Category: Education Apps

A blog by @mircwalsh

App Review – Color Thief

Today’s App Review is Color Thief by Yellow Cedar Software. When I got my first iOS device I was amazed at how simple it is to edit photos through Apps compared to all the years I had been using Photoshop. However, after what I would say is 20+ photo editing App downloads I am not…
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App Review – Learn Spanish: Babbel.com

Today’s App Review is Learn Spanish by Babbel. I have recently been working with students to create language podcasts for iTunes U and admittedly I have not made any effort to learn or speak foreign languages since leaving school so you could say I am more than a little bit out of practice. With this…
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App Review – Word Mess

Today’s App Review is Word Mess by Masala Games. I have always loved word clouds and enjoy making them for my presentations so this App definitely caught my eye. The App combines Word Clouds with the hidden object concept. Given tasks such as finding all words relating to board games, mythology, animals, geography etc it…
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App Review – EasyBib

Today’s App Review is EasyBib by Imagine Easy Solutions. When I was in college I always hated making writing bibliographies at the end of research projects and I don’t think anyone really enjoys doing them. My class are certainly no different so it was great to discover EasyBib. This App scans the barcodes from the…
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App Review – Go Class

Today’s App review is Go Class by Learning mate solutions. To first use the app educators have to register with Go Class after this they can upload information, share images and sources with students. Students need be registered also and this registration must include their names, student ID number and email. Because I didn’t want…
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App Review – Social Stats

Today’s App review is Social Stats by 77 Agency. I use Social Media statistics in my class all the time and students have to look up facts for their research projects so it is great to have discovered this App which includes them all region by region. For example a simple search I did showed…
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App Review – Lesson Plans

Today’s App review is Lesson Plans by Scot Falbo. There are plenty of lesson plan Apps out there but the design of this one makes it very user friendly. Inbuilt themes allow you to easily set up your lessons and you can have headings and sub-headings to help organise your tasks. It is a great…
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App Review – Motion

Today’s App review is Motion by Apple. It has been a while since I reviewed a Mac App so have decided to give Motion a go. Motion 5 is a video effects App used in conjunction with Final Cut Pro  X to make custom animations, text and effects. I have Level One Pro in Final…
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App Review – My CQS

Today’s App review is My CQS by James Gupta. This App is hands down one of the best educational Apps I have discovered. In the past I have often created online quizes and surveys for my students but this requires quite a bit of work and then the students have to login and then I…
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App Review – Paper

Today’s App review is Paper by FiftyThree This App has being in the top downloaded Apps for this past month and comes highly recommended. The basic concept is a drawing App and I must admit it is nothing but beautiful and very original. While I do like the idea I have very limited drawing skills and these…
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