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30 Days of Web tools: #8: Use Mergely to edit and compare documents

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><img height="257" src="http://www.lostintechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/after-fork-edit.png" width="400" /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever tried to open two documents to compare them? You wish you could see immediately what changes you have already made? Comparing, editing and sharing documents is really a way of life for most of us – and Mergely provides a way of doing this easily. </span></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is Mergely and how does it work?</span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mergely is a useful online tool that can help you merge text documents and highlight changes made to existing documents.  To do this you open Mergely and paste the original document into the left column. Make changes in the right hand version and the edited changes can then e seen in the right column</span>.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you are finished you can generate and share a URL and send the documents to someone else.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFk2i3BRv6w7Yh5J_ISmrf4TkVm2NuIG91pFK_NNRAg-gbSpKnmAJE7F_INeJqYCZx1m4Unm78owSacLmL7F8I1Dx9ti7NkbyMlmsXT5SKR0orb6PJyUzilMGeATd2hGM8e3DMpi70XQg/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmGWP9bUNeJZyvvDRjbMutnsHYpWXeFZveIo1JejuojT1ZcnM5L4WzIY5rRmLAMaQ9zpAynZ897joslDQbiw3idHVq0vqIZfJLCnEiz4_YpqVAEHvQhED64MpsYinGX53DEi_crQfc-Q/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><b>What are the Mergely buttons used for?</b></span> </div><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></b>  <br /><h4> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZyjOgr36v_KI_8mEn4ciMbGy5iPT22wSNAG7iO5PToJ1tmitt_6KIXuxF8pWcsGC_7XWQ4Yj7B1KOcNFGHHBDF5v0ijhbv6yEXQKCeQI6Y5mQB4zxrKz5EMOtaklV9BD89Xir-xeYEZc/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4_kHYq8muxfdXS_5PtCKkmAoSZWTvi5muivkj3fEXHeG518xYbxONN6sAIdVtaB9oAErX_hL0RNkWAQncxP1O4o8tgc3xfGkSUBi-fuxeO4UmOsNSWOn7n-xmZ3Wewe09VNXDY2QnKg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></h4><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next to the search box, you will find seven buttons. <br />*The first one is a search button. <br />The second one lets you replace the right file with the left or the inverse. <br />*The third one is for swapping left and right. <br />*The next one clears the entire scroll area, and the last button is to download and save a file. <br />*The next two buttons are are download buttons (one as a .diff file)<br />*The last one is to open a file on your computer and load it if you so wish.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BVo1EhqFdik_Y-S1i-QWDF6w4P8FxSl7zvUXLsbiyiCYR7mw3jKBj4xR8XZUC4inJbfvPFq2ZhJt7fewbp5I7j2gGtfZ0S-T6iaoinfsIISmSyehV7sJ_IqG96phnD62B0cLhWIiXJk/s1600-h/image%25255B11%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="56" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5q1R-K1WNdQMZztzsLmaYTMzUWOtNdasWHxST1HRcN2l5GP33N5d0mpsVs0Q4LdAmpxfVgT_I1wWSi6zp3VPDLvHMyLqyp0sZfsoO7LSyWV7ET2HtC5DbtcLxDEND7fSlplHbPap-qo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> <br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The main save button allows you to save a file online. When you click on save a message appears.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcYjaZ0-U0YytWdHbdOzJzH6MsEUrDStatO2tU8M6rTlBSUHaocxNcGuSvMjY0rt6_VAWgKA487cA_D4zegaT3HbaB8rNkUMf75P1_9TysLpPn9V7QV0ykv0ZG5kw1oh81exgFCsWllM/s1600-h/image%25255B16%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod-RxoNifkaAGRIgh9GBiIte_hv2oZVjkon2oSX1Zw5NeHkPSUDOKVbolTqjdKzWtBAbU_D4dlxrQkILXQTQJ8L1YFroo0HfqaKCgemOngsJLyeFXHON1wpESagJWmwaus68poNod348/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="365" /></a></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Two new buttons appear.</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRMbj1fpS6mtSEO-5OeY5OEIR2PCKxMZV8qRheC7c9ENe-4WrVco6WLXmR-nwkUey_McuRED-sRHwX9bexmt2ZNPPpQspngZB7zUiWhgqQeBQZCh0wrqaTDd2qASmnMIfRTJuOBA0iL0/s1600-h/image%25255B21%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLL4cRo-xC7ddnGlRyXQ4P-riLU3h_97mCTn4U_3Dq_MsqHeFYrWF3K1y1dA4p_tas2yobDXsIoYJFbVobJbyhv1IohhwECIg2lb-E97HKqXxXzTRMDkwM9Sacs4psKvfg4Ldctma7cs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="415" /></a><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>'Share'</i>  gives you a URL that you can share and open from any remote location.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioN_YAP6GD58_7BfsRPq3gFI569hXANR49gQRu3bUVNBkqv_fZf-oi2OBbj1IXAB63VAjO4LO9eNaVRP01KAuaRGSORDl2BJn-91BOeJ4svFazGkAgPup7TSJf56iwC2XiHJCRGuOOt2k/s1600-h/image%25255B26%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Vq0YoCBXnenLI3nOADRJmwFl9EX9RFz0oWbTc5BBSQtqL_SO8Hg-Q3WpDNTxyPhv_fqC2nGBlBMQw-c9o4GIBsVtKZYwQSyUm0DkjWqxzFlA4I8bSq5FuGdhNMD4y1NF9r-0N6xpcxE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="393" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b></b></span><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>'Fork'</i> creates a new version of the same documents with a new unique URL. It helps for multiple sharing and making back up copies. </span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Summary of features</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Free and easy to use. </span> </li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Compare documents and highlight changes. </span> </li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Upload documents from your PC</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Either download or share these as a unique URL.</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Classroom uses</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">This is a handy tool for Language teachers to teach writing composition and show how to edit a document. </span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">A useful feature is the ability to share a URL to share with others. This will enable documents to be passed around</span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;">Students could </span><span style="font-size: small;">use Mergely to review a document without editing the original.</span></li></ul></div>

