Trust me, I get the whole “technophobia” thing when it comes to technology in the classroom. We’ve all been burned by technology before, and being burned once is usually enough to makes us think twice about relying on a computer or computer program in our work. Still, it’s hard to ignore the possibilities offered by today’s apps. Here’s a preview of just a few of the apps we’ve been hearing about lately:

• Last week we retweeted an article from Edutopia on 8 iPhone Apps to Use in the Classroom. Many of the apps in the article were focused on K-12 education, but MyScript Calculator has plenty of applications for those of you in the maths and sciences who are making the transition to touch screen interfaces like the iPhone or iPad.
• Liz Homan and Emily VanBuren at GradHacker posted their own list of productivity apps recently. The list highlights apps designed to help you focus during study time, manage your tasks, and even test your knowledge before your comprehensive exams. Whether you use iOS or Android or something else, the apps in Homan and VanBuren’s collection could prove handy in some of the more unique challenges you’ll face as a GA/TA.
• Sometimes it feels like you’ll never get out of university alive without a personal assistant. As your work gets more and more complex, you’ll need tools that are more and more complex, too. It takes some time to master, but Redmine can become a valuable ally to the busy scholar. Warning: You’ll need to be a lot more tech savvy than I am in order to truly master this tool (not that I’m all that tech savvy).

Read more:

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/iphone-apps-for-classroom-monica-burns?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=blog-teacher-apps-image

http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/7-productivity-apps-new-year

http://www.redmine.org/