by admin | Apr 11, 2012 | Apps, Resources Websites, Technology
Through the Zite magazine app on my iPad, I came across Teaching Appz, a new website with recommendations of mobile apps for teachers and schools. This website comes from the same website stable as Teaching News and Teaching Ideas. The site gives a short review of...
by admin | Apr 9, 2012 | Technology
A blog that I regularly follow is Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers in which he regularly writes posts about practical ideas for the integration of technology in the classroom. Now, Richard has put together a free eBook on Google Documents for...
by admin | Apr 7, 2012 | Filmstrips, Technology
It’s almost two years ago since I first started asking visitors to the site if anyone had access to old filmstrips that may have been cast aside in schools around the country. To say that the response has been overwhelming would be an understatement. At the...
by admin | Apr 6, 2012 | Apps
Ó Chrann Go Crann (From Tree to Tree) is a new bi-lingual story app told in English and Gaeilge within the one app. Because it is rare to see any apps in the Irish language, I was interested to see what this app was like. Written by Caitríona Hastings, the story is...
by admin | Apr 5, 2012 | Apps
The Adobe Photoshop App is a handy little app for manipulating photos and creating some special effects. However, my class used this app when we were doing a unit of work on Andy Warhol and Pop Art. You can import a photo from your camera roll and using the special...