If you aren't aware of Yakit Kids, where have you been? Yakit Kids is a free iPhone (which works on iPad) app that is super simple to use, great fun, but scalable in terms of its potential impact. Simply ask children to either screenshot or grab an image / photo…
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Inspiring reading and writing in young people can sometimes be a challenge, but utilising popular media and technology often has a big impact on pupil engagement in this area. The rather fab text-based adventure game Lifeline was just named Apple's App of the Week. To tie in with this, it is…
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I've been working the awesome Stephenson Memorial School and the North Tyneside Learning Trust for some time now. It was my pleasure to be involved in their RTC launch last year and other events there across the day I was there. I will write about the Digital Leader academy that I…
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This popular post originated on my Staffrm account but I thought I'd update it a bit and transfer it to my own site, so here it is... Ten things every educator should know about their iPad... 1. Pressing the home button and the standby button will take a screen shot…
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In lieu of writing a reflective blog for this year I thought I would share the top ten iPad Apps that have been impactful in my working with hundreds of schools and teachers around the world this year. With a focus on a few key types of Apps such as…
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In case you hadn't noticed, I'm quite a fan of the iPad (the Lollipop Nexus 9's not too bad either). Not because of its design or because its by Apple or any of that, but because of its keen heritage in the learning arena. Any one who knows me will…
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Ever wanted to travel the world from your classroom? Perhaps to showcase a city or mountain range or historical monument or a location from the ancient world? The free website airpano.com contains hundreds of beautiful 3 dimensional virtual tours of beautiful locations all over the world which can make this…
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More Ed, Less Tech is the title of my new 'One Best Thing' book made following the ADE institute in Amsterdam earlier this year. It is an ongoing project that Apple asks its ADEs to complete at their institute for educators that takes place each year and I am so…
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I have been curating a Padlet wall to embed in my new book uploaded to iBooks today (More Ed, Less Tech). Thanks to my amazing PLN there are now more than 100 different responses (with far more than 100 ideas) on iOS Apps and ideas for their use added to the…
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It's no secret that I love Book Creator. It's been a staple of my iPad workflow with students for a long time. Simple to use with the opportunity to enable pupils to create their own books; the power of publishing is simply epic in terms of the agency it gives…
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