Updated by Andrew Neiburg on Jun 23, 2014

HCPS TIPC - Communication and Collaboration

Google Drive

Google Drive is one safe place for all your stuff. Upload photos, videos, documents, and other files that are important to you, then access what you need wherever you go, on any device. Get going with up to 15GB of storage. Free.

Always have the latest version of your documents, whether at home or in the office
Make any file available offline
Keep photos and videos from your device in Drive so you have everything if it breaks or is lost
Access your stuff from a new device without having to transfer or download anything

Google Docs

Create, edit and collaborate with others on documents from your iPod, iPhone or iPad with the free Google Docs app.

With Google Docs you can:

Create new documents or edit any that you have started on the web or another device
Share documents and work together with others in the same document at the same time
Get stuff done at any time – even without an Internet connection
Add and respond to comments
Never worry about losing your work – everything is automatically saved as you type

Google Sheets

Create, edit, and collaborate with others on spreadsheets from your iPod, iPhone, or iPad with the free Google Sheets app.

With Google Sheets you can:

Create new spreadsheets or edit any that you started on the web or another device
Share spreadsheets and work together with others in the same spreadsheet at the same time
Get stuff done anytime -- even without an internet connection
Format cells, enter/sort data, perform various sheet operations, and more
Never worry about losing your work -- everything is automatically saved as you type

Edmodo

Edmodo makes a teacher’s daily life easier by providing a safe and easy way for teachers and students to engage and collaborate for free, anytime, anywhere.

Use Edmodo for:

 • Secure classroom discussions
 • Posting assignments
 • Gradebook tracking
 • File sharing and uploading

Key Features:

 • Classroom activity feed
 • Student progress tracker
 • Educational resource library
 • Professional learning networks

Evernote

Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve your productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, snap photos, create to-do lists, scan business cards, record voice reminders--and it makes everything searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

Key Features:
- Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use
- Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists

- Save, sync and share files
- Scan business cards
- Record voice and audio notes
- Search for text inside images
- Organize notes by notebooks and tags
- Digitize documents and Post-it Notes
- Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard!

ShowMe allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old!

INTUITIVE AND POWERFUL

Record your ShowMe tutorial right away — no manuals or complicated menus needed
Drop in images onto the whiteboard
Easily switch between drawing and erasing (as well as pausing and playing) to make your ShowMe flow from concept to concept
You can make your ShowMe as long or as short as it needs to be, and record as many ShowMe’s as you want. Go nuts!
Once you’re finished recording, upload your ShowMe to share with the community (or keep it private if you prefer)
Discover awesome tutorials created by other members of the ShowMe community

Skype for iPad

Features:
Join over 250 million people every month using Skype
- Get started with Skype on your iPad and find your friends in an instant.

Message friends and send photos in an instant
- Instant message your friends in a flash, add emoticons and even photos.

Video messaging
- Stay in touch with friends and family even when they're busy or offline with unlimited, free video messages.

Call mobiles and landlines
- Add a little Skype Credit to send low-cost SMS messages or call friends on their mobile or landline.

No WiFi? No problem.
- Skype works on 3G* and WiFi – so you can stay in touch, even if you’re out and about.

Chat with anyone, anywhere
- Skype’s available on smartphones, tablets, PCs, Macs and even TVs. Whatever device your friend or family uses, Skype just works. Simple.