Pages

I found a new app today called Pages.  This app offers some interesting things.  It is closely similar to a word document, but it also offers 16 templates for things including: a classic letter, formal letter, resume, project proposal, term paper, a poster, syllabus, thank you cards, recipe, and a flyer.  There are other other templates available for this app as well.  It offers automatic spell check on all words typed.  It is a very useful app for a number of different projects.   I discovered this app today so i don't know a lot about it but from what I do know it seems to be a great app.

GarageBand

So we just had to turn in project 1 and my project was on learning to play the acoustic guitar.  So I thought I would talk about an app that deals with the guitar.  This app is called GarageBand.  I just learned about this app a couple days ago but I love it already.  You can literally make your own music and have it sound good without knowing anything about music! This app supplies you with the guitar, the bass guitar, the drums, and many more instruments that you may want to add.  With every instrument you can choose what note and what type of difficulty you want for a specific point of a song and let it have it.  If you do not want the app to provide the strumming or the guitarist parts for you, you can do it yourself.  There is a lot to learn about this app and I am still trying to learn a lot about it myself but I find it to be very interesting.  It is a great app and I do recommend it. 

Project 1: Learn to Play the Acoustic Guitar!

http://fs.finearts.utah.edu/~scardon/CardonS.Project1

Here is the link to my project 1 website.  If you are looking to learn some things about the acoustic guitar go and check it out.  My site provides the basic essentials of the beginning acoustic guitarist.  I am no expert on the acoustic guitar, I just taught myself to play and I thought that I could help others who want to teach themselves as well.  The site is comprised of things that I learned on my own, as well as information found online that can be useful.  Enjoy!

Bubble Ball

Bubble Ball!  This is one of the simplest games in the world but it is so entertaining! There is a ball and there is a flag and you simply have to get the ball to the flag.  The game gives you blocks, long rectangles, and triangles that you have to strategically place to get the ball to where it needs to go.  The first few levels are very easy but in the later levels it starts to get extremely difficult to get that stupid ball to the flag.  Whats amazing about this app is that it was developed by a 14 year old boy.  A 14 year old is smart enough to design an app that is one of the top free apps available in the world today.  This app is very entertaining and I do recommend it.  Enjoy!!

Remote app and apple tv

The app I would like to talk about this week week is called "remote".  This app can be used much like a remote control for a TV can.  It is primarily used for controlling an apple tv, which is fantastic entertainment system.  The apple tv is using for watching TV shows and movies directly on your TV.  It can stream movies directly from the internet on netflix or other entertainment sites, stream movies and TV shows that you have stored on your computer, and it can even access internet sites like youtube. What the remote app can do is it can remotely control your apple tv so you do not have to use the remote that comes with it.  The remote that comes with the apple tv only allows for up and down controls which take a long time to type it the name of move/tv show that you want to watch on your apple tv.  Using your iPad, you can type in the name of the show that you want to watch and control the up and down movements of the show listings that you are viewing.  It essentially turns your iPad into a remote control.  It really is a great app and I recommend it, especially if you own or are thinking of owning an apple tv.  

SoundNote

The app that I have discovered this week is called SoundNote.  This is an app that can be very beneficial for students and for others looking to take notes.  This app is a note taking app.  It allows for you to take notes directly onto the touch screen of the iPad.  There is an added bonus to this app.  Has anybody ever been in a lecture and has not been able to get down everything that the professor says or what is being presented on a power point presentation?  What is very nice about this app is that it records the lecture for you so you can review the lecture afterwards.  Now, I'm sure there are some people who would just rather by a tape recorder and then take down their own notes, but there is something else that is special about this app.  It allows for you to click on a word in your notes and the corresponding audio recording will automatically jump to the spot.  This is really remarkable.  The word that you click has to be an identifiable word that is not used excessively, however.  This is a very useful app that I have discovered only a few days ago.  Surely there are many more apps to be discovered.  I hope to discover more and more every week...every day!.

Pdf-Notes

Today I am going to be talking about the app called "pdf-notes".  This app is a great study tool for me.  It always me to make annotations on any pdf file.  This is important for a student as we constantly have to add additional information to the file that you would like.  It also allows for speedy page turning and scanning the contents of your pdf files.  You simply finger write the notes you want directly on the page, anywhere you want on the page. It is a great application and for any student who owns an iPod it is an essential.  You can also highlight and underline anywhere on the page that you want.   It has very fast and intuitive finger-writing technology and beneficial to anybody who wants to add notes to a pdf file.  This app comes in a free and paid version.  The paid version is only $0.99 but I have only used the free version, but from the reviews I have read online, the free version will get done what you need to get done.  I highly recommend this app.  It is very useful for every student.