Codify: Coding for the iPad Made Simple

10 out of 10 for this one. Codify was released on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 for US$7.99 / AU$8.49.We recently posted about Apps for Building Apps and by coincidence a new App was released less than a week later. It looks so good it would have been included in the first post so we thought it deserved a mention.Codify is a platform that game designers, educators and students can use to create

35 sites for iPads in the Classroom Resources

Here is a fantastic list of 35 sites you can use when using the iPad in a classroom. The list was compiled by Julie Greller a Media Specialist  with over 20 years experience. She has found some really clever sites with lots of ideas for using the iPad in the classroom. This would make for some light weekend reading. Enjoy!http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/2011/10/38-

Apps for the serious Filmmakers

The guys over at Filmmakeriq has put together an excellent list of 22 Apps for the really serious Filmmakers amongst us. These would be perfect for all those short film contests and competitions that students are eligible for. iMovie is the one App that we are all familiar with but that is really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Apps for making quality professional quality films on

Nokia Lumia 710 - Available from Windows Phone Nokia

Nokia Lumia 710 - Available from Windows Phone Nokia

The event Nokia World, which opened today in London, Nokia introduced an inexpensive Windows Phone smartphone - Nokia Lumia 710, which can be decorated with colorful interchangeable back panels.

This new product is equipped with 3.7-inch ClearBlack TFT display, 800x480 pixels, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, LED-backlit display and

Get Samsung Galaxy S II free with STC 249 Package

STC is offering Samsung Galaxy for free with 249 SR/month postpaid package subscribers. Additionally you can get the device in Just 719 SR if you get a postpaid subscription of 149 SR/month package. STC provides 1 year Guarantee with every device.




149 SR package also includes additional 200 voice call minutes, 200 sms, 250mb data package, 200 video call minutes and 200 mms. All this inside

Contemporary app aims to reduce stress with slow down breathing

Poverty to reduce stress and pick up mental focus? A contemporary app with the aim of promotes slow down breathing might help.Called MyCalmBeat, the app uses a central part rate television with the aim of attaches to the ear to detect a person's optimal breathing rate laptop battery, or else reminiscent frequency, which is unique to both person.By the side of this breathing rate, the company says

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iOS 5 Features Video

I downloaded the iOS 5 software update last night and wanted to make the most of the features the first place I looked was the Apple site. This is their video explaining iOS5 features and what some of the major upgrades are. Enjoy!P.S Allow a good hour for the upgrade - especially if you are doing both your laptop and your iPad.

10 Animation Apps

10 Animation Apps | I have blogged previously about the power of apps that tell stories as an educational activity. It stimulates higher order thinking skills, it provides opportunities for reflection and it enriches the learning experience for our students. So here I have listed apps that allow your students to create animations. I love the simplicity with which animations allow difficult

The Children Share The 12 Most Important Things They Want From Teachers

I've been sharing a lot lately about what students want us to know to make their experience in school better.  As a result, a member of my PLN shared via Twitter a wonderful video of her third grade students made inspired by Angela Maiers post The 12 Most Important Things Students Want from Their Teachers.  Hearing the students tell us in their own voices what they want teachers to know is

12 Museum Apps from around the World

The Vatican Museums: $6.99 AUThe  Vatican Museums begin just beyond a massive bronze door that, like magic, takes you out of Italy and into the smallest country in the world: the Vatican. This is the start of a mysterious and fascinating trip: a voyage across more than 20 centuries of creativity through which art and history intertwine. The most sought-after stop on the Vatican Museum trail is

Art and Activities Apps

I was at the Art Gallery of New South Wales last night as part of their fantastic Art After Hours program. It was good so see so many people attending a public gallery at night. There was a black tie event as well as a public talk by Film Commentator David Stratton on German Films of the 1930's. This was organised to compliment the current The Mad Square exhibition on Modernism in German Art 1910

Global Education Forum - Live Stream October 6th

 Starting at about 10 a.m. Madrid time, 4:00 a.m. New York time, you can watch a fantastic line up of speakers coming to you live from Madrid.  This year for the first time at 1:00 p.m. Madrid time, 7:00 a.m. New York time you will have the opportunity to hear their first female speaker present and she happens to be me :)I hope you'll be able to tune it.  You can participate by clicking here. 

Explain Everything

I love this app! I was introduced to it yesterday by a very cool librarian at the ASLA Conference (Australian School Librarian Association). This app allows you to create and record live screen action.This would be brilliant for tutorials or how-to clips for staff or students. If you have an iPad classroom then this will be great for you. I can wait to let my kids lose with this app. They already

Courtroom Projectors, Screens, and Monitors

Many courtrooms today are set up with nearly everything you’llneed to simply plug in to the system and present your evidence. Judgesgenerally encourage and appreciate the use of technology, since it tends tospeed up the trial process, and has the added benefit of making the evidenceeasier to follow and understand for the jury. Although it is sometimes assumedthat jurors will think electronic

10 Free E-Book Sites for iPad

Want to get the most out of your iPad - Are you using it as an e-reader? There are multiple sites that offer free downloads of both classic and contemporary publications and the reading experience on the iPad is actually quite good. The font size, the instant access to chapters and pages and the .......all make for a positive reading experience. Coupled with this is the fact that this is about