by Meredith Martin | Nov 21, 2013 | Apps, How-To, iPads, Presentations, resources, web app
I am very excited that today one of my favorite apps – Haiku Deck – is announcing both an update to its already awesome app, AND the opening of their new web-based app! As a Haiku Deck Guru, I was lucky enough to have early access to the beta, and I can...
by Meredith Martin | Nov 20, 2013 | Reading, resources
One of the annoying features of the web is the amount of ads and other clutter on some pages that can be a big distraction from reading content, especially for students. While add-ons like Adblock help with some of the mess, there’s often still a lot of...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 10, 2013 | Apps, Collaboration, How-To, resources, web app
I’ve been trying out a new web tool this week called Lucidpress. It’s a desktop publishing tool based in the cloud that also allows sharing and collaboration. As a big fan of Google Apps, my only complaint has been the lack of a Microsoft Publisher...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 14, 2013 | Presentations, Research, web app
One of the cool new tools I came across at PETE&C this week is a site called Thinglink. I spent ten minutes playing with it, and could immediately see some great possibilities for education. The idea behind Thinglink is simple. You upload an image, and then...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 12, 2012 | Apps, web app
I am concentrating this year on keeping myself better organized. I’m one of those people who has a brain spinning with great ideas, but I rarely pin one down to actually work on it. Last year, I attended a session on productivity in the classroom at an...
