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Photos & Videos to/from iPad

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At this time I'm going to review another very useful iPad app I've been using. It's the Wireless Transfer App .   With this app it is so easy to wirelessly transfer videos and photos from iPad to iPad, Computer to iPad and iPad to Computer. I'm talking about iPads because that's what I use at school and for myself, but instead of an iPad you can do it with an iPhone, iPod, or between any two iDevices. Works for both PCs and Macs too. Are you frustrated trying to send a video that is too big to be emailed? Don't want to mess with accounts and upload to YouTube? Don't worry about that anymore, with Wireless Transfer you can transfer large videos in a cinch! Get star ted: Purchase the app for only 2.99 USD. Tap on "Send" or "Receive".  Select which device to send to : "Computer" or "iPad". For " Computer ", you will be given a URL.  That's all you nee d! Enter the URL

Google Search: Fun & Easy

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I am very excited to share with you an iPad app that I've been trying out. The app I'm referring to is called " Google Search ". It brings the power of Google to your fingertips...literally!    Google Search is a free app that you can find in the iTunes store , yet so powerful. Let me show you br iefly how it works. After you open the app, you will find some options to choose from:   What I use the most is "Apps", which looks like this...   I basically use "Calendar", which shows your daily agenda, and "Docs", which gives you the mobile view of your docs. Cool so far! But wait... The amazing options I'm so excited about that I've been trying out are "Voice" and "Goggles". With Voice you can speak and enter a search query. Here's a video that demonstrates this.  

Digital Eagle Way

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In our school, the students at the Elementary Campus pledge to follow the Eagle Way and be an example to others and to themselves. The Eagle Way is: Be Responsible, Be Respectful, Be Caring, Be Honest, and Be a Thinker. This applies to all aspects of the student's life.  Having a strong technology program at school, I was curious to know what an Eagle would look like in terms of technology. After talking it through with a few colleagues, they suggested I should ask the kids. Great idea! So I prepared a Google Form and sent it to the Technology teachers so they could apply the survey during Tech Class. Wow! I received hundreds of answers from PK - 5th grade! Awesome! I read through all the replies and narrowed their suggestions down to 5 main ideas for each of the Eagle Way attributes. Now we can see how a Digital Eagle Way can be an example to others. To provide a visual, I created a word cloud with all the words in their replies. Be responsible: Go to w