2. What is Flash?
o Produced by Adobe
o Creates interactive applications
Why would we use Flash?
o Create small quizzes, slide shows, animations
o Random presentation of information
o Reasonably quick and easy to develop applications
What is HTML5
o HTML is the “language” of the Internet
o HTML5 is very new, not supported on every browser
o Being heralded as the “way forward”
3. Why?
o Anything developed using Flash needs the free Adobe Flash
Player
o Adobe Flash Player is not available for iPads – and never will be
o Other devices might follow suit
How?
o Currently tricky – very few “tools” to develop applications in
HTML5
Recycle?
o Take existing Flash application
o Change the code a little bit
o Keep file size down
o Convert into HTML5
4. Ispring Converter
o Takes PowerPoint presentations, turns them into HTML5
code
o Code can then be hosted online – works almost like an
app
iBuildApp
o Free to create apps based on templates
o Quick and easy
o Have to pay to publish app via Apple Developer Account
or via iBuildApp
Deezine
o Create interactive magazines on the iPad
o Add a variety of content, including video
o Can only be read using their (free) reader
5. Some tools that produce iPad friendly products include:
Flipsnack
o Takes PDFs and converts into online flip books
o Runs online – no install
o Free (small watermark, embed only)
o Ironically, doesn’t work on the iPad
o Other free tools from the same company, such as Photosnack
Handbrake
o Free tool to convert video into iPad friendly versions
o Has to be installed locally
6. Endless search for new apps
o Personal goal: find free versions that are really free
o Over 700,000 available apps of varying quality
Pick a topic; search, search, search
Read existing reviews
Sharing results
o Via the E@T Blog
o Existing blog post:
• Screen casting apps (apps to record your screen)
o In-progress blog posts:
• Tools to help you concentrate in noisy environments
• Mind mapping tools
• Photo editing apps
7. DropBox
o “Cloud” storage
o Integrates with lots of other tools such as…
CloudOn
o Free, online version of Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
o Create documents from scratch or modify existing ones
Evernote
o Quick and easy note taking, allows tagging – synchronised to
any device
o Attach emails to a “notebook” – group items together
PageSend
o Produce guides, help sheets, feedback etc
o Share easily
iMovie and Garage Band
o iMovie creates videos with captions, sound quickly and easily
o Garage Band creates music very quickly – which can then be
used in iMovie
