Mac Applications for Educators

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Presentation Tools • Paparazzi – http://derailer.org/paparazzi/ (free) • OmniDazzle – http://www.omnigroup.com/products/ omnidazzle/ • Desktastic – http://www.panic.com/desktastic/ • Scribbles – http://www.atebits.com/scribbles/ (free/$20)

Collaborative Learning Tools which allow you to interact with students and students to interact with each other.

Collaborative Learning • Skim – http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ • Cobalt – http://www.opencobalt.org/ • Second Life – http://secondlife.com/?v=1.1 • StarQuiz – http://www.cosmicsoft.net/starQuiz/

Classroom Tools Tools to assist in the information transfer process and provide a rich learning experience.

Classroom Must Haves • Alarm Clock 2 – http://ow.ly/1sbYg • VLC – http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ • Google Earth – earth.google.com • Caffeine – http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

Virtual Worlds A virtual world is a genre of online community that often takes the form of a computer- based simulated environment, through which users can interact with one another and use and create objects[1]. Virtual worlds are intended for its users to inhabit and interact, and the term today has become synonymous with interactive 3D virtual environments, where the users take the form of avatars visible to others graphically. -- Wikipedia

File Editing • Gimp -- www.gimp.com • Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download • NVU – http://nvu.en.softonic.com/mac • Open Office – http://www.openoffice.org/

More Classroom Tools Tools to assist in the information transfer process and provide a rich learning experience.

Lesson Planning • Audio Hijack – http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/ • Jing – www.jingproject.com • CopyPaste Pro* – http://www.scriptsoftware.com/copypaste/ • Freemind – http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/ Main_Page

Google Earth • Productivity Tools

Productivity Tools • Evernote – evernote.com • Namely - http://amarsagoo.info/namely/ • Dropbox -- dropbox.com • KeyCue – http://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue/ • Typinator – http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/

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Mac Applications for Educators

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