Thinks Different: Learn a little about the new iOS 10 for your iPad and iPhone

IOS 10 is available for download: Learn a little about it, before you install from David A Cox

David A Cox simply does the best tutorials.  ENJOY and thank you David for sharing your Knowledge.

http://techtalkamerica.com/favorite-ios-10-features/?mc_cid=5b521fb9b0&mc_eid=bb490b2acc (Links to an external site.) 

iOS 10 is here and we’ve put all our favorite features into this video. If you have trouble remembering them we made a handy PDF guide to help you out. Here’s a link: http://bit.ly/iOS10FavoriteFeatures (Links to an external site.)

YouTube:  

Who SHOULD consider upgrading to iOS 10?
In our opinion, not everyone should upgrade to iOS 10. If your device is listed below, we think you're good to upgrade. Otherwise, you might want to hold off since newer technology in older devices tends to slow them down. 

Upgrading to iOS 10 Recommended
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone SE
iPad Pro 9.7"
iPad Pro 12.9"
iPad Air 2
iPad Air 1
iPad Mini 4
iPad Mini 3
iPod Touch (6th Generation)

Not Recommended 
iPhone 5s
iPhone 5c
iPhone 5
iPad (4th Generation)
iPad Mini 2

Thinks Different: Learn a little about the new iOS 10 for your iPad and iPhone

IOS 10 is available for download: Learn a little about it, before you install from David A Cox

http://techtalkamerica.com/favorite-ios-10-features/?mc_cid=5b521fb9b0&mc_eid=bb490b2acc (Links to an external site.) 

iOS 10 is here and we’ve put all our favorite features into this video. If you have trouble remembering them we made a handy PDF guide to help you out. Here’s a link: http://bit.ly/iOS10FavoriteFeatures (Links to an external site.)

 (Links to an external site.)

Who SHOULD consider upgrading to iOS 10?
In our opinion, not everyone should upgrade to iOS 10. If your device is listed below, we think you're good to upgrade. Otherwise, you might want to hold off since newer technology in older devices tends to slow them down. 

Upgrading to iOS 10 Recommended
iPhone 6s
iPhone 6s Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone SE
iPad Pro 9.7"
iPad Pro 12.9"
iPad Air 2
iPad Air 1
iPad Mini 4
iPad Mini 3
iPod Touch (6th Generation)

Not Recommended 
iPhone 5s
iPhone 5c
iPhone 5
iPad (4th Generation)
iPad Mini 2


Convert PDFs t Word Documents

I thought you might be interested in hearing about PDF to Word, a state of the art smartphone converter

The most praised PDF to Word converter on the market. Easily and quickly convert PDFs from anywhere on your device, Dropbox, Google Drive, Gmail, Box and OneDrive, into editable Microsoft Word documents. Easy-to-use app and powerful converting engines.

• No limits on file size or number of converted files. 
• Excellent conversion quality.
• Scanned and complex PDFs can be converted as well.
• You can convert Gmail attachments and files from Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive directly from our app.
• You can also convert PDFs and Google documents from your Google Drive right within our app.
• Word documents are optimized for fast viewing and reuse. 
• The converted document is in the .docx format and immediately ready for further reuse. 
• Layout, formatting, tables, images and text look exactly like the original.
• No need to further fix the converted document.
• Your file is deleted from servers, right after the conversion ends.


Reuse and edit your PDF documents. Fast application and cutting-edge converting technology allows you to turn your PDF texts, forms and tables into editable Word documents. Find your PDF document and open it in PDF to Word. Once the PDF is imported, it is automatically sent to our servers for conversion. The file is downloaded once the conversion is done. Because the conversion is not being performed on your device, the app will not burden your device’s resources or drain its battery.You can find out more about PDF to Word on iTunes by following this link:


Hope you’ll find it helpful.

Free Teacher Resource of the Day App by Simple K-12


The school year has ended and many of you are enjoying your summer and many I assume are teaching summer school like I am. I have an online class this summer with 63 students, Yikes!  

