Educreations is another FREE app that turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard (see earlier review on Screen Chomp). The app was just updated a few days ago – June 22, 2012.  Like Screen Chomp it is simple to use. Unlike Screen Chomp, you can build lessons with multiple pages or slides. And, the editing tools in Educreations allow you to resize and move images as well as create “animated playback” by dragging objects as you record.

Another bonus of this app is that free accounts are available at http://www.educreations.com where users can share their work as well as look at lessons created by others. This app is being used at all levels of education including the college level. I love Screen Chomp for younger kids but Educreations has more features.

Highly recommended!

Evernote is an amazing FREE app. which allows you take notes and save ideas from multiple sources – the internet, emails, photos, recordings, etc.  It syncs your notes to a server so that all of your saved information is accessible on multiple devices and if that’s not amazing enough – it’s searchable.

Here is a short video from the company: Watch our videos to learn more about using Evernote. | Evernote.

There are limitless uses for Evernote. One of the things I use it for personally is a recipe file. I use the Evernote web clipper so my recipes are in computer, on my iPad, AND in my phone (when I get to the store to buy ingredients). You can use Evernote to organize your ideas if you are planning a party, redecorating a room, looking for a new house, etc.

Students can use Evernote too. I have friends whose kids use Evernote to organize information for school reports and/or tests. Evernote for School promotes the many ways that the program is being used in classrooms.

Evernote is one of those apps that are FREE but you can pay for an upgrade if you find that you want more space and/or features.

This app has a 4 star rating in the app store after being rated by over 100,000 people.

Highly recommended!