Category Archives: Slate Tablets Video Series

Slate Tablets – episode 09

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Riad Twal

i-Clickr app is a PowerPoint Remote, available as a free (15 slide limit) and paid (unlimited slides) download for the Android, iOS, Windows Mobile 6, and Windows Phone 7 platforms. The iClickr app on your mobile device communicates via WiFi or Bluetooth with your Windows or Mac OS laptop to a corresponding app, allowing you to advance slides from your smartphone or tablet.

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Slate Tablets – episode 08

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Riad Twal

The Slate Tablet Video Series will be taking a one week hiatus as Seton Hall presents at the 2012 Educause NERCOMP Conference.

http://youtu.be/w41tacAMP70

Different Paths, Same Goal: How Four Schools Introduced Tablets on Campus

Educause NERCOMP 2012 Conference

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Slate Tablets – episode 07

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Riad Twal

The OnLive Desktop app for Android and iOS provides access to a virtualized Windows 7 environment, with access to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Journal.

http://youtu.be/fCBn91nsmlQ

c|net – OnLive Desktop Plus comes to Android tablets

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Slate Tablets – episode 06

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Riad Twal

EBSCOhost mobile, available for Android, iOS, and Blackberry devices, allows access to search the EBSCO databases on your mobile device.

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Slate Tablets – episode 05

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Riad Twal

http://youtu.be/Vn58k_JeBZ0

Google Currents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LOcUkm8m9w

Pulse News Reader
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Slate Tablets – episode 04

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Riad Twal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lONPDpv1W5E&context=C3e91d89ADOEgsToPDskLYDk7vzugoxpajX7MmfEox

Elmquist, S. (2011, May 17). Apple IPads in Cockpits May Mean End of Paper Charts – Bloomberg. Retrieved February 15, 2012, from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-07/apple-ipads-in-cockpits-may-hasten-end-of-era-for-paper-navigation-charts.html

McGarry, B. (2012, February 14). U.S. Air Force May Buy 18,000 Apple IPad2s for Flight Crews. Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 14, 2012, from http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-14/u-s-air-force-may-buy-18-000-apple-ipad2s-for-flight-crews.html

Apple iBooks2 http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/

CourseSmart http://www.coursesmart.com/

FollettShelf http://www.aboutfollettebooks.com/follettshelf.cfm

Flat World Knowledge http://www.flatworldknowledge.com

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Slate Tablets – episode 03

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Riad Twal
updated: 2012-02-08 0800

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9c0ABfPvrY&feature=youtu.be

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.intsig.camscanner

Slate Tablets Episode 3 highlighted the CamScanner app, but there are a number of similar apps available in the Android Marketplace. c|net recently posted How to scan documents with Android devices that takes a look at Handy Scanner, a free app available from the Android Marketplace.

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