iPad apps for teachers

One of the best things about having an iPad in school is being able to take photos easily and to then be able to share those images with students and colleagues. From conversations I have realised that lots of people haven't had the time to play with their Photos app and don't realise what it can do so I thought I would just mention a few of the features here. 

In the photos app you can you view and delete stills and videos, you can also favourite them (heart), file them into your own albums, and display images in an automatic slideshow with music from your iTunes library. Additionally you can make permanent changes to your images:

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One app that I find myself using semi regularly in my own studies is Text Grabber. I remember that when I mentioned this app in a talk two or three years ago, several teachers were interested and asked about it so I thought it might be worth including in this app blog.

Text Grabber is an OCR scanner which allow you to scan in and then export text. Using OCR (optical character recognition) the text you scan with your device's camera is actually read and behaves as though you had typed it in. Additionally it can also translate the text into any of forty languages. This is great if you are reading a menu on holiday and of course it has countless other uses too. Personally I use it most to import paragraphs from a book when I need the precise text for quoting or as a reference in an assignment and I appreciate not having to type the text in myself.

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