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Jul 14 2016

Revolutionise your photos with this killer app

By Mark Anderson iPad One Comment

First introduced to me recently by Julian Wood, Prisma is a simply fab free and simple to use app that can revolutionise your photos and how you think about them. Fantastic for the Art classroom taking on board lots of different artists styles. Check out the result of just some of…

Jan 21 2016

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CV Plus – a new record of achievement

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

First up, this isn't a paid endorsement or anything like that. I don't do those kind of things and if I did I'd tell you up front, a bit like I am now. I first met CV Plus creator, Harriet Churchward back in 2015 at a TES Labs event in…

Jan 15 2016

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Inspiring reading and writing with the Lifeline App

By Mark Anderson iPad, Literacy 2 Comments

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…

Jan 25 2015

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#Bett2015 Part Five – Google and Book Creator

By Mark Anderson Bett 3 Comments

As someone who is pretty passionate about (purposeful) edtech and its potential to enhance learning, Google are one of only a few organisations that sit right at the heart of that passion. One of the things on my professional bucket list was to become a Google Certified Teacher. Alongside that, I've…

Jan 11 2015

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Vidra for iPad – free video creation tool

By Mark Anderson iPad 10 Comments

Vidra is a great free new app from the creators of the also brilliant Grafio - TenTouch Apps. I was using Grafio on my iPad today and saw that they were promoting this new app - the end result looked pretty good and not too dissimilar to Adobe Voice (which I…

Jun 09 2013

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How to use the Grafio App

By Mark Anderson My Screencasts 5 Comments

A number of people have asked me how to use the Grafio App, so I made a screencast. I hope you find it useful! Cheers!

Apr 02 2013

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Unleash infographic creativity with Grafio

By Mark Anderson Infographics, iPad, iPad apps 4 Comments

It's not often that I write a specific post on a specific app but I am today. I've been using the app 'Grafio' for some time now. I found it because I was looking for an app that I could use to create my own infographics (a diagram that plots…

Jan 09 2013

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Google Like a Rockstar – an encore!

By Mark Anderson Guest posts, ICT One Comment

From a guest post by Penny Russell @digitaldaisies Here are some more ways of using Google Advanced Search for smarter searching. Advanced Search Advanced search is helpful if you have a number of parameters you want to limit your search by, and can’t find Mark’s handy searching post. Advanced search…

Sep 01 2012

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Cracking iPad video app for free – Pinnacle Studio

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad, iPad apps One Comment

Avid Studio (which cost £4.99) has been one of my secret weapon apps for some time as an alternative to the also fab iMovie. Imagine my surprise when I saw this notification in my updates in the app store.Avid Studio is now Pinnacle Studio and whilst essentially the same app,…