Tuesday's iPad Tips IV

- TED:

if you haven't discovered TED videos, well, you should :) Technology, Entertainment, Design. Basically, they're videos of experts from various fields, however, they're so much more than that: "TED has broken the mould of what one expects from a speech. Speakers do not explain how to configure a bit of kit nor why one product is superior or inferior to another. Rather, they try to reconfigure listeners' minds."

The Economist November 17, 2012

- anyhow, you can watch TED videos anywhere but there is an app for it.

SOCK PUPPETS:
Like the title says, it's an app that allows sock puppets to talk to each other using your voices on helium :) Here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TZFWuffY6E

Okay, it's kind of elementary school-ish, but I've gotta say, I think high school kids would get a kick out of this. And it certainly connects with literacy and drama. It'd also work in your ENGLISH media strand. My wife teaches primary. It's changed her life :)

SCRABBLE:

there is a scrabble app. There are several options -- you can play with real live people or you can play with random people or friends online. Perfect for those 2 or 3 kids who are done their work early.

PAGES: there are many word processing apps on the market -- which I'll tell you about another time -- but when it's all said and done, for sheer word processing (no toys,bells and whistles) I think the best one out there for sharing, formatting, opening and exporting as Word is PAGES and if you have a Mac, there's a great version for Mac as well. I think it costs $9.99, but you know what they say: you get what you pay for...