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Tech Happy Hour:
Tools for Your Tablet
Faculty/Staff Workshop
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tell us about your tablet use!
• What kind of tablet do you have?
• What do you use it for?
Today we’ll discuss tablet apps for
• storage for files of all types
• reading, either online or offline
• taking notes, saving files, marking up files
• visual media
• sound media
(and especially their use for teaching/research)
Dropbox
Dropbox
Instapaper
Instapaper
Instapaper
Readability
Readability
• Clipping service for articles and other textual
content—use on a desktop computer or
mobile Safari with browser
plugin/bookmarklets (not easy)
• Allows tagging, sending to Readability by
email, archiving, sharing
• Read now or save for later
• Offline reading best feature; great for older
eyes too
Tablet Access to Ebooks
• Pleasant to read on tablet, ability to flip pages
• iBooks=usually $ via iTunes store
• Library (public, City Tech) options:
– 3M, Overdrive apps = epub format ebooks
– Kindle = Kindle format ebooks
– Bluefire for epub ebooks w/o apps such as ebrary
• Need Adobe Digital Editions acct. for epub
books—sign up at Adobe
Evernote
Evernote
Evernote
• Can be used for clipping via browser but has much
more capability than Readability
• Offline access, syncing features; offers desktop client
• Rapid note creation
• Mark up images, pdfs, etc.
• Tagging, folders, collaboration & sharing
• Quicknote reminders, lists, checklists
• Share via AirDrop
• Can be a hub for all your content
• New app, Evernote Food
iAnnotate for Android
iAnnotate for Android
iAnnotate for Android
Camera/photos
• The camera is to take pictures using the front
or back lens (default).
• Photos can be taken in high-dynamic range
(HDR) mode, with 3 different exposures are
combined in a single shot.
• You can zoom in and out using the pinch and
stretch finger gestures.
Photoshop Express
http://cityte.ch/xpress
Photoshop Express
• Photoshop Express can be used to crop and
resize images.
• This app can apply different filters to your
photographs for special effects
• PS Express can also tilt images so they can be
straightened
• Great for on the go photo editing.
Tascam PCMRecorder
http://cityte.ch/tascam
Tascam PCMRecorder
• The Tascam PCMRecorder can be used for
field recordings
• Uses an equalizer to adjust the audio settings
of a recording.
• Volume limiters in the app can help reduce
clipping of recordings
• A low-pass filter can also be used to reduce
background noise.
SoundCloud
http://cityte.ch/soundcloud
SoundCloud
• SoundCloud is a web service that allows the
sharing of sounds.
• Recordings can be done on an iPad and shared
through SoundCloud.com
• Requires user registration
• Each sound has a unique URL that can be
shared or embedded into web pages.
+ Keyboard = Laptop Substitute
Photo by Karlis Dambrans http://flickr.com/photos/janitors/9679258384/
Questions?
Suggestions?
Thank you!
Profs. Monica Berger, Anne Leonard,
Maura Smale, Junior Tidal

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Tools for Your Tablet

  • 1. Tech Happy Hour: Tools for Your Tablet Faculty/Staff Workshop Thursday, February 27, 2014
  • 2. Tell us about your tablet use! • What kind of tablet do you have? • What do you use it for?
  • 3. Today we’ll discuss tablet apps for • storage for files of all types • reading, either online or offline • taking notes, saving files, marking up files • visual media • sound media (and especially their use for teaching/research)
  • 10.
  • 11. Readability • Clipping service for articles and other textual content—use on a desktop computer or mobile Safari with browser plugin/bookmarklets (not easy) • Allows tagging, sending to Readability by email, archiving, sharing • Read now or save for later • Offline reading best feature; great for older eyes too
  • 12. Tablet Access to Ebooks • Pleasant to read on tablet, ability to flip pages • iBooks=usually $ via iTunes store • Library (public, City Tech) options: – 3M, Overdrive apps = epub format ebooks – Kindle = Kindle format ebooks – Bluefire for epub ebooks w/o apps such as ebrary • Need Adobe Digital Editions acct. for epub books—sign up at Adobe
  • 15. Evernote • Can be used for clipping via browser but has much more capability than Readability • Offline access, syncing features; offers desktop client • Rapid note creation • Mark up images, pdfs, etc. • Tagging, folders, collaboration & sharing • Quicknote reminders, lists, checklists • Share via AirDrop • Can be a hub for all your content • New app, Evernote Food
  • 19. Camera/photos • The camera is to take pictures using the front or back lens (default). • Photos can be taken in high-dynamic range (HDR) mode, with 3 different exposures are combined in a single shot. • You can zoom in and out using the pinch and stretch finger gestures.
  • 21. Photoshop Express • Photoshop Express can be used to crop and resize images. • This app can apply different filters to your photographs for special effects • PS Express can also tilt images so they can be straightened • Great for on the go photo editing.
  • 23. Tascam PCMRecorder • The Tascam PCMRecorder can be used for field recordings • Uses an equalizer to adjust the audio settings of a recording. • Volume limiters in the app can help reduce clipping of recordings • A low-pass filter can also be used to reduce background noise.
  • 25. SoundCloud • SoundCloud is a web service that allows the sharing of sounds. • Recordings can be done on an iPad and shared through SoundCloud.com • Requires user registration • Each sound has a unique URL that can be shared or embedded into web pages.
  • 26. + Keyboard = Laptop Substitute Photo by Karlis Dambrans http://flickr.com/photos/janitors/9679258384/
  • 28. Thank you! Profs. Monica Berger, Anne Leonard, Maura Smale, Junior Tidal