Presentation at Lamont Library at Harvard University for Ivy Plus Academic Support conference.

1. Anu Vedantham, Ed. D.
Harvard Library
October 28, 2016
http://pollev.com/ivyplus

2.  Student perspectives
 Gardner Hype Cycle
 A conceptual framework
 Two polls
 Apps for Math and Science
 Two Demos
 Connecting Apps to Academic Support

3. Seniha Ipekci and
Tez Michaela Clark
Questions:
 How do you decide to take on a new app?
 What attracts you to a new app?
 How do apps and software differ for you?

4. “blending the
physical and digital
world to create a
frictionless
experience for
users”
– Agencies
Drinking Beer
podcast on app
psychology

5. Builds on ATCUS v2.0 instrument for attitudes towards computers by Morris et al (2009) and
YouTube analysis by Yang et al (2009).

6. Number of apps in the iTunes Store
today: More than a million!

10.  Penn Website – partnership with Weingarten Learning
Resources Center

11. SIMPLE MIND
 Great for open ended conversations
 Helps capture higher order thinking
 Demo

12. NOTABILITY
 Great for auditory learners
 Captures everything so your notes make sense later
 Privacy concerns
 Demo

13.  How we take notes and “outsource our memory” is changing
fast
 We need to record more but also retrieve with ease
 Collaborative note-taking is on the rise
 Apps cannot substitute for clear thinking but they can
facilitate it
 We need to appreciate what we do not understand

14.  ALA Best Apps 2015
 Survey Monkey Most Popular Apps 2016
 Business Insider Best Apps for Students 2016
 WIRED Psychology versus Technology
 Looking forward
 Making Apps – Exponent
 Adopting Apps – NextWeb Strategy Suggestions

15. Anu Vedantham, Ed. D.
Harvard Library
October 28, 2016
vedantham@harvard.edu

16.  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/
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 https://www.proposify.biz/podcast/episode-7