Reading and Sharing

The semester is almost over and I hope everyone in this class is keeping track of their iPad usage. I have used my iPad for reading articles, taking down notes at faculty meetings, reading and analyzing new course proposals submitted to the CHSS Graduate Curriculum Committee, and reviewing PP slides.

Everyone should have a minimum of 19 blog entries as of Monday, April 16th. If you want credit for your blog posts you will need to have a minimum of 20 informative entries.

Today we have an invited speaker in LNGN 245. She is a regional specialist for the U.S. Census. We will discuss the changing face of America and issues of equity and equality.

New Apps for Your iPads

I have spent the past two days getting all my receipts and documents together in order to start the tedious process of filing one's return. I was shocked to see how much money I have spent on software, office supplies, books, and journals. I have also given a significant amount of money to various charitable organizations. No wonder I never have any money left!

Here is a free App Jae recommends for displaying PP slides via our iPads: SlideShark

Another one I would like to try is iAnnotate:

My Own SMS Network

I am not in touch with many of those who formed my SMS network last year or two years ago. My niece, with whom I exchanged text messages, is now an extremely busy medical student. My next door neighbor moved to another county and I rarely hear from him. My SMS network is shrinking. I will have to update the size of my SMS network.

Family Pictures

My son sent me some new pictures of my two beautiful grandchildren. It's amazing how fast Max is growing. He looks so happy! When I visit them in July, I will show them how to experience literacy with an iPad. It's going to be lots of fun.

New Amazing Apps

I have just purchased an iPad 3 and hope that we can all share PP slides, videos, charts, documents by using one of two Apps that an Apple technical support specialist recommended. The following applications will allow us to share and show a presentation on all of the iPads in the classroom.

Assemblee
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/assemblee/id434812547?mt=8

Idea Flight
http://www.ideaflight.com/

Stephanie is going to try to share an exercise based on her color-coded model on Monday. I am really looking forward to the shared experience.

Great Photo

Here are some of the beautiful people in my class. Greta has a cell phone, iPad, and laptop. How cool is that! We are all so wired! Are we becoming more efficient learners?

What a week!

I have been walking around like a zombie all week. I had too many papers to shuffle around last week and could hardly find time to read. I did manage to find two very interesting Apps to lower my stress level. One of them is Temple Run, a fun game. Now I understand why teenagers enjoy playing this game. It is really exciting, but I get frustrated when I fail to get my avatar to turn right or left and he ends up falling to his death. It is lots of fun.

The other App is Gardens of Time. This game allows players to find misplaced treasures in a Time Manor. Some of you will enjoy playing this game, but do it with your iPads. I find it very difficult to find treasures when playing this game on my iPhone because I can hardly make out some of the items. That's what happens as one grows old.

It's time for me to go for my daily walk.