Help when learning is hard
From the day the iPad appeared all I've really wanted is to eliminate my writing pad. I have tried so many apps and stylus' with my various iPad models and sizes, but I always reverted to a notebook and pen to develop new programs, journal or write a study card for my students. I had almost… Continue reading Nebo – early signs this app is what I’ve been waiting for
In previous posts I have recommended apps for writing topic (mainly narrative) generation. Whilst I still like and use these, I feel obliged to also add a caveat. The resulting narrative from these apps are often very silly because of the random nature of the app where places, people and events that would not ever… Continue reading Brainstormer
I came across a wonderful website to assist in literature analysis for high school English students, www.litcharts.com. With a mix of classic and some modern literature included on the site, it is a wonderful resource for the students who err on the side of visual learning. The website has a "Chart Board" where the themes… Continue reading LitCharts
I have come across this great new app for oral story telling - it would be wonderful in a small group during literacy circles! I have also been able to utilise its functionality easily in a one to one setting with primary aged students. The app comes with a range of themes (pirates, fairy tales… Continue reading Story Wheel
A cute app designed to develop accuracy and fluency in recall of the basic facts in the four operations. There are a plethora of apps out there that do this, it's always nice to find one that will have particular interest for an individual student. The race theme of this app does that for me!… Continue reading Keen Sprinter
A quick app for revising the concept of antonyms or opposites. Two twin siblings appear on the screen and shout out words, they appear in text (therefore can be used for some decoding and encoding analysis) before being matched to each other. As the levels increase some distractor words are included (i.e. words that cannot… Continue reading The Opposites
It's been a while since I have posted an iPad app review, but definitely not a reflection of how much I love this technology. This entry is not so much an individual app, but a suite of apps for any special education educator. Super Duper Publications is an American company who mainly produce items for… Continue reading Super Duper Apps
'Shiny Things' is an emerging company releasing a range of apps suitable for IOS (Apple devices) in the area of mathematics. These apps are unique in that the player writes the answer to the question using their finger anywhere on the screen and graphs appear at the end of the game to demonstrate progress. So… Continue reading Shiny Things Apps
Last night I used a new app "Hanx Writer" to prepare today's blog post. I must say I was more than a little impressed and so the post I prepared can wait until next week! Hanx Writer is a word processing app developed by the actor Tom Hanks, that turns your iPad into an old… Continue reading Hanx Writer Review
I would not get anything done without my to do list. Over the years I have kept these in hard copy as paper books and tried many different apps. It has taken some time but I finally feel I have a set of two I adore and am using all the time (some may say… Continue reading To Do List Apps