Archive for the ‘Useful apps’ Category

Symphonical is a planning and task management web app that is the digital equivalent of a giant whiteboard and lots of sticky notes. It is a great tool for both teachers, support staff and students to use to plan projects, brainstorm ideas and keep track of tasks (including homework!). Symphonical is also a collaborative tool, […]

Last month we published a blog post on performing a mail merge in Google Apps using Yet Another Mail Merge or xsMerge. Since then we’ve been asked to also take a look at Merge by Mail Chimp, and recommend which of the three tools is easiest to use. So, in this blog post we’ll give […]

Mindmapping helps students and teachers brainstorm ideas, plan projects and revise material. MindMup is a great web app for creating mind maps quickly and easily. It is 100% free, and integrates directly with Google Drive. MindMup lives up to its claim of being ‘zero-friction’. Keyboard shortcuts make creating a map very quick. Getting started is […]