http://www.brandignity.com/2011/03/building-mobile-iphone-phone-app-onlin/

Currently the iPhone platform seems to be the easiest to build an app online and a handful of services have sprung up in the recent months. Android and Blackberry apps are not far behind so we will also see many more online builders for those two applications as well. Most require a small hosting monthly fee to have the application available but well worth the money. The application can boost your brand a great deal. It is a small expense compared to some of the other forms of marketing out there. Here are some resources to building your own phone app online.

Swebapps: With an unbelievable back end and very user friendly you can build an iPhone application for your business with much less hassle than outsourcing it to a firm or company to build. Swebapps has a variety of choice including how many buttons you want your application to have, what types of features depending on your industry and full customization capabilities. Swebapps makes it very easy even for the novice to execute a company branded mobile phone application to help further brand their business. Although this industry still have a lot of catching up to do in the sense that many businesses are starting to realize that they need to market themselves in the search engines they have positioned themselves really nicely.

App Breeder: App Breeder is another online platform that allows you to build your own iPhone app online by yourself. You don’t need to know any special coding with App Breeder or understand any complicated programming languages you just need to get on their website and start building. It doesn’t cost anything to actually sign up and they will publish your application directly to the iTunes store when you are done. Depending on your business they have a variety of app builder you can start with.

Kanchoo: Another online iPhone app developer that allows you to get going in just a few short minutes. Their process is streamlined and easy so business can get build their web apps and get them into the iTunes store for approval rather quickly. You can even monetize your iPhone application with Admob ads and try to make some extra revenues for your business. By 2013 mobile advertising is rumored to be a $9.2 billion dollar industry so now is a good time to start getting started and at least create a foundation for yourself to get going down the road. Check out Kanchoo and get yourself started.

BuildAnApp : BuildAnApp is still in beta but it offers you to build a mobile phone application across Windows, iPhone and Blackberry. The past part is that it allows you to do this for free. It comes with a 30 day free trial and where you can actually build it and deploy the app to the store. Once that is done you then have charges depending on updates you would like to do to your mobile phone application. BuildAnApp most likely will not be in beta for very much longer so check them out.

Buzztouch: Buzztouch is a free mobile phone builder specifically to the iPhone and offers a completely free service to build your iPhone application. They make it very enticing and user friendly just like most but stamping the word “Free” makes it hard to walk away from. Check out Buzztouch and everything they have to offer.

Mobile Roadie: Mobile Roadie is actually a really cool little niche they got themselves into. Mobile Roadie was initially designed for individuals in the music industry but it looks to have moved past that and now offers do it yourself mobile application for everyone. The great thing is that they offer iPhone and Android building so you can execute both platforms in one single swipe. Plus their site is super user friendly and people shouldn’t have any problems understanding exactly how to use it.

Motherapp: Motherapp is really cool that they have a system that can create across all platforms, iPhone, Android and Blackberry plus they have a set up where they will build it and you share the ad revenue if you don't really have the budget to build a custom app.

My App Creator: My App Creator seems to be like a really nice online app builder as well. They got some good name drops on the home page and have been featured by some impressive news sources so it might be a home run with these guys. Check them out.

http://www.stuartburt.com/

Burt Stuart lists of apps (with App Store links) that teachers and students can use to enhance learning. Their are tons of apps out there, and I think the ones below are some of the better ones. These apps can be used in the classroom for specific goals and help the teacher teach concepts.
If you find an app that you like, email me at stuarteburt(at)gmail.com. Special thanks to @ipadsammy for helping me build the list below. If you aren’t following him on Twitter, you should because he is an incredible resource and would be an excellent addition to your PLN.

Teacher Tools

ShowMe – Personal Interactive Whiteboard – Record lessons, student work, and other interactions complete with audio!
Educreations – Similar to ShowMe
History: Maps of the World – High Resolution Historical Maps
Genius Scan – Turn you iOS device into a pocket scanner. Perfect for scanning documents, whiteboards, or student work.
Dropbox – If your not on Dropbox by now, you need to sign up now! Use this link to sign up. Save your stuff to the cloud and share with others.
Splashtop Whiteboard – Turn your iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Install this app and the companion app on your PC/Mac.

PK-2 Apps

Sight Words List – Simple, but customizable sight words. Teachers can create their own list and record with their voice.
Scribblepress – Story Creation and Sharing – Similar to Madlibs
Hungry Fish – Feed your fish and play with numbers
My Word Wall – Help children develop early reading skills
Duck Duck Moose Apps – They sell ten award winning apps for children that are perfect for teachers. Too many to list!
Tinkerbox – If you can imagine it, you can build it! This app teaches physics concepts in a fun way. Also available for iPhone/Touch.

3-6 Apps

Tinkerbox - If you can imagine it, you can build it! This app teaches physics concepts in a fun way. Also available for iPhone/Touch.
Flip It! – Create a flip book style animation. Great for fostering creativity in students.
What Was There – Similar to History Pin. Portable portal into the past.
Toontastic - Teach students about the story telling process and make a cartoon in the process
VidRhythm - A fun and fast way to create a music video. Teachers and students make the sounds.
MeeGenius - Kids Books that will read it to you and highlight the words as it reads. The student can also choose to read it themselves.

7-12 Apps

EasyBib – Get bibliography info on any book, magazine, or periodical. Users can scan the barcode and build a workscited. They also have a companion website.
Wolfram Alpha - Perform calculations, view graphs, generate reports. This app is a computation engine. Companion Website
Go Sky Watch - Planetarium and Sky gazing app. It will give extensive information about stars and other objects in space
Space Images – Stunning images of video of planets, stars, and other things that NASA has recorded
Stuck on Earth – The best places in the world to visit, photograph, and experience. Awesome images of the greatest places on the planet.
Khan Academy – Learn math and science concepts

Welcome to the ISTE 2011 iPad Workshops

We are excited that you are joining us in one of our iPad workshops at ISTE 2011.  We hope that you will learn about the use of iPad in education and will leave with new ideas to implement mobile devices in your educational environment.  You will find resources, lessons and curriculum ideas in the fields on the left. Enjoy! Camilla Gagliolo, Charlene Chausis, Craig Nansen, Kathy Hobbs, Angela Foreman, Heather Blake, Bill Donovan, Julene Reed, Lori Roe

https://sites.google.com/site/ilearniste2011workshops/articles

Bad haiku

On Sabbatical
Leaving Marquette after death
Coming back home, Healed

The Higher Chronicle

http://chronicle.com/article/Unlocking-Student-Data-Could/131551/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en