Do these Apps change your view of the iPad as Consumption Devices?
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 7:50AM Republished by request of IEAR community members ... especially in consideration of the iPad 2 coming out.
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iPad 2 will now include Garageband and iMovie.
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1. Toontastic
Toontastic from Thushan Amarasiriwardena on Vimeo.
2. Brushes and Autodesk
3. iBand
4. Pottery HD and iDough
5. iPad DJ and GrooveMaker
6. Lots of Instruments: Drums
7. iDesign and Home 3D
(Video is not in English)
Special Mentions without Video:
- Sound Studio
- Air Coaster or Coaster Physics
- Writer Studio or Camera Studio or Animation Studio
- Timber or Blocks
- Program with Basic Computer Language
- Pages and Keynote
- Omnigraffle and Mindmapping
- iAnnotate PDF Editor
- Reel Director
- Storykit and Sonic Pics and StoryRobe and Strip Designer
- iMockup and Sketchyapp and Penultimate
- Gusto and Markup
- Tons of Note Taking Apps
- Tons of Art Apps / Sketch Club
- Combine Apps for Creation: Document Creation / Apptivities.org
- Build your own Apps
- Take a lesson from Tony Vincent and use these devices for Problem Based Learning and Digital Storytelling:
Project Based Learning in Hand from Tony Vincent on Vimeo.
18. Maybe you are just stuck on editing video? Will the next iPad have a camera and iMovie?
19. Perhaps the best benefit for creating is the future of combining these devices ... That is another post altogether but here is an example of possibilities ...
20. Take control of your other computers from your iPad to create even more!
Reader Comments (4)
Yes! Now let's focus on challenging kids to create and be creative with these apps. We can drive this movement and engage kids in creation rather than simple consumption. Good examples!
I have always believed that iOS devices were more than simply consumption of content. The possibilities displayed here are proof to the outstanding capabilities of these devices to actually create and apply knowledge. I just received an iPad for Christmas so I am somewhat new with this device, however, having has all if the different iterations of the iPhone for the past 3 years, the last 2 days with my iPad only furthers my belief in the creative capabilities of iOS devices.
Many of the thousand plus word blog posts I have created in the past year or so were completely written, formatted, and published from my iPhones. One of the first applications I added to my iPad was BlogPress (as well as WordPress, iBlogger, Photogene (image editing), and MobileRSS) so I could begin writing and publishing from my iPad...
One final thought along these lines. My son Joshua (6) received a Nintendo DSi XL for Christmas along with a couple of games. While he did spend some time playing Mario Cart and Lego Indy 2, the first thing he did when opening it was begin to actually explore what it could do. I didn't show him anything, I didn't tell him about some of the capabilities, he just began trying to find out what it could do. Interestingly, one of the first things he figured out was the dual cameras. He then proceeded to run through the house taking pictures. I found him later that night singing to the voice recording software, and playing with the audio changer.
Kids love to create. These types of devices give them those opportunities. As educators, we need to continue to foster and challenge them to do just that.
These are fairly low-level (amateur) content creation tools. Additionally, for iMovie, you get what? The back camera is VGA? No upgrade to the pixel density (competitors are already ahead on that front).
So, yes, as something for the kids, it's fine. Not including iMovie with the Ver. 1 release was antithetical to all that USED TO BE Apple.
Word is that Ver. 3 is the one that will be what should already be. Wait until November and we'll see. The all too typical slow roll out of features is annoying. It makes Apple rich, but, as a consumer I find it insulting.
Sticking with my laptop that allows me to do all sorts of wonderful things. And, the best part?
I don't have to hold it.
Bob ... Thanks for the response.
1. As you said, "For kids it is fine". Well, that is good as that is one of the main users that we are looking at these devices for.
2. The camera appears to be just fine for most educational uses. The ability to use it on the fly with many apps is great.
3. The iPad is a little over a year. The apps are improving at exponential rates! Keep in mind, the devices is a mobile device. The majority of the best production applications are not meant for "mobile" devices. I have yet to come across those that are using "netbooks" or other inexpensive mobile devices for high end production.
4. I have to disagree to a certain extent on the amateurish apps. Some of the apps are very intriguing and they provide very interesting ways to produce because of the touch interface and that the devices is mobile. Additionally, the ability to now use the gyroscope, GPS, and a better processor is going to be very interesting.
5. The iPad is a completely different device than a laptop for sure.