1. Useful applications, websites & resources for libraries
Apps for All
Useful applications, websites & resources for libraries
Tablets
Smartphones
Laptops
Desktops
Jay Gerlach
Library Service Associate
Brown County Library
Denmark Branch

2. iPad and Android Apps part 1
Educational Games

3. Angry Birds Space Can be used to demonstrate
Concepts including physics and microgravity
Planning and creative thinking
Real information about space in partnership with NASA

4. Cut the Rope The goal is to feed a piece of candy to Om Nom.
The difficulty level increases gradually

5. Cut the Rope Reinforces
Cause and Effect
Planning
Being flexible, as new
elements are added often.

6. Space Agency Free on Android $1.99 on IOS

7. What Space Agency Does Well
Vehicle Assembly
Placing a monetary limit to achieve a defined objective
During flight, any separation occurs in stages
Wide variety of missions from adding modules to a space station to landing on the moon.

8. Real Astrophysicists be warned
Orbiting is vastly simplified – circular rather than elliptical
Other compromises have been made to make docking in orbit easier
2-dimensional representations of 3-dimensional objects

9. A Look at the Web

10. Website 1 – archive.org
The Internet Archive is a library! They are even a member of the American Library Association
Provides access to archived videos, text, software and websites
Home of the internet archive, known as the Wayback Machine
Launched in 1996, it now contains over 150 billion web captures!

11. Does this look familiar?

12. The website may no longer be “live,” but you might find a copy using the Wayback Machine

13. If the site is archived, the result should look like this:

14. Also useful to see changes to content or design over time
January
2004
Now
Date on the website was obtained (and then displayed) using JavaScript, which still works.

15. Or to view information as it was originally presented

16. Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu

17. Website 2 – https://scratch.mit.edu/
Coding for kids!
Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab
Designed to help young people learn creative thinking and reasoning skills
Provided free of charge

18. iPad and Android Apps part 2

19. Google Translate and Google Earth

20. Google Translate App Can translate written text - 38 languages
Two-way (conversation) speech translation for 32 languages
Translate 103 languages in a text format

21. Google Translate Website

22. Google Translate works on other websites
Type a web address
Click the link in the box on the right
And…

23. Done!
The translation won’t be perfect, but it should be sufficient to get the general idea across.

24. Google Earth The “new” Google Earth App looks a lot like the old one
There are, however, some notable new features

25. Knowledge Cards
On the iPod Touch, they appear at the bottom of the map
Unfortunately, the information seems to primarily come from Wikipedia.

26. Google Earth - Voyager

27. Time for Trivia https://flipquiz.me/ https://kahoot.it/ to join game
to create account and quizzes

28. FlipQuiz
Make your own Jeopardy Styled Quizzes

29. FlipQuiz
Make your own Jeopardy Styled Quizzes

30. Kahoot! Create your own games on Kahoot.com
To join a quiz, just enter the code (Game PIN)
No account is needed to connect to a game
There’s a mobile app, but it is not required

31. You will need to keep this webinar open to view the questions!
Let’s try one out now!
Go to Kahoot.it on the web browser of your smart device or another tab in this browser
Enter the game PIN that appears when I switch screens.

32. Questions

33. Jay Gerlach Library Service Associate Brown County Library - Denmark Branch

34. But Wait, There’s More!
Don’t touch that dial, because I have two more bonus programs to share with you!

35. Bonus Content Paint.NET https://www.getpaint.net/
Photo Manipulation Tool, requires the .NET framework, so it is limited to PC
LibreOffice
Word Processing, Database, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and Drawing software
Compatible with files saved in formats used by Microsoft Office

36. Paint.NET

37. LibreOffice - Writer

38. LibreOffice - Calc

39. LibreOffice - Impress

40. The End – v2.0
Jay Gerlach Library Service Associate Brown County Library - Denmark Branch