DeskConnect – Transfer your files between Mac and IOS

DeskConnect – it’s a new service to transfer your files, like photos, doc, Websites, to your Mac or iDevices.

The workflow is really simple: 1) installs the app from Mac store on your Mac  2) install the app from App Store.

 

The advantages of DeskConnect is Free and convenient. No need to upgrade to IOS 7 but has the same functions on AirDrop.

After a short try, I like its speed which is really fast.

Application for Education

Teachers can use this app to transfer the files to students easily. I used this app to share the “Flash” content to my students’ devices and open it from “Puffin” directly!

Related articles

• DeskConnect delivers Mac-to-iOS quick sharing (tuaw.com)

5 iPad Apps Students Can Use to Record Audio Notes

5 iPad Apps Students Can Use to Record Audio Notes.

5 sites create your own Avatar

1) Voki – Design you own avator which can speaking! Others web 2.0 tools is here.

This website can translate what you type into voice (included Cantonese).

2)  DoppelMe – No registration, create your own avatar.

Tips: if you only want the avatar you just created, simply “right click” the avatar then copy & paste to other software. Otherwise, you need to reg and save to harddisk!

3) Go! animate – Free online do-it-yourself animated website.

4) Face Your Manga

Face your manga – Free online avater maker.

5) ToonDoo

ToonDoo – Free online create cartoon book.

Related articles

• Create you own Manga Style Avatar with FaceYourManga (crunchedd.com)
• I just made a new VOKI.See my avatar here. (integraleducationclass.wordpress.com)

 

WordTalk – Plugin to let MS Word talk

Today, I read a post about “8 Online tools to help educate students with disability“. The Author introduces a plugin  on Microsoft Word called” Word Talk“. Quite a strange forward name about their function.

This plugin is Free, and suit from MS Word 97 to MS Word 2010 (the newest).

Just download and install it. You can use it inside the MS Word.

 

After you downloaded the file as”msi” format. Double-click the file and click “next” to install.

After you installed the “msi” setup file, you need to run the “WORDTALK” icon to activate and install the toolbars in Microsoft Word”.

 

Then you will find the tools bar in “ADDON” ribbon in MS Word.

 

You may wish know How to use this add-on in this video below:

 

Application for Education

For students  using English as a second-language, this tools help them a lot. They can decrease the speed , highlight the word when pronounce. Such function makes students can learn it by themself.

 

iTools – one-stop web 2.0 services

iTools –  It’s a website collect most of  Web 2.0 tools.

For example, Google Web search, Google Translate Text/ Web, Linkedin and Money exchange, etc.

 

 

Ebook Glue – Convert your Blog’s RSS into EPUB / Mobi

Ebook Glue – It’s an online website to help you convert Blog’s RSS( no matter who is the owner) into EPUB / Mobi format.

NO need to sign up and login. All you have to do is input the RSS Feed in the Website. Then, after input the security code, you can download the Blog as EPUB or Mobi format.

EPUB: You can import to iPad to read. iBook for iPad let you bookmark, search, speak, find the meaning in ONE APP.

Mobi: You can import to Kindle or other reader to read. Of course, it only provide “Plain Text” .

Applications for Education

Most of School teach students to create their Blog . Now, you have a great tools for you to backup/ View their Blog in the different way. You can read in your devices. Students can backup their Blog.

Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder

Apowersoft Free Online Screen Recorder

It has several functions:

1) Record Your PC/Mac Screen with the click of a button

2) Record whatever you want, for as long as you want- FREE

3) Capture Video and Audio Simultaneously(Capture both system and microphone sound)

4) Record your memories using our WebCam Capture feature

5) Screenshot ANYTHING feature lets you document your life with ease

6) Powerful Easy Edit feature gives you better results in less time

7) Convert to the best file format for you

 

 

Application for Education:

It’s free! After testing, smooth and fast is my comment! you can record both system and microphone sound at once!

Also, after you recorded the video, you can convert the other format online in the same application!

NO installation expect JAVA(the first time)! No Cost!

 

Related post:  Screenr

ClearPrint – A browser Plugin to save paper for web printing

ClearPrint – It’s help you to print web page by less paper using.

It supports IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and iPad!

It supports detect your browser using. It will change the index page so you can install the plugin directly (including iPad)!

MP3Cut – Online cutting local files or youtube to mp3/ringtone

MP3cut – It’s online website to give you a convenience way to cut MP3.

