Part II TechSource Workshop: Apps
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The document provides a comprehensive list of various mobile apps along with their purposes, costs, and compatibility with Android or Blackberry devices. It covers categories such as art, education, science, note-taking, and more, highlighting features like cloud storage, multimedia content, and user interactivity. Additionally, it mentions platforms for reading, writing, and various tools aimed at enhancing user experience across different subjects.
Part II TechSource Workshop: Apps
- 1. Apps covered in Presentation Icon Title Purpose Cost Android/Blackberry Versions Art HD Great artists and their masterpieces Free Quiz $5.99 deluxe version Create your own gallery of favorites available Museum of Highlights of the “Abstracts Expressionist New York” Free Android app available Modern Art exhibit. Videos on key works and artists, internet connection needed NCMA Rodin Documentary and photos of bronzes done by Rodin Free PaperPort Digital note taking tool allows the use of documents, Free Notes web content, audio, typed and handwritten text. Dragon Voice has been added allowing for voice to text. Cloud storage Penultimate Handwriting app uses gel ink colors. Can create .99 PenSupremacy for Tablets different notebooks for different topics, allows for $1.49 pages to be inserted, deleted, duplicated or moved to another notebook Mindnode Graphic organizer, mind mapper Free Thinking space Syncs with mac $20 for Mindnode pro recommended for android Can be exported as tiff, PDF, PNG, rtf outline users Cogimap and Mindberry recommended for blackberry
- 2. Dropbox Cloud storage; accessible by windows, mac, mobile and Free Android and Blackberry Linux versions available iAnnotate PDF reader annotator $.9.99 Repligo Reader for android Evernote “Captures everything” note clipper, web clipper, voice, Free. Android and Blackberry texts More storage for a price versions available Notes Simple text notes, no organization, can email or print Free comes installed Study Blue Create flashcards using text and pictures, track your Free Android version available progress, and use the filter to only study what you don’t know. Science 360 NSF funded access to science and engineering images Free Science 360 radio app and videos, newsfeed from NDF-‐funded institutions available, does not seem to be same as robust as one for iPad Melbourne Ability to explore Melbourne Museums treasures and Free Museum displays Please touch exhibit LeafSnap 1st in a series of electronic field guides. Developed by Free Android app under Columbia, University of Maryland and the Smithsonian. development Uses visual recognition software to help identify trees from photos of their leaves
- 3. Explorer: Lost in the museum? Use the GPS locater in this app to Free Considering android app American help you find your way -‐ will give turn by turn Museum of directions to exhibits along with visuals of what’s in the Natural museum History This Day in Interactive multimedia calendar of historical events Free History developed by World Book Nook Read books purchased from Barnes and Noble Free Available for android, windows and mac, but not blackberry Kindle Read books purchased from Amazon Free Available for windows, mac, android, blackberry and windows phone 7 Overdrive Read books lent from libraries Free Available for android and blackberry and windows phone Ziti Personalized magazine learns what you like to read and Free Android version available delivers new material all the time. Red Laser Bar code reader Free Android version from App Brain Scan Bar code reader Free Android version available QRScan Now for blackberry Photon Alternative to the Safari browser, but this one supports $4.99 ` Flash files
- 4. Quick Office Microsoft office for mobile devices 14.99 Android version available Pro Syncs with Google docs, Dropbox Numbers Spreadsheet program for Mac $9.99 Not available Bento Database program for Mac $4.99 Not available Syncs with apple devices Bibion NYPL over 700 items from the NYPL 1939-‐1940 New Free NYPL app available for York World’s Fair collection android and iPad but not one specifically for this exhibit Library of Virtual tour of the Library of Congress Free Android app available Congress IEEE Xplore These are not apps per se but websites built for mobile Free with subscription Available in mobile devices. website JStor Digitized print journals, reference source App free but full text Available in mobile available with website subscription Medline Provides citations and abstracts to biomedical App, citations, abstracts Available in mobile literature. Full text available when possible and some full text website available free but more full text available with subscription WorldCat Search title to find libraries near you owning the title Free Available in mobile website
- 5. Ebscohost Academic reference database Free with subscription Available in mobile website Gale – Access App from Gale – Access my public library, Access my Free with subscription Android app available my library school library college edition Facetime Allows for video calls to other Apple devices Free Skype Doodle Finger painting without the mess, allows students to Free Paintjoy Buddy practice numbers letters drawing, includes stamps, draw with friends! Rocket Math Practice games for elementary math facts. 99 cents Math Number game Zcrazy math Puppet Pals Allow students to create and animate puppet shows. Free with limited Not available in Android, You can record and save shows character and Puppet Show available for Director’s Pass for 2.99 adds more backgrounds and background choice. .99 from Android characters and allows you to animate personal photos Marketplace and import backgrounds Teacher Pal Personal organizer for teachers, seating charts, tracks Free Teacher Aide Lite available attendance, grades and behavior from Android marketplace iThoughts Mind mapping tool for iPad and iPhone $9.99 MindMeister or Mindmaps available in android
- 6. Flipboard Popular magazine and social media app Free Google Currents pages Social Magazine Instapaper Save web pages for reading later $4.99 InstaFetch Pro Browse articles your friends are reading Send to Instapaper Other Apps not covered in the presentation Icon Title Purpose Cost Android/Blackberry Versions Notetaker HD Captures handwriting, allows a zoom to accommodate $4.99 Android – handwriting by larger stylus Dato Exports as PDF and can be emailed Can be organized into folders Inotes Text, photo, draw, organize into folders, syncs to cloud Lite version free Note Everything from or Dropbox, can be launched from Safari $3.99 Android Market Infinote To do list or notes organized by different bulletin $1.99 boards Fun, notes or lists can be emailed GoodReads Great social place for readers, can keep track of books Free Available for android but read, books to read, can read reviews of books, not an app for blackberry, tagging but you could use the mobile website on blackberry
- 7. Dictionary Dictionary and thesaurus Free Available for android and blackberry iClassics Classical Music discovery tool Free Choose by mood or composer or genre Groovebug Scans your music library and creates a “fluid Free interactive magazine for each individual artist” Steinway Learn the piano fingerings for songs some sheet music Free Etude free and some for purchase American Folk Commentary on the” Infinite Variety: Three Centuries Free Android app available Art Museum of Red and White Quilts” museum layout, comments on 650 quilts all read and white British Library Access to the library’s 19th century book collection. Free Android app available 19th Century Option to subscribe for $3.00 a month will give access Collection to all titles free or not Science Friday NPR Science Friday’s broadcast Free Android app available PBS Garden Need help with your garden? Over 2000 species $2.99 includes common and botanical names; includes pests, guides and journal 9/11 Memorial Explore the building of the memorial, construction Android app available pictures and information on the twin towers
- 8. Bulls Run Part of a series developed by the History Associates Considering android apps and Civil War Trust with a grant from VDOT. To encourage tourism in Virginia will highlight all Virginia Civil War battle grounds TED App from the popular website Android app available Reeder News reader Not available for android, Google reader or Feedly suggested Pulse News reader in magazine form Android app available Early Edition News reader Not available for android