Twitter is a great companion for academic conferences – before, during and after the event, the micro-blogging platform can expand and deepen the experience. This post offers some ideas for making the most of Twitter at your next conference. Building…
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Conference tweeting – some tips and tricks
Tagged with: Apps, Conference, digital skills, Mobile apps, Social media, Twitter
Posted in App review, Social media
Posted in App review, Social media
Apple Clips: A free and easy video editor
This week we want to introduce you to an iOS app that is great for quickly producing short videos for sharing. What is it? In Apple’s own words Clips is ‘..an iOS app for making and sharing fun videos with…
This week we are introducing a fabulous social media tool, Instagram. Instagram is a social media app which allows users to share images and video clips. As social media sites like Facebook (which its worth noting is the parent company…
Tagged with: Active learning, App reviews, Apps, Engagement, Images, Mobile, Social media
Posted in Active learning, App review, Social media
Posted in Active learning, App review, Social media
Introducing Paper and Paste – tools for creating visual learning materials
In this week’s post we are going to look at two tools by FiftyThree; Paper an annotation and sketch tool and Paste a collaborative presentation tool. Both Paper and Paste can be useful in teaching and learning and for your own…
How do you create stunning visual content for free? Adobe Spark is how.
There are times when you want to have complete creative control over the content you create, and when you are able to spend time on making the perfect image, video or portfolio. There are also times when you need to…
360 degree photography with the Ricoh Theta S
What is 360° photography? For most internet users, our first experience of 360° images has been on Facebook or YouTube. The idea of being able to move your phone and ‘look’ around a photo as if you are standing there is a…
Add interaction to videos with Vizia
This week we want to introduce you to a great tool for creating interaction with videos. Video is increasingly being used in teaching and learning, from recorded lectures to short videos used as part of a Flipped Learning approach. Watching…
Fun online quizzing with Kahoot!
This week we are reviewing one of my favourite classroom tools, Kahoot! Kahoot is a free online quiz tool that enables you to design quick fun quizzes for students for use within the classroom. It can be played competitively, cooperatively,…
Tagged with: Active learning, Kahoot, Mobile, Quizzes
Posted in Active learning, App review, Mobile learning
Posted in Active learning, App review, Mobile learning
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