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1. App
Guide
February
2014
GApps
covered
in
workshop
Most
descriptions
taken
from
product
websites,
Google
play
or
iTunes
Icon
Title
Read
books
purchased
from
Amazon
Free
Read
books
lent
from
libraries
Free
Free
iBooks
Free
Google
Play
Books
Read
books
purchased
from
Google
Books
Read
books
purchased
from
Barnes
and
Noble
Overdrive
For
both
IOS/Android
unless
listed
Kindle
Cost
Nook
Purpose
Read
books
purchased
from
iTunes
Free
Dropbox
Cloud
storage;
accessible
by
windows,
mac,
mobile
and
Linux
Free
2. App
Guide
February
2014
Google
Drive
Free
Sugar
Sync
Cloud
storage
free
Microsoft
office
for
mobile
devices
Syncs
with
Google
docs,
Dropbox
14.99
Numbers
Spreadsheet
program
for
Mac
$9.99
ios
Pages
Word
processor
for
Mac
9.99
ios
GoDocs
Cloud
storage
Ability
to
edit
Google
docs,
spreadsheets,
etc.
on
mobile
devices
$4.99
Slide
Shark
View
and
show
PowerPoint
slides
on
iPhone
free
and
iPad.
Preserves
the
transitions
Quick
Office
Pro
ios
3. App
Guide
February
2014
Mighty
Meeting
New
version
of
Google
slides
free
Slide
Share
free
Google
Presentation
Presentation
and
whiteboard
sharing
Mobile
website
free
http://m.slideshare.com
Haiku
Deck
ios
Apple
presentation
app
–
part
of
iWork
9.99
ios
Mirror
op
sender
free
Keynote
Slide
creation
and
presentation
app
Allows
for
wireless
connection
from
android
Free
device
to
monitor
or
lcd
projector
Flipboard
Popular
magazine
and
social
media
app
–
you
pick
the
topics
and
it
builds
the
news
magazine
Free
4. App
Guide
February
2014
NetVibes
free
Social
news
reader
Brings
blogs,
magazines,
social
networks
and
newspapers
into
one
place
free
Evernote
News
reader
Pulse
NewsBlur
free
Feedly
Monitors
social
media
“Captures
everything”
note
clipper,
web
clipper,
voice,
texts
Free.
More
storage
for
a
price
Ziti
Personalized
magazine
learns
what
you
like
to
read
and
delivers
new
material
all
the
time.
Free
Google
Maps
Mapping
app,
shows
locations
street
view,
can
search
for
attractions
nearby
free
5. App
Guide
February
2014
Waze
Community
based
navigation
and
traffic
app
free
Trip
It
Trip
organizer
–
itineraries,
directions,
car
rentals,
airline
tickets
etc
all
in
same
place
.99
without
ads
IFTTT
If
this
then
that
Creates
recipes
to
automate
tasks
free
Android
coming
CamScanner
Turns
your
tablet
or
phone
into
a
document
free
scanner
Lumosity
Brain
games
to
keep
your
brain
moving
and
sharp
Must
buy
subscription
7
little
words
Word
game
Create
words
from
syllables
using
clues
Free
–
new
game
daily,
can
buy
sets
of
puzzles
Quiz
up
World’s
biggest
trivia
game
free
Android
due
this
year
6. App
Guide
February
2014
Touchcast
Everyone
shoots
an
event
–
upload
to
vyclone
and
it
puts
everyone’s
film
into
one
Free
Measures
your
room
and
creates
a
floor
plan,
emails
in
a
variety
of
forms
–
jpg,
pdf,
html
and
dxf,
can
be
opened
in
CAD
free
Ted
Available
for
pc
Magic
Plan
Free
Vyclone
Video
authoring
system
allowing
you
to
easily
add
interactive
piece
to
your
video
,
twitter,
images,
text,
polls?
Mobile
version
of
the
Ted
Talks
website
Free
SnapSeed
Photo
editing
app
Free
Instagram
Photo
sharing
Free
Songza
Play
music
for
your
mood-‐
gym,
relaxing,
work
etc.
Free
7. App
Guide
February
2014
Slacker
Radio
Customized
music
along
with
talk
and
sports
from
ABC,
ESPN
and
more
Shazam
Recognizes
music
and
media,
allows
it
to
be
free
shared
or
purchased
Pandora
Choose
music
and
radio
by
genre
or
create
your
own
Umano
Listen
to
articles
from
publishers
and
free
bloggers.
