I have had a lot of messages about this recently and I’m sure those going to the Netherlands will hear more but I want to just explain how I used iTunes U for portfolios this year. Previously i had problems that some might remember where an external examiner did not like receiving work digitally (via…
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Many of us use Socrative in our classrooms. I have been encouraging colleagues to try and use it too but they are often reluctant figuring it is complicated. I was recently encourages to create this course and iBook by teachers who did take my word for it being easy and ended up trying it and…
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Today’s App Review is Socrative by Socrative. I teach many different subjects but the lower level IT subjects are always the most challenging to teach as the curriculum is detailed and requires students to complete a fairly extensive portfolio. The portfolio consists of worksheets. The first time I taught the subject my class was made…
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Today’s App Review is The File Converter by Ghost Mobile. There have been many times where I have landed myself in a situation where I have landed something in my Dropbox and left my Macbook at home without realising later that I will have to use a PC which many not be able to open…
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Today’s App Review is Fluency Finder by Lantz, Glass and Gaskins, LLC. As an ESOL (English as a Second Language) Teacher I never really know what stage my students are in their learning when they start. Students are usually varied between those that can read, write and speak English but not accurately. Some students can…
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Time for another App Review and this time it is a Mac App. In the past I used Teacher Kit on my iPad for recording grades, attendance etc but really needed something on my Mac as well. I couldn’t find an App that synched between Mac and iOS (well one that got good reviews) so…
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Today’s I am going to review something a little different I am going to review Sphero iOS accessory and the associated Apps. Searching the App store for Apps to review I stumbled across Sphero Apps and at the time was disappointed that they required you to purchase a $100 accessory in order to use them. I was…
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Yesterday I was asked to review Write to Read by WriteReader Aps Although agreeing I must be honest I am neither a parent nor a primary teacher so have no kids to try it out with but have to say I was very impressed. The App is aimed at kids aged 3+ allowing them to…
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I appear to be the only one in my college interested in creating courses but not letting that stop me. To date I have 3 different courses and each of them contain iBooks. The reason I have iBooks without my courses is to have some structure. I know a lot of courses have content such…
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It has been a while since I have done any reviews and to be honest between having new subjects this year and other stuff I just got caught up in work and neglected my blog. This morning I was contacted by an iBook Author who wanted me to review their books. The first one is…
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