I’m sitting on the floor. Actually, I am sitting on a small red chair, but it is only about 8 inches above the floor. The classroom teacher is sitting beside me but she seems quite comfortable. It seems this chair was designed for little people, like the five year olds that are gathered in a circle on the mat in front of me. There’s a boy playing with his shoelaces but [...]
I am not quite sure how HaikuDeck managed to elude me for this long, but I tried out this presentation software recently and found it solved many issues I have with presenting with an iPad. If you are a teacher who has ever set a presentation task for students, you will be well aware of how hideous a powerpoint presentation can get. You might also have been witness to the phenomenon [...]
The year 2012 saw many schools purchasing iPads for use in their classrooms. The iPad has made made huge in-roads into education, and quickly developed a reputation as being a must-have device. The content available through the AppStore has appealed to teachers of all learning areas, and across all ages in the K-12 spectrum. The iPad's ability to be an all-in-one device with access to camera, microphone, internet, custom apps, has [...]
I wanted to share a recent experience I had with Twitter. I am a relatively new convert to Twitter and have managed to gain a lot of amazing information from it. This is one of the first times I reached out to someone in my network for help. I was not disappointed. I use MindNode on my iPad for so many things. I especially use it for planning workshops and collecting [...]
The latest iOS update for Dropbox is very nice indeed. One of my greatest criticisms of previous iterations of the app, was the clunkiness of the "upload' procedure. This has been rectified in the update, and we can now upload directly to whatever folder we have open at the time. Moving items is a breeze and the new look is a subtle, though welcome enhancement. Dropbox for iOS is close to [...]