Users
curate
to
find
best
content,
can
create
playlists
and
download
for
off
air
listening
Use
your
commute
and
gym
time
wisely
–
subscription
listen
to
a
book.
The
only
way
my
kids
got
through
Shakespeare
Handwriting
app
uses
gel
ink
colors.
Can
create
different
notebooks
for
different
topics,
allows
for
pages
to
be
inserted,
deleted,
duplicated
or
moved
to
another
notebook
PenSupremacy
for
Tablets
$1.49
Audible
Penultimate
Free,
but
more
options
with
subscriptions
free
.99
8. App
Guide
February
2014
Paper
by
Fifty
Three
Makes
sketching
so
much
easier!
Variety
of
pen
styles
and
colors,
color
wash
from
light
to
dark,
ability
to
share
through
email,
tumblir,
facebook,
and
twitter
Free
but
can
purchase
different
pens
NSF
funded
access
to
science
and
engineering
images
and
videos,
newsfeed
from
NDF-‐funded
institutions
Free
History
Maps
of
the
world
Nice
collection
of
historical
maps
–
several
companion
maps
apps
–
History
of
Europe,
Asia,
Americas
-‐
these
cost
7.99
free
Science
360
radio
app
available,
does
not
seem
to
be
same
as
robust
as
one
for
iPad
ios
LeafSnap
1st
in
a
series
of
electronic
field
guides.
Free
Developed
by
Columbia,
University
of
Maryland
and
the
Smithsonian.
Uses
visual
recognition
software
to
help
identify
trees
from
photos
of
their
leaves
Came
from
the
dendrology
class
at
Virginia
Free
Tech.
Used
to
be
CDs
.
It
contains
fact
sheets
for
969
woody
plants
from
all
over
North
America
with
an
in
depth
description,
range
map
and
thousands
of
color
images
of
leaves,
flowers,
fruit,
twigs,
bark
and
form.
Lost
in
the
museum?
Use
the
GPS
locater
in
Free
this
app
to
help
you
find
your
way
-‐
will
give
turn
by
turn
directions
to
exhibits
along
with
visuals
of
what’s
in
the
museum
Science
360
vTree
Explorer:
American
Museum
of
Natural
History
Android
app
under
development
Only
Android
Considering
android
app
9. App
Guide
February
2014
Edmodo
Free
Assignment
Planner
Pro
For
the
student
to
keep
track
of
schedule,
assignments,
projects
etc.
$1.49
or
add
supported
free
version
Android
only
iStudiez
Pro
Student
planner,
cloud
sync,
interactive
calendar,
grades,
assignments
etc.
9.99
Ios
only
Anatomy
4D
Augmented
reality
interactive
anatomy
app
free
Khan
Academy
Teacher
portal
allowing
students
and
teachers
to
stay
connected,
check
grades
assignments
etc.
Allows
for
viewing
of
Khan
academy
videos
Khan
Academy
viewer
for
android
free
10. App
Guide
February
2014
HMH
Fuse
Core
Algebra
1
chapter
free
$20
per
subject
Particles
Based
on
USA
core
curriculum
standards,
Rave
reviews
from
everyone
Particle
physics
-‐
named
one
of
the
best
educational
apps
of
the
year
$9.99
IOS
only
Particle
Physics
Simulator
for
Android
Oxford
Picture
Dictionary
English
Spanish
dictionary
9.99
Duolingo
Apple
2013
app
of
the
year
free
Helps
ESL
speakers
learn
English
Helps
others
learn
to
speak
Spanish,
French,
German,
Portuguese
and
Italian
iAnnotate
PDF
reader
annotator
IEEE
Xplore
These
are
not
apps
per
se
but
websites
built
Free
with
for
mobile
devices.
subscription
JStor
Digitized
print
journals,
reference
source
$.9.99
Available
in
mobile
website
App
free
but
full
text
Available
in
mobile
available
with
website
subscription
11. App
Guide
February
2014
Medline
App,
citations,
abstracts
and
some
full
text
available
free
but
more
full
text
available
with
subscription
Search
title
to
find
libraries
near
you
owning
Free
the
title
Available
in
mobile
website
Ebscohost
Academic
reference
database
Free
with
subscription
Available
in
mobile
website
Gale
–
Access
my
library
college
edition
App
from
Gale
–
Access
my
public
library,
Access
my
school
library
Free
with
subscription
Android
app
available
WorldCat
Provides
citations
and
abstracts
to
biomedical
literature.
Full
text
available
when
possible
Available
in
mobile
website