by admin | Aug 18, 2013 | Apps
Visual Poetry from Image Chef is an app for iPhone and iPad which will transform a poem or phrase into a very pleasing visual image. Quite similar in many ways to Wordle and Tagxedo, this app allows pupils to insert text, which can be a short phrase or a complete...
by admin | Aug 14, 2013 | Apps
I recently was made aware of a relatively new iOS app called “Tellagami” and became intrigued by its possibilities in an educational setting. The app allows the user to create short animated videos (each called a “Gami”) to tell a story, give a...
by admin | Jul 25, 2013 | Apps
Little Writer is a tracing app for younger pupils from developers Alligator Apps. It is used to support younger learners who are at the initial stages of writing. This app helps such pupils to correctly write upper and lower case letters, numbers, words and shapes. It...
by admin | Jul 23, 2013 | Technology
I’ve written a previous blog post about Talking QR Codes and how they could be used in the classroom. Put basically, you type in a text message of no more than 100 characters in length on the QR Voice website, which then creates a QR Code. You then save the QR...
by admin | Jun 17, 2013 | Competitions
The O’Brien Press, which has an extensive catalogue of children’s books as well as many books of general interest, recently launched its new website. It features a new layout which includes an easy navigation, author profiles, book extracts, reviews,...
