iPad - ICTEvangelist

Mar 14 2012

SketchShare: collaboration the easy way

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, T & L No Comments

I was really pleased to come across the SketchShare app the other week. I immediately saw some really great potential with it. Some of these key features made it a no brainer for me in an education space: 1) Supporting group work upto 4 people can collaborate anywhere in the…

Mar 11 2012

Love0

iClevedon iPad trial: Student feedback

By Mark Anderson iClevedon, iPad, iPad apps, T & L One Comment

Feedback from students who have been trialling the devices recently, 24/7 for over a month, can be found on the iClevedon blog here: http://iclevedon.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/10/ You can find out more by following the iClevedon twitter feed.

Mar 04 2012

Love0

Integrated blogging app for iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 4 Comments

Following a recommendation I've just downloaded the 'Blogsy' app for iPad. As you'll see from the screenshot, there are lots of built in formatting features, which if you're a Posterous or Blogger user makes it super handy. It makes it super easy too to add in different media with the…

Mar 03 2012

Love0

iTunes U – raising the bar & aspirations

By Mark Anderson iPad, T & L 3 Comments

I recently blogged about the power of iBook Author and the new iBooks2, now I turn to iTunes U or the iTunes University app and how it also supports learning. The iTunes U app gives anyone with an iPad the opportunity to follow courses from hundreds of different…

Mar 02 2012

Love0

Access Dropbox from Pages/Keynote/Numbers on iPad #ftw

By Mark Anderson iPad 10 Comments

I am pleased as punch to have found a way to link up my Dropbox account with iWork for iPad. And it’s easy. And it’s free. Check http://otixo.com Once you’ve signed up and linked Otixo to your Dropbox account (you can do it with Google Docs too – double…

Feb 29 2012

Love0

More reasons to love iPad with iBooks Author

By Mark Anderson iPad 6 Comments

You won’t have failed to notice the big launch by Apple a few months ago with various links to education. They released 3 big education related items that have (if they hadn’t already) made educational establishments really sit up and notice the iPad as a serious learning tool. iTunesU app…

Jan 21 2012

Love0

Top 6 iPad apps for Geography

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 13 Comments

Some of the best use I've seen of apps on the iPad is where teachers have engaged students using apps in conjunction with others. Filming activities, recording audio, adding the media to Keynote and annotating, demonstrating learning - that said, there are some great subject specific apps out there…

Jan 17 2012

Love0

Moles – using Puppet Pals HD & iMovie together

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps, T & L 4 Comments

You may have read about the use of the two amazing apps Puppet Pals HD and iMovie in the classroom. These great apps (Puppet Pals HD basic is free, £1.99 for the Directors Pass which gives you some cool features such as using your own backgrounds - iMovie is £2.99)…

Jan 08 2012

Love0

Wacom Bamboo Stylus Review for iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad 2 Comments

My wife was nice enough to buy me a stylus for my iPad for my Christmas stocking - she bought me the Wacom Bamboo Stylus from Amazon (Amazon link). Having not used a stylus on the iPad before I haven't really got a baseline comparison to match it with. I've…

Dec 06 2011

Love0

Creative Book Builder – ePub creator for iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps 6 Comments

I've been searching for some time for an app which will allow me to create my own content and be able to publish it as an ePub. The benefits of being able to publish my own documents in to iBooks as resources for students that a media rich is something…