Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Quizlet – new hotspot style quiz for visual learners

Posted on December 31, 2017 by AlanP

If you haven’t been following Quizlet for a few months then you may not have noticed that they have now included hotspot quiz technology. Simply put, it means that you can create hotspots on a picture – for example a … Continue reading →

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Reduce long urls to a click

Posted on May 21, 2017 by AlanP

View this video to see how you can use justpaste.it to reduce a long url to a clickable one. Great for mLearning on phones and tablets. In short: Copy a web link from a website. Go to justpaste.it Write a … Continue reading →

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Turn webpages into PDFs

Posted on April 21, 2017 by AlanP

You can use the Print function in Windows to save a webpage as a PDF – but the end result can be quite disappointing with some words missing and formatting all over the place. A better option is to use … Continue reading →

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Quizizz – more versatile than Quizlet Live or Kahoot

Posted on August 24, 2016 by AlanP

Quizlet Live and Kahoot are great for generating fun quizzes for use in the classroom However, with those quizzes, if you have students that are absent for any reason, they won’t be able to participate and share the same challenge … Continue reading →

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A winning formula for a snappy, engaging, smartphone classroom

Posted on February 27, 2015 by AlanP

What if your class only had smartphones, not tablets or laptops? My students have a mixture of Android and Apple phones. So that eliminates using any app that isn’t on both app markets. Even so, I’m reluctant to request that … Continue reading →

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Prezi and multiplatform compatibility: now you hear it, now you don’t

Posted on September 29, 2014 by AlanP

Using Prezi is a prime example of making sure things work in all the platforms you intend to use it on, before you use it. I created a Prezi last week and wanted to share it in an environment where … Continue reading →

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Teaching with iPads – not child’s play

Posted on August 30, 2014 by AlanP

When iPads were introduced to one workplace, it was suggested that because even 2 year olds could use it, there wasn’t any real need for training in how to use them. In some ways, that was correct. Just press the … Continue reading →

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Sharing links with iPad users is just a tap away

Posted on February 18, 2014 by AlanP

Scenario – you have a new class and want them all to go to this great website. Problem is the website url is really very long. Writing it on the board is not going to work well. What do you … Continue reading →

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Cryptolocker ransomware threat to cloud backups

Posted on January 28, 2014 by AlanP

The latest danger from ransomware means that cloud backup may no longer be the best choice for keeping your data and photos safe. If Cryptolocker is released in your PC it will encrypt almost all your files. When this happens, … Continue reading →

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Best Free iPad Presentation Apps

Posted on December 25, 2013 by AlanP

I was asked which apps were best for an iPad multimedia presentation – primarily to assess speaking, but the ability to add text and photos was also desired. The simpler the better. The list got cut down to 3: Book Creator, … Continue reading →

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