This was a Chalk Talk discussion organized by MRID’s Northern Representative, Mackenzie Koerner.
As a follow-up, I put together this list of links to Mobile Apps that we discussed.
App Evaluation Checklist:
Here’s something I didn’t mention, but which I think is a helpful tool. It is a check list for evaluating Apps to see if they are worth investing time and/or money into.
http://mn.gov/deaf-commission/assets/App%20Evaluation%20Checklist_tcm1063-202503.pdf
Presented at the MNCDHH Collaborative Experience Conference.
Here are links to the apps or resources we talked about:
Tracking Your Time:
- Toggl: http://toggl.com/
Tracking Mileage:
- Mile Bug: http://milebug.com/
- Mile IQ: https://www.mileiq.com/
Video Texting:
Glide: http://www.glide.me/
Productivity Apps:
- Google Apps: For Apple’s iOS (iPhone and iPad) or for Android phones and Tablets
- For Kindles, it i s a little more complicated, but possible. See article here if you want to do it.
Resources:
- Overdrive from Duluth Public Library: http://arrowhead.lib.overdrive.com/3EC1FBD6-1153-4454-B1AC-5FE53D63A13A/10/50/en/Default.htm
- Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ (Here’s link for Mobile Apps.)
- ASL Stem Resources:
https://www.shodor.org/deafstemterms/
https://aslstem.cs.washington.edu/ (This isn’t working now.)
https://www.deaftec.org/dictionary
Note-Taking – Manipulating PDFs:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader: https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/mobile-app.html
- ZoomNotes: http://www.zoom-notes.com/
- Goodnotes: http://www.goodnotesapp.com/ (We didn’t talk about this but similar to ZoomNotes.)