When I reflect back to early versions of iOS and the workarounds that teachers and students used to have to jump through hoops to complete through third-party applications, the iOS operating system has come a very long way from where it used to be. No longer do you have to…
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I was working this week at the JESS school in Dubai with former periodic table collaborator and good friend, Steve Bambury. We used the previous version of this table and despite it only being a year old, so much has changed in that short space of time. Now that the…
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There's no getting away from it, Microsoft's focus on driving new technologies forward to help those with accessibility needs have been pretty groundbreaking in recent times. The Immersive Reader that works within Office Lens is one such example. Simply take a photo of a document within Office Lens and have…
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Something I often struggle to do is to find meaningful videos to use as backgrounds. A while ago I found a great app which you can use to turn your previously taken photos into animated looped videos, simply by tweaking a few elements in your image. Here's an example of…
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The recent periodic table of iOS apps for AR & VR I created alongside Steve Bambury has been very popular. One of the apps that feature on the table in the 'Story Telling' section is a free app called Figment ARÂ which is free and suitable for ages from 4+ according…
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One of the most exciting arenas for innovation in education with technology is that of augmented reality and virtual reality. I've been a fan of exploring how these types of apps can be used to support and enhance learning for a long time now. One of my first books on…
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Whilst there are some awesome apps and websites to support generic teaching and learning activities across the curriculum and age bands, there are also lots of brilliant subject-specific apps for you to use in the classroom too. Remember that whilst some of these tools really do have 'cool factor' running…
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The launch of iOS 11 has brought about the advent of some great new features to your iPad. It also marked the end of 32-bit apps being allowed to run on iOS. All apps on iOS now run on 64-bit and so if you've noticed that one of your beloved…
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In September 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s with its first 64-bit processor, the A7 and they launched iOS 7, the first 64-bit iDevice from Apple. In 2015 Apple announce that all new apps on the App Store must have 64-bit support. From iOS 11, only 64-bit apps will be…
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There is every chance that in your inset this year you'll have spent some time looking at how you can develop your practice with technology. You might have even been given a new shiny (or more usually not) iPad to use in your work. If you're new to iPad (or…
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