After two years of peer pressure (and no small measure of envy), this weekend I finally broke down, laid my trusty Motorola Razor to rest, and bought a 3GS iPhone.  Although I’ve only been on the bandwagon a few days, at this point I can’t understand why I waited so long!  Being able to manage my calendar, contacts, and email from any location has been a blessing for my Type-A personality, Twitter and Facebook are now accessible despite our web filter, and even simple phone calls (lest we forget, the iPhone IS a phone) seem more enjoyable now that I can “slide to answer”.  The real wow factor of the iPhone, however, definitely has to be the plethora of applications (i.e. the App Store) that await.

Once I figured out the fundamentals, I turned to my Twitter network to ask which were the “must have” apps for someone in my position.  As usual, my PLN more than came through; here’s a partial list of their excellent suggestions:

My newbie status and their enlightened suggestions made me realize educators could really benefit from a list of apps geared to our profession.  To that end, I would like to compile a list of iPhone apps to share and thus would invite you to contribute your recommendations to this simple form.  The results of your feedback will be available here and I’ll post a summary in the near future.  In the meantime, thanks to all who helped get me started down the iPhone path and I hope that you’ll take a moment to pass along your top picks.

Posted: 08|17|09 at 8:30 pm. Filed under: Tech Tips.
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