Apple adds assessment mode for Mac and custom school apps

Apple adds assessment mode for Mac and custom school apps

Along with the release of iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13.4, and macOS 10.15.4, Apple also released several exciting new features aimed to simplify the lives of its enterprise and K-12 customers. Among the new features are Shared iPad for Business, Assessment Mode for Mac, Shared iPad Temporary Session for K-12, and Proxy support for APNs. Source: Apple debuts Shared iPad for…

New templates feature in the Microsoft Whiteboard app for iOS and Windows 10

New templates feature in the Microsoft Whiteboard app for iOS and Windows 10

The iOS Microsoft Whiteboard app updated to Version 19.11007.0 earlier today. This latest app update for Microsoft’s cloud-based sketching app includes some subtle UI changes for improved accessibility and unlocks the new template feature which is in public preview and was also made available on the Windows app several days ago. Source: Microsoft Whiteboard app updates on…

Solving math problems on your iPhone and iPad with the Bing iOS app

Solving math problems on your iPhone and iPad with the Bing iOS app

The Microsoft Bing Search app has a Math Mode which uses Bing’s Camera Intelligent search on iOS. It not only gives you the answer but also shows the method. This intelligent search meshes Microsoft’s AI with Visual Search technology to analyze the photo of the math problem and arrive at the answer. You can either…

Lost and the failing, how one college graduate went on to become an iOS developer

Lost and the failing, how one college graduate went on to become an iOS developer

Let me start by briefly stating my background. I graduated high school in 2012 knowing two things for certain: I wanted to play college basketball and I had no idea what I wanted to study in college.   Fortunately enough, I went on to college lucky enough to be given the chance to play college…

Subscribe to 550 literary classics with the iOS Serial Reader app

Subscribe to 550 literary classics with the iOS Serial Reader app

Our Internet-driven society has seen a decline in book reading, though not necessarily a decline in reading altogether. Despite book readers being less common than in past decades, we all do a fair amount of reading each day on our smartphones – reading messages from friends, or tweets, emails, Facebook posts, notifications, articles, and so…

Microsoft’s Whiteboard app is coming soon to Windows 10, iOS, and the web

Microsoft’s Whiteboard app is coming soon to Windows 10, iOS, and the web

Microsoft is launching its collaborative Whiteboard app on Windows 10 today, and promising versions for iOS and the web soon. The app has been in preview for Windows 10 for the past seven months, and it’s now being made widely available on PCs alongside a new version for the web and iOS devices. Whiteboard lets users make…

Inko is a collaborative whiteboard for iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV

Inko is a collaborative whiteboard for iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV

Inko is a collaborative whiteboard for iPhone, iPad, and AppleTV. If all of your students have access to iOS devices, then Inko may be something to check out. Once installed, teachers and students can collaborate on the same whiteboard, while also displaying the whiteboard on a large screen through the use of an Apple TV…

Students can use knudge.me to improve English skills

Students can use knudge.me to improve English skills

Knudge.me is an Android and iOS app to be used to improve English skills through mini lessons and games. As Android apps come to Chromebooks, apps like Knudge.me can be used in the classroom. Once launched, the Knudge.me app will ask the student to sign up or log in. They can use a Google login, which makes the app really easy…

{Edtech} Sploder allows teachers and students to create video games

{Edtech} Sploder allows teachers and students to create video games

Source: Sploder – Make your own Games, Play Free Games Before learning Scratch, Sploder could be a good introduction to game programming for students. There are 5 types of games that can be created, and one, Retro Arcade, has a version that runs on iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices. To save and share games, students will…