Judson ISD Connect App featured in San Antonio Express News

The San Antonio Express News featured the Judson ISD Connect app in a recent article at http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/Popular-app-can-check-grades-report-bullies-3689123.php

The Judson ISD Connect app was developed rapidly using the Conduit Mobile platform.

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Mashable - Apps Used To Take Stand Against Bullies

Mashable published a nice story on schools and students using apps to report bullies.  The article featured a great app by Tim Porter, Stop Bullies, and mentions our team's fantastic Judson ISD Connect! app.  It also features a great classroom project where students created their own anti-bullying app.


The story is available on Mashable at http://mashable.com/2012/06/11/bullying-apps/

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Judson ISD Technology Services May 2012 Uplink Newsletter Published

Judson ISD's May 2012 Technology Services' Uplink newsletter has been published at http://www.judsonisd.org/district/technology/newsletters/JudsonISDTechnologyServicesUPLINKNewsletterMay2012.cfm



There are many informative articles, including: Windows 7 upgrades, Improving Email Services, iPad Apps for Productivity Enhancement, Using Twitter to Create a Personal Learning Network, and more!.  So please take a few minutes and get updated on technology at Judson ISD by reading our May 2012 newsletter.

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Judson ISD Connect! App named App of the Month by Conduit Mobile

Our Judson ISD Connect! app today was named the May 2012 app of the month by Conduit Mobile.  At the same time we are proud to announce a major upgrade of the app with addition of Parent Center mobile, which adds grades, attendance, and more for both student and parent viewing.


The full blog post on the app of the month is available here on the Conduit Blog.

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Scam Emails Using Your Friends' Data To Look Legitimate

The Nigerian email scams still holds a place in the "how they used to do it the old days" files of cyber yesterday. I received an email today that reminded me of my Nigerian email scam favorites, but also had harvested the name and signature of a friend, such that the scam took on a very personal nature....the last name has been blotted out to protect the infected:

Ok - so at least my friend quickly figured this out.......but how many takers might bite off on something like this?

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Don’t be a Phisherman! Creative Spoofed URL’s Meant to Lure Unsuspecting Twitter Users

Can you spot what makes the following a Phishing attempt?  You may not at first glance....this is a very creative:

The page above that looks like a legitimate Twitter site is in fact not legitimate at all.   I received a Direct Message on Twitter that had a shortened URL, which redirected to ltvvitter.com – which at first glance looks like the URL for Twitter and would probably fools lots of people into coughing up their Twitter credentials.  If someone was in a hurry or just not paying attention, they might easily fall prey to this scam.  The message the URL was sent with was meant to get people to click to find out more; The message said “Hey someone is posting terrible things about you... “, then linked to the phishing fake Twitter site.

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iPad Productivity Apps (for Principals & Administrators)

I am going to be training our principals (and other administrators) on productivity apps for better utilizing their iPads.  I have talked with several people, who have given some great ideas and many people across the state have contributed ideas through the TECSIG email list.   So far, here is the list of iPad apps for productivity (this list would probably work for more than just educators):

iPad Apps for (Principal and Administrator) Productivity

Stock iPad Apps
Safari	Web Browser	Included with iPad
Contacts	Syncs with Exchange (Outlook)	Included with iPad
Email	Syncs with Exchange (Outlook)	Included with iPad
Calendar	Syncs with Exchange (Outlook)	Included with iPad
Camera	Takes pictures	Included with iPad
Photos	Email, tweet, your photos..	Included with iPad
FaceTime	Real time video conference with other iOS users	Included with iPad

Notetaking Apps
Evernote	The e-filing cabinet of choice – use as your memory.  Stores emails, text notes & audio.  Syncs across many devices and web.  Great search!	Free
Notability	Any easy to use simple text, written, audio and photo note app – email or PDF notes	$9.99
GoodReader	Great PDF annotation and reader software	$4.99
PDF Expert	Simple PDF annotation with WiFi transfer and Box support	$9.99
Audio Memos Free	Voice recorder, email up to 3mb files, WiFi download	Free
Dragon Dictation	Voice to text transcriptions	Free

Office Apps
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote	Apple’s GREAT office apps for Word Processing, spreadsheet, and presentations.  These are the apps to use if using iPad for content creation.	$9.99 each
QuickOffice Pro	All in one office suite – edits Microsoft Office docs and syncs with Box.net and WiFi file transfer.  This more affordable suite is geared towards just editing.	$14.99
CloudOn	Cloud-Based MS Office with Box synchronization	Free
Digits Calculator	Great desktop calc with editable, comment-able eTape that can be emailed	$1.99
Dictionary.com	Great dictionary and thesaurus	Free

Book  Apps
iBooks, Nook & Kindle	eBooks from the big three.	Free

News Apps
Pulse	Incredible customizable news aggregator	Free
FlipBoard	Another great customizable new aggregator	Free
Texas Tribune	Stay on top of Texas news and the legislature	Free

Other Useful Apps
Box	App to synchronize files to the cloud and web browser..use to move files between PC and iPad	Free
Citrix	Get a JISD Windows desktop and use MS Office,  access your H and T drives, etc	Free
Twitter	Great social networking tool to expand your PLN	Free
iThoughtsHD	Easy mind mapping with Image & PDF export and Box synchronization	$9.99
Skitch	Simple annotation app – take a photo and mark up ideas and notes (syncs to Evernote)	Free
Explain Everything	Annotate and narrate on screen then export video – great way to narrate presentations then share	$2.99

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