iMovie trailers on iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Here is a great ice breaker activity for you if you have a few iPads to use in your classroom. iMovie comes free from Apple with new devices. If you have an older iDevice, it will cost you $4.99USD. You will need around one iPad per group of 2-6 students….
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Forget Apple’s PhotoStream: Flickr Has Automatic Photo Uploads to 1000GB!
Flickr, a photo service that was very popular a few years ago, is making a huge comeback. It seemed like no one was using it the past couple years since Yahoo purchased Flickr in 2005. However, it now has an amazing couple of FREE features that you won’t want to miss. You can now back…
How to use Apple’s Shared Photo Stream: A Teacher’s Perspective
Apple introduced Shared Photo Streams in the iOS6 update. It is a neat way for people to share photos with one another. Since so many people we know own iOS devices, all it takes is having iOS6 installed, and sharing photos will work without a hitch. Set up: Select some photos you would like to…
How to use Instagram’s great features without its social sharing issues
Instagram is a free photo app that makes your iPhone and iPad photos look great without too much work. It literally only takes me just a few seconds to snap a photo, crop, then add a filter and share with my followers. However, you may have heard about the recent privacy concerns regarding your Instagram…
App #23: Squaready
Squaready (iTunes link) is a cool photography app that I have frequently used alongside Instagram. What it does is that it removes the ugly black bars you get when you do not fully crop your Instagram into a square. So essentially it will take your portrait-sized photos and create a square using white borders. …
Apps #17 and #18: iSmug and uSmug
Following my short review of the photo backup and sharing service Smugmug, I'd like to share two apps that allow for photo viewing on the iPad or iPhone. First, iSmug ($1.99, iTunes link) is an app for people who already have a Smugmug account. It is a universal app where you can fluidly view all…
Smugmug: Peace of mind in photo and video backup
For the past few years, my wife and I have taken thousands of photos. Vacations and the birth of our child in 2010 have been the highlight and majority of them. While I make a conscious effort to back up my photos on to our external harddrives, my wife has always shuddered at the thought…
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