The staff of the Instructional Development Services would like to thank all you loyal readers of our blog articles and would like to thank all those that participated in our Spring 2013 workshops!! Below we have posted a recap of all the articles/workshops we delivered this spring. We will be taking [...]
By Brittani Carter, Instructional Development Services Lab Assistant
The Corkulous App created by Appigo allows you to collect, organize and share your ideas. This app requires your iPhone, iPod Touch and/or iPad to operate with the iOS version 5.0 or later. Corkulous is a multi-purpose app that contains a corkboards setting where you can place/take notes, [...]
By Nicole Dobyns, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
This week we have focused on an application for the iPhone and iPad that our Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration (RPTA) major, Nicole Dobyns has really grown to like. Many of the applications that we discuss through Tech Insights are specific to education, but this application can be [...]
By Carlo Daniels, Graduate Assistant Instructional Development Services
The Creative Book Builder app developed by Tiger Ng allows one to compose and edit eBooks using a variety of intricate content creation and authoring tools on one’s iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android powered device. Ebooks can then be published in ePub format to be read by [...]
By Amanda Richards, Instructional Development Services Lab Assistant
iBooks Author allows users to create and publish interactive multi-touch books for the iPad and is available free in the Mac App Store. iBooks Author allows anyone to create content specific to their needs and include things such as text, graphics, movies, interactive reviews, and more. Creating an [...]
By Carlo Daniels, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
Ask3 for iPad by TechSmith Corporation is a very dynamic and interactive free screen recording app that allows teachers and students to collaborate through video postings. All ofthe interaction and collaboration occurs entirely within the app. Thus, there is no need for logging into external sites or additional [...]
By: Instructional Development Services staff
Do you have old VHS tapes that you still display in your classroom? Do you hate having to rewind and fast forward just to display a few short clips on your tapes? Are your tapes really old and getting worn out? Well we have the solution just for [...]
By Nicole Dobyns, Instructional Development Services Graduate Assistant
This blog tends to focus on a lot of apps and web services that benefit mostly teachers, this week I decided to focus on a tool that can be useful to all majors in the College of Education and Human Services. This week I am highlighting [...]
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By Amanda Richards, Instructional Development Services Lab Assistant
Have you ever been browsing the web or an application such as Flipboard and found an article that you just didn’t have time to read? The application formerly known as “Read it Later” is now “Pocket”. The Pocket application can be added to web browsers such as Firefox, [...]