{"id":144,"date":"2013-10-27T01:01:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T08:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ventureforth\/?p=144"},"modified":"2013-11-26T17:27:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T00:27:34","slug":"apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ventureforth\/2013\/10\/27\/apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWeek 6: Apps <\/strong>
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\nComment on Cloud-based-apps<\/a>
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\njiorns<\/strong> October 8, 2013 at 6:07 am
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\nI really appreciated the quiz on digital security and the infographic. Thanks for those. It seems that the risk of loss of individual and organizational data through cloud computing is a hot topic.<\/p>\n

Personally, I\u2019m not using the cloud for any storage or backup and have only ever worked for one educational institution that did. In that instance, it was google docs. From memory, it wasn\u2019t always a reliable service; there were server connectivity issues. But then again, the institution used google docs as its LMS, so the complications may have been that, rather than storage\/backup.<\/p>\n

I do believe there are some cloud tools are good for discrete educational and professional development activities. MET has introduced me to IHMC concept mapping and WordPress, for instance, which are tools I try to apply to other contexts. <\/p>\n

Perhaps the user efficacy, all round experience and satisfaction with a particular cloud app will have bearing on the tendency to embrace other cloud technologies.
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\nComment on Google Docs<\/a>
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\njiorns<\/strong> October 10, 2013 at 3:16 am
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\nThanks for this fun-loving presentation. I didn\u2019t know about the Flash Cards feature so thanks for sharing that. Have you used it by the way?
\nI really like GoogleDocs for collaborative projects and find the comment feature helpful for questions and discussions. The shared creation and editing space is very user friendly, although have you noticed that sometimes the spacing goes a bit weird when you\u2019re inputting?
\nAsynchronous and synchronous collaboration is good on GoogleDocs.
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\nComment on Adding an Evernote clipper to a browser<\/a>
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\njiorns<\/strong> October 10, 2013 at 4:30 am
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\nI think your team\u2019s consideration of what is involved in browser extension downloads is very thoughtful.
\nI was adding Evernote Clipper to Internet Explorer until the extension asked me to disable a security setting in the browser. There was no similar issue with adding the extension to a Chrome browser, so that is the extension I used to create my first shared Evernote.
\nA narrative and picture.
\nFirst Evernote”<\/a>
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\nComment on ESL Activity<\/a>
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\njiorns<\/strong> October 10, 2013 at 5:10 am
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\nEnglish 360 is impressive, given it has a vast amount of digital Cambridge University Press content (an elite curriculum provider for teachers of ESL\/EFL).
\nI delved a little further to find out more about the service to teachers and to institutions. It\u2019s not really a free OER.
\nTeachers working independent of any institution (e.g. freelancer or self-employed) will incur a charge when learners start using the platform. Schools can receive the English360 platform with added benefits of school branding, a unique URL, and administration-teacher accounts, but there is a minimum payment of \u20ac90 per month for a year.
\nOnce onboard, there is opportunity to share and source resources from others in the ESL community \u2013 at no cost.
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\nComment on App Development Tools
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\njiorns <\/strong> October 13, 2013 at 2:01 am
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\nCute video promo for App Inventor! Short on info, but definitely engaging.
\nThe Infinite Monkeys video was worthy of watching \u2013 then app developer looks really powerful. Certainly must do a llot for the hospitality trade.
\nI appreciate all the research you have done in app building tools.
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\nApp development tools – Post feedback on your experience using the Infinite Monkeys<\/a>, iBuildApp<\/a> or App Inventor<\/a> app development tools in the comment box below.
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\nRan out of time for this!! Was trying to get the Week 7 Digital Textbooks OER underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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