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Apr 28 2016

VR Lessons on iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad apps One Comment

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…

Mar 10 2016

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Yakit Kids for simple explanations and oracy

By Mark Anderson iPad 2 Comments

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…

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…

Dec 13 2015

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AppShareLive – a new initiative

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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…

Oct 13 2015

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Book Creator gets its biggest ever update

By Mark Anderson iPad 10 Comments

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…

Oct 10 2015

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How to add fonts to apps on iOS #ADEchat

By Mark Anderson iPad 3 Comments

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…

May 15 2015

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How to use WordSwag for iOS

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 3 Comments

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…