Google maps 5.5 for Android: explore the world in 3D

Google Maps 5.5 for Android has finally been released. It is a cool mobile app which adds up more features to mobile Google maps app that has already been in the market for quite a while now and which has been used by more than 200 million users across platforms and devices worldwide. This new version adds ‘ check in’ and ‘ rate and review’ buttons to place pages .Google Maps 5.5 is completely free and is available in the Android Market.

Some features of Google Maps5.5 for Android

Here are the main features that Google Maps 5.5 for Android offers to its users :

• It is completely free


• It is easy and simple to use


• It has an intuitive interface


• Check-in and rating buttons added to Place pages


• You can update your Latitude Location History home/work address


• It lets you check out a transit station in a nearby city,


• It offers Free, voice-guided GPS navigation system


• It helps you find, rate, and get recommendations for places

How can i get started using Google Maps5.5 for Android ?

To learn more about this awesome mobile app , you are invited to watch this short video tutorial

That’s it about Google maps 5.5 for Android: explore the world in 3D .
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iTalk Recorder : A Free Audio Recording Mobile App

iTalk Recorder is one of the top downloaded app for Ipad and iPhone . iTalk Recorder allows its users to record audio and save it into their mobile library . I just can’t believe it is free now . As educators , iTalk Recorder can be very helpful when attending lectures or meetings , use it to record whatever going on around you and just the way you want it.

Some features of iTalk Recorder

Here are the main features and services that iTalk Recorder offers to its users :

• It is free


• It is dead simple


• It is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later


• It has a great interface


• It uses easy recording features that you can handle instantly


• You can email recordings in iTalk Recorder Lite but emailing is limited to files under 2MB which ius a generous capacity for us in education


• It offers a high-quality handheld recordings


• It allows graphics updated for Retina displa


• It includes auto noise-cancellation (iPhone 4)


• It has easy to use control tabs : just the big red button to start recording, tap again to stop; slide forward and back when playing back your recordings

How can i get started using iTalk Recorder ?

To learn how to start using iTalk Recorder watch this video tutorial :

Applications in Education

iTalk Recorder is all pluses for educators . As i said before this is a great tool for professional development , how many times we attend important meetings,lectures, or seminars and we just can not  note everything that has been dealt with , now with iTalk Recorder it is completely different .You wont let go of any info no matter how little it is . I strongly advise you to have this free app on your mobile devices .
That’s it about iTalk Recorder : A Free Audio Recording Mobile App .
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FreezePage: Freeze pages for later use

FreezePage is a great web tool. It is a sort of bookmarking tool that is completely different from all the other bookmarking tools we have seen here so far. FreezePage as its name entails is a service that allows its users to bookmark the page as it is and store it for a later use. When you get back to the stored page you will find the same page you have bookmarked with no updates. Let me explain this more; for example i was on a blog reading an article about a certain web2.0 tool and then suddenly i had a call and i needed to go. If i bookmarked the page with other bookmarking sites i would for sure have it there but when i would refer to it later that day or anytime i would  find the page updated and probably new articles there so i would  have to start looking for the exact page i was reading this is because these bookmarking tools bookmark the URL and not the page itself, but with Freeze Page you will be able to get back to the exact page or even the exact paragraph you left off. Hummmmmmm isn’t that cool ? for me it is much more than that.

Freeze Page not only freezes the pages for a later use but also generates a url for this very page you want and you can share it with others to see . The page and its content will never change no matter how long you kept it in your store.

Some features of Freeze Page

Here are the main features that FreezePage offers to its users:

• It is free


• It is easy to use


• It has an intuitive interface


• It requires a sign up to store your pages


• It allows its users to bookmark pages as they are


• It generates URLs for frozen pages


• It lets users share their frozen pages with others


• It has a bookmarklet to install on your browser


• The frozen page never changes

How can i get started using  FreezePage ?