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Apps and tablet news

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WuQm5in7x6pb7eX5WL9Pwi-V20JDp7PXztfOmg108UDmfC1eT7UKI68W1Wxfd-FFAyg9OaiD4nLsx_KhVhumD6P3JI0a_35JVJ4u8kxmpY9D1Ydki5e-_KFeAtHc4zo0pgaLKrOT37cp/s1600/iStock_000016515746XSmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WuQm5in7x6pb7eX5WL9Pwi-V20JDp7PXztfOmg108UDmfC1eT7UKI68W1Wxfd-FFAyg9OaiD4nLsx_KhVhumD6P3JI0a_35JVJ4u8kxmpY9D1Ydki5e-_KFeAtHc4zo0pgaLKrOT37cp/s320/iStock_000016515746XSmall.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">iStock photo - All rights reserved.</td></tr></tbody></table>Cool apps and tablet news across my radar recently. <br /><ul class="diigo-linkroll"><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/20-iPad-Apps-for-Educators-50001270/">20 iPad Apps for Educators - Resources - SML</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A pdf with 20 ipad apps for educators - this may be something you could email to your teachers if they've just gotten ipads to teach them how to open and read a pdf on their ipad. This is really just a powerpoint converted to PDF but it does include links and screenshots.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education.">education.</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tech2date.com/40-ipad-apps-for-language-learners.html">Tech2Date » 40 iPad Apps For Language Learners</a></div><div class="diigo-description">40 ipad apps for language learners that teach language and culture. My top complaint continues to be the lack of feedback to parents and teachers, however, if you're implementing iPad 1:1, this is a must review list.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://static.chrisbray.com/bookmarklets/#tumbler">Adding Bookmarklets on iPad and iPhone</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Instructions for adding a safari bookmarklet for just about every service (except Diigo) on Chris Bray's website. If you have an ipad or iphone and want to send things to your Tumblr blog you can follow these instructions. (For pinterest, go to the Pinterest website.)</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Tumblr">Tumblr</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Twitter">Twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Evernote">Evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://alienblue.org/">Alien Blue - Reddit Client for iOS</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Reddit is increasingly a site where technology news breaks as well as having a tight integration with top technology sites like Twit.tv (they use Reddit to curate topics for the show.) This app is the highest recommended app for using reddit on the ipad and for that reason I've installed it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/reddit">reddit</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.icab-mobile.de/">iCab Mobile - The Internet Taxi for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This web browser for the ipad integrates tightly with dropbox. If you want to download and save to dropbox from your ipad web browser, this is worth it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/dropbox">dropbox</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-apps/demo-display-recorder-ipad-app-hurrah-and-how-did-this-make-it-into-the-app-store/">Demo: Display Recorder iPad App – Hurrah and How Did This Make It Into the App Store? — iPad Insight</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Display recorder is a cool app that lets you record everything on your ipad screen. This is a demo. I found out about this at socialedcon during our smackdown. Unfortunately it has been taken down out of the app store for some reason, but I'll mention it because it was there.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/05/goclass-create-and-deliver-lessons-on.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29">Free Technology for Teachers: GoClass - Create and Deliver Lessons on iPads</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Another lesson deployment app for the iPad that you can compare to NearPod. Another one worth testing.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flippedclass">flippedclass</a></div><div class="diigo-tags"><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.collobos.com/index.html">Collobos Software</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This software is supposed to make it easy to airprint all of your printers so you can print from iPad or iPod ir iPhone. It uses Bonjour and comes highly recommended. My sister is a graphic designer and says all of her friends are raving about it right now. Worth a try as her friends are super picky.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a></div></li></ul><ul class="diigo-linkroll"><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tweetmagapp.com/">TweetMag</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An app that uses your Twitter account to make magazines.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipadchat">ipadchat</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/articles/483627-using-the-pocket-bookmarklet">Pocket | Using the Pocket Bookmarklet</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Detailed instructions for installing pocket onto any web browser including for mobile devices.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pocket">pocket</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/articles/483679-how-to-save-to-pocket-on-ipad">Pocket | How to Save to Pocket on iPad</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Instructions for adding Pocket (formerly read it later) to the safari web browser. This is the sole competitor for Instapaper in my opinion. Cool App.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.smore.com/n57d-iste-2012-the-big-events">ISTE 2012: "Other" Events | Smore</a></div><div class="diigo-description">You should read this page if you're at ISTE and if you're not. It is created using Smore - an app recommended at the smackdown today. It includes many of the other events of iste that you'll want to join.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste12">iste12</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iste">iste</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.wollage.com/">Wollage , the social-scrapbook!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A new social network around scrapbooking called Wollage to share memories. This might be a great one for using this summer.