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27 February 2010 3 Comments

My Favourite iPhone Apps

My Favourite iPhone Apps

Following a post about ‘My Favourite Mac Apps‘, here is a list of my favourite iPhone Apps…
Apps I use (almost) every day:

Tweetie – A Twitter client. This is one of the apps that I use the most on my iPhone (along with Mail and Byline).
Countdown – A simple application which counts down to particular dates [...]

19 November 2009 3 Comments

Review – Dell Latitude 2100 in the classroom

Review – Dell Latitude 2100 in the classroom

A while ago, I was was offered the chance to receive a Dell Latitude 2100 netbook for review purposes. While I don’t normally write reviews for products on my blogs, I agreed to take a look at the machine for two reasons:

My blog post ‘Using Flip Video in the classroom‘ has become extremely popular, [...]

4 July 2008 30 Comments

Using Flip Video in the classroom

Using Flip Video in the classroom

After my first post about the Flip Video Ultra, I received a few requests on Twitter asking for my thoughts about its use in an educational setting. So, I’ve taken the gadget into school this week and shared it with other adults and pupils to find out their opinions, and begin exploring its potential.
The adults that [...]

3 July 2008 3 Comments

An afternoon with Tim Rylands…

An afternoon with Tim Rylands…

Wow! Have you ever had one of those days which completely refreshes you, gives you lots of new ideas, and makes you want to get straight into the classroom to try something out? I had one of those days today.
I was lucky enough to have a day out of school visiting the Kent ICT conference. [...]

25 June 2008 6 Comments

Flip Video Ultra

Flip Video Ultra

If you ask my children at school, they’ll tell you that I like different technology and that I have quite a few different gadgets! Lately, I’ve been hearing lots about Flip Video camcorders, so I couldn’t resist and I ordered myself one (from Firebox, via cashback site Quidco), which arrived today.
The device is about the [...]