During a recent trip to Spain with the RED Project I was introduced to Action Bound App. The idea is that you use your device to explore a new area. It guides you to various points in a location at which you need to then take a selfie or answer trivia questions. Basically like modern day…
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GarageBand is an app I used a lot on Mac in the early days but I never engaged much with the iPad version until a couple of months back when I found myself being asked to run workshops and CPD for teachers. One thing that really helped was when I discovered MIDI tracks can be…
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A couple of weeks ago I was invited by South African reseller Think Ahead to present at their Coding Summit in Johannesburg. Surprised by the invite I was making all kinds of excuses not to go but in the end it was too good not go. The support I received from Think Ahead in the…
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Managed Apple IDs were announced over a year ago and I never really had a need or want for them. I had been using my own Apple ID for close to 10 years so you can just imagine the history of purchases and downloads associated with it. However, this quickly changed at the Apple Education…
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Clips is a free video-creation Apple app for iOS that devices that was launched early in 2017. Since it’s launch I have been using it both personally and in the classroom. Going back a couple of years the video creation section of my digital media module used to take weeks or learning and content gathering.…
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I first heard about Assemblr at BETT 2018. Having used both AR and Octagon apps in the past I was keen to give it a try. Assemblr is a free app that allows students to build virtual worlds in a Minecraft like setting and then view them in a real-life setting using AR or VR. Students…
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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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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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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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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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