by admin | Mar 29, 2013 | Apps
Word Mess is a new app that I think pupils will love and it comes with a word of warning – it is quite addictive! If your pupils like word games like puzzles, wordsearches or crosswords, then they will love this app. It is a cross between a type of wordsearch...
by admin | Mar 24, 2013 | Apps
Popwords! is a free app for iPhone/iPod and iPad for practising vocabulary and spelling. There are four different ways to play the game – Classic, Practice, Puzzle and Daily Puzzle. It’s a good idea to start with the Practice section of the app so that the...
by admin | Mar 23, 2013 | Apps
News Booth is an app which allows you to turn photographs or pictures into something which looks like a screen grab from Sky News or some other such news channel. I recently came across this app at the CESI conference in February and decided to try it out in the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2013 | Apps, Technology
To mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union and to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, a new free app/ebook has just been released called A History of Ireland in 100 Objects. The development of this app/ebook has been a collaboration...
by admin | Mar 1, 2013 | Technology
This was my presentation delivered at the Computers in Education Society of Ireland (CESI) annual conference on February 23rd, 2013. As the society was celebrating its 40th birthday, I decided to share 40 different technologies that can be used in the classroom. The...
