Apps for Mobile Devices (CTE728)

Monday, March 2, 2015 9:30 am - 10:45 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Location: EV1 241 Notes: Open to faculty (registration is required)

Description: This workshop will provide an overview of apps for mobile devices, specifically ones that can enhance teaching and learning. The workshop will focus on apps for the iPad and iPhone, but more of these apps are also available for other platforms (such as Android devices). The kinds of apps included in the workshop are as follows:

  • apps for making screencasts
  • apps for annotating documents
  • apps that provide content (text content, audio content, enhanced content, and interactive content)
  • apps for managing information
  • apps for increasing productivity
  • augmented reality apps
  • and more

Learning Outcomes. After the session, participants will be able to:

  • describe the basic functionality of each app
  • identify which apps are most relevant to their own teaching practice
  • locate resources that provide more information about using each app effectively

Facilitators: Mark Morton, Monica Vesely, and Paul Kates

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A chart providing an overview of all the workshop in the Educational Technologies workshop series is available at https://uwaterloo.ca/cte/2015ed-tech