Go to FreezePage main page and

1. sign up for a free account


2. enter the address of the web you are reading or just paste it there


3. Press “Freeze Web Page” and wait while we get the Web page from the address you specified


4. the frozen page is automatically placed in a personal folder (“My Frozen Pages”)

Applications of FreezePage in education

Educators can benefit a lot from this free service. They can just freeze the pages they find online and generate URLs to share with their students , in this way they can make sure students are keeping up with what they bookmark for them .You can also use it to share URLs of pages of relevant interest with your colleagues and friends.
That’s it about FreezePage: Freeze pages for later use.
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Human Restore:Free educative documentaries

Human restore is a a great website for educators. It is a repository of free engaging documentaries featuring different categories. This website looks like John Locker: The free documentary website which i have covered in an earlier post. I know we need documentaries to include in our teaching from time to time but the problem is if you set yourself to look for some free ones then you would find yourself navigating the web endlessly and just to find if ever you are lucky , the ones you wanted. To save teachers’ time and help them better benefit from the net i organized a special page where i submit posts and links to the best free teachers resources. Look above and click on teachers resources to have a look at what you might have missed .

Human Restore is free and very simple to use . You do not need to sign up or anything . just head over to Human Restore main page and look at the categories column on the left hand side . Click on any category to bring up its components.  Select the ones you want to watch and click on them . Yes it is this easy.

Applications of Human Restore in education

I strongly invite teachers and educators to have recourse to video resources such as Human Restore. Multimedia elements are very helpful in teaching and learning and students show more interaction and engagement when videos or audio clips are integrated into the classroom teaching.
That’s it about Human Restore:Free educative documentaries .
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Google Apps for education: the best guide

I think you would know by now that i am one of the bloggers who is fond of Google to the extent that i have Google stickers all around the house even on the fridge door lol. What i love about Google next to its search facilities is the high quality services it offers to educators. ¨probably all of these services are free and very easy to use with simple tutorials to walk you through all the procedure of its application. Believe me , if you ever understand and grasp in what really Google provides for educators , you would be in a better tech position than ever before.

I get emails from people around the world asking me if Google can help in education and each time i get one like this i just get shocked at how ignorant some educators are of the fantastic services offered for free by Google. Being a 21st century educator means automatically that you are integrating technology into your teaching and the first step to guarantee a safe, neat and secure implementation of this technology is to learn about what Google has for education.
If the urge to learn about Google is stirring now inside of you and you feel like you need some tutorials about the different services Google offers for educators then i would save you the trouble of searching for i have done it all on behalf of you and have collected several articles talking just about Google services that you can use in your classroom, just check the tab above named Google/ Research Tools and browse through the posts you are interested in.
Today i am introducing to you another free Google service called The Guide to Going Google. It is a resource from Google to help academic and educational institutions better implement Google apps in their campuses.” This site contains tools and guidelines to use as a starting point to getting your students, faculty, alumni, and community ready and excited about bringing Google Apps for Education to campus.”



The Guide to Going Google is divided into two main parts :
One part is university edition
This part offers “Technical and communication resources and examples to help your college or university go Google”.
Second part named K-12 edition
This part offers all  the technical, professional development, and marketing resources for a K12 school or district to go Google.
Google apps for educators is the best way for schools to start integrating technology into their systems and save money they would have spent on software and systems licensing, and IT support.
That’s it about google apps for education: the best guide.
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eduplace : free graphic organizers for educators

Eduplace is really a great site . It offers a set of printable graphs and charts to use in the classroom with your students . These graphs are very handy and easy to use , so there is no need to spend time online trying to build charts or classroom assignment grills , you can find all in Eduplace and for free at the tip of a click . It is indeed a wonderful resource for all educators .

Here are  what Eduplace offers to the teachers

Just click on any title and you will have its PDF version at your hand to print

Clock

Cluster/Word Web 1

Cluster/Word Web 2

Cluster/Word Web 3

Describing Wheel

E-Chart

Fact and Opinion

Five W's Chart

Flow Chart

Four-Column Chart

Garden Gate

Goal-Reasons Web

Ice-Cream Cone

Idea Rake

Idea Wheel

Inverted Triangle

ISP Chart
(Information, Sources, Page)

KWL Chart

KWS Chart

Ladder

Observation Chart

Persuasion Map

Planning Chart

Problem-Solution Chart 

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