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Live Binders is a web tool that allows you to create an online binder with tabs and sub tabs.  You can use this to share and annotate images, websites, google docs and more.  This would be a good site to create an online portfolio for students and professionals. 

This is a Binder about iPads that shows how LiveBinders can be used to share information through topics and sub topics.

http://livebinders.com/media/get/MTgyNTQ0

Live Binders

http://livebinders.com/

This is a web browser made just for kids and can set parents minds at ease when their children are on the internet!  The site allows kids to search for kid appropriate videos on yourtube, play kid appropriate games and lets them search and look at websites for kids!  Parents can sign up and track the amount of time the child is on the computer and password protect them from getting off the browser and going somewhere else.  I have tried this out on my daughter and she seemed to really like it, the interface is easy to navigate and there is a lot to choose from.  I am intersted to see how this could be used in a classsroom setting for yound students, if I get the chance to try it I will share later!

Kid Zui

http://www.kidzui.com/

This iPad app allows you to see and interact with you computer via your ipad.  The app cost five dollars, and seems to be worth the small fee. I tried a bunch of different programs on my computer and they all seemed to work well.  Teachers you can manipulate your computer and presentations without being at the front of the class!  You can try this app free for 5 minutes before you have to buy it.

Splashtop Remote

http://www.splashtop.com/remote

iRed Lite is a little app for your Mac computer, it will make your apple remote work with the web based Prezi or a downloaded Prezi.  First you must download iRed Lite and then follow the video for easy setup.

1st) Download iRed Lite and install onto your computer 

iRed Lite
Click here to download
File Well Website: http://www.filewell.com/iRedLite/

2nd) Watch the video for step by step directions. (If Video doesn't appear click link to see on separate page)

(download)

Click here to download:

iRedlite_Video.mov (19.63 MB)

Thanks to Ryan Givey who helped with the movie!

Caffeine is an app for Macs that will stop your machine from going to sleep, dimming the screen, or starting screen savers.  This is a great app to have for presentations or use a Mac for teaching.  It is quick and simple to install and easy use.  Its one of the apps that is a must!   Click below to check it out and download it!

Caffeine

http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

If you have an andorid phone and you are looking for a fitness app, Cardio Traier is the app for you.  I have used this for the last half of a year, and honestly it is one of the reasons I stuck wit the android platform and not the iPhone.  This app will tarck your walk/run and give you statistic like mile per hour, calories burned, and actually show a map of your walk/run.  You can also save and share the work out via Facebook and Twitter.  If you like to listen to music, there is a player embedded in cardio Trainer as well.  I use the free version and I love it...so search Cardio Trainer in the Andorid market or click the link below.

Cardio Trainer

http://www.worksmartlabs.com/cardiotrainer/about.php

I spent most of the day working on a Prezi, which is an online and offline presentation tool that blows up traditional presentations by living a 3d environment.  With Prezi you can Zoom around a set path and focus on key words and objects impressively and cleanly.  Prezi allows you to create text, shapes, frames, set color themes and embed pictures an videos into your presentation.  A better way to explain Prezi is to show you, check out my 60 in 60 presentation from PETE&C and see how a prezi works.  I have also posted a teacher link below as well.

Shakespeare Prezi

https://prezi.com/secure/c30a5342c92f99f52b368c34aff0e82497f5b2e8/

Prezi definitely has a bit of a larning curve, but if you watch the tutorials and practice a bit you can start to make really dynamic presentations and also share them on wikis and blogs or download to show them offline.  I have also used prezi to make videos using screenshots and explain the steps for guided notes.  There a lot of great things you can do with prezi!  So check it out!

Prezi

http://prezi.com/

Live Scribe Pen
This pen allows you to hear, write and draw your notes and then upload them to your computer.  I find myself getting distracted in meetings when I have my computer in front of me, by using this pen and paper, I can write and record my notes and then revisit the notes and audio later.  The pen will record just your writing if you choose and make sure you ask permission if you would like to record the audio of a lecture or meeting!

To use the pen you have to use a notebook made for the pen or you can print off your own sheets.  This allows the pen to know what page you are on and organize your notes on the desktop version.  I am just starting to explore other uses for this pen, as I figure them out I will share them with you!  Check out my Pencast below and see how the pen works!  You notice the colored text is what I record while I was recording audio.  

You can also take computer video files and convert them to different format to be played on different devices as well.  This program goes deeper than the other video conversions sites I have shared in the past.  It is easy to use and best of all its free!

Handbrake
http://handbrake.fr/