I have been a member of Simple K-12 for years, and have even presented for them.  Recently, they came out with an App to share one resource a Day.  Thought you might be interested, even if it is summer. It’s free so you have nothing to loose by checking it out.
Looking for free teacher resources? This is the App for you! Receive free access to top-rated, award winning classroom resources for teachers.  

These educator-created and approved resources are sent to you daily, exclusively through this App.

Sign into SimpleK12’s Teacher Resource of the Day iPad App and discover a new free teacher resource every day. Receive daily inspirations to spark a new idea, refresh a lesson plan, or engage your students in new and exciting ways.  

TYPES OF RESOURCES INCLUDE:
•Instructional Videos
•eBooks
•Lesson Plans
•Educator Interviews
•And much, Much, MORE!

TOPICS INCLUDE:
•iPads and Mobile Learning
•Digital Storytelling 
•Common Core State Standards
•STEM 
•Literacy 
•Special Education
•Google
•School Safety
•And much, Much, MORE!

To access your Resource of the Day, sign in to your FREE SimpleK12 account. Don’t have one? You can create a free membership quickly and easily once you have downloaded the App. Just click the “Sign Up for SimpleK12.com” button of the App welcome screen.

Think Different: Turn Webpages into PDF with InstaWeb - Free for a short time


Have you ever needed to turn content from a website into a PDF? Maybe you just want to get rid of the rubbish for an easier read or possibly you need to print and not waste a ton of paper with all the rubbish?  

Try the InstaWeb, an iPad/iPhone app to turn a website into a PDF and holy moly, is it easy. It is a simple app hat does only one thing!

For example, I need a page from my website for a Professional Development Workshop like this one, The app allows me to turn that page into a PDF and use as a Handout.  Open InstaWeb and paste in the URL of the website or you can even search for the site.  

Tap the button in the lower right and you make your PDF. Give it a name and save it to iBooks, or Notability, or Dropbox or Google Drive your favorite reader app. Email it to your self and you can even print the PDF.

The InstaWeb app is normally $2.99, but is available for FREE for a short time right now. If you need to make a PDF out of a website, this app is an excellent solution. Grab it now while it is free.

Desygner-CREATE YOUR OWN STUNNING DESIGNS

A while back, I told you about an awesome graphic design site and app, CANVA, recently, I discovered another one and it just might be even better.  It certainly has more FREE features, templates, images, icons and more.  Desygner has an app and also works from your browser on your computer.  Seems to have more FREE options and works similar to Canva.  Give it a try, I know you will be pleased.


Want to design something beautiful but don’t have the time for expensive and complicated software like Photoshop or Illustrator? 

Desygner offers hundreds of ready-made templates to help you to design your own graphics. Simply drag & drop images, edit text and customize with stickers & backgrounds. 


ANYONE CAN USE DESIGNER.

  • Edit from a computer, tablet or even a phone!
  • Import images and text from Adobe PDFs, PSDs and Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Millions of free to use public images to drag and drop in to place
  • Thousands of free backgrounds, stickers and text with one click
  • Share online or download as a PDF, JPG or PNG for free.
  • MILLIONS OF  FREE TO USE IMAGES: Simply search and drop in a publicly available image from Google or Flickr or add yourown from anywhere.
  • THOUSANDS OF FREE TO USE VECTOR ART, STICKERS AND BACKGROUNDS. Easily customise any design with thousands of stickers, backgrounds and fonts.
  • Tutorial:  

Forget typing, use Dictation

Siri is a pretty awesome tool on your devices. I use the the Alex voice, but there are other voices. So choose one you like.

Have you tried using dictation on the Mac yet? Dictation has come a long way and if your are on Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan, Apple’s enhanced dictation works magnificently.

Although, Dictation will be a frustrating experience if you are in a noisy room, (people talking, music, etc), but in a quiet place, it can be an awesome tool for dictating in nearly any program including mail. 

