Category: Education Apps

A blog by @mircwalsh

App Review – Synonyms Quiz

Today’s App Review is Synonyms Quiz by Adrian Georgescu So how good are you at words? Do you think you know them all? This game is a challenging quiz testing your knowledge of synonyms. Out of a few thousand words you are presented with a choice of 4 words and have to pick the right…
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App Review – Smule Piano

Today’s App Review is Smule Piano by Smule. Smule are one of the top music App developers and have come out with some great original Apps which challenger the user and take music making to the next level. Smule Piano is no different. The App offers a rang of different music from classical to modern…
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App Review – Shakespeare in Bits.

Today’s App Review is Shakespeare in Bits by Mindconnex Learning Limited. Gone are the days where you would have to sit down and read from a book.  This App revolutionises the works of Shakespeare and brings them into the digital age. The App contains 5 of Shakespeares best places including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer…
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App Review – Magical Pad

Today’s App review is Magical Pad by Magical Pad LLC Although yet another organiser I would consider this to be quite a lot different to say Private Folders or the recently reviewed Living Organised. The main feature of this map is to build mind maps. You can create them by dragging and dropping pre-made features…
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App Review – Reflections

Today’s App Review is Reflections by Squirrels LLC. Reflections App can be downloaded onto Mac or PC and reflects your iOS device onto your laptop. I have been considering an Apple TV for some time now and given that my laptop is considered too old for the Airplay feature I couldn’t see the point in…
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App Review – iTeacher Book

Today’s App Review is iTeacher Book by iStudiez. The word around the college this week was iTeacher Book, iTeacher Book, iTeacher Book so I figured I should check it out. I was more than a little disapointed. I have been using Teacher Kit (previously reviewed here) since September and this App was exactly the same.…
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App Review – Animoto.

Today’s App review is Animoto by Animoto Inc. This App is my new favorite video editing App. The App allows you to add your own text, music, videos, photos into one of it’s 25 free videos styles. In just a few clicks you can have a 30 second professional looking video featuring your favorite photos.…
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App Review – Educreations

Today’s App Review is Educreations by Educreations. This App turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard so that you can draw, edit, import photos and record audio. This can all be done on the go so you can prepare it in advance or using it as a drawing tool within the classroom. The App has…
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App Review – PinPoint

Today’s App Review is PinPoint by Langente. So time for another Mac App review. I recently discovered PinPoint a really great pointer App. I always find it kind of pointless pointing to something in a class and expecting students to see what I am pointed to on the display so after a speedy search I…
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App Review – Cliff Notes

Today’s App Review is Cliff Notes Study Guide by gWiz. LLC Having a pretty terrible English teacher in school I relied heavily on Cliff Notes and other study guides to get me through and now they are available on iOS devices. Oh how I wish I had an iPad back when I was at school!!…
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