Useful Apps for iPAD

Having used the iPAD for teaching, learning and management over the last year at DMU here are my most used and most useful Apps:

Name	What does it do?
Task Task HD	Syncs your Outlook Tasks (Apple only do e-mail and calendar for DMU webmail.)
iGone	Syncs your Outlook Out of Office. (Apple only do e-mail and calendar for DMU webmail.)
Prezi Viewer	Viewer for Prezi Presentations
WebOut	Safari is not WYSIWYG. So if you use the Apple AV lead to connect to a LCD projector for a lecture the screen will be blank. This app allows internet content to be sent to a projector.
Mighty Meeting	Virtual cloud storage and AV out for ppt, pdf and doc presentations.
Penultimate	Incredible note book handwriting. AV out and ability to pdf and email handwritten notes.
Dropbox	Virtual Cloud Storage which links Apple platforms to desktop pc and internet
QuickVoice	Allows creation of email and doc files from spoken word
BlogPress	Allows creation and management of Google Blogger sites with link to Twitter for notifications.
TwitBird	Useful twitter app which shortens urls and shows previous tweets in the timeline
gDocuments	Access to, and management of, files in virtual Google Docs
AppShopper	Shows when apps are reduced for a short time
IdeaSketch	Bubble sketch app to visually show complex ideas
Pages	Apple’s version of word – accesses all doc, pdf and pages files, integrates with dropbox and email.
Keynote	Apple’s version of powerpoint – accesses all doc, pdf and ppt files, integrates with dropbox and email. Uses your iphone as a pointer and remote control.
Numbers	Apple’s version of excel – accesses all doc, pdf and xls files, integrates with dropbox and email.
Plain Text	Free version of pages, ok for basic text input
FileApp Pro	Views pfd files and doc files attached to emails if you don’t want or need Pages
LinkedIn	Linked In App

Wonderful message from a student

cant believe i got a 1:1 in degree, but as they say hard work pays off.
just want to thankyou for your help with project and tutorship, as that gave me a real boost to achieve a first.
see you at graduation


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

HLS TF Presentation

Please find link to my prezi presentation about a year using an ipad for HE teaching.

Presentation given on June 20th 2011 as part of the DMU Health and Life Science Teacher Fellow Showcase.

HLS Teacher Fellow Showcase

http://hlsweb.dmu.ac.uk/ahs/elearning/TeacherFellows/Teacher_Fellow_Home_Page.html

DMU Teacher Fellow Projects

Who I am and what my TF project(s) are on?

Graham Basten

Clinical Biochemist interested in health and wellness.

My TF projects look at using technologies to teach biochemistry, such as playing pacman or using the iPAD,for live interactive lectures. My other project is looking at how to manage student expectations and perceptions, specifically regarding the final year research project module.

Specific project details, collaborations, events, recent funding or publications?

Worked with team on the VAL project, which is a virtual lab. Also, with other TFs in the faculty, running Cafe style events to capture student’s expectations and perceptions of HE and technology.

How would you like staff to be involved?

I’d love to hear from you, how you teach and use technology for, please tweet me @grahambasten or drop me an email.

Teacher Fellow Presentation

As a DMU Teacher Fellow I presented this reporting my experiences of changing and evaluating a large and complex 3rd year honours project module.

Title: Undergraduate research projects: perceptions and expectations

Did you know...

Musing about contributions to a University UK event entitled "did you know?"

Serum is a Latin word for whey, as in curds and whey from clotted milk. Hence, serum is the liquid component of clotted blood.

Your red blood cells can live in your body for 120 days

Folic acid, found in leafy vegetables, is named after the word foliage (leaf)

DMU has been awarded a Royal Society Partnership grant

Folic acid can help protect against against heart disease and cancer

Just like children, insects do not like the bitter taste in green vegetables and they act as natural pesticides.

The bitter taste in green vegetables is actually good for you. However, children have a sensitive palette which is why they don't like them. During adolescence this sensitivity is lost and you'll start to love Brussels Sprouts!