Smashing Apps
[smash-ing apps] • noun
1. a short, simple video tutorial
2. created by a teacher, for teachers
3. empowers you to get the most from your iPad
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Episode 7:
Keynote, Clips, BitsBoard & Twitter
Jakob Hansen 🇩🇰
Syddanmark, Denmark
Keynote
Jakob takes us on a whirlwind tour of Keynote, the multi-purpose swiss-army-knife of apps as well as showing us a selection of fantastically useful top tips for using the app.
Alina Slepushkina 🇷🇺
Moscow, Russia
BitsBoard
Alina introduces us to an app called Bitsboard which lets you create quick and easy learning activities using vocabulary you enter into the app. Great for language learners and beyond.
Levent Erdogan 🇭🇰
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Clips
Levent explores the video editing app Clips and explains how he does some of his video editing magic. He shows us the basics and then shares some real tips and tricks on how you can use Clips to create fun and engaging videos for your learners.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
I take a moment to share the Twitter app, in particular how I use it for personal professional development and how I organise ideas, thoughts and inspirational posts for future reference.
Episode 7:
Keynote, Clips, BitsBoard & Twitter
Jakob Hansen 🇩🇰
Syddanmark, Denmark
Keynote
Jakob takes us on a whirlwind tour of Keynote, the multi-purpose swiss-army-knife of apps as well as showing us a selection of fantastically useful top tips for using the app.
Alina Slepushkina 🇷🇺
Moscow, Russia
BitsBoard
Alina introduces us to an app called Bitsboard which lets you create quick and easy learning activities using vocabulary you enter into the app. Great for language learners and beyond.
Levent Erdogan 🇭🇰
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Clips
Levent explores the video editing app Clips and explains how he does some of his video editing magic. He shows us the basics and then shares some real tips and tricks on how you can use Clips to create fun and engaging videos for your learners.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
I take a moment to share the Twitter app, in particular how I use it for personal professional development and how I organise ideas, thoughts and inspirational posts for future reference.
Episode 6:
AR Makr, Sphero EDU, VideoLeap & Seesaw
Lyndsey Stuttard 🇬🇧
Cobham, United Kingdom
AR Makr
Lyndsey talks us through how she uses AR Makr in extraordinary ways, as well as sharing some top tips for getting the most from Augmented Reality in the classroom.
Pedro Lobo 🇧🇷
São Luis, Brazil
VideoLeap
Pedro explains how he uses VideoLeap to prepare gorgeous learning videos for his pupils and tells us how to make the most of video editing by sharing some handy shortcuts in the app.
Tom Konsek 🇬🇧
Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Seesaw
Tom shares his passion for the Seesaw app and talks us through the difference it has had in his classroom from both a time-saving and pedagogical point of view.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Sphero EDU
This month I've been kindly sent a Sphero RVR robot for review so I take this opportunity to talk about how we use the Sphero EDU app at my school for cross-curricular coding as well as sharing some initial thoughts on the RVR itself.
Episode 5:
Swift Playgrounds, Numbers, Plickers & Showbie
Chris Lawson 🇬🇧
Wigan, United Kingdom
Showbie
Chris talks passionately about Showbie and how he's used it to turn his classroom paperless. He also dips into Socrative to demonstrate how closely the two apps link up.
Bikem Özdinç 🇹🇷
Istanbul, Turkey
Plickers
Bikem shared an app called Plickers which she uses almost daily for assessment in her class. She tells us how the children love the interactive element and how beneficial this has been to her teaching.
Laura George 🇬🇧
Kent, United Kingdom
Numbers
Laura has recently challenged herself to learn 90 new things about Numbers in her 90DaysOfNumbers challenge. Here she shares some top tips to make the most of this free app and talks about how it could help in your classroom.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Swift Playgrounds
This month I share the Swift Playgrounds app and talk about how we're using it in our school. I demonstrate how you can take it further than just 'Learn to Code 1 and 2' by exploring the extensive range of other resources that are available for free within the app.
Episode 4:
LessonUp, Padlet, GarageBand & Tinkercad
Rhea Flohr 🇳🇱
Brabant, The Netherlands
LessonUp
Rhea talks to us about an exciting app called LessonUp, which she uses to create interactive and dynamic lessons for her pupils.
Alicia Bankhofer 🇦🇹
Vienna, Austria
Padlet
Alicia talks us through Padlet and how she uses it for collaboration in her classroom.
Eldar Skjørten 🇳🇴
Oslo, Norway
GarageBand
Eldar shares his favourite app GarageBand and goes beneath the surface to show us some incredible power-user features which he utilities in his class.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Tinkercad
This month I share a brand new app for iPad, Tinkercad. This powerful tool has been a long-time favourite of mine on Mac, but now it's on iPad it enables pupils to design and create in 3D in a more tactile way than ever before.
Episode 3:
Flipgrid, Toontastic, Google Arts & Culture & Times Tables Rock Stars
Martin Willis 🇬🇧
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Flipgrid
Martin explains how he's recently fallen back in love with Flipgrid and the many benefits the app is having in his classroom.
Emma Fourie 🇿🇦
East London, South Africa
Toontastic
Emma shares a fantastic app which she uses with her pupils to enhance storytelling, create animations and improve pupil literacy.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Google Arts & Culture
I talk about an app which is being used right across his school to help with art lessons and art research, as well as showing off a cool AR feature.
Rachel Walker 🇬🇧
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Times Tables Rockstars
Rachel sings the praises of TTRockstars and talks about the impact it has had on her school. She also shares how she got her special Rockstar Name!
Episode 2:
Simple Learning Time, Video Delay, Adobe Spark, Pixabay & Popplet
Emma Oxley-Simpson 🇿🇦
Cape Town, South Africa
Simple Learning Time
Emma tells us a very inspiring story behind her app, Simple Learning Time and how she's transformed how she teachers her children to tell the time.
Matt Warne 🇬🇧
Worcester, United Kingdom
Video Delay
Matt talks about the app Video Delay which he uses to great effect in PE lessons throughout his school.
Sabe Gnanam 🇦🇪
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Adobe Spark & Pixabay
Sabe does a double and shares both Adobe Spark Video and also Pixabay, demonstrating how both have effectively enhanced his students creativity by allowing them to create fun and dynamic outcomes on the iPads.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Popplet
In this episode I talk briefly about Popplet and how I've been using this app to create dynamic and eye-catching mind maps in my lessons.
Episode 1:
Socrative, Plotagon, Kahoot & Numbots
Philip Stevenson 🇬🇧
London, United Kingdom
Socrative
Philip tells us all about how he uses Socrative in his classroom to help with assessment and gauging pupil understanding of a topic in real time.
Emma Fourie 🇿🇦
East London, South Africa
Plotagon
Emma discusses her favourite app Plotagon which she uses for creating beautiful animations and short scenes across the whole curriculum.
Hannah Renfrew 🇬🇧
London, United Kingdom
Kahoot
Hannah shares Kahoot as a quick, colourful and fun way to give multiple-choice quizzes to her pupils as well as being able to assess their understanding afterwards.
Jacob Woolcock 🇬🇧
Cornwall, United Kingdom
Numbots
Jacob talks about the new Numbots app and how this is improving number bonds and addition/subtraction skills in his primary school.