“I will safely assume anyone who reads this blog is probably already up to date with Dropbox and its features. Please share this article with colleagues at your school who still have not migrated over from the USB key days of the mid-2000s.” Dropbox is my number one productivity tool that I use every single…
Month: August 2013
Teachers, do you pay for your own apps that you use in the classroom?
I have met a few teachers who are willing to spend a lot of their own money on great educational apps. I’m not talking about apps that every school gets, like iMovie or iWork. I would venture to guess that the majority of teachers that I know would rather not use their own money for…
ProTuber for YouTube [free] – Save YouTube Videos to Camera Roll!
**Update November 2013! Looks like this app has been pulled from the App Store. If you were able to download it, do NOT update! —————————————– Grab this app while you can! ProTuber (free, universal) allows you to download YouTube videos onto your Camera Roll. This is a feature that I have discussed during my reviews…
App Updates on your iPad: Should You Download Them?
Do you see that red bubble above? It indicates the number of apps that I have on that device that currently have updates. Does that bother you? I know people who must always have their apps updated. On the contrary, for myself, that number in the red bubble grows every day. On my iPhone, it…
How to Prepare Your iPad for the New School Year
Basics: How to prepare your iPad for the new school year Back to school. Three words teachers either despise or are very excited for. If you’re using an iPad for teaching for the first time, going back to school can feel nervewracking and overwhelming. While the learning curve for teaching with iPads is not necessarily…
Celebrating 100,000 views! App Store Gift Card Giveaway!
Thank you readers so much for the over 100 000 page views on teachingwithipad.org! The most popular posts of the year were: How to use Instagram’s features without posting online TubeBox Pro (Now unavailable, but replaced with Instatube) – Save YouTube videos to your iPad! How to be a Terrible iPad Teacher Setting up your…
App #49: Daybook Pro: Teachers, this is the day-plan app you’ve all been waiting for!
Daybook Pro may well be the day-plan app that educators have been waiting for since the inception of the iPad. I am super excited to use Daybook Pro this upcoming school year. Cloud integration is key for me, as I still like to use my PCs to both plan my lessons and access older Microsoft…
App #48: STORYPANDA BOOKS [PROMO CODES AVAILABLE!]
“Storypanda is an iPad story platform that brings families together by enabling them to read, create and share kids stories. One App, Unlimited stories.” With this interactive children's book app, students, parents and teachers will be able to create personalized stories based on the original books. Storypanda is an app that has a great…
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