by admin | Oct 29, 2012 | Apps
There are very few PE apps on the market suitable for the primary school teacher. However, today I saw a recommendation from Mr. Robbo on Twitter for the PE Games app which I downloaded. The app is full of lesson plans for games for the PE class. The lesson plans for...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Apps
There are a number of whiteboard apps in the App Store but the one I’m getting great use out of at the moment is called Show Me. I think that part of the reason why I like it so much is its simplicity. It’s fairly basic, without the bells ‘n whistles, but that is what...
by admin | Sep 15, 2012 | Apps
I’m not aware of any apps in the iTunes App Store that will record audio and allow it to be saved as an .mp3 file, which is probably the most widely accessible audio file format. However, I heard about the Hokusai app from Joe Dale on Twitter earlier this year. Joe...
by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | Apps
Many teachers will be familiar with the great “Know Your Ireland” geography software for schools from the Irish software company Edware. This company also produces other similar geography titles: “Know Your Europe”, “Know Your USA”, “Know Your World”. Edware has now...
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 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...
