Category: Reference Apps

A blog by @mircwalsh

App Review – WWF Together

Today’s App Review is WWF Together by the World Wildlife Fund. I really like Apps like National Geographic and this App by WWF is graphically amazing. The App contains information on the many animals that it works towards saving from Snow Leopards to Elephants and more including Gorillas are coming soon. Once you select your animal you…
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App Review – Wezzoo

Today’s App Review is Wezzoo by Wezzoo I am not a big fan of watching weather reports and usually just rely on looking out the window so as a result I obviously don’t use weather Apps or even consider using them. When I saw Wezzoo pop up in the App store I clicked on it…
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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 – Skyfire Web Browser

Today’s App Review is Skyfire Web Browser by Skyfire. I have always been asked does the iPad have flash and I have also heard a lot of people posting/ saying negative things about the iPad because of the absence of flash. To be honest I have never had this problem or missed having flash on…
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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 – 12 days of Christmas

Today’s App review is a follow up on this years 12 days of Christmas App by iTunes . As mentioned in the first review this App offers a free iTunes item  everyday for 12 days. Overall I found that last year offered freebies that would be more for my use but this years giveaway was…
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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 – App Start

Today’s App Review is App Start by App Advice. This App is perfectly designed for anyone of you who may have received your first iOS devices for Christmas. Many people have no idea where to start when there are so many Apps so this advises you on the must have Apps for your device. Whether…
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