Friday, November 6, 2009

Picks from the Apps Store-ipod touch and iphone apps by Tony Vincent

Do so much with an i-pod touch: http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch.html
http://learninginhand.com/ipod/touch/applications.html - ipod touch applications and iphone apps
Notes for this session at GaETC:

http://www.learninginhand.com/notes/gaetc/

Handhelds like the ipod touch and the iphone are great collaboration tools. Portable, multi-media, ultra-cool, good battery life, etc.
Apps are what make ipod touch awesome.
30 games, 100 apps per day are added.
Education apps are 5th largest category.
6,607 education apps available right now.
Average price 2.78 per app.

Apps selected by Tony Vincent:

  1. Name Tag Generator
  2. Whiteboard
  3. Quickword
  4. Dictionary.com
  5. Free Word Warp
  6. Inflation
  7. Comic Touch
  8. Strip Designer
  9. Ali's Jigsaw Puzzle
  10. Oregon Trail
  11. Math Drills
  12. Make Num Lite
  13. Lemonade Stand
  14. Number Line
  15. Fling (free)
  16. Flipbook
    1. Fish Example
    2. Food Chain Example
    3. Flipbook.tv
  17. HandDBase
  18. Random Activity Generator
  19. Babelshot
Notes: Whiteboard- draw right onto the screen, interact with someone else and draw at the same time.

Resources

  1. Learning in Hand: iPod touch
  2. Palm OS App Growth vs. iPhone OS App Growth
  3. App Store Statistics
  4. Podcast by Email with Posterous
  5. Headphone mics & cases cheap at Monoprice.com
  6. iTunes Account Without a Credit Card
  7. Vote on Education Apps: tr.im/appvote
  8. JeopardyLabs works on iPod touch! Try the iPod trivia board at tr.im/jgame
  9. iPod touch Tips and Tricks
  10. Tony's Delicious bookmarks tagged ipodtouch
  11. Learning in Hand: iPods Podcast
  12. twitter.com/tonyvincent
  13. Email: tony@learninginhand.com