A fantastic (and free) app for your iPhone or iTouch in the classroom is called RemotePad-it works as a presentation remote, but allows you to control the computer remotely (not just in PowerPoint), it even has a keyboard. If you use PowerPoint & a SmartBoard (or any projection set up), you will benefit from using this app.
To use it, you need to have your phone and computer running on the same network (via IP or network name). Once you download the app, there is a file to download (also free) to the computer you are using. Just open the program on your computer and then run the app on your iPhone.
A benefit of using this over a regular presentation remote is obviously that it's free (if you already have an iPhone/iTouch) and that it runs on the network and not as infrared remote, so you can use it from anywhere in your building that runs the same network. I've been pulled into quick meetings while my students were going through PowerPoint notes; I kept going through the slides from another room.
There are other presentation-type apps for the iPhone, I've tried a couple of others, including one that allowed you to preview slides directly on your phone, but RemotePad seems to be one of the best ones in terms of reliability and functionality for the price
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