Building+Learning+Communities+using+the+iPhone+&+Android+in+the+Classroom

Twitter: @lainerowell edtechteam.com https://sites.google.com/a/gafetraining.com/bmlc-blc2011/
 * Instructors: Lainie Rowell (iOS) and Chris Bell (Android)**
 * Attended By: Victoria Adams**
 * Pre-Conference Workshop**

iOS Tips & Tricks: 1. Tap and hold on A, N, or any vowels 2. Preferences - Settings for international keyboards 3. Shake to undo (iPad and iPhone only not iTouch) 4. If you are on the very bottom of a page in Safari, touch the time at the top of your screen and it pops your page to the very top. 5. In Safari, to take a screen shot of a web page hold the home button then tap and release the sleep/wake button (you will hear a camera clicking sound.

Recommended Apps for the Classroom: Sorry, this list is not annotated. You will have to check them out yourself. 1. Sonic Pics Lite 2. TechCrunch 3. Webbys 4. Comic Touch 5. Mashable 6. Red Laser 7. Bump 8. Storykit 9. Comic Touch 10. Puppet Pals 11. Storyrobe

Pics4learning.com Free images for teachers and students. Good bibliography that you can use as a model for students who are learning to create bibliographies. Tap and hold on the image, open/save, you can save the image in iPhoto or wherever you want.

Epubbud.com Free e book publishing. Easy to format and publish your very own picture book, chapter book, you name it. You can even buy an ISBN for $5! With Epubbud.com you can even add video and podcasts. Check out the story at the bottom of the website about the start up of this website. It is touching.

Dotepub.com Not as polished and intuitive as upubbud.com. E publishing platform.

Laine and Chris were wonderful presenters. The workshop was interactive and paced to learn the most in the amount of time given. Laine is interesting to follow on twitter and will reply to your comments.