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ird">ird</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.socrative.com/">Socrative | Student Response System | Audience Response Systems | Clicker | Clickers | Student Clickers | ARS | Mobile Clicker | Software Clicker</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Socrative is an app that turns any device into part of a student response system. Not sure why I haven't written about before as it has won all kinds of awards. If you have BYOD or iPad or any type of 1:1 technology, Socrative is a must use so you don't have to buy a separate response system.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/assessment">assessment</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/draw-something-by-omgpop/id488627858?mt=8">App Store - Draw Something by OMGPOP</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This is like pictionary with friends. Draw something and send it to a friend and have them guess what it is. This app is on sale right now. Lots of fun.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/drawing">drawing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2011/12/are-we-really-evaluating-use-of-ipads.html">Apps in Education: Are We Really Evaluating the Use of iPads in Our Classroom</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Research and information collected about ipads and app use in education.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/12/capture-memories-and-save-them-to-ibooks-with-my-istory">Capture Memories And Save Them To iBooks With My iStory -- AppAdvice</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Take photos and text in this iPad app and create an iBook to share. This is very cool. You could use this for journal ing in a 1:1 iPad program.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Ebook">Ebook</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iBook">iBook</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://discussion.evernote.com/topic/22720-skitch-for-ipad">Skitch for iPad! - Evernote User Forum</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Skitch for the Ipad is here. This whiteboard drawing, mind mapping ipad tool saves to evernote. If you love evernote, this is a must download tool.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/eduapp">eduapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/skitch">skitch</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_news">edu_news</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://booksandglitter.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-symbaloo-do-you.html?spref=tw">Books and Glitter: I Symbaloo--do you?</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Many teachers are raving about symbaloo, here is a another one.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/web2.0">web2.0</a> <br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.buzztouch.com/pages">Free iPhone App Builder | Free Android App Builder | iPhone and Android CMS</a></div><div class="diigo-description">An app building content management platform. This was recommended to me by Jarrod Robinson (Mr Robbo the PE Geek - a very helpful guy).</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://en.linoit.com/">Online Stickies - lino</a></div><div class="diigo-description">A sticky note account. I may use this for my pkflow method that uses stickys. This website lets you have a page with online stickys and notes. Cool tool that reminds me of corkulous on the ipad.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/webapp">webapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu">Google Apps for Education | Official Website</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Official website of Google apps for education. If you're interested in setting this up for your school or college, here is where you start.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cloud">cloud</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="https://docs.google.com/#home">Google Docs - Home</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Google docs is a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software of choice in the cloud for many that need to be collaborative. But perhaps the most useful thing to me is google forms which let students make the form and put it out on the web for others to answer. Then, examining results is as simple as pasting into a word cloud maker.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tool">tool</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cloud">cloud</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.tilespeak.com/">TileSpeak: Play Mahjong, Learn Chinese!</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Teacher yourself chinese and play mahJong at the same time. This is an app.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/learning">learning</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/chinese">chinese</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/language_teacher">language_teacher</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/language">language</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/showme-interactive-whiteboard/id445066279?mt=8&ls=1">ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard for iPad on the iTunes App Store</a></div><div class="diigo-description">Hook your ipad up to your projector and it becomes a personal whiteboard. IWB's are they as useful?</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iear">iear</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/techintegrator">techintegrator</a><br /></div></li><li> <div class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.showmeapp.com/">ShowMe - The Interactive Learning Community</a></div><div class="diigo-description">The showme app on the ipad has some fascinating potential. I am going to play with this over the summer. Would love to hear from anyone who is already using it.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/app">app</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freeapp">freeapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/freeipadapp">freeipadapp</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iear">iear</a></div></li></ul><div class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">here</a>.</div>

apps Apps and tablet news

iStock photo - All rights reserved.Cool apps and tablet news across my radar recently. 20 iPad Apps for Educators - Resources - SMLA pdf with 20 ipad apps for educators - this may be something you could email to your teachers if they've just gott…

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