My Online Summer

I encourage anyone who is teaching online, has taught online, or is contemplating teaching online to read "My Online Summer" by Jason B. Jones.  In this series of weekly articles written for The Chronicle of Higher Education Jason discusses his progress and what he is learning while teaching his first online course.
My Online Summer

Teach or Learn with your iPhone, iPad, (or iPod touch for that matter).

A few years ago I did a research study on the effectiveness of using iPod touches and instructional Math videos to increase math scores on the New York State 5th grade math assessment.  iPods were given to 5th grade students, who would use them to watch videos on math topics that they were struggling with.  The iPods acted as digital tutors for the students.  Now that my career path has taken me to Higher Education I try to see how iPods, and the newer devices, iPhones, and iPads can be beneficial to college students and professors.  What  is out there far surpasses anything that I was doing with the 5th grade students in my study.  Here is a list of iPhone and iPad apps that can be really beneficial to college students and educators.

iStudiez Pro – (app for students) Students can organize their schedule, plan their homework, arrange assignments and more.

Art – (app for students and professors) displays artwork and information about famous artists

Graphing Calculator (for students and professors) turns iPad into a graphing calculator

Math Ref – (for students) includes math formulas, figures, tips, and examples of the equations and concepts.

iHomework – (for students) students can keep up-to-date with their schoolwork, grades, to-do’s, and teacher information

Speed Anatomy (Quiz) – (students) tests knowledge of anatomy

iTranslate - (students) translates sentences into different languages and reads them back to you in that language

IFlipr Flashcards – (students) Students can create virtual flashcards on their iPad with any content they want.   

Blackboard Mobile - (professors and students) provides access to Blackboard features such as grades, announcements, discussion boards, course blogs, and all your Blackboard course content.

Fourpoint - (students) students can calculate their GPA in a course and it automatically updates as they add grades.

AlwaysOnPC  - (professors and students) access documents from your PC on your iPad.

WritePad – (professors and students) write on the screen and it converts your handwriting into text that can be dropped into documents and other apps

Numbers – (professors and students) a spreadsheet application, allows you to create spreadsheets, charts, tables, and graphs.

Pages – (professors and students) a word processing application

Keynote – (professors and students) a presentation application

iBooks – (professors and students) download books with this app.

Inkling – (professors and students) an eBook app that has unique features such as letting users discuss parts of text by highlighting sections and leaving comments for others to see, and displaying animated images in text.

For more resources read   "The iPad for Professors: Evaluating a Productivity tool After One Year" http://chronicle.com/article/The-iPad-for-Professors-/126885/  from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

If you know of any other apps not listed here or have apps for the Android Operating System, let me know.