It supports several ways:

1) upload local files from your computer (supported files format is here)

2) paste the link from YouTube/ soundcloud

3) upload a video to extract the audio channel

After you “cut” your files, you can:

1) export as *.mp3 files

2) export ringtones for iPhone and import it via iTunes

3) you have fade in and fade out features

Application for Education:

School needs powerful and FREE tools for students to edit their school stuffs. Such files can import to student’s presentation.

OurPad – Personalize your Public iPad into Private

OurPad – This app has a great idea. That is  change your iPad which is shared with someone. You can make some sociable apps like Facebook, twitter. Or some personal cloud storage account like Dropbox. All these apps “pack” into one account under OurPad. Great? Yes! You can use your personal login (Draw a path like Android-based Devices). Then all account you setup before will automated login!

Application for Education:

Imagine the iPad in school change as student-based Devices. All students can set up their own account to login their own apps with one single login. This make out-door activities much easier.

Easy PDF Cloud – All PDF functions /w Dropbox integration

EasyPDFCloud – It’s on-stop online services provider. NO need to sign if you just want to try it.

The special thing make it different from other PDF convert services is it has Dropbox integration.

Here is the adv:

EasyPDFCloud

Lookout – Your security guard of smartphone

Lookout – It’s a Free services to provide IOS and Android devices (from smartphone to tablet) security features.

Like as IOS “Find my phone” feature. You can locate your phone / tablet via internet. But, Lookout can save your device’s location signal before it runs out of battery! Quite intelligent!

Also, “Find my phone” only works on IOS devices. Now having Lookout, Android devices have same protection.

If you want more security features (only on Android users), you can consider their pay version here.

 

Application for Education:

Download the APPS on school-owned devices, you can check their location quickly!

Maily – Kid’s Own Mail APP

Maily – It’s a Free IOS App(download here). You can create the email accounts to your kids. Your kid(s) can draw, write, stamp to their emails. Once finished, they just tap one button to send to you. No spam, no junk mail. And the most important is FUN!

Check out this video now!

Application for Education:

Imagine you have 30 “KIDS” in your Classroom. Fun?

ScreenSnag – Capture your screen / Browser for Windows

ScreenSnag – It’s powered by Wolfcoders. After you download the EXE file, you can capture your screen or active brower as jpeg or copy to clipboard.

All this features are FREE! The UI is Nice and Clear. Easy to use!

 

 

Muzy – Online Stunning Photo Collage Services

Muay – It can let you organize your photos from different source: Facebook you and your friend’s Album, Google Image or upload by yourself and even Webcam!

After using their different Photo Collage Services: PhotoBox or Photo Collage. You can share the works via Facebook and Twitter.

The main different between PhotoBox and PhotoCollage are background and text.

 

Application for Education

Although It can’t input Chinese Characters, it still a good tools to student organize their discussion or field trip.

TinyPNG – Free online compress PNG File

TinyPNG – It’s free online website to let user compress the PNG file into smaller size.

All you have to do is drag and drop the PNG file to the website.

And, It supports various kind of Browser.

Application for Education:

Let student to compress their PNG files before insert into the document. No need to buy expensive software to them. It’s really a good try on Education. Let’s use it.

Passbook on IOS 6

以下兩個網站可試試passbook，很有趣的。

1) http://www.passtools.com

2) http://www.passsource.com

3) http://passfu.com/

Install Whatspps in iPod Touch

Seems use on Mac? only

Please download iPhone Configuration Utility

site

Reflection & Airserver – Mac/Win apps

– It’s a tools install on Mac or Windows to mirroring and record video  the ipad2, new iPad or iPhone 4S’s control

– It’s cost $14.99.

– Reflection website

– Airserver website

– Blog’s view

– Here is the demo video on using GoodReader on iPad.

P.S. According to user review:

Reflection – smooth but easily to crash, can be record

Airserver – lag but haven’t crash

AppleTV + Kanex(HTMI to VGA&audio)$468 is the best.

P.S. 2 Here is the other user review:

Reflection allows audio for PC, Airserver only video ATM
for PCS. Promising audio soon. BOTH work audio/video for Mac. Inconsistent
connections on our school wifi.

PhoneGap – convert IOS apps

想將DIY的遊戲內容變成IOS APPS.找了半天,只有photogap最好.

可惜,要MAC機,及要Developer account!!!!

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