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  • Believe the Hype: HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript animations with no coding!

    • Posted by Chris Brewer
    • May 23, 2011
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    Apple has made quite a bit of noise around HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Indeed, Apple's view of the web using these three technologies threatens to unseat Adobe Flash as the go-to technology for providing simple web-based animation and other interactive...

  • Apps Lab @ Emory - iAnnotate PDF

    • Posted by Wayne Morse
    • May 11, 2011
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    iAnnotate PDF is a document reader application for iOS devices.  Any annotations that are made become part of the document itself.  The toolbar is easily customizable and provides tools of many types.
    The good:
    iAnnotate gives you a PDF r...

  • Apps Lab @ Emory - Read It Later

    • Posted by Brian Croxall
    • May 3, 2011
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    Read It Later allows you to mark web pages on your mobile or desktop browser to be read later and then syncs these pages to your iOS or Android device. It downloads a copy of the original page and a text-only version so you can read it later, even if...

  • Getting Started with ePubs: Creating Your Own E-Book Using Apple Pages

    • Posted by Jason Rhode
    • April 28, 2011
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    While attending a recent Apple Education Seminar, Mobility with iPads at Illinois Institute of Technology, I learned of the relatively easy process for creating an ePub file using Pages on a Mac.For those who aren't familiar with ePub, it is a free, ...

  • AcademiX 2011 Presenter Bios

    • Posted by Chris Brewer
    • April 28, 2011
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    Read on for the biographers of presenters at Friday's AcademiX 2011 conference. If you haven't yet signed up, it's not too late! Read more about AcademiX 2011 here.
    Carey Cavanaugh
    Carey Cavanaugh is Director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy an...

  • Note taking on iPad: Four apps reviewed

    • Posted by Rich Shivener
    • April 14, 2011
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    Handwritten, typed, recorded – these are top ways we take notes. Which is the right way? In the iPad age, all three.
     
    These four apps make note-taking easy and multi-faceted for educators and students. Their strengths vary, but they suc...

  • Notes Plus: Note taking on iPad

    • Posted by Rich Shivener
    • April 14, 2011
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    Handwritten notes seem archaic these days, but the Notes Plus app by Viet Tran breathes new life into the form. Of the note-taking apps we've reviewed, it is most optimal for scribbling down notes with a finger or an iPad-compatible stylus. The other...

  • Audiotorium: Note taking on iPad

    • Posted by Rich Shivener
    • April 14, 2011
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    App Apps' lecture-friendly Audiotorium is ideal for students who definitely prefer typing and audio recording over handwriting, and doing the former with a little style. And if they're organized (ahem), the app's even more ideal. 
     
    In fa...

  • Notability: Note taking on iPad

    • Posted by Rich Shivener
    • April 14, 2011
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    Notability - let's consider the word for a moment. OK. It's a fun word, just like the Ginger Labs app of the same name we're talking about in this very review.
     
    We'll call this app perfect for creating a multimedia diary or creating a rough d...

  • SoundNote: Note taking on iPad

    • Posted by Rich Shivener
    • April 14, 2011
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    Developed by David Estes, SoundNote is the simplest of the four note taking apps we're discussing in today's roundup. It's such simplicity that makes it less conducive to distracted writing, or time spent fiddling with fonts, page layout or handwriti...