One of my favourite apps for learning is ThingLink. I’ve blogged about it a number of times. With an iPad and Android app plus the ability to use it in browser too, it meets one of my requirements for a great app for learning: It’s super simple to use It…
It’s not any secret that I like a good graphic. There are a number of apps that can help you create great graphics, just from your iPhone or iPad and I’ve talked about a number of them in the past such as Typorama and Wordswag. Don’t get me wrong, you can…
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…
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…
AppShareLive is a new initiative where I hope to get a bunch of educators together each month to share some technology that is working for them in their classroom. I was really pleased with the first edition of #appsharelive yesterday, you can view it again below via YouTube. This is…
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…
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…
One of my bug bears is the limitation of fonts on my iPad. I mentioned in my post yesterday about wall displays that using fonts to add to your repertoire of title fonts for your displays can really make them sing. My favourite site for finding fonts is ‘Da Font and…
This year’s institute will stay with me for some time. I will blog more about it but for now I will keep my mouth and keyboard shut as I don’t want to provide any spoilers for those about to attend the third regional institute in Singapore. Those of you who…
Literacy is a big deal. One way that many teachers promote literacy in their classroom is through the use of technology to create good looking word resources to put on the wall. One such app that allows for this is ‘WordSwag’. Normally I would be looking for the free option…
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