Handwriting recognition

7HDnotes App the Way Forward or Backward?

7HDnotes App the Way Forward or Backward?

 

It is an interesting thought that some believe the reason the iPAD has flourished unlike many other handheld devices and the tablet laptops that came way before is that they did not focus on handwriting recognition and instead focused on the simple touch keyboard. This may seem strange as you would imagine that the use of handwriting with a stylus if perfected would make it the perfect notetaker and so would establish itself much better within a classroom environment.

Immediately when I heard there were a number of handwriting recognition apps out there – I was intrigued and after much searching decided upon 7HDnotes as this had received the best reviews.

Did it work well yes it is very good – getting even my handwriting most of the time.

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However the problem is the application itself is limited – and as you know I am pretty much sold on using the app Daily Notes for my day to day notetaking of meetings etc. And yes you have guessed when it comes to exporting from 7HD it does not go to Daily Notes immediately and so I would have to copy and paste of export to one document and then across to another.

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I know this may not seem that much of an issue – but it is again one of those almost ‘dealbreakers’ which has meant to this stage the 7HD app is very underused by myslef and I would rather rely on using the keyboard? Will this change – maybe if I was using it for a different reason for example to write an essay as students may be doing then maybe the export to Writeroom etc would be wonderful – who knows until it is tested under those conditions?

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So we will see in the future whether that beautiful Bamboo Stylus I bought is an essential tool – or gets lost at the bottom of my pencil case?

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Initial Meeting and Ruminations…while using Daily Note

Initial Meeting and Ruminations…while using Daily Note

Daily Notes - the best Notetaking App on the iPAD?

We had out first planning at the end of last week to discuss through some of the initial constraints and ideas related to the iPAD iniative. It was an interesting discussion as it showed what a great deal of work needs to happen to be able to facilitate the implementation properly and hopefully ensure its success. Below are some of my initial notes that I wrote on the App “Daily Notes” which so far is my pick on the many note taking apps out there.

I have also tried – Bamboo Paper, Note Taker HD, Notes Plus and Noteshelf which all have some great tools but for some reason the link between a notetaking app and a diary calendar view just seems the right way forward for my organisational style and also how I work within school. So the notes below were written in Daily Notes. The missing link with all of these notemaking apps though is that the handwriting recognition apps are all separate – which is just so annoying at this stage. However more about those in another post.

Meeting Notes and Questions…

– iPad ownership – how does the trial work
Logistics of 1-to-1 ownership dsicussed at length including  payment, vouchers/redemption codes – key apps…not sustainable

Members of team will continue to go on School visits… of schools of excellence – Cedars hosting an event, 29th/30th

hardware – numbers, teachers involved – paragons in each department, 3G …
How will the trial become sustainable … long term there will be a fee if taken forward, or do we take device…
If paid for –  it is the students and so will look after more?

– software issues – legal, base apps, free apps, gifting
Ideas – jampf, mobile iron…purchase licenses
Apple – speak to apps…different apple store education
Precedent…be careful…
Key apps… Parents? A cost –  parent engagement…
What if kid has one already?

– policies and standards
Damage on devices – 1% to 5% , 11-13 year olds?
Insurance – bundle discount…
AUP
Talk inspirational – genius bar environment

– communication –  parents, students
Event evening – needs everyone involved… will be incredibly important
Unknown territory? Parents concerns…Responsibility of use…

– timeline … Stop dithering, however needs to be structured… Needs success, longer term – move this on
Team… Who is this?

As you can see alot was discussed with no real answers – however at least Daily Notes was up to the task 🙂

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