Apps in Education

As we have been discussing lately, rolling out a BYOD Program can generate a lot of interesting conversations with students, parents and teachers. Many people do not feel  they have the informat...

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Some schools and/or teachers have not seriously considered a move to BYOD and how it will effect them and their students. They have been waiting for the system or the leadership to make the ...

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As discussed in the initial Implementing a BYOD Program post, I normally work with schools over three intensive workshops in order for them to plan their preparation for moving to a BYOD Pro...

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You may be aware that the Horizon Report was recently discontinued. I have previously published an infographic on the Horizon Report 2014 . It was always an insightful read each year when it was ...

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Anzac Day is held on the 25th April and remembers all those that have fallen in battle for Australia and New Zealand. ANZAC stands for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. They have fought ...

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Making the decision to move a school towards a BYOD model can be fraught with danger. This is especially true if you are using table devices. Unfortunately many people still hold the belief that...

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In my job I often get asked by schools to participate in their BYOD Parent Information Nights. These can be interesting events depending on the amount of preparation that has gone on with the sc...

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I was originally a Visual Arts teacher and spent many hours working with students to finalise colour schemes for particular artworks. It is amazing how the colour combinations can change a work ...

http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2018/04/apps-to-create-beautiful-colour-palettes.html

We have seen a lot of discussion recently about the Apple and Google presence in the education space. There have been many impassioned pleas from different sectors about iPads vs Chromebooks but...

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Fractions are like times tables, they are an integral part of every student’s basic maths education. I have always found that children who have a basic grasp of fractions quickly convert theses...

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I was re-reading the Horizon Report the other day when it occurred to me that it could be easily summarised. This has helped me consolidate the main elements of the article in my own mind. It is...

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Two years ago we published a Speech to Text Apps blog post that has gone on to have over 70,000 hits. Obviously things have changed since then and it was about time that an update to the origina...

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Oceans are a great place for learning. It might be learning about tides or about erosion, it might be learning about ecosystems or coral reefs. It might be learning about the animals of the oc...

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Australian Aboriginal culture has existed continuously for more than 40 000 years. They have developed sophisticated social organisations, complex legal systems and a numerous practices and cere...

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Writing Prompts seems to have been a recurring conversation on twitter recently so I wanted to investigate what was available for teachers. I was surprised to see just how many apps designed for ...

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Making movies on the iPad is one of those activities that I often see in schools. I love to watch how quickly even very young students can produce a professional looking movie. It is a great way ...

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Students do not always have a great sense of time and many of my students over the years have miscalculated the time remaining on a particular task or assessment piece. This is a skill that they ...

http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2014/01/visual-timers-for-your-ipad-classroom.html

I always loved Egypt as a kid - I think was the mystery, the magic and the element of the unknown that created the romantic idea. That and Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb and the subsequ...

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Telling the time is one of those skills that many young children struggle with initially. Even in these days of digital displays the ability to read an analogue clock is an important skill, a ski...

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There are 3079 animals and 2655 plants that are classified as Endangered worldwide. Many of these species are in danger because of the direct impact of man and the removal of their native habitat...

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An Animated Gif is a series of photographs that are contained within the one file in order to create an illusion of movement. The Graphics Interchange Format ( GIF) has been in existence since 1...

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Graphic Organisers apps for iOS are few and far between. There are some good Venn Diagram apps but the overall choice is very limited. I would love to see more Graphic Organiser apps developed fo...

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Minecraft continues to give students a voice in their own education. Minecraft is almost perfect for presenting cross curricula projects and the idea that many students direct their own learning ...

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Education about nutrition is an important part of any school curriculum. This is especially true when you have a look at the propensity of fast food meals that kids eat and the corresponding obes...

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Not all students have a significant adult with the appropriate skills or a shed full of tools to have our own Maker Space. Can the idea of a Maker Space be started in a virtual environment. Could...

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