iPad Apps for Faculty and Students
With much thanks to Terrye Conroy, the Assistant Director of Legal Research Instruction for the Law School's Legal Research, Analysis & Writing program, here are some useful iPad and Android applications, as well as resource sites on iPad apps for teaching, scholarship and productivity. Please note that many "free" apps are limited and require an upgrade to maximize their use.
Blogs and CALI Presentations
- The Legal iPad Revolution by Deborah Ginsberg (CALI Conference June 2012)
- Mobile Applications for Law Students and Lawyers (UCLA School of Law)
Guides for Apps
- Android Apps in the Legal Academy (UFL)
- Apps for Law School and the Legal Profession (Maurer School of Law Library, Indiana University)
- iPad Apps in the Legal Academy (UFL)
- Mobile Apps for Law Students (Cleveland Marshall College of Law Library, Cleveland State University)
- Mobile Device Resources for Law Professors and Students (Thurgood Marshall Law Library, University of Maryland School of Law)
- Teaching with the iPad, by Mike Brown, USC's Best Institute
Apps for Legal Research
- HeinOnline (working on password/access)
- LexisAdvance (use your user/password)
- Rulebook: The Bluebook (group pricing available for faculty)
- WestlawNext (use your user/password)
Apps for Presenting
- 2Screens: A document manager and viewer application, which also has an integrated web browser and whiteboard.
- ShowMe & Educreations: Free apps that allow you to create whiteboard video lessons and tutorials.
Apps for Productivity/Scholarship
- Box (free): Another cloud based app that allows you to backup, sync & share in the cloud.
- CloudOn (free): Use Microsoft Office with your iPad (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel). Links to DropBox, Box & Google Drive. CloudOn has an Android version as well. site.
- DropBox (free): A cloud based app that allows you to backup, sync and share your files over all your computers. Dropbox has an Apple, PC and Android version as well. You can also login to Dropbox via a browser and access your files as well on their cloud site.
- Evernote: Evernote is an all encompassing application. It allows you to save notes, files, web pages, images and allows you to sync them on all your computers and devices. It also allows you to share your files and collaborate with other users. It has versions for Apple IOS, Android, Windows and MAC OS.
Annotation Applications
These applications allow you to annotate existing documents, including writing comments, highlight text and other features.
- Adobe Reader (free)
- GoodReader: A PDF annotation application
- iAnnotate: Another PDF annotation application that allows you to markup and share PDFs as well.
Other Teaching with Technology Resources
Concept Mapping
These are applications for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information.
Polling/Survey Apps
- PollEverywhere (free for small user group)
Screen Capture
- Snagit (not free), from Techsmith
Screencasting
Collaborating
- Voicethread: Online conversations with multimedia (basic is free)
Animations
- GoAnimate (free for now): goanimate.com
- Xtranormal (not free anymore)