Saturday, September 29, 2012

My favorite app: Notability!

I have been hinting that I would share this for awhile but taking pictures of my iPad seemed silly. So I haven't... then I got the bright idea to make the teenager do it!! He said he felt stupid taking pictures of my iPad. See... I am not the only one!

My most used and favorite app is...


So you are probably thinking another note taking app, right? I was until I saw another teacher use it and it was love at first site.


So here is my iPad... ignore the dirty screen.  If you look... there are files on the left where each one has a different color attached to it and then each file you can add multiple notes to it. This file is my last practicum so all of the notes are dated but you can name them however you like


Here is what one of my note pages look like. It is multiple pages... see the line in the middle, that tells ya my page above ended and so if I print this that is where my page will divide. Neat, right?

Okay... I can take pictures, scan documents, type, draw, insert graphs, high light, change the background of my pages... including a page with lined notebook paper, copy and paste, edit pictures, blow up anything to a bigger size, email it to anyone as a pdf, or send it off to dropbox. If that is not enough... it has the capabilities to record audio and video. You can use a stylus too but I have yet to find one I like.

This guy is amazing. I take it to all of my meetings. I use it for my practicum and student teaching. I have section for my students where we work together. That is what the lined paper is great for! We write down goals and then we work on them and save them.

Oh and once when we were having a really bad behavior problem,  we hit record on the video and wala... instant email to parents and the principal. GENIUS!

I purchased this on sale for $0.99. I think it is normally $2.99. Whatever it is... you need this one! You will never want another note app again.

5 comments:

  1. Thanks! I read your post and immediately thought of running records and reading assessments. Just bought the app. :)

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  2. Thanks for tip! Looks like a good one!

    - Sasha
    The Autism Helper

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  3. Just purchased for .99!! Thanks for the advice!

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  4. Thank you so much for sharing this app-can't wait to try it out !:)

    NotJustChild'sPlay

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  5. Nice Review. I have used notability for a while and I love it. In case you didn't know, you can take screenshots of your iPad screen by pressing the top and front button at the same time. Works great for screenshots for your blog, but then you can also import screenshots into notability and draw on top of them, i.e. a screenshot of a web page.

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