iPad

Share your apps and/or uses of the iPads in the classroom setting.

I use PrintNShare to print from my iPad. You have to install the WePrint server on your computer, but that makes all the printers installed on that computer available from your iPad. It works very well using either WiFi or 3G.

I have KeyNote, QuickOffice, and iMovie (not free), as well as lots of free apps like DropBox, Kindle, TED, Google Earth, Skype, Khan Mobile, EverNote, Bump (to share things between idevices), Scan (qr code reader), Dragon Dictation. I found a few free photo and video apps like FingerFoto, Picture Booth, MovieFXCam, GIF Cam, but I haven't really worked with them yet.

The best way to find apps, other than following uniqsuseq on Twitter (I think that's how she spells it--it's Susan Gilley), I think, is to download AppShopper or go to appshopper.com because that site will allow you to filter for free apps and by type of app. I download anything that is free and sounds like my students might use it. Even games that sound like they have a complex problem-solving component.

On my own iPad I have SplashTop to remotely control my computer when I'm demonstrating or walking around the room. You have to install a small program on your computer for this one, too. There are others like this but I haven't played with Doceri yet, and I like SplashTop better than iVNC or TouchPad (which only lets you move your mouse but doesn't show your PC screen on the iPad).

There are apps for Edmodo and Schoology. I recently discovered PhotoSync ($1.99, I think) that lets you send pics between your PC and iPad very easily. Of course, with iOS 5 you have iCloud that lets you do the same thing up to 5 MB.

I haven't tried it yet, but Prompter is a free teleprompter app. I also found a bunch of games where you have to find hidden items. I thought those would be good for students to waste time with and still be somewhat productive.