developing online content

http://www.cooltext.com

Audacity

Audacity® is an open source program for

recording, editing & exporting sounds

Available for PC, Mac, Linux/Unix

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

7-Zip

Allows you to compress files & folders into “zip

files” as well as open zip files.

Works on Windows, Mac & Unix

http://www.7-zip.org/

SimpleOCR

SimpleOCR (Optical Character Recognition)

If you have a scanner and want to avoid

retyping your documents, SimpleOCR is the

fast, free way to do it.

Works with Windows PC.

http://www.simpleocr.com/

Speakonia

Text to Speech Software

Plan and simple, this program takes your text and reads it aloud.

Can export spoken text as a WAV file.

http://www.cfs-technologies.com/home/?id=1.4

Norton Safe Web

Allows users to verify if a website is safe or not.

Analyze sites for

Computer Threats

Identity Threats

Annoyance factors

http://safeweb.norton.com/

Bit.ly

Allows users to shorten long URL addresses,

share URLs with others and track the number of

views of a particular link

http://www.bitly.com

CamStudio

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer.

Output: AVI video files and Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

Platform: Windows

http://www.camstudio.org/

Plagiarism Check

Websites The sites below provide instructors with tools to check for plagiarized assignments.

http://www.articlechecker.com/

http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/

http://www.duplichecker.com/

Free Conference Call Offers conference calls that are simple

and easy to use, requiring only a name

and an e-mail address to receive an

instant account.

Features:

Up to 6 hours in length

Up to 96 callers

Offers options for logs & recording

www.freeconferencecall.com

We Transfer

http://www.wetransfer.com

Send up to 2GB

No registration

It’s free

Drop Send

http://www.dropsend.com

File Mail https://www.filemail.com/

50 GB max size

Files available for 7 days

Unlimited Downloads

Available on PC, Mac, iOS and Android

Wayback Machine – Internet Archive

http://web.archive.org

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other information on the Internet. It was launched in 2001 by the Internet Archive

Use it to find older website designs, files, date, etc.

What is the Top App in 2020?

AFTER HOURS [KICK BACK AND ENJOY THE “APPY” LIFE]

Twitter:

Pandora:

iFunny:

YouTube:

Instagram:

9GAG:

Facebook:

LinkedIn Pulse:

Additional Resources

http://metsoskil.wikispaces.com/Appy+Hour!

http://www.cotting.org/site/DocServer/EdutainmentAppyHourHandout.pdf?docID=5682

http://www.appsinclass.com/

Summary There are numerous apps & software tools

available to educators to streamline your work,

stay innovative and keep your students

ENGAGED!

For More Information Contact: Robert McWilliams, Psychology

Instructor

Chattahoochee Valley Community College

Robert.mcwilliams@cv.edu

Office: (334) 291-4956

PowerPoint will be available on www.robertmcwilliams.com

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