Setting up Enhanced Dictation

  • Open System Preferences, select Dictation & Speech. Turn on Dictation and set up your options.
  • Check the Use Enhanced Dictation box. This will download a file so you can dictate without an internet connection.
  • Choose the keyboard shortcut you will use to signal that you’re ready to start dictating. The default is pressing the function Fn key twice, which I find convenient and I can remember it. You will find the Fn key on the lower left of the keyboard.
  • Choose your preferred microphone from the pop-up menu below the microphone icon. Normally, you use the internal microphone but it works very well to use earbuds that came with your phone, that little bar on the cord is a mic and does a nice job of filtering out background noise.

Using Dictation

  • Open mail, or a word processor or any place you normally type 
  • Press the keyboard shortcut (Fn Fn twice) for starting dictation.  Or choose Edit > Start Dictation. 
  • When your Mac is listening, it displays a microphone.
  • Speak the words that you want your Mac to type. Use dictation commands to add punctuation, formatting, and more.  In other words say comma, person, new paragraph, etc. 
  • To stop dictating, click Done below the microphone icon, or press Fn.

The more you use Dictation, the better it understands you and the more accurate. Dictation learns the characteristics of your voice and adapts.

Give Dictation a try!

Make up to 100 QR Codes at the same time

  • I follow Tony Vincent on Instagram and learn something from Tony every single day.    His amazing website is http://learninginhand.com and is full of useful resources and thing to learn. 

    Recently, Tony had a post about a tool to make multiple QR Codes at one time, up to 100!!. Frequently I have the need to make a bunch of QR codes, it is not difficult, but it takes time, I generally use QR Stuff to make QR codes, one at a time. So QRExplore is super handy for making them all at once. Anything to save me time, I am up for using.

    HINT: If you haven’t embraced Instagram yet, follow Tony and learn from him, I suspect you will discover the power of Instagram for yourself.

    Tony says……

    ( Thanks Tony for sharing your amazing knowledge educators everywhere)

    "Want to generate a whole batch of different QR codes? Then the Bulk QR Code Generator at QRExplore.com is for you! Enter the URL or text for each code on its own line. I like that you can choose to have each code’s URL stamped onto the bottom of the code. After generated, you see a web page with all your codes. You could simply print this page and use scissors to cut out the codes. If you want to use the codes in a document, QRExplore gives you the option to download a .zip file. That file will contain a PNG image for each of your codes. 

    Why would you want to generate so many different codes at once? Well, maybe you’re planning a “scanvenger” hunt. Or maybe you want students to jigsaw content and each code opens a web link to a different topic, article, or video. Maybe each code has a different adjective that students will incorporate into the narratives they are writing. Or, use multiple QR codes to give students random compliments or reflection questions. How about giving students surprise numbers to use in a math problem? There are lots of possibilities when it’s so easy to make loads of QR codes at once! 

    HINT: Be sure to include the http:// in front of each web link you enter into QRExplore.”

    So give it a try and follow Tony on Instagram for a new tip each day.  https://www.instagram.com/learninginhand/ 


5 Minute Snapchat 101 Tutorial by Wes Fryer and his son Alex.


The kids are using it. So you’ve probably heard about Snapchat. It's the popular mobile app that allows you to send videos and pictures, both of which will self destruct after a few seconds of a person viewing them.

Snapchat is also a fun messaging app. You can take a photo or a video with it, then add a caption or doodle or lens graphic over top, and send it to a friend. Alternatively, you can add it to your "story", a 24-hour collection of your photos and videos, which you broadcast to the world or just your followers.

 So for this weeks resources, here ya go, everything you need to know about using snapchat. My friend Wes Fryer made a tutorial with his Son Alex.  Everything you need to know about snapchat!!  I’ll admit it, I have not used it many times yet, but I am interested and plan to learn more and give it a good try.

WHAT IS SNAPCHAT: Snapchat is a mobile app that allows users to send and receive "self-destructing" photos and videos. Photos and videos taken with the app are called Snaps. Snapchat uses the device's camera to capture Snaps and Wi-fi technology to send them. 

15 Minute Snapchat 101 Tutorial by Wes Fryer and his son Alex.

IPAD APP:  

Resources from these weekly emails are archived at http://pinterest.com/cyndidk/