Category: App of the day

A blog by @mircwalsh

App Development with Swift.

I first learnt about Swift in 2014 and having had some initial exposure to it, it seemed like an easier version of other programming languages I had already used. Back then it was very early days and not really in the hands of the non-developer so I forgot about it for a while until it…
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Hands-on with Happy by Tuniversity.

Tuniversity recently released their iBook featuring Pharrel Williams song Happy. This iBook guides readers through the processes of composing Happy in Garageband. Having never used or even heard of Tuniversity before I wasn’t sure how good this resource would be but for €5.99 I figured it would be worth the try.  The 79 pages of the…
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Hands-on with Apple Clips.

Released over Easter break Apple Clips was just a week too late to integrate into my full-time classes but just in time to integrate into my summer class and because the summer class was just 10 weeks long I figured I would integrate Clips as much as I could. So for anyone that had never…
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Octagon 4D+ apps and cards review

This week I was lucky to be able to try out the Octagon 4D set of apps and cards. As a massive fan of augmented reality I was eager to try these after spotting them at #BETT2017. Shipping only took a couple of days and there was a good deal if you ordered the full…
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My top 10 assessment apps.

Preparing for an iPad 1:1 classroom means trying to decide what apps to use. I have tried loads, some great, some awful and some I can see myself using for years to come. Below are my top 10 apps (in no particular order). 1. Socrative – iOS, web-based and free. Quiz based app 2. Verso…
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Course 2 – Creating a Class Blog.

Below is the second of a set of 8 courses that feature both on this blog and also over on The EDtech Portal. These screencasts will talk you through how to create a class blog. For a full list of available courses check out our list here Note: If you want certification for this course…
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Course 1 – Create an iBook in iBooks Author course.

Below is the first of a set of 8 courses that feature both on this blog and also over on The EDtech Portal. These screencasts will talk you through how to create a simple iBook for use in a classroom. Note: If you want certification for this course you can take it over on The…
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Creating multi-touch books with students.

Teaching a digital media course has been an endless exciting journey of app exploration. The module is so vague you can make most apps work and change the content around depending on an individual class group. As part of the module descriptor there is an option for students to create iBooks/eBooks. For the first couple…
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Using iTunes U courses to create multimedia CV portfolios for educators

Ok so I don’t know about the rest of you but I have an tons of different content that I have created over the last number of years. When going to job interviews or talking to people a CV is great but sometimes it doesn’t really do enough to show off us ‘creative types’. At…
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ADE Institute 2015 EMEIA Reflection

  So another institute down and what a great one it was! I was honoured to be able to attend this one as an alumni and really enjoyed it. I loved being a board member and all the things we had to do. It was great being able to share my story in the showcase…
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