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Sunday 26 May, 2013
Interactive PDFs from Scanned Worksheets
This is a simply tutorial for converting your folder of well used worksheets into something that is a little more “iPad-friendly”. Recently, Adobe released the Adobe Reader application which makes it easy for students to fill out interactive PDFs or your newly spruced worksheets. Once completed the documents can be printed (if you must), emailed, [...]
Sunday 05 May, 2013
iPad Workflows … think outside the app!
The following video explains the concept of ‘workflows’. Due to the limited functionality in some applications it is necessary to use multiple applications to get the desired effect or end result. This professional development session was inspired by a workshop I attended at Slide2Learn 2013 in Perth, Western Australia. Special thanks to Kate Maccoll
Sunday 28 April, 2013
EDU Essentials List
Over the past year I have developed an Essential Educational Application List. One of the biggest mistakes schools can make with their iPad programmes it to overburden students and staff with a device packed with applications which never get used. This is a bare basics list which will encourage creativity and practical functionality of the [...]
Sunday 28 April, 2013
App-Astra: the iPad reaching it’s potential
“Ad astra” is a Latin phrase meaning “to the stars”. This blog post summarises by student-focused session at Slide2Learn 2013, encouraging a positive view of the tablet for senior students who are particularly reluctant to adopt the technology late in their high school journey. Ways will be suggested for using ICT to assist students in [...]
Thursday 04 April, 2013
Can Australian Teacher’s download videos from YouTube for classroom use
We have been having an on-going debate regarding whether or not YouTube content is regarded as “free-to-air” and if it is legal for Teachers to use show archived YouTube clips for offline playback. There is heaps of blog articles relating to this but there are few credible sources of information which give you a ‘black [...]
Sunday 29 April, 2012
Review of Survey Software for the Classroom
I was recently asked by a selection of teachers from various disciplines to research which Survey Software would be suitable for educational application in the classroom. As we are quickly becoming a mobile school, it was a requirement that the survey software be device agnostic and able to easily export results for school reporting. My [...]
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